[Mr Ramsbotham]

J. P. Suarez, who is in charge of asset protection at Wal-Mart, said it was no longer efficient to prosecute petty shoplifters. “If I have somebody being paid $12 an hour processing a $5 theft, I have just lost money,” he said. “I have also lost the time to catch somebody stealing $100 or an organized group stealing $3,000.”

I thought the idea was to deter shoplifters, not recover money.

[ishabibble]

J. P. Suarez and WalMart have an obligation to the citizens who provide it's mega profits. They have a duty to uphold the law, to make sure that laws are followed and violators punished, and for the good of the public, make a strong statement that right is right and wrong is wrong.

If WalMart doesn't hold the line, then who will?