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Bucks orle less, thats not a felony, just a misdemeanor. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. professor sharice is with the department of law and society at the university of california irvine. thank you so much for joining us. professor, almost literally every day now, were getting reports of new attacks by these flash mob thieves. what were seeing seems like scenes from some sort of dystopian movie. so whats behind all of this? >> were still trying to get a handle of whats going on with these types ...

I dont even know how to explain 2020. it was a crazy, crazy year. >> bad things happened in philadelphia. bad things. >> former vice president joe biden to become the 46th president of the united states. >> i had to idea what we would be in for. >> i thought it was a fake. i thought my friend were messing with me. >> a philadelphia landscaping company has been thrust into the national spotlight. >> the entire thing was supposed to be anonymous. >> it put me in shock to see my name on the preside...

Smash and grab robberies in the bay and los angeles areas resulting in tens of thousands of dollars of stolen merchandise. on black friday group of suspects stormed lakewood and stole crowbars, sledge hammers before jumping into get away vehicles. take a listen to an employees testifying account of what happened. >> we closed the front entrance and they put their sledge hammers up whoever got in the way they were going to hurt them and then they actually threatened a customer but he got away and...

Happened. >> we tried to stop them and they closed the front entrance and they put their sledgehammers up like weber got in the way they were going to hurt them and then they threatened the customer but he got away and they ran out and the cops got here shortly. >> law enforcement believe the flash mob are correlated group effort theyre investigating organizing these crimes and patrols at shopping centers. critics of california operate its justice system saying the surgeon organized retail crime...

Misdemeanors, and so nobodys spending any time in prison for these crimes anymore. >> right. tyrus, as anita mentioned, that prop 47 passed in california, it actually forbids prosecuting nonviolent offenders who steal under $950 worth of merchandise. this is governor gavin newsom. listen. >> im not the mayor of california. but i was a mayor. and i know when things like this happen, mayors have to step up. we want real accountability, we want people prosecuted, and is we want people to feel safe ...

Proposition 47 which decriminalized, took it from a felony to a misdemeanor, anything under $950. and youre seeing it also in chicago where you have j.b. pritzker and kim fox, right, eliminating cash bail, not prosecuting the bad guys. so youre not seeing this in a lot of different areas, youre seeing it in the two states that have de facto the decriminalized looting and that sort of activity. and thats what were seeing now in california and in my great state of illinois. alicia: when we talk ab...

Progressive prosecutors under increasing scrutiny nationwide in high-profile crimes. suspect in last week and scarf rampage at a christmas parade in wisconsin at an extensive rap sheet dating back to 1999. 1000-dollar bond after he allegedly tried to hit the mother from his child with his own vehicle earlier this month. organized looting in the san francisco bay area has some pointing to a 24 law that downgraded $950 or less to misdemeanor. dan henninger, kim strassel and editorial board member,...

I have to say, i think this prop47 in california has to be a factor somewhere. that, you know from 0 to $949 if you steal it, its a misdemeanor. and only at $950 does it become a felony. i see the people running out of those stores in that film footage. i dont know, maybe im naive. are they mindful of the $950 limit so they only get tagged with a misdemeanor. yeah, law enforcement needs to make an example of those who we catch. let us know that especially today, in every one of our main streets,...

They just said it happens all the time. so people move on. this is the result of left-wing politicians in california tried to make nice with sanctuary cities and sanctuary states. >> tammy: that is a great point. it just kind of moves on from there. weve also got things like regulation in northern california -- i think it was like around 47 or something. that literally does what rick is saying that if you feel below under $950, it is just a ticket. in other words, encouraging and saying this is ...

2014, the idea is to reduce penalty and they classified $950 and any kind of petty theft less than 950 as a low-level crime so nobody of the state for 950 is getting arrested and this has emboldened them district attorney in california has come out and said the referendum is harder to prosecute organized crime which is hard to prove that its an organized meeting rather than a low-level misdemeanor. paul: who sponsor that referendum from what do you recall?