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    News Brief: "Organized Crime" "Shoplifting Epidemic" Panic Hits San Francisco Media

    Citations Needed · May 26, 2021 · 49 min
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    In this public News Brief, we take a critical look at a recent wave of sensationalist "organized crime" "shoplifting epidemic" stories in national and Bay Area media and how they fit into a resurgent "Tough on Crime" narrative. We are joined by Fred Sherburn-Zimmer, Director of Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco.

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