Posted on 07/10/2024 5:21:38 PM PDT by Morgana
A district attorney in California has threatened to punish a Target store for repeatedly reporting thefts at the store in the crime-ridden state.
Sacramento City Attorney Susana Alcala Wood's office said the retail store located at 2505 Riverside Blvd. in Land Park will be fined and slapped with a public nuisance charge if it continues to call police when there is a theft at the store.
A person familiar with the incident, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal, told The Sacramento Bee that city officials warned that an administrative fine would also be charged.
Pursuing legal action against a business for reporting a crime has prompted lawmakers to add an amendment to a retail theft bill making such threats illegal.
Alexander Gammelgard, president of the California Police Chiefs Association, who testified at the Assembly’s first retail theft committee meeting in December, appeared stunned by recent news and explained there is no 'place for that.'
'I ... (was) also surprised that anyone would ever attempt to make a nuisance case out of somebody calling to report a legitimate crime,' he told the Bee.
Wood's office and the Sacramento Police Department told ABC45 News they were unaware such a threat had been made.
Under the Proposition 47 initiative that was passed in 2014, lower-level crimes were set as misdemeanors and $950 felony threshold set for shoplifting.
But many were opposed to the voter-approved plan that they believe has been the cause of the escalating theft in their state.
According to reports, Governor Gavin Newsom has been working to tighten penalties on retail theft offenses by introducing a package with 14 bills specifically dealing with this issue later this year.
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And so should other companies.
And when they do that, the Soros DA will prosecute them for creating Big Mike's "food deserts."
They will probably sue target for closing
They would have to charge me on this threat. No friggin way I would back down on running up their crime statistics.
Target is caught between their leftist beliefs and the criminals. They either live with the retail theft, raising prices for all Target customers, or they start closing crime-riddled locations.
I would insist every merchant report every theft. Break their back. This is nonsense. Why do you let thieves steal what they want? Are they trying to goad us into responding? Are they afraid of being called racist for arresting black thieves? Why is this allowed?
My business insurance as well as the irs require a police report for the reimbursement or deduction.
This is even one more step past anarchotyranny, not only not arresting criminals but even making the reporting of crimes a crime.
I wonder if there are any big government supporters able to put the thought together that this isn’t what government was supposed to do.
“Sacramento City Attorney Susana Alcala Wood...”
I’ll bet anything she’s an AWFUL. (Affluent White Female Urban Liberal)
The Congress could pass a law nullifying Proposition 47.
Paging Nancy Pelosi!
This is CVS, we’ve just had $900 in abortion pills shoplifted.
My neighbor was a pharmacist.
It is my understanding that his wife was not allowed to enter his workspace by law.
I’d lose no sleep it Target went out of business.
But all these retailers need to go to a Service Merchandise sale platform. You can look at non-functional product or empty food boxes and cans, order product, pay in a secure vault and product is released to you and vault is open for your departure. Safer staff and reduced staff also.
Challenge accepted.
I say every business report every theft.
Use the lefts own weapon against them, Cloward-Piven.
Truncate at Susana Alcala and you have one more commie Latina witch that got hitched to some fool anglo.
FWIW, just look at her LinkedIn profile.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/susana-alcala-wood-547a818a/
More toward the bottom - Languages: Spanish.
Hilarious aside currently at the bottom of her page:
“Mike Bloomberg
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Ambition & Solutions, WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries, mayor of NYC, father, grandfather, and data nerd.”
They forgot: all around scumbag.
IF the DA does that then sue the DA for enabling crime by NOT taking seriously reports of crime and acting on them and for punishing the victims of crimes!
use the Korean shotgun defense
“They either live with the retail theft, raising prices for all Target customers, or they start closing crime-riddled locations.”
This particular store is in the midst of a human cesspool.
I’m astounded if they don’t LOSE $.25 on the dollar. Why it’s still open is a mystery.
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