All Portland Walmart stores to permanently close

[@taofledermaus]

That's really going to inconvenience a lot of people who will have to find a new place to shoplift.

[@johnathonpedersen9844]

Hey love your vids lol

[@LPCardinals]

Did not expect to see you here 😂

[@obaniehia]

go get some parts of the building to use in new shells!

[@kym1988]

😂😂😂😂

[@cathleencaratan3373]

😂😂

[@TimeBucks]

Hope that poor lady gets her voice back

[@vennilamahavlogs1924]

Good

[@amberdelivered06]

I read this as I heard her voice

[@muneermirza4301]

Nice

[@boeing747400ifly]

I was thinking at least the place where she buys her cigarettes is still open.

[@amnafebil9143]

👍

[@chrisseats]

They act like Walmart should just keep operating as a public service. In the real world, there is a cost to letting crime go unchecked. You dont want shoplifters punished? Heres the result.

[@dbergerac9632]

Next time they should vote like it matters.

[@luciddreams6210]

Who thinks Walmart should operate as a public service?

[@luciddreams6210]

@@dbergerac9632 don’t worry you will get the totalitarian rule that you crave so much. Once we get another republican in office and they pick up where trump left off china is going to hit us with the business and it’s bye bye United States of America and hello peoples republic of the untied states. Hope you’ll be happy.

[@swedacashregisters]

@@luciddreams6210 quess

[@CarpeNoctem135]

@@luciddreams6210 the nit wits who shop there

[@Venomsting234]

It's sad for the honest people who pay for their stuff, and it's the shoplifters that destroy the community.

[@Nafpaktos-Florida]

It’s not sad, it’s their FAULT for NOT revolting against BLM Antufa and LGBTQ trans “things” because those are the people that destroyed the west coast

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

nothing destroys communities like foriegn slave labor and lobbyists for bellow the poverty line wages.

[@jesse_-]

The people that pay also vote, and they got precisely what they voted for.

[@NR-cq6uu]

What's also sad is the fact Walmart actually donates back to the community. Well that's gone.

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

a govt that kills journalists, hates the constitutuion and burns children for oil? i dont think either party strays from the policy of zionist police state, staged terror and mind control. @@jesse_-

[@MrRobreg]

When Walmart leaves town you know things are turning for the worst.

[@uniquehorn1480]

The thieves will get better merch at Target now.

[@titanproductions3628]

@@uniquehorn1480 and get tackled for it.

[@mikec360]

Yup

[@walden6272]

Walmart leaving town is a good thing, no? Now small business and mom and pop shops get to make a comeback.

[@gabrielserrano5054]

People need walmart to leave and open smaller bussiness near by. It's a shame Chinese imports are limited now they are closing.

[@starwalk3r]

There's never been a shortage of shoppers at any Walmart location in the history of all Walmarts. "Not meeting financial expectations" is definitely code for too many shoplifters.

[@toddyork5698]

Came here to say almost exactly this! It isn't code, they just didn't use the word to trigger the PC crowd, 'shrinkage'

[@normanrosenkether8639]

Self check out isn't helping that problem.

[@priscillawagner4939]

Get rid of self checkout

[@weebeevillaging587]

In 2005 the unincorporated area of Cedar Mill in Oregon was successful in keeping Walmart out of our neighborhood. We lobbied we fought and ultimately won against the giant. Walmart stores are against our beliefs in what a good steward of a community should be. Their wages and benefits are below the industry standards. The goods they sell are mostly of inferior quality. The customers they attract to their stores tend to face challenges in life that can affect the surrounding communities negatively. Walmart has a place in small towns with limited resources not in the higher end neighborhoods that don’t shop there. Why would anyone from Oregon shop at a Walmart when we have Fred Meyer. They have quality goods at fair prices and have been a steward in our community for over 100 years. Walmart doesn’t belong in every state and they are slowly learning this. Businesses need to realize their business practices don’t work in every community.

[@cappystrano1]

@@weebeevillaging587 well the thieves will eventually come after your “ high end community” sooner or later if nothing is done about it.

[@BuffaloDoctor]

When Walmart closes because their clientele is too scummy you know your area REALLY has a problem!

[@jackhowland3737]

Indeed!

[@silentsmilez503]

They're moving here from the states south and east of us.

[@justussmith2840]

i think that's more of the location's problem, not the ave shopper.

[@kenshinhimura9387]

​@@silentsmilez503 lol nope. It's the opposite

[@RiverRatWA57]

Portland is another area as I former OTR truck driver that I'm Glad that I NEVER have to return to!!

[@jesdadotcom]

Wal-Mart operates on razor thin margins to keep prices low. Theft eats into that very quickly.

[@standdown4929]

The CEO of Walmart announced last year that they would be closing hundreds of stores all across America in these crime ridden areas, because of the shoplifting. Walgreens are moving out of these areas also.

[@tabletalk33]

As the shoplifters fan out in search of goods to steal, other retailers will have to tighten security and changer their business models, too. There is going to be a lot of friction over those changes.

[@robg.204]

That's the other thing too. These businesses are told by politicians to open up in low-income areas and this is what happens when they do. Politicians need to make laws to keep shoplifters out and help these businesses stay in the hood. You can't put a huge business like Walmart, or Whole Foods in the hood. I'm from the hood and all the stores I grew up with had owners with guns. Nobody stole from them. LOL

[@lucky1206]

Maybe when they close down then the decent people will move out as well

[@terrylee8333]

@@tabletalk33 lol everyone will only be able to order on line and pick up lol .

[@raimeyewens7518]

The problem with that is they will come out to the nicer areas and do it. Where I live they closed down all of the large downtown malls because of crime. The people who actually bought things were too scared to shop there. So they closed. Next thing you know we have those people at our nice mall. Then the shootings and shoplifting started. People quit going and now most of the stores have left. Because again, the people who actually shop are too scared to go.

[@poodledoodlequilter6479]

When you live in a city where the administration does nothing for the citizens who obey the law and fail to prosecute shop lifter etc., you can not expect a business to keep taking a hit!

[@greenwave819]

the biz can expect to take a hit yes. in the name of freedom!

[@jayp2623]

Walmart fine you cousin lover. There's no employees at Walmart I'd steal too 😂

[@Hath.0]

They do nothing becuase this is the result they want. More people dependant on the State,more control

[@ommnibox1917]

I mean true, but also walmart made an increase in profits of over 2.5 percent in 2022. So this isnt putting them in the red. Maybe if they stopped racially profiling their customers and then being forced to pay settlements in the millions. That would help their bottom line more.

[@briandaniel931]

So you saying to Portland Walmart or closing because of shoplifting

[@TheTexasViper]

BRUH....IF WALMART PULLS OUT OF YOUR CITY..YOU ARE DEFINETLY IN BAD SHAPE 😟😷

[@enlightenedhummingbird4764]

Or the people are being used as pawns in the chess game playing out on planet earth.

[@rezakhan4150]

Stay of PDX problems. How are with snow/ice mooncriket?

[@rezakhan4150]

Duck all of you, for ty purposes

[@TheGreen8astard]

There’s only 2 in Portland…. There’s some people that would judge a city by how many Walmart’s they have….

[@rezakhan4150]

@Alex Welch go to whole foods and pay 19 dollars a pound for food... .........n

[@ICR8K]

Can't blame the stores. Blame the communities doing the thieving.

[@seanlancaster594]

Who would have thought, unrestricted shoplifting would be an issue for all of us.

[@VesperAegis]

These are the consequences of Republicans failing to pass federal-level equity legislation. Portland does not live in an economic vacuum - The economy is holistic in nature, as is the job market, and whenever you fail to address the rising disparity in income and basic affordability and sustenance, you also encourage high GINI coefficients and crime.

[@tytemind7850]

Dah!

[@balls433]

@@VesperAegisare you slow ? OR is a liberal state and during these riots and shoplifting, a liberal governor and mayor ran this city. 👏s👏t👏f👏u

[@aragonmoralesfaustodavid5548]

​@@VesperAegis I just listened, let's donate more money to Ukraine ????

