SFist: SFist Blotter

suckafree

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:11:34 -0800

sfist folks, can you please put a link for crime on top of the page so we can all play along at home?

RinconHillSF

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:51:06 -0800

The population of residents doesn't quite correlate to the population of folks who come into the City from all corners of the Bay Area and then some. Folks saying statistics are high for the City's population aren't quite what they're painted to be.

guest

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:26:42 -0800

yeah, well, unlike sfist, signing into sfgate is simple and hassle free. I've tried to sign in numerous times. I get "bad password" or it signs me in but then doesn't post my comments, etc., etc., etc. Who needs that kind of hassle when trying to clandestinely post comments while at work?

suckafree

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:27:09 -0800

i wasn't commenting on that case rah, but i get your point. as usual, a relative of the victim has chimed in for what portends to be a lively discussion over on sfgate. i love their comments section now, btw. and guess what sfist, no guests allowed. by the end of the day, i'm sure we'll have enough admission by the relative that his dead family member was pretty much asking for it by his actions.

Rah

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:10:01 -0800

Yeah, I'm sure those two teenagers rode their BICYCLES from Oakland, all the way to Sunnydale, before murdering a SAN FRANCISCO resident.

suckafree

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:37:28 -0800

i guess that shows you how much they use bart. i wonder if they are actually paying for their tix to commute in and kill folks in our city?

Rah

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:36:58 -0800

That second man killed in Visitacion Valley, appears to be the man who was shot in the back.

Rah

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:33:52 -0800

There was 1 more man shot to death in Vis Valley on Monday, making the total 78. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/04/BANLRUGM7.DTL And that makes 7 murders in SF, Friday through Monday. 3 on Friday, 2 on Sunday, 2 on Monday. So that would be 4 murders while the bridge was closed...If you really want to argue about its effect on crime.

guest

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:06:01 -0800

"not much better" meaning you'd expect worse in Oakland - I guess.

suckafree

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:35:57 -0800

i wonder how much crime fell off in the city while the bridge was closed?

rita

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:26:43 -0800

Oh, I totally agree with you, cashba, especially given how a lot of the crime throughout the Bay Area recently seems to involve people traveling between cities. I hope our various city police departments are working together well and all that. In terms of the phrase "not much better," I was using that colloquially, to mean "just as bad." Sorry for the mixup, obviously no slighting of murders in any area of the Bay intended.

cashba

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:35:52 -0800

Did you actually write "not much better in Oakland"? How on earth is 4 dead for the weekend and 91 for the year in any sense better than SF's 3 and 77? Can you even count? Oakland has half the population as SF, and it has a higher murder count(according to one site I checked). I don't mean to be snarky, but the problem with SF crime is clearly not SF or Newsom or Daly or anything 7x7-centric. Even safe-old San Jose has had more crime problems. I know this site is SF-ist, but if you're going to care about the recent crime wave (and I know you do), we need to think beyond the borders of the City.