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San Francisco Chronicle ripped for asking if residents ought to ‘tolerate burglaries’

Social media users wondered if the San Francisco Chronicle had published satire when the point of sale asked if residents should “tolerate” break-ins as part of their daily lives, given a recent surge in crime.

San Francisco has seen an increase in shootings, assaults, shoplifting, car break-ins, and more in the past few months. For example, the city’s Central District saw car break-ins increased by 753% from May 2020 to May 2021. More than 150 families were so scared that they even hired private security services to protect their property.

The break-in rate is particularly worrying. As of October 31, that year, the San Francisco Police Department had received reports of 810 break-ins or attempted break-ins in the Mission District Police Department jurisdiction, up 13% over the last year, according to the Chronicle.

Homeless Ms. Tara Lowe lugs her belongings after the street cleaner cleaned Willow Street in Tenderloin on May 6, 2020 in San Francisco, California.
(Gabrielle Lurie / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Crime has apparently become so commonplace in the city that the Chronicle asked readers if residents should start “tolerating” break-ins.

“Residents and city guides are looking for answers: Should they tolerate break-ins as part of city life and focus on barricading houses? Should repeat offenders be given rehabilitation services or detained so that they cannot commit further crime?” tweeted the point of sale.

The play notes that the city is in an “intermediate position” as it seeks to drive criminal justice reform while it “debates how to manage the property crime rate, which has been among the highest in the country for years” . While some local residents are “appalled” by the crime, others have learned to “reluctantly accept this element of city life”.

Social media users shook their heads at this, and some asked, “What the hell is going on” in the Golden City.

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Others suggested that residents take their safety into their own hands.

City police reportedly struggled to maintain order while grappling with a shortage of hundreds of officers. Many law enforcement officials have decided to take early retirement due to an increase in violent crime and to disempower the police following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in the summer of 2020. His death sparked a wave of violent civil unrest and protests in major cities across the United States

The Mayor of San Francisco, London Breed, speaks during a press conference on January 15, 2020.

The Mayor of San Francisco, London Breed, speaks during a press conference on January 15, 2020.
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Some law enforcement agencies, including the San Francisco Police Officers Association, have also blamed the liberal policies of Mayor London Breed and District Attorney Chesa Boudin for the carnage.

“This brazen criminal behavior is endured every day by the San Franciscans and is the direct result of the criminal-first agenda of District Attorney Chesa Boudin and his facilitators,” SFPOA President Tony Montoya said in a June statement.

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San Francisco is not only grappling with an alarming crime wave this year. The number of murders in major US cities has increased 16% so far in 2021 compared to 2020, a strong report in July showed.

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