Posted on 12/02/2021 7:30:57 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities in Los Angeles on Thursday announced more than a dozen arrests in recent smash-and-grab thefts at stores where nearly $340,000 worth of merchandise was stolen, part of a rash of organized retail crime in California.
Fourteen people were arrested in connection with 11 brazen robberies between Nov. 18 and 28, and all are out of custody, police Chief Michel Moore said. Most bailed out or met no-bail criteria, and one is a juvenile, he said.
At a joint news conference, both Moore and Mayor Eric Garcetti called for an end to a no-bail policy for some defendants aimed at reducing overcrowding at Los Angeles County jails during the coronavirus pandemic.
Garcetti said with the pandemic easing, it’s time to make room again in lockups for criminals who commit violent acts and put store employees in danger.
“We need the help of our criminal justice system, of our judges, of our jailers,” Garcetti said. “We have opened up a lot of the city because we’re in a better place with COVID. We should be able to also open up our jails, and we should be able to have judges that put people behind those bars.”
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has boasted of his criminal justice reform efforts, promised on Wednesday that the proposed budget he sends to state lawmakers next month will “significantly increase our efforts to go after these retail rings.”
And gascon announced charges against the racist officers who arrested the “victims.”
“Most bailed out or met no-bail criteria”
In other words...They are black.
I hope the DAs that publicly said they won’t prosecute these crimes are part of this round up
What it’s going to take is for retailers and insurance companies to hire a couple of snipers. Take out a half dozen of these guys every time they try it and it will stop so fast your head will spin.
“met no-bail criteria”
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Why - did they each steal more than $950?
I bet it is easy to make bail by selling the stuff they took.
I’m stunned
It is the only way to stop this nonsense
If they had more income opportunities they wouldn't be forced into these dangerous 'smash & grab' activities. Society has failed them and now must make it right.
(Notice, it's not their fault)
They’ll never see the inside of a courtroom. Not a single one.
You do not honestly believe the Democrats are that stupid? They are getting their beaks wet.
The ones arrested we’re not able to prove their vaccination status.
Since this is part of “organized retail crime” I assume they were all charged with conspiracy. Right?
Garcetti - one of the main causes of this robbery spree. He should be in jail without any possibility of being bonded out. He’d never be able to sit down again!
Officer Krupke, you’re really a square.
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