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What is the point of this thread? It's just petty theft. Even the titillation factor is minimal.

Was wondering that myself. Shoplifting is now considered important news.

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Shoplifting is now considered important news.

That's because the news media can't be bothered to do the hard work of investigation and reporting. But they still need to come up with "news," hence this sort of fluff.