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Kroger Announces Closure of Multiple Supermarkets in Washington State Due to Crime (VIDEO)
Gateway Pun ^ | Aug. 20, 2025 9 | Mike LaChance

Posted on 08/21/2025 1:46:13 AM PDT by dennisw

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1 posted on 08/21/2025 1:46:13 AM PDT by dennisw
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My guess this is white rural crime/shoplifting fueled by meth and drug use. Add in Hispanics too.


2 posted on 08/21/2025 1:47:55 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity)
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This is what people on the left don’t seem to understand about crime. When you tolerate it, everyone suffers for it.

The left is trying to overthrow the United States.

Their embrace of criminality is designed to erode our national fabric.

You people had better start recognizing that we are at war.

3 posted on 08/21/2025 1:50:46 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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Would agree. Probably one-half of upward surge of product cost...goes to shoplifting and extra security required. It’ll reach a stage where you can’t enter a grocery without a credit card scanned as you enter. No card....no entry.


4 posted on 08/21/2025 1:54:06 AM PDT by pepsionice
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Most likely. Don’t forget about the relatives of Obeyme.


5 posted on 08/21/2025 1:56:18 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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Another food desert. That’s a shame.


6 posted on 08/21/2025 1:56:40 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: HIDEK6

Very true. And the tolerance of crime is also a kind of reparations paid to one identity group. Looting and carjacking are major industries in the ghetto.


7 posted on 08/21/2025 1:57:39 AM PDT by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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To: dennisw
Everett is a Seattle suburb.
8 posted on 08/21/2025 1:58:27 AM PDT by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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The Ohio-based company blamed “a steady rise in theft” among their reasons for closing six Fred Meyer and QFC stores through October, but Mayor Franklin says the CEO cited “financial reasons” when they spoke on Monday

Financial reasons, but not shoplifting? I'll bet he's trying to avoid sounding racist.

Shoplifting has a huge financial impact. Not only do products walk right out the door, but honest customers are afraid to shop in stores plagued by shoplifting, as things can turn violent quickly.

9 posted on 08/21/2025 2:03:44 AM PDT by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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Unfortunately.


10 posted on 08/21/2025 2:29:52 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: pepsionice

And it’s all thanks to the braindead libtards.


11 posted on 08/21/2025 2:30:26 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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And it’s all thanks to the braindead libtards.

It’s intentional.

12 posted on 08/21/2025 2:42:34 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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I know about the effects of theft in our Target store. These thieves take the rolling luggage cases, stuff them with merchandise, and roll them right out of the store. The police won’t do anything to stop them. These thieves roll their stolen goods over to a car in the parking lot where a “fence” will give them money for the stolen merchandise. Those goods will end up being sold over the internet. Do you think the police couldn’t figure that out?

With these outlets gone, people will have to drive miles to get things they need. I was in Home Depot looking for a hardware item. They didn’t have the item and told me to go to Amazon for it. This illustrates big government’s attack on the supply sector.


13 posted on 08/21/2025 2:44:23 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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Everett, Washington, north of Seattle, is where a lot of new Boeing aircraft are built. Here, a center of modern manufacturing is being undermined by ancient lawlessness.

I drive regularly throughout the area. Someone left his bicycle chained in front of a store. Thieves came and completely disassembled the bike and stole it in pieces in broad daylight.

The Leftists in charge in Western Washington have allowed this destruction of civilization. They tolerate crime to the point the entire Seattle area is descending into third-world anarchy. This is a dangerous area to be avoided.

I hope people become completely unable to buy groceries to the point the angry mob rises up to destroy the irresponsible power structure of communists who have seized power in the state of Washington and call their tyranny “freedom.”


14 posted on 08/21/2025 3:20:02 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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That’s because the residents believe they’re owed reparations.


15 posted on 08/21/2025 3:35:17 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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That’s exactly right.


16 posted on 08/21/2025 3:37:58 AM PDT by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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My wife’s nephew does metal fabrication work in Seattle. Last week he told me there are brand new tall buildings in Seattle that are totally unoccupied.

Construction in modern cities in America has been halted by irresponsible Leftist leadership allowing rampant anarchy.

What has happened in Venezuela is now happening across America.

This is what communists do when they take over. They ruin everything, bringing death and destruction.

If you drive on I-5 through Seattle, you will see how vandals have painted gigantic graffiti everywhere in WHAT USED TO BE A VERY NICE CITY. Communists allow lawlessness and filth to take over.

There is no way to VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF LAWLESSNESS.

So-called “leaders” who tolerate this are criminals themselves.

It will SOON require a large armed forced to restore order in ALL the major cities of the United States.

All the drug addicts, criminals, organized, armed gangs and the insane loose on the streets WILL HAVE TO BE FORCIBLY DISARMED, CORRALLED AND LOCKED UP.

You can already see how quickly order can be restored by serious, armed authorities taking charge in Washington DC.


17 posted on 08/21/2025 3:52:23 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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It’s a largely black area


18 posted on 08/21/2025 3:59:22 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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There’s a solution to this, Washington (state of)...

Secure. Your. Damned. Elections.


19 posted on 08/21/2025 4:00:48 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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It’s intentional.

Brought to you by Cloward Piven. Apparently, the mayor of Edmonds hasn't read Atlas Shrugged.

20 posted on 08/21/2025 4:04:35 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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