Target is Leaving NYC… Because of Theft

[@moreadventure3627]

I can't believe we came to a point where stealing is practically legal and there are no consequences. we are all doomed

[@lilia8138]

As long as residents vote for Democrats, crime will increase.

[@terrinew9474]

I agree @moreadventure3627, I live in a small town in Southwest Florida we've had a lot of problems with cars getting broke into some homes. It's just really sad!

[@marysalmon2367]

YOu are not doomed. Start voting for conservative, law and order candidates who will support the police. Stop demonizing the police. Get rid of the liberal prosecutors, jail the criminals. You know, just like it used to be.

[@Notme-tq4xs]

you voted denocrat. youtube won't let me explain your voting error.

[@monikajohnson8236]

@@Notme-tq4xsyou’re so stupid,smh crime happens in every color state/city. Doesn’t matter what color is in government.criminals don’t care what politicians are in charge. Brainless.

[@FrostmourneFK]

Why are they blurring the faces of the shoplifters? You have no right to privacy if you are committing a crime.

[@jenjeffsher3616]

which ones were shoplifters, and which ones were just normal shoppers? He blurred all faces to be considerate.

[@PregnantFreddyKrueger]

​@@jenjeffsher3616even so, it's a public space. They're not entitled to privacy

[@RLM22]

@@PregnantFreddyKrueger are you dumb or just that incompetent?! An innocent person could end up being identified and targeted. Yes, we all want the shoplifters found and face justice but in a situation where people may not immediately tell who is who, you gotta take steps like this even if its not what you want just bc ur mad.

[@jenjeffsher3616]

@@PregnantFreddyKrueger I never said they are "entitled to privacy" in a public space. I said the KZbinr blurred faces "to be considerate". He didn't need to, but he was being polite. Nothing wrong with a little consideration in today's world.

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

innocent until proven guilty

[@TheBigBenji890]

I remember a few years ago when cities started to just stop prosecuting thefts like these, and people laughed when others said that the stores will eventually leave if they see enough theft. Well it's happening, and now those same people who laughed are freaking out that their local grocery store is shutting down. This in NYC is not an isolated incident. Portland, San Francisco, other major cities who voted and chose this path are facing similar issues.

[@kevstervegas]

Progressives live in ideals not reality

[@hiramesensei3112]

same people who created the situation will turn around and blame "racism" for the fact that there is nowhere to shop or get food in these neighborhoods lmao

[@StoneyTullip]

I'm in the SF area and totally agree, until folks start electing representatives that are tougher on crime these big cities are gonna turn into wastelands!

[@MsRotorwings]

Makes no sense to not prosecute. Downtown SF is a ghost town. Businesses had to shut down due to theft.

[@andos2923]

We tried to warn them, but they seemingly wanted to double down in defiance. Look at them now.

[@tonyburzio4107]

In Florida, being part of a shoplifting ring is now 30 years in prison with exercise on a chain gang. Shoplifting is down, oddly enough.

[@GORILLA_PIMP]

That's not true lmfao

[@stephancouris9496]

Imagine that???

[@knowbodiesfull5768]

That old Sam Cooke song popped into my head! 🎼 "That's the sound of the men working on the chain . . . GANG . . .🎶🎶"

[@stewartingram1177]

If you do not hold these thieves accountable, they will move from business to business taking and stealing. As one business closes, they will go to the next business and so on and so forth until there will not be any businesses open. I have lived through the 70s,80s,90s and early 2000s and never saw this type of foolishness and never saw accountability and responsibility this low in our society. This is unbelievable !!!

[@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10]

First of all, Target is opening 6 new stores in NYC soon, according to their web site. One of them is in Harlem, the same neighborhood as this store that is closing. Business Insider also wrote an article showing that other Targets in NYC have higher shoplifting rates, yet they're not being closed. This is propaganda. NYC crime is much lower than it was in the early 2000s, 90s, 80s, and 70s.

