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| New Illinois law targets people involved in organized retail crimes | ||
| 2022-05-16 | ||
[JustTheNews] Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker
The governor signed the Inform Act into law, which enforces the new crime of organized retail theft. National attention has been paid to dozens incidents on camera showing mobs of people rushing into stores to steal goods, even while employees and customers are inside. “These brazen acts not only place retail employees and customers at risk, but also deprive local municipalities and the state of much needed tax dollars,” Chauncey Rice from the Illinois Retail Merchants Association said. Last December, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force recovered $1 million worth of stolen goods from storage units. Raoul said the money received from the sale of stolen goods is then used to fund other criminal activities. “Organized retail crime is very much linked to other dangerous criminal activity, such as human trafficking, gun trafficking, drug trafficking, and in some instances, terrorism,” Raoul said. The law is intended to close prosecution loopholes that have been letting thieves off the hook by allowing the Illinois Attorney General to seat a statewide grand jury that could issue indictments for organized retail theft. Anyone involved in a retail theft of $300 or more would be charged with a Class 3 felony, but state Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, said to make a real impact, criminal justice reform measures pushed through by Democrats, like the ending of cash bail Jan. 1, need to be scrapped. “Democrats have acted in haste with the passing of House Bill 3653 , the SAFE-T Act,” Spain said. “It has created tremendous damage to the community of law enforcement and to criminal activity throughout the state of Illinois.” House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, said the SAFE-T Act is anti-cop legislation and is driving quality police officers out of Illinois. “Four-hundred Illinois state police troopers have left the job,” Durkin said. “We’ve had a municipality shut down their police department because we cannot and will not comply with this legislation.” The Inform Act addressing organized retail theft goes into effect Jan. 1, 2023.
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 .. but a tactic to enrage voters as a prelude to political support for creating a National Police Force Yeah, we have one. It's call the militia. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-05-16 16:03 |
| #4 Consider if the nation-wide, urban DA-PD pro-criminal policies were not insanity but a tactic to enrage voters as a prelude to political support for creating a National Police Force, and what that would mean. Think the DoJ and FBI now enforce a two-tier Justice system, imagine the power of a single, federal, DC managed and funded Police Force. Just spit-balling here, but imagine what it might do to that pesky Constitution and Bill of Rights. Ever notice that elected Sheriffs don't seem to have the problems that appointed Police Chiefs deal with? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-05-16 11:35 |
| #3 “Four-hundred Illinois state police troopers have left the job,” Durkin said. “We’ve had a municipality shut down their police department because we cannot and will not comply with this legislation.” That was the whole idea in the first place, dumbass. The Left WANTS good officers to leave in disgust. Who's going to replace them, you think? It's a Maoist style purge. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Unereck7174 2022-05-16 10:42 |
| #2 Trio of thieves brazenly raid San Francisco Walgreens in broad daylight with two women looting BEHIND the counter while another clears the shelves |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-05-16 07:23 |
| #1 Shocking moment four brazen thieves use a SLEDGEHAMMER to smash into New York jewelry store and make off with $100,000 in goods in broad daylight |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-05-16 07:22 |