Woke San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin DEFENDS shoplifter in infamous Walgreens video and says he was 'desperate', then blames the drugstore's security guard amid city robbery explosion
Chesa Boudin has been the District Attorney of San Francisco since 2019
On June 14 a man was filmed stealing a garbage bag full of items from Walgreens
The viral video was used of evidence for a crime wave in San Francisco
Since 2014, thefts below $950 have been prosecuted as misdemeanors
Boudin spoke to The New Yorker in an interview published on Thursday
He said his response to the video was to ask whether the perpetrator was 'drug addicted, mentally ill, desperate' and what was 'driving this behavior'
He asked whether Walgreens deliberately accounted for losses from theft
The suspect, Jean Lugo-Romero, 40, was arrested on June 19 and remains in jail
He previously robbed the same store on May 29, May 30, May 31 and June 1
He was previously stopped by police and Walgreens declined to prosecute
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