Posted on 03/03/2020 7:46:59 PM PST by USA Conservative
The brazen acts of petty theft and shoplifting are a dangerous and all-too-common consequence of Proposition 47, a referendum passed five years ago that critics say effectively gives shoplifters and addicts the green light to commit crimes as long as the merchandise they steal or the drugs they take are less than $950 in value. The decision to downgrade theft of property valued below the arbitrary figure from a felony to a misdemeanor, together with selective enforcement that focuses on more “serious” crimes, has resulted in thieves knowing they can brazenly shoplift and merchants knowing the police will not respond to their complaints, say critics.
The Democrats in San Francisco have also made theft under $950 a misdemeanor & cops won’t even arrest you for the crime.
Not surprisingly, this has had very predictable results.
It turns out if you tell people they won’t get arrested for stealing, it’s like a free pass to go shopping.
Five years later we have devastating results.
Video below:
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It’s all from California. Democrats have made theft under $950 a misdemeanor. Cops won’t even arrest them. Even if the cops did intervene, they’d only issue a citation.
Proposition 47 is seen by critics as one of California’s biggest blunders. Supported by the state Democratic Party and championed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the referendum was passed by a wide margin in 2014. The idea behind it was to reduce certain non-violent felonies to misdemeanors in order to free up resources for cops and prosecutors to focus on violent offenders.
Since Proposition 47 was passed, there has been an increase in theft across the state. Cities like San Francisco have seen organized crime rings turn shoplifting into a well-organized racket involving desperate thieves and unscrupulous black-market resellers.
Among the nation’s 20 largest cities, San Francisco now has the highest rate of property crime, which includes theft, shoplifting, and vandalism.
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What a sight!
If things are this bad under a Trump presidency just imagine things under Biden or Burny.
So this is what they meant by dystopian future.
Paying customers need a class action lawsuit. They are discriminated against thieves.
California gets what SF and LA voted for.
Huge loss of small business Jokers taking Over Frisco
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3795597/posts
Just a reminder on what every sane, noble and righteous civilization is built upon--the ten commandments.
We are here: “If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer, How Shall We Then Live? (Old Tappan NJ: Fleming H Revell Company, 1976), p. 224.
This is the fruit of the "everything is relative" and "there are no absolutes" licentious teachers. Have fun guys, you have screwed everything and everyone--hope you can see it.
They are already in difficulties competing with online sellers.
Now their own merchandise is being sold online far cheaper than they can buy it.
Pity them!
It’s what they voted for. Screw em
Time to shrug in Cali
I’m sure there’s no correlation to the rise of tent cities, either. /s
Freedom to steal stuff and possess weekly quantities of drugs with impunity has consequences.
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[[It turns out if you tell people they won’t get arrested for stealing, it’s like a free pass to go shopping. ]]
We’ve officially gone insane- people can now make a living STEALING crap from legit stores, and reselling the stolen stuff and not be arrested-
[[This is the fruit of the “everything is relative” and “there are no absolutes” licentious teachers.]]
And it’s only gettign worse- and will get much much worse much faster IF a democrat majority ever take hte white house again
In California, the government is merely helping the criminally inclined earn a living at the expense of business owners so illegal aliens can feel right at home.
they don’t even have to pay sewer bills- they just use the streets and sidewalks as their sewers
It’s like we’re living in some asinine weird alternative universe where insanity is revered and common sense is outlawed
Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.
I moved from socal to east of the Mississippi the year that this law went into effect. The results were predicted, anticipated, and immediate. This is old news. California still sucks!
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