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woodruffw
on May 22, 2021
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San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge
The same thing that happens to them elsewhere in the US: the overwhelming majority of them are taken in by the carceral system in lieu of actual care.
I'd like to think that NYC is at least
slightly
better, numbers wise, but it probably isn't.
diogenescynic
on May 22, 2021
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In California that doesn’t seem to be the case. I can take you to streets where there a half naked people out of their mind and no cops are coming for them.
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I'd like to think that NYC is at least slightly better, numbers wise, but it probably isn't.