WATCH: Alleged Thieves Stroll Out of California TJ Maxx with Loads of Items
Two men were seen walking out of a TJ Maxx store in Granada Hills recently, carrying what appeared to be loads of stolen items.
Two men were seen walking out of a TJ Maxx store in Granada Hills recently, carrying what appeared to be loads of stolen items.
A man released under AB 109, Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature prison reform, now stands accused of committing two murders, including the murder of a Whittier police officer in February.
Thanks to the passage of Proposition 47, which reduced some felonies to misdemeanors, and allowed some prison inmates to be released early into the general public, one former inmate had the chance to commit attempted murder in a shoot-out with police.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, L.A. County Sheriff Jim McDonnell says much of the blame for the rise in crime in California can be directly attributed to the passage of Proposition 47.
Although Proposition 47 promised hundreds of millions of dollars for schools, mental health, and victim services by downgrading drug possession from a felony, it also downgraded date-rape drug possession from a sexual-offender felony to a misdemeanor, according to San Diego
California’s Proposition 47 of 2014, The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, which changed some drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors, has coincided with a rise in crime in parts of the state.
In November, California voters passed Prop 47 as an effort to fix prison overcrowding. That proposition has now taken center stage because one of the fixes contained in it is a ban on felony charges for stealing a firearm worth less than $950.
Proposition 47, the prime mover for increased crime rates in California as Breitbart News reported on Thursday, is responsible for a huge decrease in crucial DNA collection for law enforcement agencies.
A controversial referendum that reduced prison sentences for several categories of minor criminal offense is being blamed for a sharp rise in crime in parts of California, according to Seattle-based Fox News correspondent Dan Springer.