New San Francisco Program Will Pay Trigger-Happy Criminals a Monthly Salary NOT to Shoot Each Other
In an effort to reduce the massive spike in crime this year, the city of San Francisco will be testing a new program that will pay 10 individuals who are at “high risk of shooting someone” up to $500 a month if they do not pull the trigger.
Beginning in October, the Dream Keeper Fellowship – San Francisco’s initiative to “redirect funding into the black community” – will pay 10 trigger-happy people a base salary of $300 every month as long as they don’t shoot up the neighborhood. Recipients of the cash can earn a bonus of up to $200 if they have a job, are in school, or by “being a mediator in situations that could lead to violence.”
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