[@geoffreychauvin1474]

@@VesperAegis omg work to better yourself. Equity is not owed to anyone.

[@FrankieFlakes]

Happy to see everything working out for the voters of Portland

[@sendthis9480]

Yeah kiddo…that’s it. Last election was SUPER close…and it all came down to the legislation that decided if Walmart will close or not. 🙄 Grow up. Your rhetoric is obnoxious and needy.

[@stevesmith662]

I'm not sure that's the case, I live in LA where we have nutcase leftist government, nobody voted for those azzhouls they've been fixing the vote for decades

[@ProbInsane]

@@stevehaller6332 They get what they voted for

[@albundy5492]

​@@stevehaller6332 socialism it's what they want this is what the begining stages look like buckle up only gonna to move quicker toward chaos

[@TacticalBuffoonary]

They get what they deserve 😂😂

[@scottn7cy]

I love how these reporters are acting like they're surprised this is happening. Wondering if it's shoplifters? Boneheads.

[@williamryan9195]

Walmarts hire security when loss becomes a problem. The reason they close is because their customers are getting pushed out by high cost of housing.

[@georgiathai4961]

@@williamryan9195 Yah, right, that must be it.

[@Goodkidjr43]

@@williamryan9195 False. I worked at Wal Mart years ago and they told us NOT to stop shoplifters.....Next

[@rooster1012]

Walmarts are closing all over the country this is nothing new, you can tell that these stores are small and the lots are not full so there is no reason for a large corporation to keep them open they closed 2 near me and it had nothing to do with shoplifting.

[@williamryan9195]

@@Goodkidjr43 Walmart did so to protect you and themselves. No large retailer is going to ask it's employees to take on the role of security. And if you are that dumb to think it's smart to try and stop some drug addict shoplifter on your pay rate then that is your problem. Trust me. In some areas Wally has armed security.

[@michaelalan1270]

when Walmart leaves it's a sign of a dying community

[@georgeh1131]

How can any store keep its doors open if city leaders don't take shoplifting seriously? Large and small stores have complained about shoplifters for 2 years to deaf ears, and now they taking action.

[@itsyooboii1464]

Biden's America

[@oldscoolcooldiecast1879]

Gotta blame Walmart a little. For starters take out self checkout and put cashiers back ringing people up but wait Walmart wants robots for employees and what about how they treat there employees the info is out there do a little research and you may start to understand they destroy neighborhoods and get all they can and then move on leaving nothing but shut down stores and the poor without. Sam Walton would be ashamed

[@michaelbest7872]

George H Hi. PARENTS should be teaching their children right from wrong. Unfortunately, it's the parents that do most of the stealing in today's society.

[@jakeg3126]

@@itsyooboii1464 yea most wanted to defund the police. All the voters that voted to defund the police apparently wanted police.

[@itsyooboii1464]

@@erickson1112 Your party advocates for lighter sentences on violent criminals, defunding the police and stricter laws for the ordinary citizen. Sorry buddy, insults don't make you smarter nonetheless correct in an argument.

[@MM-te8tz]

"Not meeting financial expectations." Translation: shop lifting is causing the store bottom line to go red and Walmart is not interested in paying for stolen items (nor do I blame Walmart).

[@JohnDeWeese-lq4pf]

"Not meeting financial expectations." Shame we don't hold the Biden Administration to the same standard of giving Ukraine $26,994,820.00 as of 3-2-2023 TAX PAYER'S money. "Some people are truly great manipulators. They can lie, cheat, steal, and treat you like crap and somehow manage to make it all seem like it’s all your fault! AND you keep on voting for these bastards!" ~An Original Musk-eteer

[@kennymacc75]

Ohhh so its shoplifters huh? To a company that throws multiple thousands of dollars of food away per day! The same company that'll fire human cashiers to insert self checkout machine that don't require higher living wages...oh you mean the Corporate giant that'll cut your hours just below the federal threshold to pay some employees full time benefits? Yeah shoplifters is the real problem!

[@Mikesorrento3344]

Keep on voting for those swell liberals and keep in getting this. Liberalism is ruining our country.

[@RetroGamerBB]

They weren't interested in paying people to work there anyway.

[@darkheartt302]

Got to love those California transplants. Thanks Newsom for being so soft on crime that it’s spreading to other states.

[@Malignus68]

Those people know exactly why Walmart is closing those stores. We all do.

[@ge2623]

Exactly. That damn Warren G. Harding and his Teapot Dome Scandal.

[@itsawackyworld8717]

Because Democrats control the city, Democrats that support criminals over everything else.

[@Sheri77]

The degenerate Democrats and their lawlessness.

[@kadafi4lyf]

@@noobsaibot8844 try again

[@raymondlin8728]

​​@@noobsaibot8844 N I _ _ _ _ S Hows that. I correct for you

[@leelaural]

no target, no walmart.....gee Portlandia, you're doing so well.....

[@jeffreygoodin9643]

Way to go Portland....You make Detroit look like a tropical paradise

[@WanderingExistence]

I'm not saying it's right, but I hope you get just as mad at Wall Street for Walmart's wage theft and putting dividend raises and share buybacks before raising wages. E: Think about all the money that has been drained out of communities because wages have been decreased and profits get siphoned to Bentonville, Arkansas the headquarters of Walmart. But when it's executives and lawyers in suits literally stealing over $320 Million in wages, this is seen as a normal way to break down communities... When it's Bob and Susan stealing $320 it's seen as so much worse, even though it's literally a million times less value. Think about that.

[@edwinajackson278]

@@WanderingExistence Spoken like a true Portland commie!

[@brickcity1711]

@@WanderingExistence I agree 100% with you.

[@floydsemlow8253]

🤣🤣🤣

[@windywednesday4166]

Right? How bad do you have to be before you're not good enough for a Walmart. SMH.

[@gdelirium454]

If Walmart leaves your town, I can’t imagine the hellhole it must be

[@borandell9915]

True. I live in a city that Walmart is closing a store too. Albuquerque. It has become a liberal shithole too.

[@johndavis8669]

We never had a Walmart in the small city somewhere in Maryland that I used to live in.

[@tyharris9994]

If 7-11 goes they will be reduced to hunter-gatherer cannibals.

[@ArnobMD]

​@@tyharris9994 lol

[@vsedai]

We don't have walmart in Seattle by choice

[@meatpopsicle1567]

The reaping of what has been sown continues...

[@killingerk]

lol

[@Lens10x]

it's almost like its a Republican state lol

[@Freddy_Confetti]

@@Lens10x 🤡

[@bolt5916]

Good! shyt deserves shyt...... Drug infested place.... Honestly who's surprised addicts need rob shyt 😂

[@Pleasiotic1]

@@Lens10x If we are playing opposites.

[@eyehatemyjob2314]

That mayor is doing a helluva job out there!

[@lucky1u]

He was hanging out in the mob attacking city hall downtown. He should have stood with the police offers guarding it.

[@richkeylor787]

Who would have thought that when you make theft legal, businesses leave. 🤔

[@creepycrespi8180]

No liberals would have.

[@jamesmitch9792]

it's walmart nothing of value was lost there.

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

@@jamesmitch9792 tell that to low income residents.

[@HolyEnchanta]

@@creepycrespi8180 The liberals do know, but unfortunately, they need the felons' votes

[@stephaniemanchester-chermo3840]

@@jamesmitch9792 . Says the idiot that doesn’t understand cause and effect. You should tell the poor folks that rely on that store that it’s just worthless stuff. Moron.

[@whiteraven69]

I have a relative that is a Manager in a North Portland big chain store , he has reported an increase in stealing and the outright boldness of the thieves, filling up baskets and walking out with stolen merchandise . Employees , chase after them and call Police , who have refused to respond . The situation is forcing these stores to close , as they cannot keep up with the security enforcement.

[@bassage13]

And how did this relative vote?

