Posted on 08/15/2026 9:21:53 AM PDT by DFG
A progressive New York City lawmaker says shoplifters should be left in peace to steal items like toothpaste and soap.
Emily Gallagher - a Democrat Socialist member of the New York State assembly - shared a clip on her X account that also villainized drugstores, which have been forced to lock products in plexiglass cases because of rampant theft.
Gallagher wrote that 'no one should be arrested - much less jailed' for stealing toothpaste' and said in a speech that such thefts were just 'crimes of poverty.'
Speaking at an event, she continued: 'People who were stealing things like toothpaste, people who were stealing things like soap.
'And that means if you're stealing those things, you need them.
'And we are choosing to protect billion dollar companies like CVS and Walgreens over the people who are struggling to get by.'
Gallagher represents NYC's District 50, which comprises the wealthy Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Greenpoint.
Many residents of New York and other big cities have complained that soft-on-crime policies such as those pushed by Gallagher have worsened their quality of life.
The drug store chains she sought to villainize now lock tens of thousands of everyday products in cases, which can only be opened by staff forced to endure regular abuse and anti-social behavior.
But Gallagher was unrepentant and continued: 'I would say that the true crime is that there is such incredible wealth disparity in this city.
'That there are people who can be thrown in jail simply for having a biological need.'
Gallagher said she would push for 'treatment not jail' punishments.
She urged her fellow progressives to 'hold the line' on criminal justice reform policies that have passed and which she claims are being 'threatened by right-wing media looking to fearmonger.'
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Probably never had a real job in her life.
“”’And that means if you’re stealing those things, you need them. “””......says the chick who eats 12 meals a day.
Turning farmers and store owners into defacto slaves by an idiot woman that has never worked a day in her life.
Post her address and tell folks it’s all free.
That doesn't seem very vague.
Note that Ms. Gallagher is not just some nut babbling on a street corner. She’s a member of the New York State assembly. She has real political power.
New York is so screwed. And maybe also the rest of the country, eventually.
Anyway, I wonder if Ms. Gallagher would mind if I stopped by her house some day when no one is at home. Because I’m sure she has lots of things that I “need”.
🤔
“Post her address and tell folks it’s all free”
THAT...👆
That was mighty big of her to stand up for the looters.
Since these people will be able to get discounted products at the city’s taxpayer-supported supermarkets, they won’t have to steal anymore, right, Emily?
Why stop at theft? Murderers and rapists also have biological needs no?
“Woke Brooklyn lawmaker suggests shoplifting should be LEGALIZED because thieves have ‘biological need’ for the things they steal”. She looks healthy, is she shoplifting her food?
I wonder if Ms. Nitty-Witty will suggest we need to legalize rape because after all rapists have “biological need” for sex.
She doesn’t look like she has skipped any Thanksgiving spreads. I wonder if she hates.
NY City has been a “welfare city” for many decades. It produces nothing, and lives on skimmings from Wall Street, State aid, and especially, Federal handouts at all levels.
this has produced a parasitical, socialist/marxist mindset within government there. its become worse with each successive generation.
At this point, the parasite has taken control of the host.
America is getting tired of NYC’s bullshit, and will soon cut them off.
That’s why all Americans should be armed. We’ve got a Constitutional obligation to defend all of our property. Let the DemonRAT supporters steal from their DNC Massas.
She needs to shoplift her some GLP-1 Drugs.................
I have a BIOLOGICAL NEED to steal your house and car. So HAND IT OVER.
Because buying toothpaste is such a financial hardship
Woke is dead, Emily. And this kind of thing is the reason why.
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