Democrat DA Orders No More Arrests for Breaking-Entering, Shoplifting, Property Destruction, Etc.

[mikegriffith1]

When I first saw this story, I thought it had to be an April Fools joke. But, it is not. Democrat Rachel Rollins, the DA of Suffolk County, which includes Boston, has ordered the police to stop arresting people for breaking and entering, destruction of private property, shoplifting, receiving stolen property, and other crimes. She has also ordered the police not to cooperate with ICE in arresting illegal immigrants in courthouses, regardless of their crime.

This, folks, is a step toward the situation in Venezuela and in so many other Third World countries where the rule of law does not exist or is very unreliable.

Vicki Batts puts it well when she says,

While Rollins may say her memo is about creating an “equal” justice system, the victims of these now-permissible crimes aren’t likely to feel they are being treated equally. But of course, that’s really the goal here, isn’t it? No one cares about the shopkeepers and homeowners that are victimized. Under far-left dogma, criminals are the true victims, we’re just too “hateful” to see it.​

Left-Wing Cities Going Lawless - LewRockwell LewRockwell.com

Another Soros-Linked District Attorney Blocks Boston Police from Making Arrests on Shoplifting, Destruction of Property, Resisting Arrest, Drug Offenses... No Deportation of Illegals

If you think these articles must be exaggerating, here is Rollins' memo:

Rachael Rollins for Suffolk DA | Charges To Be Declined

 

[Mac1958]

Wow: DA candidate Rachael Rollins is hailed nationally, but locally her plan not to prosecute petty crimes alarms some - The Boston Globe

We just keep lowering standards.
.

 

[Norman]

Yes, they are following the Venezuelan guide as if they had written it themselves. This should not surprise anyone, the traitors always preferred criminals over Americans, and if they happen to be illegals, even more so.

 

[mikegriffith1]

Wow: DA candidate Rachael Rollins is hailed nationally, but locally her plan not to prosecute petty crimes alarms some - The Boston Globe

We just keep lowering standards..

Here is the full list of charges that Rollins says will not be prosecuted ("unless supervisor permission is obtained")--notice that it includes resisting arrest(!):

• Trespassing
• Shoplifting (including offenses that are essentially shoplifting but charged as larceny)
• Larceny under $250
• Disorderly conduct
• Disturbing the peace
• Receiving stolen property
• Minor driving offenses, including operating with a suspend or revoked license
• Breaking and entering — where it is into a vacant property or where it is for the purpose of sleeping or seeking refuge from the cold and there is no actual damage to property
• Wanton or malicious destruction of property
• Threats – excluding domestic violence
• Minor in possession of alcohol
• Drug possession
• Drug possession with intent to distribute
• A stand alone resisting arrest charge, i.e. cases where a person is charged with resisting arrest and that is the only charge
• A resisting arrest charge combined with only charges that all fall under the list of charges to decline to prosecute, e.g. resisting arrest charge combined only with a trespassing charge

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

When I first saw this story, I thought it had to be an April Fools joke. But, it is not. Democrat Rachel Rollins, the DA of Suffolk County, which includes Boston, has ordered the police to stop arresting people for breaking and entering, destruction of private property, shoplifting, receiving stolen property, and other crimes. She has also ordered the police not to cooperate with ICE in arresting illegal immigrants in courthouses, regardless of their crime.

This, folks, is a step toward the situation in Venezuela and in so many other Third World countries where the rule of law does not exist or is very unreliable.

Vicki Batts puts it well when she says,

While Rollins may say her memo is about creating an “equal” justice system, the victims of these now-permissible crimes aren’t likely to feel they are being treated equally. But of course, that’s really the goal here, isn’t it? No one cares about the shopkeepers and homeowners that are victimized. Under far-left dogma, criminals are the true victims, we’re just too “hateful” to see it.​

Left-Wing Cities Going Lawless - LewRockwell LewRockwell.com

Another Soros-Linked District Attorney Blocks Boston Police from Making Arrests on Shoplifting, Destruction of Property, Resisting Arrest, Drug Offenses... No Deportation of Illegals

If you think these articles must be exaggerating, here is Rollins' memo:

Rachael Rollins for Suffolk DA | Charges To Be Declined

The articles are lies, baseless demagoguery, and hasty generalization fallacies.

