Shelves shoplifters, removed from office resign or withdraw her policy. he is corruptings the office of the district attorney by imposing his personal ideology into the office. braggs today reversed course in a letter to staffers he wrote, quote: a commercial robbery with a gun will be charged as a felony whether or not the gun is operable, loaded he also informed prosecutors that in cases that do not involve risk of physical harm, the d.a. s office will assess charges based on aggravating or mitigating circumstances. the policy likely to appease critics especially in light of the city s soaring crime rate. last month, compared to the previous january. overall crime in the city increased almost 39%. auto theft nearly doubled. robbery and felony assault increased 33%. citywide shooting incidents spiked 32%. and the number of rapes went up 27%. the only statistic showing