Posted on 05/06/2024 4:59:42 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Why is retail theft happening so suddenly and in such large amounts now?
Los Angeles County Sheriff Department detectives proudly announced a complex and successful sting this week.
A retail theft ring has been caught red-handed, with millions of dollars’ worth of make-up, perfume, pharmaceuticals, and more, stolen from stores in and around California, much of it still bearing store tags.
Product has been recovered; at least a dozen locations have been revealed. Multiple fences have been identified, with eight arrests announced at the start, and likely more to follow. They will prove that shoplifting rings were organized to hit the stores that had what the fences wanted – from pharmacies like CVS to big box stores like Walmart.
The police are proud of their work, as well they should be; such a successful catch is – in itself – good for the community, and a badge of honor for the investigators involved.
Fifty or a hundred years ago, such a bust would have been earth-shaking in its impact. Take an organized crime gang like this out of operation, and the community would be safer for years.
But will that be the case this time?
Of course not – because even though these particular ringleaders and locations have been taken out, the conditions that facilitated their creation are not being corrected, or even addressed.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
How quickly will they be released without charges?
Is the goal to destroy retail outlets so that the government will then give you your daily rations?
Soon the saying will be "You will buy everything from China and be dissatisfied."
I don't know. I just cannot understand it. I have wracked my brain trying to noodle this out. It is a real puzzle to me. It is beyond my comprehension. It is too complicated to find the root of this problem. I cannot grasp the issue. The root cause of this is too obscure for me. The real reasons for it are hidden. The cause is shrouded in mystery. All the wisdom of the ages could not reveal it. Thinking people just cannot divine the reasons. It will forever be a mystery. We need to form a government agency to look at this problem.
Probably. I suggest buying your consumer goods now to tide you over.
The purpose of anarchy is to drive the demand for communism.
Or turn to Amazon and the like, which is why they support easy crime laws — except for porch pirates..
There ya have it - criminals running America!
In 2030 you will own nothing and be happy.
See WEF and TPTB for reference.
Normally I’d finish with my trademark smiley but I cannot do that today. ;-)
I hear ya.
I did pretty much explain the mystery to you.
Just so you know. ;-)
A retail theft ring has been caught red-handed, with millions of dollars’ worth of make-up.
If they were smart they would do it to banks they have the same grade of security systems?.
Priorities count huh Moe
So this is why the Eye Liner at Walmart is now locked up. This is 3rd world living...
And the illegal aliens have street shops set up with all the stolen goods. Yay Biden and the Democrats.
What do you expect the illegal alien invaders to do...just sit around and do nothing? They are productively, 3rd-world employed. How wonderful.
33 states have state versions of RICO: any state serious about shutting down organized theft should start utilizing their RICO statues against these organized theft rings ...
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