Yep.
We would be better off if stores could hire “protection”. But the authorities wouldn’t like it and would prosecute the productive people.
Will the last business leaving Portland - or any other far left city/state - please turn out the lights.
And still does and still will, probably.
Bingo! The owner is just getting what she highly likely voted for...nice and hatd!
The younger generations and their illegal alien amigos are having difficulty understanding the meaning of “The Land of the Free.” They think it means FREE STUFF. You can get anything you want for FREE in America with a race card. What’s in your wallet?
“The criminals, often driven by drug addiction, are stealing merchandise off store shelves and literally walking out the front door with little or no fear of being arrested or prosecuted, KGW’s reporting found.”
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I wonder why they have no fear of being arrested or prosecuted?
Start shooting thieves.
Atlas is Shrugging.
So given a 30% profit after all expenses, the store would need to sell another $190,000 just to get back to square one.
Yet, the little punks don’t dare hit VooDoo Donuts!
This is easy to remedy.
Secure the entrance with an electronic door. Have someone to collect ID’s as you walk in. The door does not open for exiting unless it is certain you did not lopshift.
Human garbage. If she were allowed to shoot the thieves or cut off their hands this would stop.
Two Walmarts are closing their doors and now this store.
Portland a dangerous city for any business and its employees and customers.
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After 19 shoplifting incidents in a year, a store at Washington Square mall is calling it quits
Shoplifters have hit the upscale consignment store 19 times, stealing more than $56,000 in luxury bags, clothing and shoes over the past year.
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“Oregon lawmakers are considering a couple theft-related bills to help combat the issue. One bill would create the crime of retail theft in the second degree, while the other bill would formally create a statewide Task Force on Organized Retail Theft.”
A typical, moronic, Democrat solution…a task force. Plus, are they going to allow arrests, arraignments, and trials? Do they go with no bail?
Just more idiocy so voters will think they are doing something about the problem.
19 shoplifting incidents in a year??! Pikers...your average big box store in CA gets 19 incidents in a month! (Even in the “better cities”).
Was just in Downtown Portland for lunch, and it was AMAZING how many businesses had closed up. We went into Pioneer Place mall, and the Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and some other high end places that I don’t know anything about had velvet ropes around the entrance/exit, and security. It was like you had to be approved to enter, and maybe checked to leave.
I didn’t go into any as that’s not my scene, so we got our milk tea, and departed the area. LOTS of homeless down there, lots of tents on the sidewalks, etc.
Monkey see WMT, monkey do. 19 shoplifting incidents in a year is a bunch.
Liberalism is a mental disorder. I’ll bet good money that she cannot connect voting DemocRat with the high crime in Portland.