What one individual might say or do is not ‘representative’ of an entire class of persons.

And there are no ‘left-wing’ cities.

 

[mikegriffith1]

When I first saw this story, I thought it had to be an April Fools joke. But, it is not. Democrat Rachel Rollins, the DA of Suffolk County, which includes Boston, has ordered the police to stop arresting people for breaking and entering, destruction of private property, shoplifting, receiving stolen property, and other crimes. She has also ordered the police not to cooperate with ICE in arresting illegal immigrants in courthouses, regardless of their crime.

This, folks, is a step toward the situation in Venezuela and in so many other Third World countries where the rule of law does not exist or is very unreliable.

Vicki Batts puts it well when she says,

While Rollins may say her memo is about creating an “equal” justice system, the victims of these now-permissible crimes aren’t likely to feel they are being treated equally. But of course, that’s really the goal here, isn’t it? No one cares about the shopkeepers and homeowners that are victimized. Under far-left dogma, criminals are the true victims, we’re just too “hateful” to see it.​

Left-Wing Cities Going Lawless - LewRockwell LewRockwell.com

Another Soros-Linked District Attorney Blocks Boston Police from Making Arrests on Shoplifting, Destruction of Property, Resisting Arrest, Drug Offenses... No Deportation of Illegals

If you think these articles must be exaggerating, here is Rollins' memo:

Rachael Rollins for Suffolk DA | Charges To Be Declined

The articles are lies, baseless demagoguery, and hasty generalization fallacies.

What one individual might say or do is not ‘representative’ of an entire class of persons.

And there are no ‘left-wing’ cities.

And you either can't read or are delusional. Did you read Rollins' memo on her website, where she lists the crimes that will no longer be prosecuted unless "supervisor permission is obtained"? Did you read the Boston Globe article on her new policy? No, because your mind is locked shut.

 

[BULLDOG]

As usual, this is another right wing thread based on either a misrepresentation or an outright lie. There has been a problem in Suffolk County with improper prosecution, and for now, prosecution for the things on that list must be appropriately overseen by experienced prosecutors.

 

[gtopa1]

"WE" don't

Wow: DA candidate Rachael Rollins is hailed nationally, but locally her plan not to prosecute petty crimes alarms some - The Boston Globe

We just keep lowering standards.
.

; Democrats do!! Mac; get your Party back!! The loons have taken it over!!

Greg

 

[mikegriffith1]

As usual, this is another right wing thread based on either a misrepresentation or an outright lie. There has been a problem in Suffolk County with improper prosecution, and for now, prosecution for the things on that list must be appropriately overseen by experienced prosecutors.

Denying facts won't make them go away. If you would bother to actually break and down and read her memo, she states clearly that from now on "the default" action will be *not* to prosecute the crimes listed in her memo, and that the only way that the default action cannot be followed is with supervisor permission. So "the default" action on such crimes is not to prosecute them. Do you know what "default" means?

And, pray tell, with Rollins in charge of the DA's office, how has there been a problem with "improper prosecution" for crimes such as breaking and entering, larceny, shoplifting, trespassing, and even resisting arrest? How can you "improperly prosecute" someone for resisting arrest, breaking and entering, property destruction? If they committed the crime, what is "improper" about prosecuting them for it? Hey? Explain that one to us.

 

[Mac1958]

"WE" don't

Wow: DA candidate Rachael Rollins is hailed nationally, but locally her plan not to prosecute petty crimes alarms some - The Boston Globe

We just keep lowering standards.
.

; Democrats do!! Mac; get your Party back!! The loons have taken it over!!

Greg

The Right does too. You're happy to have Trump as President, willing to make excuse after excuse for his petulant, immature behaviors. Behaviors we would not allow from our CHILDREN.

You champion people who are embarrassingly inarticulate (Trump, Dubya, Palin) because you agree with them politically.

And now you've even gone so far as infer that advanced education is a bad thing.

Neither whacked out end of our political spectrum is faultless here. Do I blame the Left more? Yes. But they're not alone.
.

