Hamburglar shows truth of mass shoplifting — it’s not about poor, it’s about money-making thieves

NY Post ^ | 9 Feb 2022 | Bob McManus

[Rummyfan]

If shoplifting is a crime of poverty, now an article of progressive faith, how come shoplifters tend to hit the high-end shelves?

How come Steak Guy departed Trader Joe’s Tuesday with 10 packages of fine eatin’ — rather than, say, 10 cans of Spam? The Spam would be easier to handle, no? (Not that luxury-label Trader Joe’s would carry it, but you get the point.) How come when the locusts descend on the ice cream freezer at the local Rite Aid, the Ben & Jerry’s seems always to go first?

And why is it that the craft beer is carted off, but rarely the low-end brews?

Easy. Because the bodegas that are fencing the goods aren’t interested in canned meat, off-brand ice cream or skunky beer. They want the good stuff. And now things have gotten so bad that even Al Sharpton is torqued.

[Rummyfan]

A man brazenly swiped a whole aisle worth of steaks at a Trader Joe's on East 14th Street in Manhattan.

[Rummyfan]

“They come in every day, sometimes twice a day, with laundry bags and just load up,” a clerk at an about-to-close New York chain drug store told this newspaper recently. “They take whatever they want, and we can’t do anything about it.”

[Rummyfan]

Post a sign that looters will be shot. And then shoot some of them.

[Telepathic Intruder]

When you make theft legal, guess what? You get more thieves. That’s actually a shocker to libs.

[frank ballenger]

Photo caption:

“I may be a thief but I am a totally discriminatin’ criminal. I got taste, you know.”

[frank ballenger]

AOC blames NYC crime spike on parents shoplifting food//www.nydailynews.com//
Jul 12, 2020 — “They feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry,” Ocasio-Cortez (D-Queens) said last week on a virtual town hall.....
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She was way ahead of us.

[drSteve78]

Kneecap with a cane.

[P.O.E.]

I distinctly recall a video shot from a NYC apartment during the BLM riots.

“Youths” on bicycles would scout, then break into a store. A high-end SUV would pull up, they’d load it up. They’d all scatter, then a few minutes later repeat the process at the next store.

It had all the earmarks of an organized crime, with big money backing it.

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

Easy fix. Get someone 6’5” brawler to stand in the exit with a bat. Everyone respects Batman! No one steals from Batman!

[Governor Dinwiddie]

[Bullish]

Nobody’s going to like where this all ends up if we don’t bring some sanity in crime prevention and justice back to society. Especially not the thieves.

[No name given]

Somebody should have just tripped that crook.

[5th MEB]

Eventually in some of these cities it will go back to VIGILANTE JUSTICE!

[gnarledmaw]

Because guys that can fight know there is no such creature.
Clubs make terrible melee weapons for anyone that understands them.
Guys who cant fight would just get a knife or a gun.

[mabarker1]

Kneecap with a cane.357 Magnum or a .45ACP that will stick with them longer.

[caww]

They’re selling most of the stuff...to support their drug habits. This way they don’t have to break and enter, steal, from peoples houses. Thus no risk of arrest.

[caww]

They're re-selling the loot

Walked right out at Home Depot

[caww]

This gal had $20,000 worth of stolen merchandise she was selling out of her home...

[caww]

[caww]

Milwaukee...$30,000 stolen in just seconds by this organized theft