Wild moment masked Philadelphia looters storm Apple store in mad frenzy - before tech giant DISABLED all stolen devices - as cops call on public to help identify crooks

Daily Mail UK ^ | October 1, 2023 | Dolores Chang

[Morgana]

"At least 52 arrests have been made so far, with burglary, theft, and other charges filed against at least 30 people as of Saturday, but the number of suspects seems to be higher. "

GOOD, this city does not play around

[livius]

The only thing about these dumbos is that they don’t realize that stealing modern devices - phones, laptops, whatever - is pointless, because both the seller and the owner have records of them and they can be both shut down and wiped from afar.

Well, nobody ever said these looters had any brains...I mean, their leader calls herself “Meatball.”

[catnipman]

over half have already been released on no-bail, though ...

[janetjanet998]

They just need food though

surveillance video shows looters smash glass in frenzied rampage through NE Philly store
https://rumble.com/v3m5o9g-surveillance-video-shows-looters-smash-glass-in-rampage-through-ne-philly-s.html

[Deo volente]

Race of the perps??

Oops...never mind.

[nikos1121]

Exactly, the electronics can be disabled, or better yet, they can track who tries to enable it?

In short, the items are useless.

[Leaning Right]

> GOOD, this city does not play around <

Well, the on-scene police did not play around. But the Philadelphia district attorney is a far-left “progressive”. He doesn’t like cash bail, for example.

I’d be surprised if any of the arrested looters get anything close to what they deserve.

[CatOwner]

"Thieves was left outraged a day after the looting when they discovered Apple had disabled products they stole."

About the only thing those iPhones are good for are parts (screens, batteries). Maybe they can con someone into purchasing a bricked phone. I wonder if the GPS still worked on those stolen iPhones.

[Blurb2350]

. . . unless they can manage to sell them on eBay or Craigslist. Then the nonworking devices are the gullible buyers’ problem.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Why the hell are their faces blurred out? The cops are asking for their identities and they blur the faces?

[GOPJ]

At least 52 arrests have been made so far, with burglary, theft, and other charges filed against at least 30 people as of Saturday, but the number of suspects seems to be higher.

And the 52 arrested? They're probably all back on the street by now... you know 'people gotta eat'... and other assorted liberal stupidities.

[joshua c]

you are assuming they will get more than a slap on the wrist

i will wait to see convictions and sentences

[I want the USA back]

Too bad for Apple. Apple is one of the ccompanies that has NOT been hiring Whites. It has been practicing discrimination in defiance of the Constitution. Maybe some top exec will notice something: The people who it refuses to hire are NOT THE ONES STEALING.

[BobL]

The video is HYSTERICAL - the phones, all at the same time, start blaring a REALLY LOUD fire alarm, forcing the people who ‘look like American’ to start smashing them!!!

[Governor Dinwiddie]

The Color of Crime.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Just another Chocolate City.

[Sirius Lee]

Wait until it dawns on the rest of the public that their own, legally purchased devices can likewise be bricked for wrongthink.

If you think that it can’t happen then you’ve been sleep for the last five years.

[DesertRhino]

That is a complete misreading of negritude. A completely bricked IPhone 15 titanium is a trophy. You can carry it around, make sure people see you having it and you acquire serious social cachet.

See also; Bling, and Grill.

[End Times Sentinel]

GOOD, this city does not play around

Doesn't matter, Larry Krazner will refuse to prosecute any of them.

[TomGuy]

I have purchased several Tracfones over the years and each one had to be ‘activated’ by the seller’s cash register.