 

[mikegriffith1]

"WE" don't

Wow: DA candidate Rachael Rollins is hailed nationally, but locally her plan not to prosecute petty crimes alarms some - The Boston Globe

We just keep lowering standards.
.

; Democrats do!! Mac; get your Party back!! The loons have taken it over!!

Greg

The Right does too. You're happy to have Trump as President, willing to make excuse after excuse for his petulant, immature behaviors. Behaviors we would not allow from our CHILDREN.

You champion people who are embarrassingly inarticulate (Trump, Dubya, Palin) because you agree with them politically.

And now you've even gone so far as infer that advanced education is a bad thing.

Neither whacked out end of our political spectrum is faultless here. Do I blame the Left more? Yes. But they're not alone.

Just HUH??? What??? What in the devil does this have to do with Trump? Sheesh, how irrational can you be?

Move to Boston, and then don't whine when someone breaks into your house, vandalizes your property, and he is set free because "the default" policy is not to prosecute such crimes.

This is a move toward becoming a banana republic.

 

[justoffal]

Yes, they are following the Venezuelan guide as if they had written it themselves. This should not surprise anyone, the traitors always preferred criminals over Americans, and if they happen to be illegals, even more so.

Oh well when the breakers and enterers get blown away less see what get reaction week be even the homeowner beats her in apoeals court.

 

[Mac1958]

"WE" don't

Wow: DA candidate Rachael Rollins is hailed nationally, but locally her plan not to prosecute petty crimes alarms some - The Boston Globe

We just keep lowering standards.
.

; Democrats do!! Mac; get your Party back!! The loons have taken it over!!

Greg

The Right does too. You're happy to have Trump as President, willing to make excuse after excuse for his petulant, immature behaviors. Behaviors we would not allow from our CHILDREN.

You champion people who are embarrassingly inarticulate (Trump, Dubya, Palin) because you agree with them politically.

And now you've even gone so far as infer that advanced education is a bad thing.

Neither whacked out end of our political spectrum is faultless here. Do I blame the Left more? Yes. But they're not alone.

Just HUH??? What??? What in the devil does this have to do with Trump? Sheesh, how irrational can you be?

Move to Boston, and then don't whine when someone breaks into your house, vandalizes your property, and he is set free because "the default" policy is not to prosecute such crimes.

This is a move toward becoming a banana republic.

I was responding to a post.
.

 

[mikegriffith1]

The liberal replies in this thread are further proof that the liberals here are mostly extremists and wingnuts. Listen to what the Boston Globe, hardly a conservative organ, said about Rollins' new policy when she proposed it during her campaign (she won and, of course, has now implemented it):

But locally, one of Rollins’s major campaign proposals has raised skepticism and even alarm in legal and law enforcement circles. Specifically, her plan to forgo prosecution of 15 offenses, ranging from trespassing to drug possession with intent to distribute, has drawn criticism from police and even some criminal defense attorneys.

“It’s a recipe for disaster,” said a veteran Boston defense lawyer, Robert Griffin. “The problem is the message that you’re sending. You’re encouraging bad behavior. You’re telling people that we’re not going to do anything about this.” (DA candidate Rachael Rollins is hailed nationally, but locally her plan not to prosecute petty crimes alarms some - The Boston Globe)
​

Exactly. Thank you. That's what any rational person will say about this reckless, lawless policy.

 

[justoffal]

"WE" don't

Wow: DA candidate Rachael Rollins is hailed nationally, but locally her plan not to prosecute petty crimes alarms some - The Boston Globe

We just keep lowering standards.
.

; Democrats do!! Mac; get your Party back!! The loons have taken it over!!

Greg

The Right does too. You're happy to have Trump as President, willing to make excuse after excuse for his petulant, immature behaviors. Behaviors we would not allow from our CHILDREN.

You champion people who are embarrassingly inarticulate (Trump, Dubya, Palin) because you agree with them politically.

And now you've even gone so far as infer that advanced education is a bad thing.

Neither whacked out end of our political spectrum is faultless here. Do I blame the Left more? Yes. But they're not alone.
.

