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> Losers here an alarm sound and a voice telling them to buzz off on penalty of jail.

If they're not going to jail for openly shoplifting, why do you think they'd go to jail for this?

Forcing your way into a place to commit a crime is automatically a felony in almost all states. This is true even if the planned crime would be a misdemeanor.

Why does it matter whether it's a misdemeanor or a felony, if Chesa is going to drop the charge either way?

At some point the government actually has to enforce the law. There is no system that can be imagined that obviates that.

That's exactly my point. But once we have a prosecutor who actually prosecutes criminals, then the crime levels will reduce without needing the phone ID system.

You’re making a mistake in thinking something has to happen. It may not, and things may just continue to go downhill.

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