The most interesting part of this (other than the completely unnecesary, tone-deaf corporate thuggery) is the involvement of the Pinkertons because many people

The most interesting part of this (other than the completely unnecesary, tone-deaf corporate thuggery) is the involvement of the Pinkertons because many people don't know the history of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, which was really prominent in the mid to late 19th century. At this time, the US had no real Federal law enforcement to speak of. That came later, modeled after the Pinkertons. Fun fact: the FBI evolved as a result of the Mann Act [1], which was aimed at stopped at white women being "trafficked" across state lines by black men so really it was misagenation. Anyway, the Pinkertons evolved as corporate muslce in the robber baron era. Strike-breaking, intimidation, sabotage, that sort of thing. At one point the Pinkertons were larger than the US Army. Thier downfall really began with with embarrassing incidents like the Homestead Strike [2]. Honestly two of the better depictions of the Pinkertons come from fiction: HBO's excellent Deadwood series and Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2. The most important lesson here is that law enforcement in the US historically, culturally and actually exists to protect the interests of the wealthy, first and foremost. as for WotC, they could've made good PR out of this by asking nicely for the cards back and giving the person something for their troubles since ultimately the mistake was WotC's. But no, let's choose violence. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann_Act [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike