Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 549 into law on Tuesday to increase penalties for retail theft, porch piracy and inciting looting via social media.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday blasted California, New York and 'many leftist jurisdictions' he says 'are enacting policies that ignore retail theft or even encourage it,' while announcing new Florida legislation further cracking down on retail theft and porch piracy in the Sunshine State. 'Those policies are dead on arrival in Florida.
That is not something that is good for quality of life. And then, of course, if you can have people come in and just steal retail and walk out, that creates a contempt for the rule of law that has a spillover effect in areas far beyond retail theft.' By contrast, Florida has seen shoplifting decrease by 30% since DeSantis first took office, he said. 'Nationwide, 88% of retailers have reported that shoplifters are more aggressive and violent now compared to just a few years ago, 49%.
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