theft cases as misdemeanors as felonies based on the facts and evidence. the rise in shop lifting is not just a chicago problem. in san francisco, it s becoming such a problem that walgreen s announced they re closing five more stores in the bay area as a result. back here in chicago, there s concerns crime could get even worse because of the city s vaccine mandates for police officers. already a number of chicago cops are on unpaid leave because they have not gotten vaccinated. charles? charles: thanks, grady. it s not just theft on the rise in chicago. shootings, murders also up according to the city s police data. my next guest says kim fox s charging decisions are to blame and introducing a bill that would allow police to override them. jim durkin joins me now.
we reached out to mayor lori lightfoot and attorney fox. they were both unavailable. the state attorney s office gave us a statement that read charles: i ve seen some pretty good evidence crime is going on. it feels like it s going on without any sort of any sort of threat of prosecution. that s correct. what we re seeing not only in this retail theft what we ve witnessed in the city and also in the suburbs, it s also violent crimes. there s no accountability. there s no consequences that are this state attorney s office is doing with respect to crime at every level. she took office saying i m not going to prosecute retail theft cases unless they re over $1,000. it s $300 is the threshold for a