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Re:Out of control San Francisco shoplifting forcing Walgreen... by diogenescynic on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @10:45PM (#27216800)
Should be but prop 47 decriminalized property crimes below $950 a day so cops don’t do anything and DAs like Chesa Boudin do nothing even when violent criminals are caught, so they definitely won’t do anything about theft. Even if DAs prosecute, juries won’t convict and judges won’t sentence. The justice system in San Francisco is a farce.

Last time I went to Target in SF (on Geary) I saw a car waiting outside and someone running with their arms full of stuff out the door and hop in the car. Last time I went to a Walgreens I saw people with masks on just taking backpacks full of stuff. It’s starting to feel like anarchy.

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Re:Out of control San Francisco shoplifting forcing Walgreen... by dragonwriter on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @11:11PM (#27216949)
> Should be but prop 47 decriminalized property crimes below $950 a day

No, it didn’t:

(1) It didn’t decriminalize anything[0], and

(2) for the acts it reduced the severity of the available criminal pubishment for to which $950 is a relevant amount: (a) the limit applies per act not per day, a d (b) the scope is much narrower than “property crimes”, generally.

[0] try to satisfy anyone advocating decriminalization of X by reducing some instances of X from a felony to a misdemeanor.

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Re:Out of control San Francisco shoplifting forcing Walgreen... by TMWNN on Thursday May 20, 2021 @12:33AM (#27217402)
>[0] try to satisfy anyone advocating decriminalization of X by reducing some instances of X from a felony to a misdemeanor.

DA Boudin has made it clear that such "minor" crimes won't be prosecuted. Period. That's decriminalization, de facto if not de jure.

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Re:Out of control San Francisco shoplifting forcing Walgreen... by dragonwriter on Thursday May 20, 2021 @02:27AM (#27218045)
> DA Boudin has made it clear that such "minor" crimes won't be prosecuted.

To the extent that may be true that’s DA Boudin, not Prop 47.

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