Viral video of people brazenly hauling out merchandise from a TJ Max store in Los Angeles in broad daylight is part of an ongoing shoplifting spree in California
Some say is the consequence of a referendum put in place in 2014 to make stealing items priced at $950 or less a misdemeanor.
The theft occurred days before Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law aimed at curbing organized retail theft, which has been costing California businesses millions of dollars annually. The law reestablishes the crime of organized retail theft, which lawmakers first created in 2018 but allowed to lapse as of July 1. Prosecutors can again seek to charge the crime as either a misdemeanor or a felony.
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