Workers at a jewelry store in El Monte, California, did not allow a suspected thief get what he wanted on Saturday.
“We fight back,” he said of himself and his fellow shopkeepers.
A similar instance happened in August when two 7-Eleven workers in California took matters into their own hands when a man allegedlya bill that would bar employers from requiring their workers to intervene during a shoplifting incident, a problem that has increased in the state thanks to criminal justice reforms, Breitbart News reported.
However, retail associations are furious over the move because they say the bill lets potential thieves know they are allowed to steal whenever they wish.in 2015 that California’s Proposition 47 of 2014, “which changed some drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors,” coincided with increasing crime across different areas of the state.
According to the ABC 7 report, several of the employees were treated for minor injuries after fending off the suspected thief, whose whereabouts remain unknown.
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