"Democrats can acknowledge the seriousness of organized retail theft while rejecting the false choice between public safety and civil liberties," Vera Action Federal Advocacy Director Aiden Cotter wrote for @thehill.com Opinion.

Democrats are about to make a big mistake on organized retail theft billSenate Democrats must now decide whether to pass the Combating Organized Crime Act, which would expand the Department of Homeland Security’s surveillance powers, or to listen to voters and re…thehill.com