[marron]

Nearly a third of all shoplifting arrests in New York City last year involved just 327 people, the police said. Collectively, they were arrested and rearrested more than 6,000 times

We have crime because we tolerate crime.

Shoplifting is a crime of poverty

No, its a crime. You solve it by locking people up, not for a short time, but for long enough that honest people outside can breathe free without being robbed.

[neverevergiveup]

Believe it or not there are other ways to get out of poverty, like working.