As Democrats work to leave their controversial “defund the police” movement in the past, their party’s embrace of more complicated, but still decisively liberal, criminal justice reforms could leave candidates nationwide vulnerable in November.
Democratic lawmakers have spent years promoting and implementing the elimination of cash bail, sentencing reductions, juvenile prosecution reform, and other changes that critics blame for the increase in violence experienced by most major cities.
“The problem that Democrats face is a problem that Republicans have also faced; the problem is, how do you appeal to both the activists in your party and the general electorate?” Lipson added. “And that’s gotten harder, and it’s gotten harder both because the activists are much more active, and that includes the donor base, and because there’s greater transparency than there used to be.”
Adams has followed through with his campaign promise to pursue tough-on-crime policies during his first two months in office, targeting bail reform passed at the state level in 2019. San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin implemented bail reform shortly after taking office in 2020, eliminating pretrial detention for most nonviolent crimes.
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