Shoplifting skyrockets by 24% across US even as most other crimes fall to pre-pandemic levels

NY POST ^ | July 25, 2024, | Alex Oliveira

[P.O.E.]

They’re not just stealing from stores. By proxy, they are stealing from YOU (via higher prices).

Just another redistribution pathway albeit not overt.

Walmart still gets its money, the poor get free stuff, and the middle class gets squeezed.

[Blurb2350]

Speaking of Amazon, my last two orders didn’t even ship for two weeks! Once UPS rec’d the packages, they moved quickly. I wonder if Prime subscribers are still getting two-day delivery. . . .

[ComputerGuy]

The best case I saw was mom and dad letting daughter pick out her tricycle. They then cleared the way while the little darling pedalled her way to their van.

[MikelTackNailer]

"Shoplifting skyrockets by 24% across US even as most other crimes fall to pre-pandemic levels"

You'd think that with all those tent shops being closed the months between Independence Day and New Years that stealing skyrockets would be minimal if at all.

I guess thieves gotta' thieve.

[Codeflier]

Sounds like you need to move. Hardly anything is ever locked up where I live.

[rktman]

IIRC, it’s all good if you keep it under $975 in CA.

[Waverunner]

If they didn't leave them out loose on the shelves, they would be harder to steal.

[dennisw]

So they say!!! (lolzzzz)

[Vendome]

I started seeing the blatant theft about 6 months ago at Walmart, Grocery Outlet, Safeway...

It’s everywhere and I never noticed it before

[Migraine]

You’re right. Unreported crime plus the decriminalization of several crimes probably account for any decline in criminality.

[ridesthemiles]

KAMALA wants Corp taxes to rise to 35%.

Joe ONLY wanted 28% Current is 21%.

Bankruptcies are so high that courts cannot process them quickly enough.

[ShadowAce]

“Across the US” == CA and NY

[Bon of Babble]

Sometimes that happens with non-Amazon sellers.

We order a lot from Amazon, have Prime, and it comes within two days usually.

[T.B. Yoits]

From the article: ...even as most other crimes fall to pre-pandemic levels

An absolute bald-faced lie. Significantly fewer jurisdictions are reporting crimes now than were reporting previously, and most of those that no longer report them are high-crime Democrat jurisdictions.

[Larry Lucido]

Uncle Leo?

[bgill]

Some places you can do all the crimes you wish at night because LE closes up shop and goes home.

[bgill]

It is the uptick of the resale cottage industry on Amazon and Ebay.

[Lockbar]

Democrats got to steal ..it’s in their culture.

[Blueflag]

Yeah, let’s see the data by zip code ...

[nonliberal]

Burglary in blue state:

"Hello police? Someone is breaking into my home. Please send help." Police: "No officers are available to respond at this time."

Burglary where I live:

"Hello? Metro Waste Authority? I've just shot two burglars. Do I call the police or can I just put the bodies on the curb for garbage pickup?"