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So mug a rich person, deal with it. Mug a normal person and ignore it.
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Well that would be assault (at least, battery probably too), so wouldn’t fall under the hypothetical $1000 threshold.

Pick pocket then. Or shop list. Steal someone’s $700 car and you’re fine, steal a Mercedes and the full force of the law comes down.



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