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Shoplifting arrests at Eagan Outlet Mall raise question of bias
StarTribune.com ^
| 5/17/15
| Stephen Montemayor
Posted on 05/17/2015 6:20:01 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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Maybe there is a reason why certain groups of "shoppers" are getting popped for crime at this outlet mall.
See my next thread!
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
the theft ring was organized all up to Aunt Louises Hair Salon And Weave parlor?
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posted on
05/17/2015 6:22:39 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
They prefer this particular mall?
Why?
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posted on
05/17/2015 6:23:16 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I think the new legal theory is that if anything like 85% of people being caught for breaking some law are “people of color,” we stop enforcing that law.
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posted on
05/17/2015 6:23:23 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Well, tell the people of color to stop stealing...or, at least stop getting caught.
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posted on
05/17/2015 6:24:18 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I worked in a call center for a major retailer during the seasonal period 2 years ago. Being “followed” and “profiled” in stores by security personnel was a frequent complaint. It had to be referred to a risk management specialist. They were often compensated with gift cards. Sad.
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posted on
05/17/2015 6:24:37 PM PDT
by
edpc
(Wilby 2016)
To: BenLurkin
Security isn’t as sophisticated as the Mall of America and it’s new, so the security learning curve is still pretty steep.
See my next thread.
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posted on
05/17/2015 6:25:32 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: Steely Tom
I would be stunned to see that the majority of people doing the shoplifting there are those people of color theyre picking up, said Jim Bonilla, a professor emeritus at Hamline University whose studies include organizational behavior and diversity. We tend to see what were looking for.This is one educated fool. How about the body count of black on black murders. Should we stop seeing that, too?
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posted on
05/17/2015 6:29:02 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
To: edpc
I knew a hispanic woman years ago who told me she grew up shoplifting. She said she got very good at it and could steal very large items. I think she was in her early 20’s at the time and said she stopped. I wonder about that.
She said all her friends did it, too. I think the reason you find a cluster of the same minority pulling these sorts of crimes is that it becomes a popular activity within their social group.
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posted on
05/17/2015 6:33:55 PM PDT
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Prolly lots of suntan lotion and fathers day card being stolen.
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posted on
05/17/2015 6:35:33 PM PDT
by
umgud
(I never capitalize; muslim, islam or allah)
To: umgud
Only if Becky Peterson was doing the crimes.
And she ain’t.
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posted on
05/17/2015 6:37:49 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Do these people really think the store owners don’t mind being shoplifted by whites, to the point that they wouldn’t prosecute it? That’s insane.
To: Steve1789
Racial bias is a popular meme these days.
The Star and Sickle will run with anything that sells papers.
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posted on
05/17/2015 6:51:18 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Modern-day gypsies have that swarming technique down pat as well. Anything that’s not nailed down. We had a passel of them who stayed at the hotel I worked at, and double-locked the door to my shop while they were there...
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posted on
05/17/2015 6:56:32 PM PDT
by
W.
(Animals are much stupider since Noah's Ark, because of inbreeding.--Oglaf)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
It wasn’t “racial profiling”; it was criminal profiling.
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posted on
05/17/2015 7:13:08 PM PDT
by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Mall officials deny that they or the retailers are singling out any particular group. Sure they are, they are singling out the people who are stealing from them.......duh....the Amish hardly have room in their buggies to haul away refrigerators....besides, they don't have anywhere to plug them in.!!!
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posted on
05/17/2015 7:28:55 PM PDT
by
terycarl
(COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVERALL)
To: terycarl
My problem is that this outlet mall is way too close to where I live. And there will be protests.
It’s going to be a long, hot summer for many of us this year. Across the country.
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posted on
05/17/2015 7:32:22 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
A guy I work with spent several years in theft prevention, and he said that a majority of the perps were black (he’s black too BTW)
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posted on
05/17/2015 7:42:50 PM PDT
by
2CAVTrooper
(Making harmless people defenseless, does not make dangerous people harmless)
To: 2CAVTrooper
I’m not surprised.
A friend is a retired detective who worked credit/identity fraud. Same story.
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posted on
05/17/2015 7:46:00 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Having worked part-time in the retail industry in recent years, it is no surprise to read that blacks constitute the lion's share of the shoplifters at this mall. No other racial group comes even remotely close to the amount of theft undertaken by Holder's People - and they can be pretty brazen about it in many cases. And it has definitely gotten worse since Obama was elected in 2008, so a dog whistle must have gone out through the Underground Railroad to get while the getting is good.
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posted on
05/17/2015 8:48:16 PM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
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