This is the kind of shit that upsets the fuck out of people:
The mandate, set forth by Contra Costa County District Attorney Diane Becton, makes it tougher to prosecute looting cases in the county, which sits just outside San Francisco.
Investigators must now consider “
was this theft offense substantially motivated by the state of emergency, or simply a theft offense which occurred contemporaneously to the declared state of emergency?,”
according to local outlet East County Today.
In making that determination, they must also consider five other factors, including “
was the theft committed for financial gain or personal need?”
What in the ever loving fuck is going on here....this is not Robin Hood stealing bread to feed a family....
You run into a Target during a riot to steal shit, you committed a crime...
Now the judge wants to give bullshit defenses to those arrested????
"Uh yeah your Honor.....I was not stealing TVs to re sell them and make money, it was to hang on my own wall for personal need..."
Listen up Dems.....if you self-castrate your balls and do not speak up, it will cost you the election. Because no matter how bad some swing voters and independents might think Trump is, they will hate Dems even more if they are looking for excuses to not put people who steal in jail. Biden said looting and destruction of property is NOT protesting and 100% everyone would agree. Now you want to give those who did it a free pass?
I can see them saying they will not spend hours and hours reviewing video to go hunt down people who are seen on TV going into target to steal a Lego set. I get it....will entail way too much manpower and paperwork and they already missed the boat on stopping it in the first place.
But if people were actually caught in the act, then lighten the sentences or force COMMUNITY SERVICE to fix what was destroyed....
I do not remember in law school the "But I need this shit" defense.