[@muffs55mercury61]

Portland is a Defund the Police city. The city doesn't back their police and morale drops very low when that happens.

[@elwoodblues9613]

The police have more important crimes to look for, like using the wrong pronouns. 🤨

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@elwoodblues9613 Yes-----you hit that on the nail. Oh in my state possession of pot is still criminalized. Jails are full of those dangerous criminals here.

[@invaderzim1265]

Tell walmart don't let the door kick you on the way out. AND NEVER, EVER come back.

[@sinebar]

When you don't prosecute criminal shoplifters, stores close down and leave. Seems like that would be a no brainer.

[@KrisLapler]

It gives legal shoplifters a real bad rap.

[@libertyvilleguy2903]

Amen sister. Pretty simple.

[@willscheck8072]

you could stop this in 6 months lock up drug addicts like we did in the 70's in Michigan sale of herion 20 years sale of weed 3 years. posession of drugs for sale up to 20 years. the unemployed drug users are the ones who steal. i have been there, 6 years off dope this year.

[@iansharp7422]

Build more jails and mental hospitals.

[@gauisoctavian]

Not only do they not prosecute they blatantly disregard theft as a thing of no consequence and this is what happens with such.

[@leslietayloriii8405]

The irony is making me giddy! Defund law enforcement, terrorize retailers and end up without anywhere to shop. You don't $HIT where you eat! So glad the retailers are leaving.

[@Exile559]

You know it's bad when even Walmart doesn't want to deal with it.

[@kevinchoi6792]

😂

[@alexcarson2117]

I've seen White Castle close in Gary, you know it's a bad area

[@cherylp9963]

Lmao....

[@LordCommandor]

Shoplifting has nothing to do with a Walmart closing. They just aren't seeing enough revenue in their big ticket items, primarily in electronics and clothing.

[@davidjaylaw1920]

​@@LordCommandor your an idiot.. my buddy works there.. its 100% shoplifting

[@imnotbob3345]

Of course it's the merchandise walking out the door, and the judicial system in Portland smiling and shrugging at any business that complains. Wouldn't shock me to see a major grocery chain pull out next.

[@bholmes5490]

I 've been told that in some cities 25 percent of the Police Calls are to Walmarts. And true enough have seen many police at their stores.

[@happytimeharry363]

ImNotBob,....that is not what they said. The stores did not meet expectations. There are non-Walmart options, or they can travel to a different county that has one.

[@Youreallylooked]

Not it’s NOT, theft accounts for 0.5% of their revenue…..that’s LESS THAN 1%

[@paulwolf7562]

Makes you wonder if some of these civic leaders aren't getting anything, for all of this? A cut of the graft,or something else?

[@bolt5916]

Now instead of a billion $ corporation that can take it/ deal with it... All the small businesses like gas stations bout go next....... An unlike Walmart they physically won't have a opinion but to or declare bankruptcy

[@NatorDM]

You know the situation is dire when WALMART is leaving a city.

[@dougfredricks2017]

Retarded Arrogant People

[@LavonJackson-rb5zq]

I agree

[@StanH1966]

They're closing 23 locations. Alabama, Texas and Florida included. Clutch those conservative pearls. They're hitting red states too 🤣🤣🤣

[@sirfartyfartsalot9896]

Honestly.... less chains, the better.

[@NatorDM]

@@sirfartyfartsalot9896 Normally I'd agree but taking Walmart away really screws people who really can't move away over. When your only other store is a Safeway where an item is literally six times the price the same item at Walmart that's a problem.

[@leeannmccarthy7061]

Defund the police + crime = store closings. You get what you vote for.

[@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053]

I own a convenience/liquor store in a rough part of town (Tulsa). Since I opened back in 2010 we've never allowed customers in the store. We have a walk up and a drive through window. People tell us what they want, (beer, soda, cigarettes, candy, etc) and then the clerk or myself just goes and retrieves the items. We have no shoplifting and we are totally safe because we're behind bullet proof glass.

[@DavidVonR]

That's smart.

[@ericmarks6322]

It's a damn shame it has to be that way but you got to do whatever you have to in order to protect your income and ability to live.

[@person.X.]

That is what many liquor stores in rough parts of the north of England and Scotland have been like for decades. Makes sense.

[@garyclements318]

That's a shame to have to do that.

[@GunWillTravel]

Only in Portland, you need your building to be fireproof as well as bulletproof

[@paulo4771]

The only way a Walmart store "doesn't meet financial expectations" when there are only two of them in a city of well over 600,000 people is due to rampant and uncontrollable shoplifting. I live in a city of about 100,000 people in Ontario, Canada, and there have been two Walmart Supercenters successfully operating here for a LONG time. We also have a Costco and the usual list of major retail businesses, so it's not like Walmart is the only place to shop.

[@_m_K_.]

That may or may not be true, it's also about how much employees are paid and even local/state rules, such as if health insurance is required, etc.

[@jerrimenard3092]

Also, the nearest Walmart to the location on 82nd is on the same street! A few miles down the road is Happy Valley, a suburb. On the way is a WINCO Foods, a Trader Joe's and a Nature Grocer. So, I guess those shoplifters don't go to any of those stores? It's not the shoplifters, it's Walmart offering slave wages and bad products compared to other stores.

[@pcs5852]

@@_m_K_.: Congratulations on the inanity; everything "may or may not be true", ffs.

[@Digger-Nick]

@@jerrimenard3092 You realize walmart doesn't just sell groceries right? Contrary to bigoted leftist belief, nobody is shoplifting groceries because nobody is poor enough where they have to shoplift just to stay alive LMAO

[@jerrywilcox9890]

Has nothing to do with shoplifters lol.

[@jamesrichardson1]

Portland could actually make it illegal to shoplift any amount.

[@troyb.4101]

Throw them in jail for six months each time. is the real answer. Stop these criminals, while you still have stores left.

[@BrianPhobos]

That would be logical Jim. All these people are broke, drugged, vaxx3d, and mentally unstable

[@Ratboy2004]

Increase taxes to pay for jails and feeding them.

[@AnonDoge]

@@troyb.4101 you think they don’t already throw them in jail lol they don’t give a damn

[@ComboverChris]

​@thechow5793 it's catch and release.

[@alexrios4064]

As a business owner: i would take exactly the same decision. Sorry for the affected people. Giving away merchandise to thieves simply is not realistic !

[@DAVIDJOHNSON-pp3ke]

you really think that is true,explain why Walmart is closeting stores in Hawaii .

[@scottmcculloch4599]

Lawlessness destroys communities and makes life hard for all.

[@willj1598]

So you're saying there are natural consequences of not holding people accountable for their behavior? Imagine that. Hard to believe as humans we have to keep learning such basic lessons over and over. We certainly do have a way of ignoring history then repeating it.

[@michaeldonnan6767]

@@willj1598 "Over the past few years Walmart has announced that they have closed well over 160 locations in 27 states throughout the U.S., affecting over 10,000 employees. The states hit the hardest in recent years include Texas (29), North Carolina (17), and Arkansas (11)."

[@manictiger]

The problem isn't lawlessness. It's too much law. If people were allowed to defend their property with lethal measures, all this looting rubbish would end in under a month, but this country is weak and its leaders are trying to get you all to own nothing and be happy about it.

[@aaronkamakaze2967]

Portland doesn't even crack the top 25 US cities for crime and poverty, not sure how this comment makes any sense but you got your narrative to push.

[@aaronkamakaze2967]

@@manictiger looting? No ones looting in Portland. That hasn't happened since 2020. Turn off tucker Carlson bro

[@gungho1284]

That's what happens when you don't enforce the laws and won't protect a business from being robbed. Then there's probably outrageous taxes and insurance costs on top of that.

[@bellabello1126]

If you paid people livable wages you would see a lot less crime

[@DPain82]

@@bellabello1126 there's so much wrong with your statement I don't even know where to begin. I'm a business owner, policies are what make owning a business expensive.

