San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge

Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by tinyhouse on Friday May 21, 2021 @08:12PM (#27241690)

That's good! Deadly force should only be used to prevent serious physical harm. It should be pretty easy to trace those people and put them in jail. But I'm sure the SF police didn't even bother.

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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by dmoy on Friday May 21, 2021 @08:16PM (#27241733)

Does SF prosecute petty theft? In Seattle we mostly don't, and haven't for years. As a result, there's usually not much point for police to put petty thieves in jail.

I'm not even sure they investigate/prosecute class C felony theft here much anymore. Above $5,000 stolen (class B felony theft), and then maybe there's a case.

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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by staticassertion on Friday May 21, 2021 @08:20PM (#27241773)

I think it's a misdemeanor here.

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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by ultimoo on Friday May 21, 2021 @11:53PM (#27243273)

Unfortunately it's less about the police not bothering and more about the DA not bothering.

See https://stanfordreview.org/chesa-boudin-san-francisco-crime/

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