11-22-2021, 03:20 PM
(11-22-2021, 02:57 PM)GMDino Wrote: Legit question: Which crimes do they not prosecute?
Do they really not prosecute theft?
Anything under $950 is a misdemeanor under recent CA law. The DA in San Francisco has stated they will not prosecute many misdemeanors. Here's some statistics from a local source.
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/data-shows-chesa-boudin-prosecutes-fewer-shoplifters-than-predecessor/
The numbers show the prosecution rate for shoplifting cases involving a misdemeanor petty theft charge for a loss of $950 or less fell under Boudin, from 70 percent under former District Attorney George Gascon in 2019 to 44 percent in 2020 and 50 percent as of mid-June 2021.
Now, it is important to note that Gascon, who moved to LA after ruining the Bay Area, left office after transforming SF into the city with the worst property crime rate in the nation. So the above is even more telling and shows just how radical Boudin is. To be fair, they both prosecute organized retail theft around the same amount. The problem is, when you don't prosecute low level theft you will create an environment in which further, larger scale theft occurs. Essentially, the more comfortable you make criminals feel the more crime you're going to get. Most criminals are not deep thinkers, they see that the DA doesn't prosecute retail theft, so they engage in more of it, to the level of what we see in this thread. They won't know, and likely wouldn't care, that the DA will still prosecute organized theft, they just know they can steal and likely get away with it because, in reality, they usually can.
