Who says crime doesn’t pay? We know for sure it’s not a leftist.
Per the venerable New York Post:
A Brooklyn socialist lawmaker declared this week that shoplifters have a right to swipe items like soap and toothpaste from local stores without getting busted — because of their “biological need” for the products. State Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher strongly suggested shoplifting should be legalized while joined at a news conference outside Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday by other lefty pols and criminal justice advocates with Court Watch NYC.
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People shouldn’t get jail time for stealing things considered to be “biological needs?”
Theft of certain items shouldn’t be a crime?
There is a right to swipe?
That is a slippery slope! As with all things “progressive,” the “biological need” category will rapidly expand from food and toiletries to big screen televisions, Louis Vuitton bags, and $500 basketball sneakers.
Moreover, what if someone simply “identifies” as someone with urgent biological needs? (“I had no choice but to take that bottle of Wild Turkey. My biological needs dictated that I must.” I myself have a “biological need” to have a drink or five after being exposed to stories such as this.) And, what if this is applied not just to the theft of goods, but to rape or murder? What if youthful Mohammedans begin claiming “biological needs” in defense of rape charges? Who are we to say otherwise, to contradict “their truth?”
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Recidivism. Defund the police. Cashless bail. Abolish prisons. Advocate for “justice involved” individuals. What could go wrong?
Everything. And all of us who did nothing would have aided and abetted this crime.
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