SanFrancisco public defender criticizes newly appointed D.A. BrookeJenkinsSF for what he calls her attempt to bring back the 'War on Drugs'. “We cannot arrest, prosecute, and cage our way out of a public health crisis.'
She said "no policies are changing" and that her prosecutors are going after "serious drug dealers." Public defenders have criticized Jenkins, fearing a return to an expensive "War on Drugs," which targeted the poor and minorities.on Wednesday, San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju denounced Jenkins' attempt to bring back the "regressive war on drugs." He said in those cases, the sole charge is paraphernalia possession, including that of a pipe.
"Let’s remember that the war on drugs, which began under Richard Nixon in the 1970s, did nothing to reduce drug use or sales. Nor was that its intended purpose," Raju said. "Rather, the drug war was designed as an attack on the poor and people of color that fueled criminalization and mass incarceration of vulnerable communities for decades. At that, it was enormously successful and harmful.
Meanwhile, some city and community leaders want Jenkins to keep a criminal justice reform program that began with her predecessor,
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