Posted on 01/21/2020 1:33:34 PM PST by C19fan
Smash and grab robberies are rampant in San Francisco, where authorities do very little to discourage them. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, more than 31,000 people reported smash and grab robberies in the city in 2017 alone.
Hoping to document such a robbery, “Inside Edition,” a television program, placed GPS trackers inside items in a car parked in an area well known for theft. The items were a $250 speaker and a purse. “Inside edition” also placed video cameras throughout the car to be able to record the expected smash and grab.
Sure enough, as Fox News reports, two people soon robbed the vehicle. A man smashed open the car’s back window, pulled out the purse, and threw it to his female accomplice. He then removed the speaker.
The “Inside Edition” crew used its tracker to find the thieves. They confronted the duo as they entered a train station.
The show’s reporter told the man that “five million people” will view his theft. The man responded that he was going to call his mother.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
But while all of this was going on, thieves broke into the crew’s car and stole the camera equipment. As a result, five million people won’t see either theft, and “Inside Edition” is out thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
The West Coast being the liberal West Coast paradise it is.
The only time my truck has even been broken into was downtown Seattle in a well lit parking lot.
I used to live in the Easy Bay and Sacramento and enjoyed going into SF. Growing up in the NYC Metro area during the 1970s, I was used to homeless people. But I would be crazy to go there now and take a major risk my car will be smashed into and of course navigating all the poop and syringes.
You literally cannot park in some lots do to large piles of broken glass.
That is just seriously funny.
Charges for which the Default is to Decline Prosecuting (unless supervisor permission is obtained).
Instead of prosecuting, these cases should be (1) outright dismissed prior to arraignment or (2) where appropriate, diverted and treated as a civil infraction for which community service is satisfactory, restitution is satisfactory or engagement with appropriate community-based no-cost programming, job training or schooling is satisfactory. In the exceptional circumstances where prosecution of one of these charges is warranted, the line DA must first seek permission from his or her supervisor. If necessary, arraignment will be continued to allow for consultation with supervisor. Thus, there will be an avenue for prosecuting these misdemeanors when necessary but it will be appropriately overseen by experienced prosecutors.
Note: this is essentially already happening for drug possession cases in Roxbury and Dorchester District Court. - https://rollins4da.com/policy/charges-to-be-declined/
And, Boston Illegal: DA to stop prosecuting people for quality of life crimes in pursuit of 'fairness'
I won’t even take BART to SF due to the drugged people who are on the trains. Some almost passed out and others talking to themselves...geeshh!!!
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