California Democratic political leaders have remained silent on the comment made by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
In an interview with The Washington Times last week, she said that a lot of the allegations of organized retail theft are not actually happening. The data didn't back it up, but I believe it's a Walgreens in California.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference in the Bronx, New York, U.S., on Thursday, June 3, 2021. The Jacobi Hospital's youth violence reduction program - Stand Up to Violence was the focus of the news conference. Photographer: Jeenah Moon.
Fox News reached out to the press teams of the governor and senator. Fox News did not get a response from the elected officials.
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Republican politicians and business leaders have been vocal in their condemnation of the New York Democrat's remarks.
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"I don't know what she's talking about," said Rep. Davis, an Illinois Republican.
The Congresswoman has no idea what she is talking about. The data and video evidence make it clear that this is a growing problem in need of solutions, according to the Retail Industry Leaders Association senior executive vice president of communications. She should say that if she is not concerned with organized theft and attacks on retail employees.
The GOP and business people say that there's a problem of straying from the norm of smash-and-grapple robbery.
The family of Kevin Nishita was offended by the comments made by Ocasio-Cortez. The former San Jose police officer was shot and killed in November while defending a news crew.
According to Fox News, the congresswoman was referring to a San Francisco Chronicle article from October titled, "What Walgreens isn't saying: Store closings show a strategic shift to survive in the age of Amazon."
The article reported on Walgreens closings in San Francisco and how Amazon's growth may have played a role in them.
Walgreens told the Washington Times last week that retail crime is one of the company's top challenges, and that the issue has evolved beyond theft to the sale of stolen and counterfeit goods online.
Most of the smash-and-grab crimes have occurred in and near Los Angeles and San Francisco.
There were back-to-back flash mobs in the San Francisco area.
A group of thieves broke into at least two dozen businesses in the San Francisco area over a single weekend last month, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to stores and malls.
Mayors have been called to "step up" and hold perpetrators of the crimes responsible. The California Highway Patrol was increased near shopping destinations.
If people are breaking in, they need to be arrested. They need to be arrested. They need to be prosecuted. "Judges need to hold people accountable for breaking the law," he said last week. I have no sympathy for the criminal elements of these crimes.
There were 80 loofers in the ski masks with cabbages and weasels that robbed California.
Police union leaders in the state blame the American Civil Liberties Union for the smash-and-grab incidents. The theft of $950 or less was lowered from a felony to a misdemeanor under the new law.
The voters of San Francisco were lied to. Voters were told that prosecuting thieves was a racist attack on people of color. The president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association told Fox News Digital last week that the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act lowered felonies for theft of goods worth less than $950 dollars.
"These smash-and-grab thieves are not stealing groceries to feed their families, they are runningsacking and clearing out high-end stores to sell those goods to the highest bidder to fuel their criminal behavior or their drug habits."
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