https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/01/inside-edition-looks-for-crime-gets-more-than-it-wanted.php“INSIDE EDITION†LOOKS FOR CRIME, FINDS MORE THAN IT WANTEDSmash and grab robberies are rampant in San Francisco, where authorities do very little to discourage them. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, more than 31,000 people reported smash and grab robberies in the city in 2017 alone.
Hoping to document such a robbery, “Inside Edition,†a television program, placed GPS trackers inside items in a car parked in an area well known for theft. The items were a $250 speaker and a purse. “Inside edition†also placed video cameras throughout the car to be able to record the expected smash and grab.
Sure enough, as Fox News reports, two people soon robbed the vehicle. A man smashed open the car’s back window, pulled out the purse, and threw it to his female accomplice. He then removed the speaker.
The “Inside Edition†crew used its tracker to find the thieves. They confronted the duo as they entered a train station.
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But while all of this was going on, thieves broke into the crew’s car and stole the camera equipment. As a result, five million people won’t see either theft, and “Inside Edition†is out thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
When police don't "sweat the small stuff", small stuff multiplies, and people doing small stuff graduate to bigger stuff. While the current smash-and-grab crime wave in SF predates the current DA, he is very much moving enforcement/prosecution of laws in the wrong direction.