[@bellabello1126]

@@AmirKhan-rh6jj And what do you expect to do about that? Too bad Portland didn’t have limits on rent increases until it was too late, huh? And now you still don’t want to pay people a livable wage…

[@bellabello1126]

@@DPain82 And yet, in so many other countries business owners have more responsibility and do just fine… sounds like maybe you’re just not that great at it?

[@Nopeandnope3861]

@@bellabello1126 give me a break, quit being a baby go to college and get an education or trade..I don’t know if you noticed but your livable wage jobs arebeing replaced by machines. You got to aspire to be more to get paid more.

[@MrBubonicChronic]

This broke my brain. I can't even fathom how horrible a place must be that they lose ALL of their Walmarts.

[@jasonmartinez9545]

at least its improved now that the walmarts are gone.

[@everready19373]

"Liberalism, find a cure." Mark Dice.

[@everready19373]

"Liberalism, find a cure." Mark Dice.

[@MyerShift7]

This is the Democrat future. This is exactly what they want and this is what these people voted for. They have no brains and are now getting exactly what they deserve. These kinds of people should be institutionalized. Not allowed to vote or make important decisions.

[@Rob-rl2sx]

Badddddddf

[@envitech02]

I think we can all see this coming. With unbridled lawlessness, businesses will leave and the city will spiral into an even deeper economic hellhole. Ten years ago, these didn't happen. While there is the occasional shoplifting, it's nothing compared to the "raids" we see these days. Add to this police inaction and/or ineffective legal action, businesses no longer have confidence to invest and do business in that city. With them closing, thousands of jobs will go. And with this, more bankruptcies, social problems and homelessness.

[@rancors1]

Why should the cops show up when all that shoplifters get after arrest is a free lunch? Keep them in jail long enough to get them booted out of their apartments for not paying rent!

[@chrisfurlough466]

Went to this Wal-mart on 82nd to buy socks a couple of years ago. The SOCKS were in a locked case. That tells you all you need to know.

[@coolramone]

I bought a $5 saw blade at WMart that was behind a locked glass door. Employee had to unlock it.

[@e.m.5499]

Someday everything will be that way. Just photos & have someone go get it for you...but...socks? Yikes!

[@jakeg3126]

@@coolramone saw blade would at least make more sense you could use it as a weapon.

[@jakeg3126]

@@e.m.5499 I don’t think so

[@robertkartechner5850]

Socks locked up - wow! Now that is a sad statement on the society. And yeah, lax laws and penalties only allow shoplifting to continue.

[@simple_beys]

“Not meeting financial expectations.” Translation: “crime is out of control.”

[@travisf2660]

Democrat ran areas are complete shitholes.

[@TheNeuroticjetfan]

You should see the “shrinkage “ amount at the Happy Valley store.

[@beautifulone5509]

It's more like when your rent is $1,800 a month for a 1 bedroom people get desperate. Portland is expensive.

[@travisf2660]

@Beautifulone the city's are what the officials make it. If it's democrat ran, it's higher everything with crime. Ran down and nasty. Portland is only one of the few. When they allow thieves to rob stores with zero actions, the end result is what you see here. But but they have insurance!

[@silentsmilez503]

​@@travisf2660it's sad because the crooks r in office and see Portland as needing destruction because it was too nice of a city setting examples about green living, very courteous community in the past

[@mikestevens2053]

I would expect more firms to close stores located in places like Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, etc. too dangerous for their employees, and too much inventory lost to theft.

[@donmcatee45]

I bet we start seeing more in 2023

[@stanicarlos2244]

Portland is becoming the new skid row.

[@my2iu]

Walgreens actually reported that shoplifting is now back to reasonable levels and that they overreacted last year to the increase in shoplifting. Walmart’s problem might be that poor people who are suffering from inflation are shopping in dollar stores instead of Walmart. And with the economy firing on all cylinders, the lower middle class has more money and is preferring to shop elsewhere or even online.

[@IrishAmerican17]

Wonder if it has anything to do with 3/4 of the state wanting to secede and combine with Idaho?

[@mghegotagun]

@@my2iu "Economy firing on all cylinders"? Really? At this inflation level? With comparatively stagnated wages? With the hours, and jobs lost to extended lockdowns, and the de-moralized energy sector? The economic situation hasn't been this bad since Carter. Can you not use sloganeering absent of actual facts that sounds like it may as well have come from the administration's talking heads? As someone who was part of the lower middle class, It makes you look like a shill.

[@safutos]

in the summer of 77 we had a blackout in nyc alot of stores clothes stores,appliance stores, jewlery stores and such were gutted..i worked at flushing ave and broadway in brooklyn it was a supermarket yet it wasn't touched at all. when i asked my boss why he told me if the store was broken into the thieves wouldn't have a place where they could steal fresh food daily

[@AlvinSeville1]

I used to live in Portland and they're doing this to themselves. Being light on crime such as shop lifting, Walmart has to do something when their locations are not making profit enough to afford the ability to stay. Portland is starting to decay and it shows. The only way to change this all around for them is get tougher on crime and elect city leaders who are willing to do the same.

[@zodaz5543]

Starting to?

[@dicky7600]

It won't change until people stop voting for democrats.

[@attilathegod]

It’s the leadership of that community. It’s the liberals in charge. It’s as if they are intentionally ruining this country so they can pick up the pieces and remake America however they want

[@Slenderirl]

Who's voting them in? The thieves themselves???

[@cluedin]

U dreaming, will never happen

[@TroyBlake]

Walmart has spoken about the problem of theft in their stores for a while, and local politicians seem unwilling to directly address the issue. Target Chief Financial Officer Michael Fiddelke said shoplifting has jumped about 50% year over and year in 2022, leading to more than $400 million in losses for Target in 2022 fiscal year alone. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said this about criminal trends “If that’s not corrected over time, prices will be higher, and/or stores will close.” This is a moment of celebration for all those people who insisted Walmart was bad for their communities. Now the gap in food availability can be filled by all those "mom and pop" businesses that can't wait to get all those shoplifters diverted to their small stores.

[@ne0nZchr0me]

Better have a shotgun ready to fire and multiple nail guns to pin up down for the cops to "eventually" take um away

[@ViolentMLG]

Target also brings in 109 Billion dollars in revenue/yr, sure 400M is allot of money, but in the grand scheme its 0.5% of their revenue, if you were losing $20-$50/month out of your paycheck, would that actually affect you? No.

[@johnhegarty1761]

The only problem with your theory is that Walmart ran all the mom and pop's out so there is no where else to go. These are the lovely little self- entitled moronials and gen z'ers that everyone tells us are so special at work.

[@PlateletRichGel]

In that case, cut a check for 0.5% of your paycheck to me every month. Hey, it's not that much bitch, stop your whining.

[@samporter3453]

​@@ViolentMLG It doesn't matter if there's a hat it does not matter how much they make what matters is how much they lose they're losing a lot of money therefore they have every right to close up shop and go somewhere else namely Texas

[@PHN-2024]

These People/Customers have Voted for the Portland they now live in.

[@greenwave819]

I hope to move there soon as they pay for my gas

[@lonlayton4080]

Enjoy

[@bobdelano6746]

F um

[@georgecarter838]

It's very hard to have much sympathy for them. They had every opportunity in the last elections to vote out and replace those radical/woke people and take back their city from them, but as always, they keep voting them right back in time and time again...

[@michele2566]

Exactly however I still believe There is election fraud here.

[@thebangkokconnection4080]

Kudos to Walmart. Stop the drug addicts and bums from stealing.

[@joegotz1971]

Way to go Portland. Show the country what you are made of!

[@scottbrown7415]

When I think of Portland, an image of a desheveled person pushing a shopping cart and ranting at no-one in particular is what pops up into my mind.

[@knine8154]

Yep, they need to step up and burn more grocery stores, slackers

[@Marielynn1.0]

They already did when they de- criminalized certain street dr*gs

[@invaderzim1265]

When I think of portland I think of a mindless, soulless, zombie apocalypse.

