Being it’s Brockton, I’d say that they probably had higher than average cases of shoplifting at the store.
Around here stores are closing in the higher crime neighborhoods, then we hear the community “leaders” and media bleat about how it’s “unfair” to the community, blah, blah, blah.
Brockton has been a (expletive deleted - think of Baltimore) for a very long time. No one in their right mind would travel *into* the city to shop when there are much better supermarkets *outside* of the city. The comment that the locals are giving themselves five finger discounts rings very true.
I used to work there. One morning I pulled up to my usual breakfast joint and the liquor store next door was covered in police tape. I asked the waitress what was up and she said - in a cold nonchalance that was really spooky - that the owner was gunned down in a robbery a few hours earlier.
I realized it was time to go!
Employee theft scams would also be a major factor in a h(*&hole like Brockton.
The city is so awful—it has to be experienced to be believed.