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People, wheno governments can only stand by and say, oh, my god, what is happening here? that is the road to hell to me. when you think about these kids going home with the stolen goods, how is it that they can takes them into their homes, their parents are there, their siblings are there. is that really whats happening? or, and ive just been thinking about this over the last couple of days, is there really organized crime involvement here taking advantage of reduced sentencing in crime. in othe...

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For the anarchy. proposition 47 lets shoplifters avoid jail time as long as they dont steal more than $950 worth of stuff. >> is it time to revisit proposition 147? >> there are laws against a shoplifting. that individual should be arrested, if the first time they shouldve been arrested, the second, third, fourth time. >> do you think that scares people? >> to be arrested, certainly. >> but they dont spend time in jail, governor. >> its not just looters ransacking stores, showing robbers corneri...

Todd: a record number of police officers shot and killed this year. national fraternal order of police over 114 officers of been shot this year. 58 of them were killed. 95 ambush style attacks on officers were reported as well, 126% increase from last year as violent crime rises in major cities across the country. carley: wall street executives begging jpmorgan chase to cancel its conference in san francisco over the citys out of control crime. several high-ranking financiers say they dont want ...

Carley: these business owners faced looting, they are now possibly going to have to pay for their own private security, better than continuing to be robbed. if you look at san francisco crime statistics, between january 1st and november 20 eighth over 2000 robberies, burglaries, 6000 larceny theft, 75,000. why are these thefts happening? a lot of people blame proper 47, the proposition that makes robberies under $950 a misdemeanor. is that why this is happening? >> that is the starting point. th...

More of the robberies and take a look at the video here on friday night in lakewood right here in los angeles county. a large group of teenagers rated a home depot where they stole tools like sledgehammers, crowbars, and fled in all directions in multiple vehicles. the witness described the brazen robbery. take a listen. >> we try to actually stop them and we close the front entrance. they put their sledgehammers up like whoever got in their way, they were going to hurt them. >> this comes after...

Criminal defense reform? criminal justice reform. the worst time to do that is when crime is at a 50- or 60-year-old low because youve reached a lull, utopian society. now we can let people go to jail with gun crimes and they can be back on the street in 15 minutes. its not just about here. its -- but there is -- its like willie said the other day. theres a per missive attitude on the west coast especially. oh, property crime, what is it? $950? as long as you only steal $950. no. put them in jai...

Roys happening. u i want to be careful not to use this rationalization to go back to what it was. >> im not suggesting that. you want to go forward, but you have to rejust and find your problems like mayor eric adams is trying to do. >> im a cop, this stuff is happening, people walking in and cleaning out the shelves, thats got to stop. we cant have chaos in our city. yes, i was a new york city police officer but i was a thorn in their side because we were calling for reforms. yes, we need to ch...

950. >> i think when well lose respect for the law, they dont fear capture or punishment. this is the sort of thing that you see, all politics should be well advised make sure we have stiffen tenses in place, and too take the crimes seriously. and prosecute the individuals who are committing the crimes. arthel: that is what you were saying what other ways could we stop the brazen robberies. >> i think what mr. dupree represented there, something i would like to see, lawmakers enact laws that are...

Used for future crimes. our next guest says the states soft of crime policies are laying out the welcome mat for criminals and could set the stage for future republican leadership. john dennis joins us now. john, welcome to the show. lets get right into this. do you think its prop 47 that started this whole crime spree that were seeing, correct? >> it was what started the crime spree. it got picked up by having soft on crime d as and theyve effectively created a welcome wagon for criminals. rach...