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In San Francisco's Tenderloin district, children as young as 13 are involved in selling drugs and stolen goods, with at least 57 juveniles arrested citywide for drug sales since August. The Public Defender's Office highlights that many of these youth are victims of human trafficking, poverty, abandonment, and violence.
Kids are selling drugs and stolen goods in the Tenderloin. It’s an open secret on the city’s roughest blocks. Police arrested 57 kids ages 13 to 17 on suspicion of dealing drugs between August and Feb. 8. 55 of the 57 teens came from outside SF. Good reporting by @davidfortheppl…
A sad and disturbing open secret in SF's Tenderloin: Kids, some as young as 13, are selling drugs and stolen goods. Eye-opening story from @davidfortheppl @jr_umanzor https://t.co/62TJevMMrZ
A troubling and important story from @davidfortheppl & @jr_umanzor about the kids selling drugs on San Francisco's toughest streets. “It’s poverty,” one said, explaining why he works at the illegal market. “It’s classism. The mother of all isms.” https://t.co/54Oo2irRPV
