This thread shows exactly what I thought. No there isn’t a spike in crime, even in San Francisco. It’s just assholes lying with statistics and pretending like COVID never happened.

THREAD: There’s a lot of talk right now about crime in San Francisco. Almost everything you’ll read in the mainstream press is wrong. I live in the Tenderloin and work in the courts every day. Here’s my take on what’s happening and why.

— Peter Calloway (@petercalloway) April 1, 2022