this is happening here in indy too...it's not even mentioned on the news.

[grillak]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/coordinated-crime-sprees-forcing-retailers-151332218.html

this is going on in indy. there are certain areas where most retail stores are closing by 6pm. some as early as 2pm.

i recently hired a manager from a dollar store who was robbed at gunpoint 4 times in 5 weeks. the store she worked at closes at 2pm weekdays and 4pm on weekends.

 

[HoosierLife]

“Organized gangs brazenly steal branded items even with security present, as California raised the threshold for a felony charge from $450 to $950 in stolen goods.

San Francisco Police Chief William Scott told NBC Nightly Newsthieves calculate the worth of shoplifted goods to fall below the felony threshold, meaning officers cannot take action for misdemeanor theft and stores must be willing to hire security guards to make a private persons arrest.”

How would raising the threshold help anything?

 

[Leadeye]

Stores just need to move away. When everything is gone the Chinese will buy it up and install Korean management. Then it will get hairy.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

“Organized gangs brazenly steal branded items even with security present, as California raised the threshold for a felony charge from $450 to $950 in stolen goods.

San Francisco Police Chief William Scott told NBC Nightly Newsthieves calculate the worth of shoplifted goods to fall below the felony threshold, meaning officers cannot take action for misdemeanor theft and stores must be willing to hire security guards to make a private persons arrest.”

How would raising the threshold help anything?

It doesn't. That's kinda the point. Prior to the change, criminals wouldn't receive a felony charge if the amount of merchandise was less than $450. They decided that was too hard on the criminals, so they raised the amount of "free stuff" they could steal to $950 before they would do anything about it. So, need that $900 flat screen tv? Cool! Just walk in, pick it up and carry it out. It's basically free for the taking since you won't be arrested, nor prosecuted for it.

 

[Hookeye]

Raising the limit doesnt help.
It was never supposed to.
Merely let a bunch of uncivilized people do as they wish up to a new level.

After all, theyre entitled

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Then these bastards want to whine about "food deserts". Freaking idiots, one and all.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Now Kamala is saying that rural folks are too stupid to comply with voter id laws. Um, no Kamala, that's not where the stupid people live. They live in Democrat controlled urban areas. Many of them are in positions of authority. That's where the truly stupid people are.

 

[printcraft]

You could walk into a store every day and get food, drink and drugs and walk out without paying.
Grab a six pack and a sandwich and chips it's well below $950 or ever $400.
Why should you pay ever again?
It will do wonders for bay area tourism.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You could walk into a store every day and get food, rink and drugs and walk out without paying.
Grab a six pack and a sandwich and chips it's well below $950 or ever $400.
Why should you pay ever again?
It will do wonders for bay area tourism.

Right? I mean, it would almost make it worth stepping over the piles of human excrement and hypodermic syringes on the sidewalks for a deal like that.

 

[printcraft]

Right? I mean, it would almost make it worth stepping over the piles of human excrement and hypodermic syringes on the sidewalks for a deal like that.

You could stay out there for free, they have those urinal tents setup and everything for a good nights rest.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You could stay out there for free, they have those urinal tents setup and everything for a good nights rest.

Urinal tents?? I don't know... that's awful fancy for me.

 

[indykid]

And one of the really sad parts of this is that the store owners can't do anything about it because if they did, they would go to jail.

 

[The Bubba Effect]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/coordinated-crime-sprees-forcing-retailers-151332218.html

this is going on in indy. there are certain areas where most retail stores are closing by 6pm. some as early as 2pm.

i recently hired a manager from a dollar store who was robbed at gunpoint 4 times in 5 weeks. the store she worked at closes at 2pm weekdays and 4pm on weekends.

Robbed at gunpoint 4 times in 5 weeks.... That kind of thing could be hard on a person's nerves.

 

[foszoe]

It doesn't. That's kinda the point. Prior to the change, criminals wouldn't receive a felony charge if the amount of merchandise was less than $450. They decided that was too hard on the criminals, so they raised the amount of "free stuff" they could steal to $950 before they would do anything about it. So, need that $900 flat screen tv? Cool! Just walk in, pick it up and carry it out. It's basically free for the taking since you won't be arrested, nor prosecuted for it.

Raise The prices

 

[actaeon277]

Raise The prices

Everything in the store is a minimum of $1,000.
But, if you pay at the cash register, you get the "club" discount.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Raise The prices

Everything in the store is a minimum of $1,000.
But, if you pay at the cash register, you get the "club" discount.

Brilliant!

They need to open up a bunch of "Thousand Dollar Tree", "Family Grand" and "Thousand Dollar General" franchises out there!

 

[printcraft]

Brilliant!

They need to open up a bunch of "Thousand Dollar Tree", "Family Grand" and "Thousand Dollar General" franchises out there!

Give runaway inflation a chance...

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Give runaway inflation a chance...

True dat.

 

[Tombs]

Maybe they should hire some security instead of allow gangs to bully them into effectively shutting down?

Maybe they can't in California, but they sure as hell could here.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

You could walk into a store every day and get food, drink and drugs and walk out without paying.
Grab a six pack and a sandwich and chips it's well below $950 or ever $400.
Why should you pay ever again?
It will do wonders for bay area tourism.

So what you are saying is if you go to Cali, you can get free ammo?