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2019-09-02 Home Front: Politix

SF streets are a tragedy waiting to happen. Do we have the will to head it off?

head it off? Is he still talking about Kamala?
[San Francisco Chronicle] People in this town are becoming increasingly disgusted with the behavior they have to deal with on the streets.

When there is no law enforcement, even law-abiding people are going to stop being tolerant and humane. They may even take matters into their own hands.

Whether it’s someone half out of his mind on meth or a mentally ill person throwing things around in a store or going off in a Starbucks, it’s just a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt ‐ and it could be the one who’s acting out.

The recent North Beach incident in which a truffle store owner’s son came to his defense with a baseball bat after the father scuffled with a man he said was causing a disturbance could easily have ended in tragedy.

I don’t recommend using a bat, but there are times on the street when I would have felt safer if I’d had one.

Superior Court Judge Ross Moody did the right thing the other day when he ordered Austin James Vincent to remain in custody while awaiting trial on false imprisonment, battery and attempted robbery charges. Vincent is the man who was arrested in the attack on a woman trying to enter her Embarcadero condo building after a night out with friends. She says her assailant told her he was trying to protect her from robots.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-09-02 01:43|| || Front Page|| [20 views ] Top

#1 this op ed is by Willie Brown, former mayor and 'patron' of Senator Kamala Harris

Brown was himself a mayor of SF leaving office in 2004 and so, is responsible in part for the conditions he now laments.

Posted by lord garth 2019-09-02 01:49|| 2019-09-02 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Well,....he stepped in it.

Posted by crazyhorse 2019-09-02 09:40|| 2019-09-02 09:40|| Front Page Top

#3 IIRC, Brown gave the homeless people $400 a month.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-09-02 13:04|| 2019-09-02 13:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Waiting?
Waiting for what?

Posted by Skidmark 2019-09-02 15:34|| 2019-09-02 15:34|| Front Page Top

#5 they made their mess now let them live with it or deal with it

Posted by chris 2019-09-02 16:48|| 2019-09-02 16:48|| Front Page Top

#6 What is this "we" of which you speak?

Posted by Mercutio 2019-09-02 16:59|| 2019-09-02 16:59|| Front Page Top

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