[@DixiePokerAce]

What is Portland made of? Worthless millineals, junkies, bums, criminals, and liberal trash. I got no pity for this scum. The people of Portland deserve exactly what they are getting.

[@randymcelyea9592]

This is what happens when they don't prosecute these damn thieves

[@Crakmonkey691]

This is what happens when you allow shoplifting to continue without resolve and punishment.

[@ronf.2029]

No worries. Shoplifters stole so much they could open up a store for these locals. Oregonians hates corporate stores like Walmart and they rather have local stores.

[@middleagedjabroni]

@@ronf.2029 they would rather steal from mom and pop shops eh? This isnt gonna end well for Portland community.

[@ffamily-hm8bj]

Bad wins over good again. Congratulations to the thieves again, you win and ruined it for everyone. Well done.

[@BackroomsBoi]

Congrats voters, you got what you voted for!

[@RetireMe100]

You can only steal so much before a retailer has to throw in the towel and close

[@GotoMaki4Micah]

they just increased their pay rate so to compensate they close stores and remove benefits

[@cornpop7176]

​@@GotoMaki4Micah yeah, that's not why they shut down

[@vamountainman2512]

@@GotoMaki4Micah they can't afford to hire people to unlock each and every product. Entitled degenerates thieving is what caused this.

[@olecamohatmcgilicudy4256]

oh no thats all in your head. They said the stores were not performing as expected, said nothing about stealing. ... .. speaking of stealing, what do you think of these bad landlords who steal from and harm paying tenants/customers?

[@nadogrl]

@@olecamohatmcgilicudy4256 - No one had to say it…everyone with a brain knows it’s theft.

[@IRaoulDuke]

Who would have thought legalized theft from retailers would result in them leaving.

[@erich6860]

Who would have thought that having the customers doing the job of employees would result in theft. Who would of thought that running stores on skeleton crews would result in theft. Who would of thought that low wages, and a general disdain for your workforce would result in theft. Walmart only has itself to blame, for theft.

[@Victriol]

I am in the insurance world. Insurance is always slow to react. We are now seeing the ramifications in these areas of irresponsible leadership. This is going to hurt small biz the most because rates will skyrocket. I feel bad for these areas, but this is what the area voted for

[@lostone9700]

No one voted for this. Bait and switch politicians supporting laws no citizen agrees with.

[@billmeeker774]

Democrats always seem to suffer from a lack of common sense and seem shocked when the very things that their liberal democrats who they elected give them makes their lives harder and more miserable but in all the democrat cities such as Detroit, Chicago and all of the 'left' coast the people are rushing to escape the insanity of crime and ever increasing costs that democrats love to regulate while ignoring the plight of the average middle class family.

[@yangshen5540]

Would you mind elaborating on the connection between this story and the realm of insurance? I'm asking in good faith and trying to learn something I clearly don't know enough about, not start an internet debate, so I would very much appreciate any more information, thanks in advance.

[@lifes40123]

Insurance are scams are never cared about people

[@AlvinSeville1]

One of the reasons I moved out was for the reason folks complained, yet continued to elect the same leadership keeping them under oppression. I left 3 ½ years ago and never looked back.

[@Natalie31379]

I was at a Walmart by my house recently & saw two people walk out with items they didn't pay for & I told an employee & he shrugs & says "Yeah, well what are you gonna do?" I'm sure the employees don't care & don't get paid enough to deal with shoplifters

[@kevinmoore7975]

They surely don’t get paid enough to risk their lives by confronting shoplifters.

[@ultraboombean]

We are told not to intervene. It is APs job but they should have probably said thank you and told them.

[@garydouglas9413]

Like the woman said, "the shoplifting must stop". That means they must be punished, no matter of what group they are part.

[@jakeramos7399]

It’s blacks, they should keep them chained up like before

[@yurimodin7333]

That's raycis, unfettered shoplifting must continue to ensure equity.

[@clutch5sp989]

Dat racipps maign.

[@annetoronto5474]

It’s two things that are the cause of shoplifting, drug addiction and the shoplifting organization who uses drug addicts to get them items that are then sold on Amazon. Most of the laundry detergent sold online is stolen.

[@buster7668]

Bring back police enforcement

[@gyrsriddle]

Congratulations Portland, you’ve achieved EQUITY,,,no one has a place to shop!

[@mal74]

Equality not Equity.

[@Beardodoomus]

​@@mal74 Equity is the right term here.

[@wouldntyouliketoknow3811]

Old Walmarts may make awesome skating rinks let's see if we can bring back some family fun oh wait a minute there's no families left in Portland does Portland even have a zoo anymore or is that also closed

[@tula1433]

😂

[@lighthouse7i]

@@wouldntyouliketoknow3811 - The zoo is still there. Just head on over to City Hall.

[@GhosstRyder]

It’s a shame that many good people have to pay the consequences for the criminals!

[@trapmuzik6708]

When the criminals is white they try to find every solution other than jail that's why drugs is legal there mostly white addicts they would have ZERO patience if it was black ppl

[@chinavirus841]

Impeach Biden

[@whalerlife53]

Elections have consequences.

[@ericandrews1661]

I don't believe there are any good people in Portland, or Oregon, for that matter. I hope this hurts them.

[@patriot428]

Yep, mayor Ted Wheeler democrat socialist this is what you get. Jack sh t

[@lorenhewitt8279]

Isn’t not prosecuting people who steal and vandalize great? Businesses are out to make money and not let people shoplift.

[@elcajondavid1]

I feel sorry for local businesses that will have to absorb the thieves that Walmart had to deal with.

[@ychromosomeanalysis-eg5of]

Yeah, rook whoever absorbs all that business will have a lot of overhead taxes to pay, they'll pay for that business. Payback is a mother😘. every quarter.

[@rogergraham5092]

Exactly!

[@jasonwillings3231]

Not as long as they have good security unlike Walmart, instead of Walmart hiring good security they just put plexiglass over the top of all their shelves, Walmart is going out of business because of their own laziness and greed.

[@elcajondavid1]

@@jasonwillings3231 Small businesses can't afford a whole bunch of security, and also more security does not mean less shoplifting. When security can't even touch the shoplifter or the judicial system won't even prosecute the shoplifter unless they steal a certain amount of goods security guards become a waste of money.

[@amandaburleson2035]

they aint gonna steal from mom and pop shops.. let me tell you waht

[@gregs8769]

CONGRATULATIONS PORTLAND!! you stayed stubborn and stayed strong and now you can reap the rewards you so highly respect, keep voting that way and enjoy your victory

[@bigm8785]

I quite enjoy watching my countrymen of a certain persuasion suffer. They deserve it. You get what you vote for.

[@dr.z3426]

Hahaha I love it. Those dems can get their groceries from a place 3 times the price! Don't vote Democrat

[@tg5476]

liberally leaving the soros state

[@nightsparrow8305]

Portland has no choice as they only do mass mail in ballots go Portland!

[@tedabdulfattah2601]

@@WordsOfWisdom77777 I disagree. The dems cuddle criminals and bad behavior. Granted the other party is not perfect, but it is much better. Look at San Francisco, many Walgreens closed down for the same reason.

[@victorberry851]

the crime too much to bear neighborhood turned on its own Walmart now they're closing can't blame them can you

[@jerrymylove1754]

Walmart has serious competition from Amazon and now they have to deal with all the thieves and politicians sticking their hands in the pockets. Almost makes me think Jeff bezos has something to do with this. Forcing us all to shop online.

[@davidjackson7281]

Sounds racist against thieves who are the victims.

[@thuandao4243]

Understandable…..everyone should leave lawlessPortlandcesspool.

[@mambi74]

@@thuandao4243 "remember, you wanted this" Jack Reacher

[@AT-kt4wy]

*LIBERALISM CAUSED THIS*

[@opinioncounts5490]

Let me tell you a story, asa police officer, I was hired with extra duty by stationed in a certain store in a shopping center. As it went, the store was happy for no shoplifting took place. But I was let go, because the other stores complained that their shoplifting increased by me staying in one store. The other stores forced my store to let me go because of their greatly increased shoplifting, thus things went back to normal and my store started getting shoplifting back, good luck.

