by Stephen M Lepore at the Daily Mail
- Those interviewed, including a professor of criminal justice and ex-cop, think the steals should be referred to as ‘organized smash and grabs’
- The distinction originates from the California penal code, which defines looting as ‘theft or burglary…during a ‘state of emergency’
- ‘Looting is a term that we typically use when people of color or urban dwellers are doing something,’ said one expert
- There has been no claim made regarding the identities or races of the thieves involved in the current crime wave
- The experts claim that these crimes are not looting because looting tends to be done out of desperation
- This seems like it’s an organized smash and grab robbery,’ said Martin Reynolds
- On social media, critics from both the worlds of politics and media seethed at what they so as an attempt by woke media to obfuscate the recent crime wave
Social media ripped woke supposed criminal experts for saying that the public should not refer to the string of thefts across California as ‘looting.’
Those interviewed by a Bay Area news station, including a professor of criminal justice and ex-cop, think the steals should be referred to as ‘organized smash-and-grabs.’
The distinction originates from the California penal code, which defines looting as ‘theft or burglary… during a ‘state of emergency,’ ‘local emergency’ or ‘evacuation order resulting from an earthquake, fire, flood, riot or other natural or manmade disaster.’
The distinction is important to experts like Lorenzo Boyd, PhD, who is a professor of criminal justice & community policing at the University of New Haven, and a retired veteran police officer.
‘Looting is a term that we typically use when people of color or urban dwellers are doing something. We tend not to use that term for other people when they do the exact same thing,’ Boyd said.
There has been no claim made regarding the identities or races of the thieves involved in the current crime wave.
No local or national emergency has been declared in recent times in the Bay Area, where much of the crime has taken place.
The experts claim that these crimes are not looting because looting tends to be done out of desperation…
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