Unfortunately, this crap is spreading to Texas as well.
Recently, the Dallas County DA said his office would no longer prosecute theft under $750 or simple drug possession. Luckily, this is still Texas, so he faced a massive backlash, but he only walked it back a bit: his instruction won’t prevent arrests, just prosecutions, and his office will still prosecute if the theft was committed for “monetary gain.” In the mind of the DA, who apparently does his policy research by watching Les Miserables, most petty thefts are committed by impoverished people who will starve if they don’t steal a loaf of bread.
A year or so ago, the Austin City Council voted to order the chief of police not to even make arrests for theft under $750 and other purportedly “minor” crime because making such arrests somehow involves “targeting minorities.” As though minorities weren’t the chief victims of such crimes. As a result, Class C misdemeanor arrests are down 63% from last year.
When the capitol of a state is ruled by the Marxists can the State be far behind?