[@trentbateman]

That’s wild…what city

[@KennethLWagner-yw9ko]

judge and prosecutor wouldlet them go anyway, the govenors know that if a civil matter escalates they can make money but shoplifting? cant take money from a turnip

[@opinioncounts5490]

@@trentbateman Medina county, Ohio

[@brianjohnsonontour]

....serious?????

[@TheeSlickShady_Dave_K]

Ohio. Ya.

[@fourbanger]

Yes, she hit the nail on the head...the Walmart closing here has had shoplifting problems for years... I really can't blame Walmart though they will never publicity admit it

[@Kyle_Butterfield81]

I just wonder what social or political issues Walmart is trying to avoid by not calling it how it is...its obviously shoplifting!

[@Autojones]

Just think, the current administration /regime is intentionally working to make the whole country like this. And I have said for years. Wall-mut will one day come to find there comes a limit to how far you can lower prices by pushing manufacturing over seas. and there are consequences to actions .

[@TacticalBuffoonary]

Hopefully they close Seattle next’ all the blue haired mentally disabled liberals deserve this. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@checory]

if they publicly admit it, people are going to call them out and say Walmart is being racist

[@shabbykat273]

@@Kyle_Butterfield81 WalMart is woke, so….

[@coldspring624]

If you have Walmart's closing you have a major problem in that town

[@mandatorym_y_o_c_a_r_d_i_t_i_s]

Yes and property value will also drop.

[@kutnahora100]

TWO WALMARTS TO BE EXACT.

[@kathrynw3]

If you ask me Walmart is the problem. I have never seen the building of a Walmart increase anyone's property value. Even their own employees wind up shooting the place up on a regular basis, so is the neighborhood the problem or is it the Walmart?

[@conservativeeducator5457]

The poor and entitled are the problem.

[@cynthiathomas4516]

​@@conservativeeducator5457 or is it the rich and entitled?

[@kirbyspencer538]

Kudos to WalMart. You don't have to keep a store open just because it made sense in the past. If conditions change to the point where it is time to close it up, then close it up and open one somewhere where conditions are more stable.

[@richardpatrick2852]

Exactly. WM is not a non-profit or a food bank, as leftists would like it to be.

[@BlackThai15]

Yep great business moves by big billion dollar corporations

[@somethingvisceral2003]

@@BlackThai15 So what should they do? Just open the doors and say "Take what you want free of charge?" Guess they don't need to do that since its the norm anyway in Portland for scumbag lowlife POS thieves to steal without repercussions and in this case, they won't be able to do it at the Portland Walmarts now

[@danielschannel701]

It makes sense to offer groceries and merchandise for sale and get paid for it!

[@UncaAlbyGmail]

@@BlackThai15 They want to _stay_ a billion dollar corporation, don't they? They don't want follow in footsteps of Zody's, or Gemco, or White Front.

[@semperfi6801]

Should close all stores everywhere and everyone shop online. I haven't been to a box store or grocery store since 2020. No need to when you can order everything online and have it delivered.

[@jrey6186]

Agreed, pay approximately $100 year to get selected groceries placed directly on my front porch, as often as I please, at no additional cost - lobbied 4/jumped onboard as soon as the option was presented to my area 3+ years ago - additional perk, to date, no mass shootings on my front porch either - just sayin'

[@bobg7593]

The voting citizens of Portland are not "hurting" enough yet to do something about the situation!!!

[@greghauser742]

That's because they don't actually care or pay attention to anything. They simply vote Democrat like morons every single time without question.

[@poisonPpaully]

Exactly they will keep voting in antifa blm apologists all while claiming to be victims of orange man

[@MomMom4Cubs]

These are some damn lazy crybabies, that's for sure! After tolerating CHOP, and nonsense like it, I think Oregon just needs to be left alone to rot. Let them have a statewide no-police zone; it'll be over before it starts. It seems kinda suspicious that all these property crimes haven't decreased property values. Maybe Walmart's departure will have some effect.

[@waexplorer]

Beetlejuice found out how her constituents felt. 🤣👍

[@sendthis9480]

@@bearthedog9766 What?!?!? You mean politicians lie?!?!! You mean they campaign for one thing and then do another?!?!????!!! Lol These kids are new or something.

[@Dj.MODÆO]

That’s what happens when you allow mobs to commit arson and either decriminalize shoplifting or fail to properly punish shoplifting. The businesses can no longer get insurance coverage within city limits and they leave.

[@joevarga5982]

Kind of redundant, isn't it?

[@vsedai]

Nobody did any arson LOL

[@infotechsailor]

LOL DEFUND THE POLICE WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?

[@LateralTwitlerLT]

@@vsedai Yeah, it's not like "protesters" set fire to the Federal Courthouse in 2021, or anything. Or that several buildings, churches, landmarks, and more, have been set on fire so far in 2023. Why would you deny publicly available, well-known facts?

[@dvach6352]

​@@vsedai so the BLM protests didn't burn down Minneapolis? Pretty sure I literally saw the city on fire

[@mikeb900]

This is too funny. When Walmart leaves your town, you bet your town is circling the drain.

[@JustSayN2O]

But I disagree. When Walmart ENTERS your town, that's the signal that it's circling down the drain.

[@MrLuis85698]

@@JustSayN2O then, when Walmart leaves there is no water coming from the faucet.

[@AlvinSeville1]

Oh they have been. Watching Portland from afar, I conclude you're right.

[@greghauser742]

@@MrLuis85698 and Portlanders are too incompetent to fix the faucet themselves.

[@MrLuis85698]

@@greghauser742 they got what they deserve I guess

[@lucky1u]

Winco I believe won't tolerate the shoplifting because the share holders are the employees.

[@redelf1968]

It's pure and simple, Shoplifting since it's legal in Oregon. You can't run a business based on profit margins that were based on laws that were enforced previously but now are not enforced.

[@erich6860]

Dude there is a cop for every 1000 citizens of Portland. Theft in a store is a crime of opportunity, not fear of police. It is not legal for shoplifting in Oregon, no matter how much conservative drugs you smoke. The reason why theft happens in a Walmart is that Walmart has skeleton crews running that place, the customers are checking themselves out, and Walmart literally tells it's employees not to stop thieves. It is loss prevention's job to stop theft, and no one else is allowed to make a stop. This is for legal reasons, not because of a lack of police. The only people to blame for theft in a Walmart, is how they run their business.

[@sidneyschatz5233]

I would blame the thieves. Must be lots of them.

[@theeclectic2919]

@@erich6860 He was exaggerating to make a point. The truth is, the woke store employees look the other way, and the ones who do try to catch thieves are wasting their time because the woke D.A.s won't prosecute crimes under certain amounts. So, shoplifting may as well be legal under those circumstances. But, hey, you keep smoking that woke weed, okay?

[@asmrhead1560]

@@erich6860 Dude, you're a moron.

[@keithfork8663]

@@erich6860 You are full of it.

[@pauljames7259]

In the immortal words of Joy Behar on "The View", this is what Portlanders voted for.

[@lanysmith1321]

I thought it was Bette Midler on that show

[@pauljames7259]

@@lanysmith1321 Bette Midler...the face that launched a thousand drag queens.

[@pauljames7259]

@EMC Official The Washington Post reported this: "The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the incident, said the Norfolk Southern crew received an alert about an overheated wheel bearing and was trying to slow the train before it came off the tracks. From our analysis, none of the regulatory changes made during the Trump administration at this point can be cited as contributing to the accident" I wasn't aware that CNN and MSNBC talking points were now available in an IV Drip. You better strap on another bag soon or else you might become susceptible to the truth. Oh, and please be sure to get your 26th booster shot before replying...the CDC just reported you can get the coof through the internet.

