Throwing in the towel
Big ideas have turned sideways. A couple years ago we were planning a move and sold the truck (2016 Nissan Titan XD Diesel) and the travel trailer, eliminating both payments. Fast forward to earlier t...
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fx2tom wrote:mobeewan wrote:Lwiddis wrote:
You are letting the bums, crooks and drug users win.
They are winning when the authorities keep doing catch and release.
My local PD posted this weekend about a car thief they have arrested 5 times since September 22. Each time they arrest him he is back on the street in a few hours. With COVID auto theft is classified as a non-violent crime so the state mandates release. Local PD hands are tied and you can see the frustration.
Sooooo ... I guess that means that CA law now only recognizes violent felonies and not non-violent felonies?
If so does that mean, then, that if you rob a bank by breaking in during the middle of the night - with no people in the bank - that you will be quickly released (and can thus keep the money you've temporarily hidden away) because it was a non-violent felony???
By extension then, is stealing a $$$ car in CA no longer a "felony"???
:h
