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LICENSE TO STEAL: California senators pass SB 553 to prohibit retailers from stopping shoplifters
• News TargetOn its surface, the bill aims to "prevent workplace violence and protect staff from being forced by their employees to step in during robberies." In practice, though, SB 553 sounds like an open invitation to thieves "to come in and steal," to quote t