The revolt against Sorosesque policies on crime is in full force.
In November, nearly 70% of California voters voted in favor of Proposition 36, officially known as “Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes.” It undoes most of the changes that California voters approved in 2014 that turned certain nonviolent crimes into misdemeanors - which was immediately followed by a spike in crime. One major change under prop 36 is that repeat shoplifters (those with two or more past convictions) of $950 in value or less now face felony charges, punishable up to three years in prison.
In one viral video released by police to warn them about the new law, a trio of alleged shoplifters are seen stealing from numerous stores before being arrested by police.
In a hilarious exchange between two of the alleged shoplifters, they’re shocked to learn that consequences now exist for breaking the law.
"It's a felony?" one of the women asks the other while seated in the back of a cop car.
"B**** new laws. Stealing is a felony and this Orange County b***. They don’t play."
Cook County (which includes Chicago) has also been seeing change recently following the Soros-backed DA Kim Foxx deciding to not run for reelection. Her tenure was plagued by rising crime, and she became a household name after her corrupt handling of the Jussie Smollett fiasco.
Eileen O’Neil Burke, a non-woke Democrat and former criminal defense attorney and judge, ended up winning the race for Cook County State's Attorney During her campaign she promised to reduce the threshold for felony shoplifting from $1,000 to $300. She warned that shoplifters could “clear out several aisles at Walgreens” before hitting the $1,000 threshold, and that this policy was causing business to flee. She made good on her promise to change that threshold after taking office, and arrests are already being made.
As the Populist Times reported:
The outgoing Foxx had reportedly directed prosecutors to withhold felony charges when the amount shoplifted was less than $1,000 or the suspect had less than ten or more previous convictions.
According to CBW Chicago, 3,264 retail thefts were filed in the city under Foxx between January 1 and November 30, with only 11% qualifying as felonies. In November alone, 333 cases were filed, of which 13% were felony shoplifting.
Between December 3 and December 22, after O’Neill Burke took office, the City of Chicago recorded 248 shopliftings, of which 69, or 28%, were felonies. Under O’Neill Burke’s new administration, the number of shoplifting incidents recorded as felonies increased by 154% compared to the preceding 11-month period and 115% compared to November (the month before).
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