LAPD to residents of crime-ridden city: Don’t want to get robbed? Don’t walk around wearing expensive jewelry.

As California has grown increasingly soft on crime thanks to the implementation of woke leftist policies over the last several months, California cities have seen crime soar. Now law enforcement is telling citizens to not dress like would-be victims, all while criminals run rampant.

Reports out of the Golden State have repeatedly detailed brazen instances of stealing in which criminals just waltz out of stores with their arms and bags full of  as so-called security guards stand by and do nothing. Americans have also seen the woes of jewelry shop owners and staff who have had to watch helplessly as perps smash-and-grab their ways through stores.

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Following the robbery, and while noting the trend in jewelry thievery, the LAPD issued a warning that people should think twice about wearing expensive jewelry in public, the AP said. Dressing in such a way could make a person a target for criminals in a city where robberies are up everywhere.

“Over the last year there has been a marked increase of armed robberies involving victims wearing expensive jewelry while in public,” the LAPD said in a statement. “If it is visible, it can be a target.”  – READ MORE