It's doesn't matter how articulate a traitor is.
You can stick to the crude words of a street tough Patriot while he tries to rescue the republic or you can listen to the smooth words of a back stabbing anarchist while he destroys your children's future. If that's all it takes for you to give up you don't deserve children or your wallet either.

Jo

 

[mikegriffith1]

You see, this should be something that every rational person--liberal, moderate, and conservative--can immediately see is dangerous and lawless. But, nope, not our resident liberals--at least none so far.

If the liberals who are now pushing to normalize and legalize pedophilia succeed, even in part, I'd bet good money that just about every liberal in this forum will defend pedophiles and pedophilia, just as they do every other perversion under the sun.

 

[candycorn]

Wow: DA candidate Rachael Rollins is hailed nationally, but locally her plan not to prosecute petty crimes alarms some - The Boston Globe

We just keep lowering standards..

Here is the full list of charges that Rollins says will not be prosecuted ("unless supervisor permission is obtained")--notice that it includes resisting arrest(!):

• Trespassing
• Shoplifting (including offenses that are essentially shoplifting but charged as larceny)
• Larceny under $250
• Disorderly conduct
• Disturbing the peace
• Receiving stolen property
• Minor driving offenses, including operating with a suspend or revoked license
• Breaking and entering — where it is into a vacant property or where it is for the purpose of sleeping or seeking refuge from the cold and there is no actual damage to property
• Wanton or malicious destruction of property
• Threats – excluding domestic violence
• Minor in possession of alcohol
• Drug possession
• Drug possession with intent to distribute
• A stand alone resisting arrest charge, i.e. cases where a person is charged with resisting arrest and that is the only charge
• A resisting arrest charge combined with only charges that all fall under the list of charges to decline to prosecute, e.g. resisting arrest charge combined only with a trespassing charge

Of course you left off the rest of the story:

"Instead of prosecuting, these cases should be (1) outright dismissed prior to arraignment or (2) where appropriate, diverted and treated as a civil infraction for which community service is satisfactory, restitution is satisfactory or engagement with appropriate community-based no-cost programming, job training or schooling is satisfactory. In the exceptional circumstances where prosecution of one of these charges is warranted, the line DA must first seek permission from his or her supervisor. If necessary, arraignment will be continued to allow for consultation with supervisor. Thus, there will be an avenue for prosecuting these misdemeanors when necessary but it will be appropriately overseen by experienced prosecutors."

Why is it that whenever you post something, it is intentionally misleading?

What the DA is saying is essentially this:

More crimes that in the past bought you jail time will be handled like a speeding ticket or other minor violation. There is still a penalty for committing these acts; the difference is that it no longer involves a trip to County.

 

[Cellblock2429]

When I first saw this story, I thought it had to be an April Fools joke. But, it is not. Democrat Rachel Rollins, the DA of Suffolk County, which includes Boston, has ordered the police to stop arresting people for breaking and entering, destruction of private property, shoplifting, receiving stolen property, and other crimes. She has also ordered the police not to cooperate with ICE in arresting illegal immigrants in courthouses, regardless of their crime.

This, folks, is a step toward the situation in Venezuela and in so many other Third World countries where the rule of law does not exist or is very unreliable.

Vicki Batts puts it well when she says,

While Rollins may say her memo is about creating an “equal” justice system, the victims of these now-permissible crimes aren’t likely to feel they are being treated equally. But of course, that’s really the goal here, isn’t it? No one cares about the shopkeepers and homeowners that are victimized. Under far-left dogma, criminals are the true victims, we’re just too “hateful” to see it.​

Left-Wing Cities Going Lawless - LewRockwell LewRockwell.com

Another Soros-Linked District Attorney Blocks Boston Police from Making Arrests on Shoplifting, Destruction of Property, Resisting Arrest, Drug Offenses... No Deportation of Illegals

If you think these articles must be exaggerating, here is Rollins' memo:

Rachael Rollins for Suffolk DA | Charges To Be Declined

The articles are lies, baseless demagoguery, and hasty generalization fallacies.

What one individual might say or do is not ‘representative’ of an entire class of persons.

And there are no ‘left-wing’ cities.

