SOCIETAL ROT, Part 4: Nonprosecution of Retail Theft Gutting Urban Centers

Zack Smith •   May 16, 2024

Fourth in a five-part series. Read part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here.

Societal rot is a choice.

Do you think people have a right to their property?

Of course.

Do you believe that businesses have a right to charge people for their merchandise?

Of course.

Do city residents without cars rely on stores in their neighborhoods such as Walgreens, Target, and CVS for groceries, medicines, and other necessities?

Obviously.

Do city businesses provide jobs and tax revenues, and contribute to the life and health of a city’s essence? 

Yes.

Organized theft and shoplifting of city businesses that result in those businesses closing down are mislabeled as mere “quality of life” crimes by rogue prosecutors.

SOCIETAL ROT, Part 4: Nonprosecution of Retail Theft Gutting Urban Centers
A shoplifting-prevention security guard patrols a Miami Beach, Florida, Target department store on Oct. 31. (Photo: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

Are the policies that encourage this type of activity defensible?

Not at all. So why are George Soros-funded rogue prosecutors doing just that?

Societal rot is a choice.

Tomorrow: The scourge of open-air drug markets

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Zack Smith is a senior legal fellow and manager of the Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Program in The Heritage Foundation's Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.

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