[@anthonybourdon4642]

democrat states

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

You are right, of course, but WILL "holding them accountable" change anything?. The Laws have always relied on the Social Contract, when you and I were young, everyone UNDERSTOOD, even the thieves, that it is wrong to steal each others stuff. They FELT guilt, you could MAKE them feel accountable. However, the culture itself has changed to the point that the music, TV, movies, Public Discourse, everything, is twisted. People commit SERIOUS crimes and immediately start talking nonsense . . . and not because THEY thought up the nonsense, they absorb it in all the "sub-culture" films and music and TV. You CAN'T hold someone to account if their mental geography interprets everything you do as directed against them with prejudice. The sort of people who shoplift, do NOT consider the rest of society has the right to stop them anymore. You CAN'T hold them to account because they don't think they are doing wrong, because of the (sub) culture that permeates their lives. It is made perfectly clear in the associated (sub) culture of "Graffiti", they have just declared their damaging public property, and other peoples property, is "Art". And will literally scream in your face that you are denying them their "right" to practice their "art" and actually feel aggrieved WITH YOU when you call the police, or clean their damage away from your home. They can NOT be "held to account" because they have a different story dominating their heads.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

Did any of the facts he claimed prove to be false?. I know that at least two of them are accurate. And you offer nothing but silly insults . . . HMMM. tRump supporter detected I suspect.@@gooser__43

[@sethburkhart1021]

The powers are LETTING it happen, so that we the people are willing to have to have their smart phone scanned (and eventually their hands or forehead) to even get into the store. They will say identification of customers and automatic digital payment is the only way to prevent the very theft that they brought about by the intentionally overly lenient policies.

[@390razr]

I used to work at target within their loss prevention department. Insurance does not cover theft/shrinkage and a lot of products at target are IOU’s from vendors. So basically the vendor pays target to stock and Target pays the vendor from the sale. If items get stolen before it’s sold, Target owes the vendor the full amount.

[@annatullison1482]

😮what??????

[@DopamineDecor]

😮

[@samuhlm2]

its called net terms its how almost every business works with distributors. He used IOU since that is what the vast majority of ppl understand but the practice is not just common its the standard.

[@disguiseddv8ant486]

This is all by design to help push for online shopping that these companies are dumping money into, to decrease retailers overhead cost, reduce workforce, reduced shrinkage, tracking products to each individuals, collecting/selling more data, etc. The writing was on the wall when they allowed for the minimum wage to be increased. It's like the government approves for Harriet Tubman or any black face to be on the U.S. currency. This means that the physical currency will be obsolete soon after because they're moving over to digital currency.

[@nwerd7584]

how iis theft not covered? its one of the only reason to have insurance. why pay for it then? if its required by law don't do business in that state, simple.

[@andyny29]

Can’t say that I blame Target for leaving…😮😢

[@NoNORADon911]

Where will people buy or steal their kids tuck friendly bathing suits from now? What is ''tuck friendly''? Its a bathing suit with an extra pocket for boys to tuck their junk between their legs.

[@ll4680]

You can blame politicians for defunding the police and De-criminalizing theft.

[@blackberry96713]

@@ll4680I agree I live in Atlanta and we are having the same issues especially with crime. People here are protesting the police training facility that would also train EMTs, but these are the same ones whining about police need better training not even 3 years ago. It’s sad at this point.

[@StackinGreene]

​@@ll4680jail and accountability is racist

[@baz1184]

​@@ll4680NYPD fiscal budget has not gone down at all. This is just incompetent police.

[@nameisprivate5429]

I cannot imagine any brick and mortar stores in these cities staying open. Makes u worry that the thieves will just start robbing peoples homes when they have no access to stores.

[@kathyyoung1774]

They do that now. I had 3 home invasions.

[@steadychasingmoneybands6213]

@@kathyyoung1774 wtf....

[@JAMESdEANE-m8g]

yeah ,,,,,then get use to seeing dead bodys laying around ,your average joe isnt going to put up having there house being robbed

[@r.pres.4121]

They will arm themselves and start raiding stores in the suburbs next.

[@berlin990]

@@kathyyoung1774get a big dog and it’ll stop.

[@migg7888]

I used to work at a CVS near the santa monica beach so you can just imagine how many bums would come in daily to take stuff. We were just told to let it happen since its not a crime worth the trouble to deal with. My coworker (nicest lady ever) got reprimanded just for stopping a kid for stealing and telling his father. Some total BS.

