> How can people really be pro shoplifting enough to write this? The author does not present a pro-shoplifting argument. Rather, he presents a cogent argument

> How can people really be pro shoplifting enough to write this? The author does not present a pro-shoplifting argument. Rather, he presents a cogent argument that the media-supported narrative that Walgreens is closing SF stores due to shoplifting does not account for the facts 1. Walgreens is closing stores in areas (New York, for example) that did not experience an increase in shoplifting. 2. Walgreens closings nationwide were forecast in SEC filings since 2017. 3. No evidence has been presented that shoplifting is the deciding factor for Walgreens closings. 4. Walgreens is politically motivated to repeal Prop 47 and may be funding efforts to recall DA Boudin.