[@winnhill3736]

Behar and Midler are both liberal idiots full of hate

[@bobcobb7719]

The saying “you reap what you sow” comes to mind.

[@cayminlast]

Very sad indeed. The city leaders are more concerned about the criminals rights and catering to radical fringe groups, than they are about the law abiding taxpayers and their families who are the true victims of this insanity.

[@Jesus-The-Everlasting-Father]

Black votes can be bought.

[@kavalere]

Not sad at all. The people voted for this. its sooo cool to be woke. You reap what you sow.

[@pnichols6500]

You sound like a racist! /s

[@elihubildad6677]

Whats a radical fringe group to you ?

[@randomnameseventythree2255]

@@elihubildad6677 anyone that isnt threatening to murder teachers for being "too woke" Im guessing

[@cynthiaglass9963]

Time for change. Make these thugs/thieves accountable for their actions. No more catch and release bonding. These people are not stealing because they need food. They are stealing to sell to the black market. The shame is now innocent shoppers will have to find another place to shop for food and household products.

[@Wyzerwizardness79]

Walmart is not the only one leaving Portland. Thank you Mayor Wheeler.

[@hounddog2952]

Yall emotionally broken poosays aren't welcomed in the South.

[@vhagerty]

Actually, thank the dunderheads that voted. Lol

[@myname604]

@@vhagerty You mean the diversity they imported.

[@tjlift22]

What’s amazing to me is stores aren’t leaving the red states. Keep voting blue and all businesses will leave

[@americanpatriot8996]

And you know who’s fault this is - the democRATS. And yet these ppl still vote for them and still support them. And don’t leave out that these companies also support democRATS. I don’t get it.

[@santaanaluna4563]

How do they expect a business to actually STAY in business when the city basically allows people to shoplift?!

[@erich6860]

Perhaps businesses should actually have employees do the checking out of customers goods. Perhaps businesses should have loss prevention departments that have employees. Perhaps businesses should not run on skeleton crews. Perhaps you should stop spreading lies. There is a cop for every 1000 citizens in Portland. There is only so much you can do, unless of course you want to live in a police state, and pay double your taxes? Then, you can stamp out theft.

[@PreferredCustomer]

Here we have another guy in the comments who thinks he knows all about running a business, when likely his only experience with economics is buying and selling at auction houses in MMORPGs. All of these things are the consequence of policies that encourage shoplifting, discourage police from doing anything, have little money or ability to hire more workers, and realize that it makes more sense to just close than try to invest millions to fight against a system rigged against their succeeding. I'd explain it more, but I have the feeling I probably wasted my time and breath already.

[@OOICU812]

​@@PreferredCustomeryup.

[@elwoodblues9613]

Santa Ana Luna - liberals don't think that far ahead. Just dig at them by suggesting that people complain about shoplifting only because they're biased against people of color, and the liberal will say "f--- yeah!" Maybe their brain can't function well enough because their mask is keeping enough oxygen from getting up there. Portland is proudly Progressive, and valuable community stores being shoplifted out of business is the result. I hope the residents like the result.

[@proud2bejcan]

If you don’t fix the crime, Walmart won’t be the only store closing.

[@LynbrookMutt]

GOOD! Hope all of Portland has to close FOR GOOD! Absolutely worthless piece of trash city thanks to the moronic libturds!!!!!

[@uncleruckus2487]

It’s black culture for u

[@footballfanfan5277]

Cali and Chicago are way worse than Portland so not really the reason they are leaving.

[@r0ckworthy]

Good luck trying to get any members of the Protected Race in trouble for shoplifting. Do you want to be seen as racist?

[@wendyshoowaiching4161]

Poverty is reason to crime. Fix jobless people with jobs

[@raymondlin8728]

Omg, horrible. Where's everyone going to shoplift now

[@WanderingExistence]

From which workers is Walmart going to steal wages now?

[@raymondlin8728]

@Wandering Existence no one is stealing from them. Nobody is forcing them to take the job, the responsibilities, and paycheck. Don't like it, find another place

[@jojobaker1764]

I'm a long haul nation wide trucker ... I've been in Walmarts nation wide .. I could always tell the state of the economy In Any given area just by walking into a Walmart and looking at their security measures.. in areas where people had jobs and could buy the things they need merchandise was out in the open .. in areas where people didn't have jobs everything was locked up tight as a drum .. and then you had different degrees of people and their monetary status, you could tell buy the quality of the merchandise the had on the shelves like bread , the lesser monetary status they would only have shelf after shelf of cheap white bread.. the deli would only have two cheap meats bologna and lunchin loaf and no side dishes , the higher the monetary status the better the bread selection and the more and better deli selections and in higher monetary status places they would have absolutely no merchandise lock downs ... and now in Portland they have nothing on the shelves..because they're stealing everything that's isn't nailed down ..

[@paidwitness797]

Very similar in parts of the UK, and yet people still dont see the wider value to society of businesses paying more to the bulk of their workers, yet idolise the top level execs on huge salary and bonus'.

[@ytr3488]

sure kid you're a trucker

[@andynaz5631]

In midtown Peoples Republuc of Tucson AZ some of the Walmarts depts are under lockdown it was strange. Its been a democratic stronghold for decades. Under their control things just keep getting worse. I remember when they would arrest people for vagrancy....the good ole days.

[@curiousgeorgevs.winniethepooh]

@@ytr3488 I'm a driver also and everything he said is spot on. Stop trolling kid

[@antarcticmoongiant2691]

Ya. Mad max/distopien waistland Wal-Mart just had vinal with tire tread armor shirts, peanutbutter from 1999 and you paid with teeth. Shoplifting encuraged if they had teeth

[@costakarras7293]

Having worked at a grocery store, I have to say theft is rampant and its not the employees. During the holidays its real bad.

[@obsoletevalues6209]

@CW I worked at Lowe's not long ago. The shoplifters were DEFINITELY the people you would expect.

[@Youreallylooked]

Theft accounts for less than 1% of Walmarts revenue…theft is NOT the issue. Corporate greed is

[@jabow1878]

@@Youreallylooked theft is not revenue.

[@greenwave819]

who's doing it?

[@Bradkurily]

Basketball americans

[@ruthc8407]

The lawyers and judges have brought this about. When a shoplifter can sue store employees for stopping his crime, no one is safe.

[@FundyisleLegacy]

Lawyers and judges backed by a weak society

[@ingurlund9657]

It's like your rulers who brought in this unrestricted crime by not prosecuting criminals want the result... business out of business. Then you're dependent on them the state for everything. It's called communism. They're destroying the kulaks.

[@tejumo7]

It is more the woke soft-on-crime leftist politicians and policies of Portland.

[@takearight.]

just Wow!

[@toniasalways]

Actually the politicians make this possible. They pass the laws and the lawyers and judges act upon it.

[@B1GPAPA57]

Who knew the best way to fight corporatism was decriminalizing criminal acts. Keep up the good work Portland representatives!🤡

[@KennethLWagner-yw9ko]

is some truth to that

[@chizqo8946]

decriminlazing theft is addressign the symptom jus tlike a grocery store addresses another sysmptom. You don't need a big box supersotre in every town, its a new phenemenom cnetered around greed and profit, not sustainability, health, or happiness, or prpsoperity for the local area. Educate yourselves. Your money is worthless if you have nothing to spend it on and walmart takes more than it pays from the community. (it is a for profit company)

[@tgtg7182]

This is what happens when you don't prosecute criminals , the average person don't realize that without the police you won't have grocery stores or a lot of other businesses because the criminals will run them out of business , and if they tried to open a business that they would also have to close because of the criminals .

[@mylesgray3470]

Sounds exactly like a 3rd world country, doesn’t it? It seems that’s what the city of Portland strives for. Widespread lawlessness, shantytowns, and lack of public safety, not for lack of resources but sympathy to criminals above everyone else.

[@1flash3571]

You make too much sense. You are a Raci**.

[@normastoecklin628]

Which is a result of voting for your friendly democrats

[@whitetiana3022]

how can the average person be that naive? it's called common sense.