[@emmaperez8835]

So sad!

[@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10]

Thanks for protecting corporate profits.

[@migg7888]

@@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10 You sound just like the bums that come in to steal things that people actually need like baby products and self hygiene products. I guess we have you to thank for stores pulling out of areas where people really need them. A real life robin hood here guys.

[@mariow7818]

@@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10 Corpo don't care. They will see loss of profitablity of a store and they will close it. No biggie for them. The real problem lies in people losing chance to earn a living and thiefs and bums create more thiefs and bums out of honest hard working people.

[@yhird]

@@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10 If burglars kick down the front door of your home every day, and steal your hard-earned property, you will eventually pack up and leave. That is exactly what Target and other retail stores are doing. They are moving to places where civilized society still exists.

[@realisticthinker]

I recall kids getting locked up for stealing one lipstick. Now kids walk in grab as much as they can and nothing happens smh

[@randommage1]

if you think the former is better than the latter, then you are one sadistic person

[@CitizenWatchUrGvmt]

My 84yr old mother, while in a store encounters rowdy kids. She told the gang of school age kids to get away from her, you’re not gonna like what you get. They did back off and soon thereafter left the store. Bad ass granny. 😎

[@screaminseaman6121]

​@@randommage1 our maybe certain races need to learn how to parent their goblins. Let's start punishing the behavior. "Victims" my ass. Most entitled group in America. 17% committing over 50% of crimes.

[@fungus_am0nguz644]

@@randommage1 shit, even here in NYC as recent as the 90s if you were caught stealing and you ran your mouth a bit too much to the officers that came to get you while you waited in the store room they will beat you, a couple of my friends caught that treatment, like they didnt beat the shit out of you but they will smack you if you keep at it talking shit to them, and depending how much they hit you they might not even book u, they let u go and warned you to never go to that store again. (i do have some example of NYC police officers really putting the hurt on some of my friends but thats another story). Anyways if you support the latter, look what is doing to entire communities...jobs are lost, bad rep, housing goes down, other businesses wont open there, etc, etc, etc. Back in the day we werent saints but shit IF we could have "taken" up to 950 dollars worth of stuff with no consequences, a lot of us stupid kids would have taken advantage of this dumb law. My friend in San Francisco tells me he saw a thief with an actual big ass calculator (you know. the one you see in some offices) adding the shit he was stealing for it NOT to go over the max amount (i think it was 950 dollars, i cant remember) LOL picture that, isnt that retarded? like you are breaking your back every week to go to the supermarket carefully selecting your products and see a person with a calculator adding stolen shit and just goes out like that.....woulndt that affect you a bit?

[@nguday2003]

True and we have mega wealthy people like the sack lets drifting and making addicts of millions get no jail time. I wonder where they learned that…

[@ajac4093]

Hold criminals accountable and things will get better.

[@safe-tactcrap2922]

BLACKS ARE NOR CRIMINALS THEY ARE SUFFERING FROM SLAVERY A OPPRESSION OF SECTION 8

[@piggyporkerboo]

razzist azz wypipo

[@chuckbareika5478]

Why is it racist to charge criminals

[@smarttarded]

That will totally happen... LOL

[@ipadize]

@@chuckbareika5478 because they are white but also black and @piggyporkerboo is a black shoplifter so he obviously doesnt want to be held accountable for shoplifting thats why he calls it racist /s

[@darrylramsey6232]

Im hooked on your style of reporting. Way better than traditional reporting

[@nanigo]

I'm a former New Yorker now living in Albuquerque, and the Walmart here also closed one of their stores due to theft. The interesting thing is that Walmart store closing was in an area also considered under served. Theft causing closing of stores, particularly in major cities, has become a national problem. The short-term thinking of thieves are destroying neighborhoods.

[@alexs1640]

I suggest looking further into it, any time a corporation tells you something, assume they're lying. They care about profits, period. So if their stores aren't doing well sales wise, are they going to admit that to the stockholders, the board members and the public at large? Of course not. Truth is, Target isn't doing well for a lot of reasons. I go into this target in Manhattan and the one in the Bronx regularly, and they are almost always empty. Why aren't malls dying being blamed on "theft"? Amazon is killing traditional brick and mortar stores and Target is looking for a scapegoat that exonerates them of any problems. Was Blockbuster also closing and going bankrupt because of theft? Or was there something deeper at play there? Think about it.

