Remarkable article about SF homicides
Read the article here.
In which "District Attorney Kamala Harris concedes there is some leniency, but says her office is improving."
And another
Police also cite a recent study by Harvard researcher and lecturer Anthony Braga, who concluded that 83 percent of people identified by police as suspects in San Francisco killings in 2004 and 2005 had criminal records. The identified suspects had an average of 11 arrests apiece, Braga found, and about half of the 83 percent had been on probation at the time of the killings.The article includes this map of the gang turfs-
At the same time, Braga found, 70 percent of victims in 2004 and 2005 homicides had criminal records and 60 percent of those with records had served time in jail or prison. Of those with records, they averaged 11 arrests.
posted by Kevin @ 9:44 AM
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Why are gangs trying to "claim" those blocks? There's a lot of public housing in the area; I wonder if that has an impact somehow on the gang activity.
does anyone have info on the shootings of 6/28/07 around minight around grove and lyon streets? i can't find any information anywhere. were people hurt? was it a drive-by? ( i heard a speeding car as well as the gun shots).
angela, my husband and one of our neighbor heard the same gun shots. The neighbor called 911, but we do not know if police responded to the call. I am wondering if it was related to the shooting at Divisadero on 6/30/07. I would like to know how I can get update information on the arrest the police made on 6/30/07.
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