Target finally explains why nearly all its SF stores have reduced hours
This uptick in crime seems to be happening in cities like SF and Seattle that practice “restorative justice”. As far as I can tell it simply amounts to being soft on crime by not having city attorneys actually charge and sentence criminals, and by changing the priorities of the police department. The net result of removing consequences is that there’s no deterrent and so criminals will repeat crimes and other criminals are encouraged. It’s all so obvious and predictable but “social justice” advocates have nevertheless been able to weaken the criminal justice system in this way at the expense of the law abiding portion of society. In the last couple months shoplifting incidents in the Bay Area have become a lot more brazen - like the theft of tens of hundreds of thousands in goods from luxury stores in broad daylight. The only way to change this is to recall crime-permissive people like SF DA Chesa Boudin and other politicians supporting these policies, and replacing them with a more-conservative hard on crime set of leaders.