/——/ “And there are no ‘left-wing’ cities.”
Only left wing idiots running them.

 

[BULLDOG]

As usual, this is another right wing thread based on either a misrepresentation or an outright lie. There has been a problem in Suffolk County with improper prosecution, and for now, prosecution for the things on that list must be appropriately overseen by experienced prosecutors.

Denying facts won't make them go away. If you would bother to actually break and down and read her memo, she states clearly that from now on "the default" action will be *not* to prosecute the crimes listed in her memo, and that the only way that the default action cannot be followed is with supervisor permission. So "the default" action on such crimes is not to prosecute them. Do you know what "default" means?

And, pray tell, with Rollins in charge of the DA's office, how has there been a problem with "improper prosecution" for crimes such as breaking and entering, larceny, shoplifting, trespassing, and even resisting arrest? How can you "improperly prosecute" someone for resisting arrest, breaking and entering, property destruction? If they committed the crime, what is "improper" about prosecuting them for it? Hey? Explain that one to us.

Of course I know what default means. All the things on that list can still be prosecuted if a more experienced supervisor feels it is proper. All they have to do is ask. Taking those decisions out of the hands of inexperienced people sounds like a good thing to me. You think a more experienced supervisor will let people go when they should be prosecuted?

 

[mikegriffith1]

Wow: DA candidate Rachael Rollins is hailed nationally, but locally her plan not to prosecute petty crimes alarms some - The Boston Globe

We just keep lowering standards..

Here is the full list of charges that Rollins says will not be prosecuted ("unless supervisor permission is obtained")--notice that it includes resisting arrest(!):

• Trespassing
• Shoplifting (including offenses that are essentially shoplifting but charged as larceny)
• Larceny under $250
• Disorderly conduct
• Disturbing the peace
• Receiving stolen property
• Minor driving offenses, including operating with a suspend or revoked license
• Breaking and entering — where it is into a vacant property or where it is for the purpose of sleeping or seeking refuge from the cold and there is no actual damage to property
• Wanton or malicious destruction of property
• Threats – excluding domestic violence
• Minor in possession of alcohol
• Drug possession
• Drug possession with intent to distribute
• A stand alone resisting arrest charge, i.e. cases where a person is charged with resisting arrest and that is the only charge
• A resisting arrest charge combined with only charges that all fall under the list of charges to decline to prosecute, e.g. resisting arrest charge combined only with a trespassing charge

Of course you left off the rest of the story:

"Instead of prosecuting, these cases should be (1) outright dismissed prior to arraignment or (2) where appropriate, diverted and treated as a civil infraction for which community service is satisfactory, restitution is satisfactory or engagement with appropriate community-based no-cost programming, job training or schooling is satisfactory. In the exceptional circumstances where prosecution of one of these charges is warranted, the line DA must first seek permission from his or her supervisor. If necessary, arraignment will be continued to allow for consultation with supervisor. Thus, there will be an avenue for prosecuting these misdemeanors when necessary but it will be appropriately overseen by experienced prosecutors."

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Why is it that whenever you post something, it is intentionally misleading?

What the DA is saying is essentially this:

More crimes that in the past bought you jail time will be handled like a speeding ticket or other minor violation. There is still a penalty for committing these acts; the difference is that it no longer involves a trip to County.

Your reply is what is misleading. The statement you quoted supports everything I've said and refutes your attempt to whitewash the policy. I stated in the OP that under this policy these crimes could be prosecuted if a supervisor approved. But, the fact remains that the new DEFAULT is not to prosecute these crimes. Again, do you know what DEFAULT means?

You see, in the rest of the country, the DEFAULT is to prosecute all such crimes. Rollins has now flipped this standard. Under her policy, such crimes will either be dismissed outright (which is the preferred option under her policy) or treated as civil matters (which of course do not create a criminal record). Read her own subtitle to her policy: Charges for which the Default is to Decline Prosecuting. The DEFAULT is now to "DECLINE PROSECUTING." Got it?

You frequently play the game of quoting some text from a link in an OP that was not quoted in an OP and then acting like the quoted text proves the OP is misleading, when in fact it does not prove any such thing.