[@jdillabumps]

We got the technology for it! They just gotta figure it out!

[@dank6336]

short term thinking of the politicians and those who vote for them to let the criminals off the hook. Its as simple as that

[@alexs1640]

@@Riorozen because it's not profitable... they aren't making sales so they close. You think if people were stealing a bunch and they were STILL profitable that they would close? No, they would not. Why aren't the other stores in that mall closing? It's not an opinion, it's common sense. As for financial statements, a private corporation doesn't have to show you anything, so no idea what people you're talking about. I looked into this too and there are no hard numbers for their sales at this particular location, only estimates.

[@themagnumtodd]

I love when work sends us to Albuquerque, it’s guaranteed that our cars and rooms are getting broken into.

[@Pintosonic]

Well Costco doesn’t have the same shoplifting problem as Target because you have to be a member to enter and by being a member, they have your address and all your info. They have security at the entrance to check for membership and security at the exit to make sure you paid for everything. So I’m not really surprised that they don’t have the same problems as Walmart and Target.

[@NiqueChristique]

Asides the fact that Costco items are heavy as a MF.

[@glennusher4160]

@@NiqueChristique hahahah

[@jandramardges3368]

Target made themselves a target…..go woke, go broke!!! The second they combined genders in one area to try on clothes I quit being their customer. Bringing in “trans” clothes sealed the deal forever.

[@raghavendraspoojary7074]

Don’t blame the politicians… it’s the ppl who keep voting them to power !!

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

​@@NiqueChristiquenot to mention the first rule of sams.. and costco.. there are no bags at costco

[@CamMacMastermusic]

I don’t blame target at all. I blame the thieves. They ruined everything.

[@pongop]

When you start a whole country on stolen land, it's kinda hypocritical to tell others not to steal. Also, capitalism creates poverty, so we can't be too surprised when poor people steal to survive.

[@cmc5394oparva]

Target's been one of the leading corpos in pushing the very soshul jizztizz garbage that led to it in the first place. They're really getting exactly what they deserve.

[@GTOberfest]

Targets liberal ideology helped enable this behavior imo. It's self defeating.

[@0926dragonfly]

Those things always ruin everything

[@Clownlife432]

I blame the voters. Thieves always want to steal. It was the voters that choose the governors, mayors, and district attorneys that decide what is law, and how it will be enforced. You also need to blame the activists. They have pie in the sky ideas of how things should work, but don’t know much.

[@Holysnowboard]

I remember talks about food deserts and how “minorities were being discriminated against because companies wouldn’t setup infrastructure around them, it was a social issue, etc” How much you wanna bet even after this it’s not going to be the fault of their own actions?

[@KarenOCallaghan-u5o]

The people in the neighborhood who depend on stores like this are the real victims. The thieves don’t care.

[@BeautifulPinkFlowers]

The people in the neighborhood VOTED FOR THIS though. No sympathy for them.

[@justinreynolds6318]

@@BeautifulPinkFlowers The people of New York did not hold a vote to close this Target. Are you insane?

[@Thunderbyrd.]

Appears that most people in this neighborhood are criminals.

[@d.latello3580]

@@justinreynolds6318 ahhh, please use your head, they voted for the fools who campaigned with “soft on crime” and “defund the police”policies that created this environment for crime to thrive. No sympathy.

[@mro4ts457]

Maybe Target shouldn’t just put all their shit out for people to grab without any security… Maybe, especially in high crime areas, they should hire more employees for security and cashier positions. If they don’t want to pay cashiers to ring up items and help deter theft, but they want to push “self checkouts” making customers do it themselves… Then maybe Target brought this on themselves. Customers aren’t paid to be cashiers, I don’t blaim them for not ringing up all their items. Target themselves are to blaim for the thefts.

