All the lies and scare tactics behind the GOP campaign to recall SF DA @chesaboudin can be dizzying.

I mean, the forest here is obvi a desperate plea for more failed, racist incarceration. But it's worth seeing that the trees are rotten.

So here's a THREAD w/ some FACTS: First, the myths. Is crime up in SF? Nope. For a number of reasons (some about Chesa, some not), crime is down. Both the @sfchronicle & @thenib have this covered: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

What is even arguably the point of this @sfchronicle story? That we should assume anyone who tries to steal a cell phone is going to shoot their mother?

This is dangerous, fearmongering journalism in its purest form. It's got it all. 1/ sfchronicle.com/crime/article/… Does it vilify a progressive DA with irrelevant quotes from political opponents? You bet it does!

Willie Nash was at the county jail on a misdemeanor when he asked an officer to charge the cell phone he walked in with.

Instead, he got a 12-year prison term for bringing the phone inside.

And the judge told him: "consider yourself fortunate." 1/
law.justia.com/cases/mississi… Yesterday the MS Supreme Court upheld the sentence.

As the concurrence points out, Nash has a wife & three kids who depend on him.

And while both the court and the sentencing judge invoked Nash's criminal history (two priors for burglary), he had no convictions since 2001. 2/