Well, Chesa, he could just be a kleptomaniac who needs the intervention of your now dysfunctional (but very, very expensive) justice system.Quote:
San Francisco's district attorney spoke out in apparent defense of a 'prolific' shoplifter who was filmed brazenly robbing a Walgreens store amid fierce criticism of the city's crime policies.
Chesa Boudin, district attorney since 2019, was asked about a viral video from June 19 showing the thief man heaping armfuls of Walgreens products into a trash bag, then riding his bike through the store with the stolen goods while the security guard and bystanders looked on.
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The suspect, Jean Lugo-Romero, 40, was arrested on June 19 and remains in jail.
He had previously robbed the same store on May 29, 30, 31 and June 1, but Walgreens declined to prosecute, Boudin said.
'When I watch that video, I think about five questions that people are not asking that I think they should,' Boudin told the New Yorker.
'Is he drug addicted, mentally ill, desperate? Is he part of a major retail fencing operation?
'What's driving this behavior and is it in any way representative, because it was presented as something symptomatic?'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9841295/Ultra-woke-San-Francisco-DA-says-shoplifter-infamous-Walgreens-video-desperate.htmlQuote:
If Walgreens has insurance for certain goods or they expect a certain amount of loss, if they would rather not risk lawsuits or escalation to violence - then maybe that's something we should know about,' said Boudin.
He told the magazine that the police make arrests in just two-and-a-half per cent of reported thefts.
'Maybe that's a good thing - maybe that means they're prioritizing murders,' Boudin said.
'But when this particular individual was arrested, and we got the full police history, it turned out that he had been detained by the police previously after another Walgreens incident, and they didn't arrest him because Walgreens had said they did not want to press charges in that prior case.
The DA seems unaware that brazen criminal activity of one type is often accompanied by other criminal acts.
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