Shaun King

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"Massive police presence" — PolitiTweet.org

Shaun King @shaunking

This is terrible. And the city of Sacramento is controlled by a Republican District Attorney. The crime rates there are double and triple that of San Francisco. But strangely, Republicans aren't trying to recall this DA. Instead, she's running for Attorney General. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davidminpdx: Violence is high and rising in Sacramento — home to “tough on crime” DA Schubert — but you won’t see a deluge of articles… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @garrettkidney: Cody Rhodes left WWE as a lower card comedy act and came back as a legit star main eventer. That’s how it should work. T… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mehdirhasan: Says the descendant of a man who changed his name from Drumpf to Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: But, now they know. And hopefully, they will be less likely to support, knowingly or not, this vision for our city that… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: When I tell them what the numbers actually reveal, when I explain that actually Boudin is prosecuting most categories of… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: This vision is only possible if supported by disinfo about what’s happening on our streets. Why am I writing this? Bec… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: Instead, they can gallivant about the city eating at Michelin-starred restaurants riding bikes through the park and talk… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: What are those conditions? The literature is clear: Lack of access to affordable housing and good jobs, the absence of r… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: In their vision for our city, wealthy conservatives and mostly white liberals don’t have to look at homeless people, and… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: They’re exploiting people’s perceptions of crime—that it’s going up, that they’re in danger, and that Boudin is responsi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: San Francisco's progressive DA, Chesa Boudin, is facing a recall funded by right-wing billionaires. https://t.co/8q7yUXQ… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: It’s hard to see this as anything but intentional. It doesn’t take much to scratch the surface on these intersecting sub… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: They are generating fear, creating a political environment ripe for a dramatic swing back to the tough-on-crime policies… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: I think that’s true. But rarely mentioned is that the way people *feel* about crime is a direct consequence of how media… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: It affects the way people *feel* about crime. And politicians love to say that even despite the numbers, the way people… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: I have to admit, even I was shocked to see numbers quite like this. The constant noise from well-respected media outlet… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: Larceny (petty theft and grand theft)—which was heavily relied upon by the board and the mayor to justify their draconia… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: In the Tenderloin, as citywide, crime is down overall: a decrease of 3% (-127). Violent crime decreased by 14% (-134),… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: By the way, only 2 supervisors, @shamannwalton and @deanpreston, voted against this. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: What about the TL? This is the neighborhood the board of supervisors recently voted to subject to the mayor’s emergency… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: Over the same period, rape, robbery, and assault *decreased* by 47% (-191), 27% (-851), and 6% (-160). So, violent crim… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: Now, the numbers: Citywide, from 2019-21, homicides increased 36%. That sounds significant, but the actual # increase wa… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: Because in 2020, crime across the country reached historic lows. So while the city saw increases in crime (mostly margi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: Let’s take a look at the actual numbers. First, a note on methodology: These statistics are generated from data provide… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: What about crime in the city overall? If you read the Chronicle (with some exceptions), or the recall campaign literatu… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: Murder and rape are up double-digit percentages since last year! Well, he’s right about that. And it sounds scary. But w… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: Let’s start with an example of the pervasive disinformation: In a recent piece on the TL—where I’ve lived for 4 yrs, and… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petercalloway: THREAD: There’s a lot of talk right now about crime in San Francisco. Almost everything you’ll read in the mainstream pr… — PolitiTweet.org