[ExI] crowdsourced crimefighters

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 8:01 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I am reading that the police in California don't bother with minor crimes
> now.
>
> "Rampant Shoplifting Forces Ten Bay Area Walgreens To Close     March 5,
> 2021"
> <
> https://dawsoncountyjournal.com/blog/2021/03/05/rampant-shoplifting-forces-ten-bay-area-walgreens-to-close/
> >
> Theft of less than $950 in goods is treated as a nonviolent
> misdemeanor under California law. But in most cases, for shoplifting,
> the criminal is released.
>
> So finding their vehicle might not help much.
> Solution - Move to Florida or Texas like the rest of California escapees!
>  :)
>

Solution: fund the courts so that processing these cases becomes a small
enough burden that the cops don't have to let these go to make sure that
serious crimes reliably get prosecuted.
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