Posted on 10/01/2023 9:22:19 AM PDT by Morgana
A shocking new video shows dozens of masked looters smashing their way into an Apple Store in Philadelphia and running away with iPhones and tablets as the city dealt with widespread crime the past week.
Philadelphia Police Department released a new surveillance camera footage, showing brazen thugs rioting through the Apple store on Walnut Street in the center of the city.
Masked thieves forcefully infiltrated the store, swiftly seizing iPhones, laptops, tablets, and anything within reach on display stands—finishing their plunder in less than a minute.
Most suspects appeared to be teenagers including one audaciously strolling out, lugging a massive television monitor with no sense of urgency.
The police are asking help from the public in identifying five of the suspects.
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.
The flash mob-style ransacking Tuesday night targeted dozens of stores including Foot Locker, Lululemon and Apple.
Earlier footage from the Apple store shows the aftermath of the looting, with iPhones and other electronic goods seemingly ripped from their display stands.
What appears to be staff members can be seen standing around looking bemused.
Fox News reporter Steve Keeley also shared footage showing the fallout of the looting.
Officers can be seen placing handcuffs on one man, as they guard the exterior of the store.
Numerous people can be heard shouting in the background as he is led to the rear of a police van.
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They have already been released and are back on the streets. Philadelphia is nothing but a commie hellhole. There is no good in Philadelphia.
Looters and shoplifters should be shot. Shoplifting is no different than looting during business hours. Shoot these pieces of chit dead.
Is it too much to hope that Philadelphia becomes an Apple Desert?
The people who it refuses to hire are NOT THE ONES STEALING
That’s a great point.
“Most suspects appeared to be teenagers”
I see once again that teenagers is a code word.
What I got out of this article is not that Apple can disable and track the stolen phones, but that they can do the same to your phone any time they want. So you don’t really have control over your phone or what is on it.
Wanna stop this crap? If the city were serious, looters would be SHOT. Until then, the public should stop complaining about looting and arson.
Like a bullet?
Free at last!
Free at last!
Great Gawd All Mighty!
All dem I phones beez free at last!
When they showed these dolts grabbing iPhones that day I was cracking up. A phone can’t be used until it’s activated by the mothership. Don’t they know this?
They make for good paperweights, though.
“The cops are asking for their identities and they blur the faces?”
LOL!
Would that be the same for satellite phones?
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