Thieves Going Wild in California, Taking Advantage Of State Law Protecting Shoplifters

[Weatherman2020]

Who woulda thunk crime would skyrocket when California Democrats made theft a ticket offense?


Thieves Going Wild in California, Taking Advantage Of State Law Protecting Shoplifters.

Democrats- on the side of criminals on every issue.

 

[Montrovant]

So thieves were unwilling to shoplift for $450 worth of goods, but up to $950 means they are "going wild"?

I also went to the local CBS story linked to in the lidblog post. According to that, there is also a law allowing "organized retail theft," to still be charged as a felony for lower dollar value. Apparently prosecuters/DAs are not charging with felonies even though they could.

In addition, misdemeanors can still involve jail time. Again, if that isn't happening, it isn't because the law makes the crimes a misdemeanor.

Finally, it's disingenuous at best to say that "California Democrats made theft a ticket offense." Theft up to $450 was already a misdemeanor before the Prop 47 law, and being a misdemeanor does not require a ticket as punishment.

The change in law may have been a bad idea, but your post and link do not accurately portray the reality of the situation, from what I can see.

 

[Rigby5]

There was a time when anything over $100 was and should be a felony, but clearly not for many decades.
This is not 1700 and we have to realize that most crime is caused by lack of opportunities of education, jobs, health care, etc.
The emphasis should be on the causes of crime, not punitive deterrents of questionable success and even greater costs.