Paying gang bangers to not shoot

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From Newsweek

New San Francisco Initiative to Pay Individuals Not to Shoot Others

A new program in San Fransisco will pay people at high risk of shooting someone not to pull the trigger to help alleviate rising gun violence in the city.

The Dream Keeper Fellowship is set to launch in October and pay 10 individuals $300 each month to not be involved in shootings, Sheryl Davis, executive director of the Human Rights Commission, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday.

Davis explained that the program is not "transactional," but will rather focus on making investments in communities most impacted by violence.


"It's not necessarily as cut and dry as folks may think. It's not as transactional as, 'Here's a few dollars so that you don't do something bad,' but it really is about how you help us improve public safety in the neighborhood," she said.

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Participants will be paired with life coaches from the city's Street Violence Intervention Program and will be considered "community ambassadors" who work to prevent violence. They will work on their professional, personal, and community development and will be thought of as "partners" in engaging community members and decreasing violence.

"As you become better, your community benefits from that," she said.


The program aims to get to the "root causes" of violence, "which in so many ways are economic," according to Davis.

"We need to be getting to the root causes of why some neighborhoods are safer than others," Davis said.

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A new program in San Fransisco aims to lower gun violence by paying people not to shoot each other. Here, San Fransisco is seen from Mission Delores Park in January 2020.
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There are opportunities for participants to earn an additional $200 each month as they work to improve their community. Some ways they can earn more are by working, going to school and even being a mediator in situations that could lead to violence.


Davis hopes the program will engage participants, make them more civic-minded, and allow them to be a part of the solution. In the long term, she hopes it will create safer communities.

"These small investments can transform the lives of individuals, but they can also transform communities," Davis said.


The program is based on a similar program in neighboring Richmond, California, which helped reduce gun homicide in the city by 55 percent, according to a 2019 study by the American Journal of Public Health.

It's being funded through the Dream Keeper Initiative, which is San Fransisco's effort to redirect funding into the Black community. The initiative supports a variety of programs, including an art complex, youth development and education, guaranteed income programs, and homeowner promotion says Mayor London Breed's office.


I wonder how much someone would pay me to not shoot some worthless POS?

[VITE1]

We call that " Paying protection money " . Now we know just how stupid liberals are.

[DJ_Critterus]

Sounds like the mob is back in government without trying to hide it.

[Loco Vette]

Thugs holding the city hostage, basically. [Sarcasm ]This will work out well. [/sarcasm]

[ratflinger]

I'll send them my address - I'll promise not to come to San Fran and shoot, as long as they send cash

[Old Ben]

Just use the money to buy ammo and give it to the shooters. Eventually they will all be dead and problem solved. Or just put the shooters in jail for a very long time.

[Rodnok1]

Where do i sign up, i solemnly swear to never shoot somewhere there. As long as they pay me not to.

[MadInNc]

Only in Ca. Chicago is -19billion, no effect with this program

[Steve_R]

[Jeff’79] That’s a GREAT idea! [/Jeff’79]

[Dan Dlabay]

To bad San Francisco is now a shit hole run by stupid shit head left wing loons.

[Torqaholic]

What do these idiots think the money will be spent on? Diapers?

I'll tell you what they're going to spend it on. Guns, ammo, and drugs. I still have a few of the guns I bought with government money back in the 1980's.

[gs568]

Liberal politicians have destroyed San Francisco.

[Anjdog2003]

San Francisco

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[Olustee bus]

all you naysayers can say all you want but I thing that this program, along with a good "art complex" will tranform San Franscisco into a safe haven for all those who are currently shitting in the streets. I mean, really.

[Torqaholic]

People are self-determined. They become what they want to be, not what others want them to be. If this wasn't the case there wouldn't be criminals. It is true that some change over time but that's because they decided to change, someone else doesn't do that for them. Evidence the rate of reincarceration among convicts which is very high.

[Dan47]

Long term consequences of welfare and allowing government to use debt based currency, IMO.

In a Free Market, people wouldn’t be taxed to support deadbeats (directly or via inflation). And using sound money such as gold or silver as our Constitution demands, causes prices to fall over time and ergo, standards of living to rise for productive citizens.

Our money and federal government are the root problem.


“The sheer number of government employees and welfare recipients effectively transforms the purpose of government from maintaining order to confiscating as much as possible from vulnerable taxpayers.”

James Bovard

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by VITE1

We call that " Paying protection money " . Now we know just how stupid liberals are.

In an unrelated story, outgoing governor Gavin wants to pay drug addicts not to use drugs.