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More and more cities and even states are adopting laws that essentially decriminalize shoplifting below $500 or $1000 worth of merchandise. Open air shoplifted-

More and more cities and even states are adopting laws that essentially decriminalize shoplifting below $500 or $1000 worth of merchandise. Open air shoplifted-products markets now exist in major American cities. This is purely a political decision, not some pressing economic need. This is the result of the agenda of these DAs elected on aggressively progressive platforms.

blacksmith_tb 6y ago
That sounds extremely unlikely to me - do you have any references? Looking through gNews for 'shoplifiting' I see things like [1] which average around $100 or less and those were arrests. 1: https://www.cleveland.com/community/2020/12/lorain-woman-with-warrants-arrested-for-shoplifting-brooklyn-police-blotter.html https://www.cleveland.com/community/2020/12/lorain-woman-wit...
- anonunivgrad 6y ago
  https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/phillys-new-top-prosecutor-is-rolling-out-wild-unprecedented-criminal-justice-reforms.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/phillys-new-top-... And since then, many other cities have followed suit. Contrary to popular belief, almost no one is actually in jail for small time drug possession, so reducing “mass incarceration” means reducing or eliminating penalties for real crime.
- GauntletWizard 6y ago
  Here's one example of this kind of opportunistic shoplifting[1], though for online retail purposes, not open air markets. Those most certainly do exist in San Francisco, though. Wander (In better times, not so much with Covid) the Mission District, Outer Richmond, the Haight - Just off the beaten path will be street vendors. There will always be a "Discount homegoods" with an eclectic collection of drugs, toiletries, etc. https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/10/06/major-san-francisco-bay-area-retail-theft-ring-busted-five-suspects-arrested-8-million-in-stolen-merchandise-recovered/ https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/10/06/major-san-franc...

blacksmith_tb 6y ago

That sounds extremely unlikely to me - do you have any references? Looking through gNews for 'shoplifiting' I see things like [1] which average around $100 or less and those were arrests. 1: https://www.cleveland.com/community/2020/12/lorain-woman-with-warrants-arrested-for-shoplifting-brooklyn-police-blotter.html https://www.cleveland.com/community/2020/12/lorain-woman-wit...

anonunivgrad 6y ago
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/phillys-new-top-prosecutor-is-rolling-out-wild-unprecedented-criminal-justice-reforms.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/phillys-new-top-... And since then, many other cities have followed suit. Contrary to popular belief, almost no one is actually in jail for small time drug possession, so reducing “mass incarceration” means reducing or eliminating penalties for real crime.
GauntletWizard 6y ago
Here's one example of this kind of opportunistic shoplifting[1], though for online retail purposes, not open air markets. Those most certainly do exist in San Francisco, though. Wander (In better times, not so much with Covid) the Mission District, Outer Richmond, the Haight - Just off the beaten path will be street vendors. There will always be a "Discount homegoods" with an eclectic collection of drugs, toiletries, etc. https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/10/06/major-san-francisco-bay-area-retail-theft-ring-busted-five-suspects-arrested-8-million-in-stolen-merchandise-recovered/ https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/10/06/major-san-franc...