I spent about half an hour yesterday trying to see if the guy had been arrested or even his name after that beat down for attempted robbery. Turns out he was not arrested for that and not publicly identified. Had he been, or had he been at previously reported crimes, maybe he would have been out doing more robberies. A failure of Californian law enforcement.
The Sikh with the shillelagh should get a medal.
Do not mess with Sikhs. In India, they have long fended off both Hindus and Muslims, both of whom try to mess with them.
They have a strong reputation as being fierce soldiers.
“He was not arrested that night because the police department said it had not known then about his previous robberies at 7-Eleven.”
Huh?
“The police department said it will forward all of its findings to the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office”
Where the case might die.
During military officer education, I read an article on an effort to clean up crime in New York City.
The NYC police departments had a policy of ignoring the “small stuff” and concentrating only on “big” crimes. Also, they were more concerned about police corruption than fighting crime. NYC was becoming progressively more unsafe.
One of the crime-fighting initiatives was to crack down on small crime, such as shoplifting. This had the effect of convincing NYC residents that the police were finally doing something to make neighborhoods safer. In addition, a rather surprising result was that people who were arrested on minor charges often had outstanding warrants for more serious crimes. Thus, the crackdown on minor crime led directly to arrests on more serious charges. And NYC became safer as a result.
I believe this happened under mayor Rudy Guiliani. He appointed a new police chief who oversaw the change of direction for the police departments.
The state of California, of course, is going in exactly the opposite direction. By ignoring small crimes, it is allowing (encouraging) criminals to move up to more serious crimes. Why not? Don’t they get away with it? This is just one more reason I did not return to California after retiring.
Still so satisfying.
Peasants aren't allowed to defend their property in commiefornia.
“police said they arrested that man after learning he was connected to multiple robberies and other crimes.”
After learning about other crimes? Do they give a first time freebie? If so, they should extend it to the store owners as well.
The 7-Eleven is 300 feet away from the Stockton Police Department.
Literally around the corner.