Some suspected shoplifters had a truly epic moment, which was recently caught on video.
In Seal Beach, California, a video montage was shared by the police featuring three women from earlier in December. In the footage, the women are seen entering an Ulta Beauty store and leaving with a significant amount of items. Law enforcement officials claim that the suspects managed to steal merchandise valued at close to 0. The video also captures the women entering another store, Kohls, where they reportedly obtained additional items, valued at approximately 0, all set to the soundtrack of “These Boots Are Made for Walking” by Nancy Sinatra.
Then the video cuts to the denouement, when the police catch up to them, and take them into custody. You see two very unhappy women in the police car. That’s when you hear them talking about the new law that passed in California. The police have a message for them too. This video is amazing, especially the part at the end.
Warning for graphic language:
This is the best video you’ll see today:
Repeat shoplifters in California learn the hard way that Prop. 36 is now in effect.
Watch until the end. pic.twitter.com/T0JePmhLVB
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 23, 2024
One asks, “Is it a felony?”
The other tells her, “B**ch, new laws. Stealing is a felony.”
“This is Orange County, B**ch. They don’t play,” she says.
The police then end the video with, “Don’t steal in Seal.”
Boom. Now that’s some ending line from the cops. How delicious is that?
They posted it on their official department’s Instagram account, with a “friendly reminder” and a hat tip to Nancy Sinatra:
One of mother’s [sic] favorite songs and a friendly reminder that Proposition 36, which increases punishments for some retail theft and drug possession offenses, went into effect Wednesday morning in California.
It undoes some of the changes voters made with a 2014 ballot measure that turned certain nonviolent felonies into misdemeanors, effectively shortening prison sentences and leading to a spike in retail theft and crime.
Here in Seal Beach we never believed in the cite and release program, but this new proposition only strengthens our commitment to combatting Organized Retail Theft.
Remember folks, Don’t Steal in Seal 🦭🍊
Proposition 36 ups the penalties for some theft crimes. For example, it allows felony charges for thefts under $950, if defendant has two prior theft convictions.
