This is a topic that, as the story says, provokes strong passions. So a wide range of data is helpful, but can't fully address the emotional responses we all feel I felt the data was realistic about the fact that crime has NOT gone away. We've had a couple of shootings within a mile of my home and especially for ones that go unsolved or simply disappear from the news, it's hard to judge how much a threat my family, friends and I face. But this story is just a snapshot, not a narrative of what we can or should do about crime. Pretty good

I felt this editorial from SF Chronicle didn't even acknowledge the issue at hand, which is that various District Attorneys are allegedly demoting crimes to lower-level misdemeanors etc. so that they can classify the incidents differently in order to fudge the statistics and bolster the narrative that crime is falling. This is certainly a complicated issue, but this editorial note is very surface level, avoids the crux of the debate, and does not offer any new research or nuance.