[@austinformedude]

Walmart is trash.

[@mrrpepsi24]

Blame your Mayor and Governor for not dealing with law breaking citizens

[@brodriguez11000]

Or raising people properly so society doesn't have to deal with them.

[@user-ho1ih1uj6w]

Blame you

[@allenwatkins4972]

You all voted for them. It's no one's fault but the voter's.

[@mbvx7]

portlanders voted for lawlessness. They get what they deserve. Vote RED next time.

[@samueldavis5895]

Blame Trump.

[@eastbaygrease10]

Oh. So food deserts exist for a reason. Turns out, retailers don't like their SH*T getting stolen all time.

[@eszelledonaldson6515]

This is what lawlessness looks like when you don't have consequences for what people do others suffer.

[@BaggioItal]

Hopefully the mass sufferers, vote differently next time around.

[@SirManfly]

@@BaggioItal Right, they keep voting for a party that supports crime and defunds the police. What did you think was going to happen lefties?

[@geraldrine173]

I hate thieves for real!!

[@MrWolfSnack]

Back in the 1920's and 1930's if you robbed a store it was shoot to kill. Go back to that.

[@greggfa]

Great to see people get what they vote for !!!

[@somapersona]

Eat it hard liberals. So fun watching them get punked all day every day by criminals. And I don't even have to lift a finger to watch these communists literally get beat by criminals.

[@nateb4543]

Except for the 40% that didn't

[@bfrfoxtrot]

Wait till you see how many walmarts are closing in texas, north carolina, and arkansas.

[@berserkasaurusrex4233]

@bfrfoxtrot Walmart is only closing a handful of stores this year: these two in Portland, three in Chicago, one in Albuquerque, one in Milwaukee, one in Washington, D.C. The only closing in Arkansas is a weird pickup-only store that was a prototype that seems like a failed experiment during the pandemic. What stores are closing in Texas and North Carolina, exactly?

[@lolitaalmostgrown]

I live in the murder/STD/rape metropolis known as STL. Car theft is up almost 700%. And Missouri is uber red

[@Richard.Bronson]

When Wal-Mart pulls out of your town you know just how bad your mayor and police are.

[@lamwen03]

Police can only do what the politicians permit them to. If prosecutors will not prosecute, police know they're just wasting their time arresting shoplifters.

[@vegasdanielsperegon]

Agreed 100%.

[@BaDArxz]

The mayor is the reason the police are worthless

[@caiusKeys]

...and the criminals -- that is, Democrats...

[@TheRazorTongue]

If Walmart shows up your local businesses will be crushed then they will raise prices. So you’re screwed either way.

[@firstonegaming3981]

Locals and community are the reason... They know why, they just don't admit it

[@MST4773]

Dear Portland, you kind of deserve this. Make smarter decisions when voting.

[@johndoe-zv9ei]

Thanks to all the shoplifters who made this happen this is a monumental event for the Citizens of Portland I’m just wondering why the shoplifters never steals hard hat ,steel toe work boots 🥾,leather work gloves 🧤,construction vest etc etc

[@bluetomato8698]

God forbid they punch a time clock!

[@padseven]

Thank you political leadership....... this is what happens when you let criminals run your government

[@worldview730]

Thought only New York City had a shop lifting problem

[@kenoday7562]

@@worldview730 Look for areas that ANTIFA & BLM ransacked. Not much happened in NYC, unlike the burning down of businesses in Portland and police told to stand by. That won't happen in NYC.

[@dbspecials1200]

Imagine the taxes Walmart paid to the county.. so I wonder who will occupy those giant retail spaces there. crickets I suppose..

[@capq57]

No retailer ever closes profitable locations. We all know why this is happening.

[@scotthullinger4684]

More power to Walmart. Less power to Portland. Serves everybody right.

[@donzuckschwerdt4857]

As a former Walmart employee, if a store is not making money, they will shut it down and it could definitely be from stolen products.

[@jj-zy6gc]

Oh look, it’s Capt Obvious!

[@thedevilsadvocate5210]

Employee theft causes the most loss in stores

[@cecilbatt11]

Wow, a brilliant observation. I’m impressed.

[@afriendtoo6971]

Cops aren't doing their jobs in our big cities.

[@xenuno]

@@thedevilsadvocate5210 This .. at least in part for the general problem of theft

[@waynejohanson1083]

I feel bad for the people that will lose their jobs because of this. Thank you very much shop lifters you just put a bunch of people out of work. Hope you are proud of yourselves.

[@KeweenawPatriot]

They're probably steeling just as much as non employees. The employees are just the same citizens.

[@ekramer2478]

Doubt they care one bit!

[@Nii-San-]

You guys are welcome

[@stevetrivago]

They’re probably giddy about it… They’re animals and animals belong in cages…. That’s what the citizens get for voting in those Demorats

[@burmy1552]

They have no pride. If they did they'd educate themselves and work like the rest of us.

[@annonymous6906]

Lesson: Don't vote for people that think throwing bricks, Fireworks, and Molotov cocktails through a businesses front window and at police officers is considered a "non-violent" protest. Hopefully they didn't think businesses would just keep paying for losses like its a public service.

[@mercymwangi2946]

True.

[@oscarbravo1962]

Most metro Portland voters are like dogs who eat their own vomit. Had a chance to move Oregon on a new path but voted the same type of moron into office. In a nutshell you deserve this Portland. Keep eating your own vomit.

[@mattosborne1233]

Voting has nothing to do with it. These corrupt Bastards about which you are speaking control the voting. All the corrupt bastards. That's republican, democrat, independent, libertarian.. the entire system is broken and cannot be fixed.

[@whyputaname]

Don't attack Police Officers, you mean like the attack on the Capitol Police Officers.

[@JohnSmith-el6lk]

Most of these businesses have woke policies that enable crime to go unpunished.

[@rexrice4496]

People don't realize this (or don't want to) but you can't let ANY TYPE OF STEALING to go un-punished if we ever want to return to having a functioning society again! Keep going like this and pretty soon the only thing illegal will be owning a gun for protection.

[@hrandolph1]

It's precisely because all shoplifters now have guns, that no one stands in their way. Way to go Republicans.

[@jaimeosbourn3616]

@@hrandolph1 Leave it to a leftie to manufacture a way to blame conservatives for problems the democrats created.

[@TJ-bu9zk]

@@hrandolph1 No, the vast majority of shoplifting is done without a firearm being present. Theft under 5,000 is a slap on the wrist, thift with a firearm could get you several years/life in prison. So you have no idea what you are talking about and just want an opportunity to slam a political party/firearms in general without being informed.

[@FifthKnowledge]

Wow, the parking lot for that store is ALWAYS full and has been for many years. No way it's not selling enough. Clearly, it's the shoplifting that has made this store unprofitable, in my opinion.

[@lincoln3x7]

Im guessing still profitable... just not profitable enough. And if they plan on cutting more staff and installing more self checks to boost profit, that doesn't work longterm for a store that needs to be monitored for theft. Easier to just close the stores that don't make enough profit and focus on other low hanging high profit fruit elsewhere.

[@erich6860]

Who would have thought that having the customers doing the job of employees would result in theft. Who would of thought that running stores on skeleton crews would result in theft. Who would of thought that low wages, and a general disdain for your workforce would result in theft. Clearly Walmart is to blame for it's own demise.

[@johnnylawrence9099]

Portland mayor, prosecutors, judges and antifa are to blame.

[@wesleyworley8982]

@@erich6860 Portlandia won't arrest or prosecute shoplifters, and they'd likely charge anyone who tried to stop the thieves with assault and prosecute them. More employees wouldn't make a difference in the PDX insane asylum, other than to make the stores even less profitable. The right thing to do would be to blow up all the freeway ramps, throw a 25' concertina wire fence around PDX metro, and let the Leftist crazies devour themselves.

[@rhuephus]

yeah .. the lots of full of cars .. so the shoplifters can make multiple runs to fill up those cars . #DUH