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That’s not the fault of the stores. If we had sane crime policies, that would not be necessary. But NYC is becoming worse and worse, complete lack of enforcemen
by radicality 2y ago
That’s not the fault of the stores. If we had sane crime policies, that would not be necessary. But NYC is becoming worse and worse, complete lack of enforcement of social orders like “no stealing”. Or re-releasing violent criminals where they end up killing someone.
It’s basically now ok to walk into any store in nyc, and just take stuff worth less than $1k, and walk out. Nothing will happen, and police can’t do much since it’s been decided stealing is not a crime here. The people doing this then will sell that same stolen stuff on a street corner a block away for half price.
- underlipton 2y agoBlaming "crime" is incorrect and suggests a lack of understanding of the dynamics at play. 1) Pharmacies don't want workers going after shoplifters. It's a liability if the worker gets hurt, and even if the shoplifter gets "caught", now the witness needs to show up at the trial for it to mean anything criminally. In other words, the company has to pay the worker NOT to be in the store. The LEA has to pay the cop that responds to be in court. They don't want this. The company's goal is to get the police involved only insofar as is necessary to get an insurance payout. 2) No one wants to go to jail for stealing shampoo. They're doing it because the options for decent work are limited. A shoplifter grabbing $200 of merchandise and selling it for $100 is making 3/4 a day's worth of the cashier's pay in like an hour (partly because corporate workers for that company are overpaid and making that in 1-20 minutes). The solution has always been and remains to stop f*cking around with income inequality and opportunity hoarding, as a society.
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