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Woke San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin DEFENDS shoplifter in infamous Walgreens video and says he was 'desperate', then blames the drugstore's security guard amid city robbery explosion
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Chesa Boudin has been the District Attorney of San Francisco since 2019

  • On June 14 a man was filmed stealing a garbage bag full of items from Walgreens

  • The viral video was used of evidence for a crime wave in San Francisco

  • Since 2014, thefts below $950 have been prosecuted as misdemeanors

  • Boudin spoke to The New Yorker in an interview published on Thursday

  • He said his response to the video was to ask whether the perpetrator was 'drug addicted, mentally ill, desperate' and what was 'driving this behavior'

  • He asked whether Walgreens deliberately accounted for losses from theft

  • The suspect, Jean Lugo-Romero, 40, was arrested on June 19 and remains in jail

  • He previously robbed the same store on May 29, May 30, May 31 and June 1

  • He was previously stopped by police and Walgreens declined to prosecute

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-07-30
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=608494