SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin Argues Against His Recall

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🗓️ 11 May 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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On June 7, San Francisco voters will decide whether to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin. It’s a ballot fight that pits the former public defender’s progressive ideas on criminal justice reform against claims that he’s soft on criminals and has made San Francisco’s streets more dangerous. Boudin joins us to talk about his record and what he thinks his opponents get wrong, crime in San Francisco and why he thinks he should stay in office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.3	For decades, the simplest calculation in politics was a stance on crime.
0:55.6	Politicians had to be tough on crime. This was the case long after crime rates had fallen to
1:00.8	historic lows, long after the racist horrors of mass incarceration were apparent, long after the
1:06.4	link between crime rates and being tough on crime had been called into question.
1:10.7	San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin represented departure from the old line.
1:14.6	He took an aggressive stance towards police brutality and seemed to be the avatar of the deeper
1:19.6	reconsiderations of criminal justice.
1:22.6	But crime has gone up in San Francisco and across the state, and now Budin faces a recall effort that
1:28.3	could very well succeed. We'll talk with him for the hour after this news.
1:35.7	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. As the most left-leaning large metropolitan area, San Francisco
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