Another Flash Mob Robs Store
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@jon-nyc said in Another Flash Mob Robs Store:
Come come, George.
It's called undocumented shopping now.
ETA: I'm not advocating shooting these people - you might hit someone innocent. But the fact that there is no consequence to this shit might be playing a role.
That's just a guess, of course.
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Was “flash mob” redefined while I wasn’t looking? I thought they were those choreographed things where a bus full of people begin dancing.
@Horace said in Another Flash Mob Robs Store:
Was “flash mob” redefined while I wasn’t looking? I thought they were those choreographed things where a bus full of people begin dancing.
Now that I could advocate shooting at. Apart from anything else, it would have significantly improved a number of Hollywood musicals.
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@Copper said in Another Flash Mob Robs Store:
Looters must be shot.
Lawmakers may wish to explore granting some kind of immunity to business owners absolving them of criminal/civil risk - much like the stand your ground laws. And/or if we're going to have civil forfeiture - perhaps this would be a nice place to use it - assume that everything that is owned by the individual committing such crimes has come from criminal activity and can be sold to cover the damages to victims of such crimes.
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@George-K said in Another Flash Mob Robs Store:
Remember when "Flash mobs" were fun?
There was a recent attempt at that at a Target store that you posted about, no?
@Axtremus said in Another Flash Mob Robs Store:
@George-K said in Another Flash Mob Robs Store:
Remember when "Flash mobs" were fun?
There was a recent attempt at that at a Target store that you posted about, no?
Yup. It was a bunch of racists that stopped it, if you recall.
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Choot 'em.
After Katrina, they looted like mad. A case of water? A box of diapers? That I understand. A tv? C'mon, man! Ain't no reason for that.
But back to Katrina...In Mississipi, there started to be a couple of incidents...These were met by shotgun -wielding law enforcement. Word got around fast and looting stopped
In L.A. In 1992, I remember seeing on tv, Korean owners who protected their stores at gunpoint. I have no problem with that.I
I think right now, off-duty police working as security, authorized to use ascending levels of force.
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It's becoming a real problem. Many stores are reporting that their profits are down, simply because of
retail theftlooting.Besides Dollar Tree, as you linked, Dick's Sporting Goods.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/22/business/dicks-retail-theft/index.html
The sporting goods and athletic clothing seller reported second-quarter results Tuesday morning that included a 23% drop in profit, despite sales that rose 3.6% in the period. Shares of Dick’s (DKS) plunged nearly 24% Tuesday.
The company blamed shrink, the industry term for theft and damaged inventory, for its surprisingly poor earnings. Although other national retailers have also warned investors about growing theft, Dick’s is among the first to blame its lackluster quarterly financial report primarily on theft.
“Our [second-quarter] profitability was short of our expectations due in large part to the impact of elevated inventory shrink, an increasingly serious issue impacting many retailers,” CEO Lauren Hobart said in a statement. Retail “shrink” is a term that refers to merchandise that goes missing due to theft, fraud, damage, accounting errors or other reasons.
And it's getting serious:
Organized retail crime, the more insidious type of store theft involving groups of people targeting stores that carry higher-value items like electronics, sporting goods, designer handbags and designer clothing, in particular has retailers rattled. Retail crime experts say the groups then resell the merchandise in secondary marketplaces, such as eBay, OfferUp and Facebook Marketplace or even back into the legitimate supply chain.
Shopping malls and high-end stores in large cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago and New York have suffered a spate of dangerous smash-and-grab attacks over the last year in which perpetrators have used sledgehammers and other equipment to break into stores and make off with several thousand dollars in merchandise.
Just last week, a “mob of criminals” stole more than $300,000 worth of merchandise from the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center in Los Angeles on a Saturday afternoon, police said.
More than 30 people entered a Nordstrom store at once and grabbed merchandise from displays near the entrance shortly after 4 p.m. before fleeing, police said.
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https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/12/ort-grants/
California has launched an offensive against the “brazen” criminals causing chaos in the state’s retail sector — injecting $267,118,293 into local law enforcement agencies to help them crack down on smash-and-grab robberies.
The funding will be split between 55 local law enforcement agencies across the state — with 41 sheriffs’ and police departments, along with one probation department, being awarded up to $23,663,194 each. Thirteen district attorney offices will also each receive up to $2,050,000 to prevent and investigate organized retail crime and arrest and prosecute more suspects.
