United States: Push back against policing reforms in San Francisco
By Malik Miah/Green Left/ March 28, 2024 In the March 5 primary elections in San Franciso, a city long hated by conservatives for its liberal and progressive image, voters adopted two propositions (E and F) to increase police powers. Both passed by large margins. Democrat Mayor London Breed, most liberals, conservatives and Black District Attorney Brooke Jenkins all supported the changes. They advocated a law-and-order message that would make former California governor and president, Ronald Reagan, proud. Across the country, police accountability reforms, won after the 2020 mass protests against police violence, are being eroded. Breed, the city’s first African American woman mayor, is seeking re-election in November. San Francisco, like other Bay Area cities, has employed more police, raised their salaries and protected them from those seeking accountability for corruption and violence against civilians. San Franco’s pro-cop propositions reflect a broader counter-offensive by liberals and conservatives against the movement that grew dramatically in 2020 after Minneapolis police murdered African American George Floyd. The protests were diverse and the largest seen in decades, and across small towns and large cities. A third proposition, Proposition B, also raising police numbers but keeping some reforms, failed with 67% voting No. Breed opposed the measure. Had Prop B won, it would have set a new minimum staffing level for the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) — which would have risen every year for five years — and increased funding for police staffing. It was labeled by many opponents as a “cop tax”. Full at: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/united-states-push-back-against-policing-reforms-san-francisco -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29735): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29735 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105209946/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
