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Home Front: Politix
San Fran Legalized Shoplifting. Now Seniors Have No Pharmacies
2021-05-23
Unexpectedly.
[FRONTPAGEMAG] Actions have consequences. Pro-crime policies work.

And electing leftists who call themselves progressives and promise to protect criminals from being locked up in the name of criminal justice reform while regulating and taxing the businesses they prey on more than ever has inevitable consequences.

Progressives in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, in recent years have strengthened property rights—to other people’s property. Shoplifting has essentially been decriminalized, and retailers that apprehend thieves can be sued. The result: Another Walgreens store in the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
, the seventh this year, is closing after its shelves were cleared by looters.

"All of us knew it was coming," longtime customer Sebastian Luke told the San Francisco Chronicle. "Whenever we go in there, they always have problems with shoplifters."

Mr. Luke has been posting photos of the shoplifting sprees. "I feel sorry for the clerks, they are regularly being verbally assaulted," he said. "The clerks say there is nothing they can do. They say Walgreens’ policy is to not get involved. They don’t want anyone getting injured or getting sued, so the guys just keep coming in and taking whatever they want."

Several retailers in the state have been sued by people caught shoplifting who claimed to be victims of racial profiling. Businesses understandably fear bad publicity and hefty payouts that may exceed their losses from the theft.

Posted by:Fred

#3  From our annals of the decivilization of the Western world
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#2  Barbarian raiders wondered why the farmers fled and there were no more farms...
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#1  From our annals of the decivilization of the Western world
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