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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ptarmigan on November 01, 2019, 06:47:50 PM
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California's Prop 47 leads to rise in shoplifting, thefts, criminal activity across state
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-prop-47-shoplifting-theft-crime-statewide
SAN FRANCISCO – In a lighted garage on one of San Francisco's busiest streets, a young man in baggy trousers and messy brown hair pulled down his pants. He had been hiding two pairs of stolen jeans with the tags still on them. He handed them to another man waiting nearby, took some money, pulled up his pants and headed back into another store on Market Street — home to the city's high-end designers and big-chain retail shops.
The incident wasn't a one-off. These brazen acts of petty theft and shoplifting are a dangerous and all-too-common consequence of Proposition 47, a referendum passed five years ago that critics say effectively gives shoplifters and addicts the green light to commit crimes as long as the merchandise they steal or the drugs they take are less than $950 in value. The decision to downgrade theft of property valued below the arbitrary figure from felony to misdemeanor, together with selective enforcement that focuses on more “serious” crimes, has resulted in thieves knowing they can brazenly shoplift and merchants knowing the police will not respond to their complaints, say critics.
Elections have consequences.
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This proposition was listed as "Proposition 47: The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act" on the ballot in 2014 https://www.courts.ca.gov/prop47.htm (https://www.courts.ca.gov/prop47.htm)
considering that most voters are to lazy or stupid to read what they are actually voting for, the ballot initiative passed because who doesn't want safe neighborhoods and schools?
Our state politicians have a way of playing with words to **** the people to meet their twisted agenda.
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This proposition was listed as "Proposition 47: The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act" on the ballot in 2014 https://www.courts.ca.gov/prop47.htm (https://www.courts.ca.gov/prop47.htm)
considering that most voters are to lazy or stupid to read what they are actually voting for, the ballot initiative passed because who doesn't want safe neighborhoods and schools?
Our state politicians have a way of playing with words to **** the people to meet their twisted agenda.
Boy you can say that again! Here in Texas we have to vote 'Yes' on a state constitutional amendment saying we don't want state income taxes. It's worded very weird so a 'Yes' vote actually means 'No' to state income taxes.
KC
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I voted against Proposition 47, so I do NOT "Own It"!
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I voted against Proposition 47, so I do NOT "Own It"!
same