Some suspected shoplifters in California were surprised to learn that a new law would classify shoplifting as a felony.
Well, to be fair, one of them apparently knew they were facing more dire consequences and tried to collect about $1,000 total from Ulta Beauty stores and Kohl’s anyway. did.
The other had no clue. She thought stealing was just a misdemeanor. she got I hit reality In the back seat of the police car, he was told the bad news by his accomplice.
The following dialogue is borderline Shakespearean in its poetic tone.
“Is that a felony?” one woman, sitting handcuffed in the back seat of a car, asks the other.
“The new law is crap,” her colleague replied. “Theft is a felony, you Orange County bastards. They don’t play around.”
Shoplifters will pay for their crimes
The Seal Beach Police Department produced a hilarious surveillance video of the two subjects, showing them grabbing items inside the store, putting them in bags, and leaving without paying.
In this video, “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'” plays throughout most of the clips. Except for the part where the two alleged criminals discuss current issues.
This video went viral.
“Bitch, New Laws” 🎥 Credit @SealBeachPolice pic.twitter.com/xunYSO7aiv
— Susan Collins in Los Angeles (@CollinsCity) December 23, 2024
What are the boots that one woman is wearing? Her legs appear to be attacked by two vicious malamutes.
Honestly, Republicans running in California would be wise to use “B***h new law” as their campaign slogan going forward.
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Thanks to Proposition 36
What this particular criminal knows that other criminals don’t know is that Proposition 36 was passed in California this past election. It took effect less than a week ago.
Proposition 36 – also known as the Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act – would reform Proposition 47, a decades-old law that was supposed to usher in criminal justice reform but instead encouraged crime escalation. .
Voters loudly criticized California’s crime mitigation policies.
“This bill would undo some of the changes voters made in a 2014 ballot measure that turned certain nonviolent felonies into misdemeanors, effectively shortening prison sentences and This has led to a spike in crime,” police said in a warning to would-be criminals, along with the video above.
“Here at Seal Beach, we have never believed in citation and disclosure programs, but this new proposal only strengthens our efforts to combat organized retail theft. Please.”
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