David Martin wrote:
I believe that the State of California guarantees the right to steal less than $1000 per episode without being subject to detention, arrest or criminal prosecution, to all persons, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, preferred pronoun, citizenship or shoe size.
I think you believe correctly. It's a new kind of inflation.
Current thinking wants to remove police from traffic enforcement and concentrate on crime. The only time most law abiding citizens interact with the police is a traffic stop ... lot of people get k**led at traffic stops.