Written by Michael Palomba
San Francisco is already known for its far left policies and extreme homelessness problem. But now, it looks like city leaders would like the city to be known for high crime rates as well.
San Francisco District Attorney Chesapeake Boudin has reduced the county jail population by nearly 50 percent. He cited concerns of a coronavirus outbreak among inmates.
Governor Gavin Newsom and other Democratic officials have been sticking to the message that “only nonviolent drug offenders are being released,” but this is far from true. According to a recent snapshot of the San Francisco County Jail, 68 percent of inmates were charged with violent crimes, weapons offenses, and other serious felonies. This policy of release as many criminals as possible is directly responsible for putting dangerous criminals back on the streets during a crisis.
California Governor Gavin Newsom just released 14 killers from custody
Now he's ordering the release of 3,500 MORE inmates from California prisons.
Californians are being put in danger because Democrats are worried criminals & killers may get sick in prison
What a disaster.
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 31, 2020
Some jails in Florida also enacted a policy of releasing inmates to slow the spread of coronavirus—and the result was immediately disastrous. Joseph Edward Williams, one of 164 inmates released from Hillsborough County, shot and killed a man in Tampa, Florida.
He was arrested and charged with second degree murder, resisting an officer with violence, weapons charges, and drug charges. But that doesn’t change the fact that an innocent person lost their life in a completely preventable murder. Releasing inmates to reduce the spread of COVID-19 is irresponsible and puts everyone in danger.
San Diego County has released around 1,200 inmates, which is 20 percent of our incarcerated population. Needlessly releasing one criminal is wrong, releasing over 1,000 seems like a violation of public trust.
