Criminals, Homeless And Drug Users Are Enjoying The Spoils Of California's Prop 47
By Ryan Ledendecker
Published November 1, 2019 at 9:08am
As if California wasn’t plagued with enough problems, in 2014, the state went from bad to worse after the Democratic bastion passed Proposition 47, which severely reduced or eliminated legal consequences for the theft of merchandise below $950.
What Prop 47 immediately did was spark a lucrative, new opportunity for drug dealers, homeless people, fencers and other riff-raff, as these people can now walk into a retail store, blatantly steal whatever they want and have virtually no worry, whatsoever, of being prosecuted for their actions. In a majority of cases, police are never even involved, according to Fox News.
The proposition was, unsurprisingly, pushed by both Democrats and the American Civil Liberties Union, with the initial goal of giving police officers time to focus on more serious crimes, such as ones committed by violent offenders.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/criminals-homeless-drug-users-enjoying-spoils-californias-prop-47
