Is Wal-Mart a crime magnet in the Midlands? A look at the numbers

The State ^ | 7.24.2016 | Glen Luke Flanigan

[ozzymandus]

So it’s Wal-Mart’s fault that criminal scum go there?

[SSS Two]

How come the number of days in a year in Camden are only about half of the number of days in a year everywhere else?

[SSS Two]

Clearly blaming the victim here. Wal-Mart’s skirt is too short.

[FreedomPoster]

Our local Wal-Mart is aggressive on loss control. They cough up a lot of shoplifters for the local PD, and they prosecute. I’m good with that.

[upchuck]

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[aomagrat]

I remember when the Walmart on US 1 in West Columbia had a Sheriff Department substation in it.

[wally_bert]

I live a few minutes away from the big Wally World by Fort Jackson and almost never go.

[LadyDoc]

No it is their fault that they dare to report petty theft. Many businesses overlook these things.

[hinckley buzzard]

Here in NE Ohio one of our WalMarts became the site of a lively prostitution business in the spacious parking lot.

[volunbeer]

Given the revenue they generate there is a good chance they more than pay for an officer to be present. Especially with what they pay law enforcement.

[aomagrat]

The Walmart on Bush River Rd is the most convenient for me but it is thug city. I’d rather fight the traffic and go to the one on 378 in Lexington.

[smokingfrog]

Crime is where the people are. I imagine most of these dirtbags would still be getting into trouble someplace, regardless.

[1rudeboy]

Can you guys help me find a valid economic reason why Walmart has more of these “incidents” over, say, K-Mart? I’m drawing a blank. :)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Typical Liberal agitprop... blame the victim.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Maybe the K-Mart Blue Light Specials remind thieves of patrol cars they have been given rides in.

[wally_bert]

I’ll order from Wally World before going there if I can help it.

[SkyPilot]

It's not "shoplifting."

It's Reparations!

[zeestephen]

Camden, South Carolina.

According to the Census Bureau:

35.1% Black in 2010.

[Jonty30]

Wal-mart is doing a service to the community by being such an easy place for the police to find people. Wal-mart should be lauded.