SFist: SFist Blotter (Tuesday Edition)

manys

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:44:06 -0800

Sounds like there were plenty of cars around who could have run these guys down/over.

TheCharlie

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:46:52 -0800

@mariconsoy - What? I resent blaming males and music/video games/etc for this kind of violence. THAT is quite an ignorant (and sexist) viewpoint. I won't deny that men are more likely to be the instigators of violent crime, but it doesn't mean that the fact that they're men is why they're doing it. Plenty of testosterone overdriven men deal with it in perfectly non-violent ways.

dolemite43

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:38:45 -0800

Just quoting the Wire episode 52. "Fuck them west coast niggas. In B-more, we aim to hit a nigga." - Snoop after a attempted/botched Boyz in the Hood style drive-by.

mariconsoy

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:25:19 -0800

Testosterone+violent music, movies, videos, games,+ ignorance,+ money from dealing+ guns= have a nice day.

Incandenza

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:58:08 -0800

I'm sure this has been said before, but hey- assigning the po-po to every single corner in SF isn't going to work... maybe we could just spend the money and send some of these gang members to sniper school so they become better shots. kill each other off if ya want, fuck it, but at least learn to shoot straight.

suckafree

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:49:56 -0800

how about treating crime like it's actually hurting society!!! if you threaten anyone's life for personal or property gain, rob them rape them, what have you, you automatically qualify for the chair!

iris

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:20:05 -0800

Thanks, D.A. Kamala Harris! Thanks, SFPD! Bang-up job, all 'round!

99paa

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:22:03 -0800

Jesus fing christ! This city is getting really frightening. I don't have any bright ideas on how to solve the violence problem, though. More cops on patrol couldn't hurt, though.

aleph1

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:23:50 -0800

Crap. 6:40 pm at an incredibly busy intersection. This assholes are no longer restricting their shooting to late night or very early morning. The sad part is that there is little you can do since pulling a gun and shooting it is so simple. Other than putting a cop on each corner to catch them after the fact, or getting very heavy handed in response to smaller offenses in the hopes of throwing the fucker in jail before he commits some serious damage, with the side effect of making career criminals of those so punished by a learning stint in prison rather than reforming them, I am at a loss of what we should do. Sadly, policing can only do so much. Crime usually rises and falls in response to people's economic and social circumstances. But trying to lift them can be difficult is they are so far gone.