What is the govt's plan here? Is this just a way to win more progressive votes regardless of actual collateral damage to communities? Are they showing that the

What is the govt's plan here? Is this just a way to win more progressive votes regardless of actual collateral damage to communities? Are they showing that they will not prosecute crime because it was morally justified by an oppressed, impoverished population that only wants to feed itself? And is stealing from corporations is a valid form of restitution?