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The Loki Effect: How Crime Became the Latest Crisis Blamed on the Pandemic

JonathanTurley

Whole stores have been ransacked by gangs, and the crime is sweeping large and small businesses alike. In some cities, like San Francisco, police largely stopped responding to shoplifting calls after state law was changed to make the theft of merchandise worth $950 or less just a misdemeanor. That damned Loki.