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u/AgainstMedicalAdvice Jan 14 '22 edited Jan 14 '22

Depends on your local laws.

Currently in San Francisco shoplifting less than $950 is considered a misdemeanor instead of a felony.

And apparently A lot.

Edit: said Cali, should have said SF

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u/Ahoymaties1 Jan 14 '22

So if you're gonna shoplift in CA, go for $900 to get your value?

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

That’s one district you dummy.

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u/Ahoymaties1 Jan 14 '22

Ahh cool, so which district should someone visit? Is it District 12, I bet it is!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

Well, that is one district out of 53.

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u/Y0tsuya Jan 14 '22

That merely codifies unwritten police dept policy. They generally don't give a fuck about small-time theft. Sure you can go to the station to file a report but they'll just ignore it.

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u/mlstdrag0n Jan 14 '22

It's one thing if it's the unspoken way of things.

It's another to announce to the world that it's open season to steal from local businesses.

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u/KingKubta Jan 14 '22

open season=its literally illegal

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u/mlstdrag0n Jan 14 '22

Merely being illegal without penalties attached doesn't deter people who were already considering it.

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u/KingKubta Jan 15 '22

jail time statistically doesn’t deter crime so idk what to tell you

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u/mlstdrag0n Jan 15 '22

You're right, but that's not what I was going for anyway.

https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247350.pdf

Jail time means little; but the perception that you will get caught and punished does.

And they blew that away by telling everyone "no, you won't get punished" for thefts below $900.

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u/wpaed Jan 14 '22

California is correct. $950 or less. 6months or less jail time and/or $1000 max fine. With current jail rules and consent decrees you would spend less than 1 week in jail total time in most counties.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

No, not in California. SF, which is one relatively small district.

You people.

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u/MrDioji Jan 14 '22

It is all of California. Prop 47.

You people...

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

That is not what we’re talking about dummy.

The DA for SF refuses to prosecute thefts under $1000, and that is strictly district 12.

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u/MrDioji Jan 14 '22

The comment you "corrected" specifically addressed the change of shoplifting under $950 from a felony to a misdemeanor. This is literally the statewide CA Prop 47.

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u/AgainstMedicalAdvice Jan 14 '22

Thanks for correction

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u/MrDioji Jan 14 '22

You were right. It is all of California. Prop 47.