In 2014, a statewide law (Proposition 47) reclassified nonviolent thefts as misdemeanors for stolen goods worth less than $950. Permissive state and local policies and attitudes have signaled to thieves that San Francisco is a perfect “shopping” destination: a mecca for organized retail crime.
The chain has had to shutter 17 locations where merchandise was getting lifted rather than bought. Walgreens officials stated in May that thefts in its Frisco stores quadrupled their national average. Quite the opposite.Ĭlearly, San Francisco is in trouble. The scene captured in that video puts paid to the lie that “progressive” policies that excuse crime and weaken law enforcement are about a deep and fundamental respect for people. The viral video was quasi-farcical: A thief in a San Francisco Walgreens on Monday balanced on his bike as he skimmed it down the aisles, filling his black garbage bag with merchandise, looking like a larcenous Santa Claus as he then coasted past the store’s guard out into the California sunshine.īut there was nothing funny about the social crisis on display. Mayoral hopeful Eric Adams talks tough against NYC shoplifting spike
Mobs of looters are grabbing goods in California thanks to downgraded shoplifting lawsĬaught on tape: Shameless thieves steal $1,600 in goods from Connecticut storeīox cutter-wielding crook swipes duffel bags of electronics, food at NYC Target: NYPD
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