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Catalytic converter theft in the US is driven by drug-addicted homeless populations who sell them for scrap money, and don't care if they get arrested, because
by bpodgursky 6y ago
Catalytic converter theft in the US is driven by drug-addicted homeless populations who sell them for scrap money, and don't care if they get arrested, because the big coastal cities are basically not prosecuting theft right now.
My neighbors (Seattle) have caught thieves working their way down the street jacking these out of cars, and the police didn't even bother to respond.
It's really not the same.
- hellbannedguy 6y agoIn my neighborhood (Marin County) the Catalytic Converter thieves don’t appear homeless. In the arrests I have read about, they are arrested at homes, and they put the cats in mini-storages. It’s a family business? I won’t even think about bringing up previous culture before moving here because of the backlash. (I actually don’t mind certain thefts. What bothers me about these thieves is they don’t have any honor. You don’t steal catalytic converters, or bicycles, especially from the middle, or poor. If you are going to steal—target the rich.)
- astrange 6y agoIf they're targeting the rich, they're making a good start by working in Marin. Although some of those people may be asset-rich but house-poor.
- cafard 6y agoThe police in Washington, DC, are definitely interested in CC theft. I question whether the thieves are homeless, because they arrive and leave by car.