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Notable Opinions

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Here are a couple of noteworthy opinion pieces in the papers: SF Chrontrarian Debra Saunders has a column on the SF "sanctuary" policy noted in today's News Scan. She notes "the concept started as a way of letting otherwise law-abiding residents know that they could report crimes to police, send their children to school and see a doctor - without fear that local authorities would turn them into federal authorities." But it didn't stop there. It was only a matter of time before gang members, including foreign-based drug cartels, figured it out - that no matter what they did in San Francisco, no matter how serious the offense, they need not fear deportation. They knew that The Special City's special politics would shield them. The worst of it is: Prosecutors went along...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on July 22, 2008 (boomark / email).