that ransacked the Nordstrom store in Los Angeles "is a natural consequence of those decisions," Dodge continued.
While the video is hard to watch, Dodge said it's even harder to imagine what it's like for the store associates working at that time. Under California law, incidents of shoplifting where the value of what's taken is under $950 are prosecuted as a misdemeanor, not a felony. Misdemeanors are "punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars , or by both."In order to crack down on this issue, criminals, who are often tied to more nefarious crimes, need to be "prosecuted aggressively," according to Dodge.