[@KRALTAIR47]

Imagine a society not enforcing basic laws

[@Legoman69469]

The people that are shoplifting are the same people that go on MSNBC and complain why there are no grocery stores in the ghetto

[@KRALTAIR47]

@@Legoman69469 I know 😂🤣

[@zoy13]

doom to collapse

[@buffbatman2]

have you heard? laws are racist, just let them steal.

[@scoop4092]

@@schmiggidy like in Seattle during the riots

[@rayannaandrade6337]

It’s so sad you can tell the ladies voice she cared about her job and cared about the store and now she is the one who suffers of this terrible situation. I hope she transfers or has another job lined up.

[@spaRKLES88604]

She knows its NOT RIGHT. we are at a point where this stealing is becoming socially acceptable.

[@DL-xo7fn]

closing stores because of the thieves won't stop them but will just send them to other stores to destroy and hurt the good honest citizens working and shopping there.

[@GooFly-v3j]

pretty sure she's protected by unemployment on the company's behalf until they find her a job. us federal government takes care of legitimate citizens

[@juliodyarzagaray]

No doubt she voted for this.

[@CitizenWatchUrGvmt]

@@GooFly-v3jReally? Like Lahaina?! 🔥

[@leokaguilera]

Because of them! Always them

[@GORILLA_PIMP]

You mean "those people"?

[@QuantumChrist]

Blacks

[@dooms8870]

Its definitely a community / people problem. The quality of people we have here are declining, regressing even. I went to anywhere like Singapore, Japan and its a whole other surreal experience. I could leave my Bag on the table and go buy my food in Singapore and it'll still be there, The locals say its a normal practice. Absolutely ashamed of the quality of our people.

[@JJEJ88]

yeah same. the upbringing and quality of people has gone down. sad asf.

[@yoitsniam]

there’s nothing wrong with new york locals, the locals are the ones who respect Target and don’t want them to leave their community buddy get your facts right before you start insulting the quality of people. Most retail theft is as he he pointed out in the video are repeat offenders and something I found out thru research was there’s a whole lot of retail organized theft. Normal people aren’t stealing and normal people also aren’t defending the looting. Retail theft are people who are not locals just trying to cause mayhem

[@dooms8870]

I think its already factually right out there for you to look up right now that the problems we have here are practically non existent to extremely rare to the aforementioned countries. Have you even been to those places yet? Of course im aware the percentage of good people outweigh those who do those shit. But in those countries, theres this level of mutual respect we dont get here. IF you disagree you're tripping. You are just taking it on a personal level buddy lol. @@yoitsniam

[@12345hardy]

@@yoitsniam Love how this guy is defending the shoplifters saying its not locals? Have you asked if they are locals while they're committing the crime? So the New Yorkers that are hopping the subway ticket booths committing fare evasion, are those not locals either? NYC loses 690 million dollars a year to fare evasion. Plenty of that money could have been used to better the city but I guess people don't care about long term effects of their actions.

[@EGHeartattack]

⁠​⁠@@yoitsniam Your delusional if you believe locals are not stealing… “Normal” people steal everyday and unfortunately it’s becoming more and more frequent. Thefts happens even in online spaces as well. We have a big issue where people chargeback their credit cards after they received their item or services were already rendered. The companies have consumer friendly policies that side with the consumer and the businesses lose out 99% of the time. We, as a society, really need to do something about stealing but I’m unsure how to fix the problem.

[@ARealPersonNotABot]

I'm black. In recent years it's become fashionable for activists to ignore this, or even worse, try to explain it away as "The unheard voices trying to feed their families" *THAT'S BULLSHIT* I came up poor. My parents would *NEVER* use that as an excuse to commit crimes. It's insulting to hard working black people everywhere who have to work for every dime to simply have someone take it. It's the same with illegal immigration. There is a legal way to enter a country. Is it inconvenient? Yes. So is working your ass off to do things the legal way. But if we want to live in a society, not a jungle, we have to obey rules. Voting for soft on crime candidates will destroy a community. I don't get why this is hard to understand

[@gridley]

FWIW, Malcolm X in the early 1960s (over 50 yrs ago) warned about white LIBERALS. Back then, society was dominated by white moderates & conservatives.

[@josephgaviota]

@aperson is 💯correct.

[@eattherich9215]

''I'm black.' Why are you buying into the narrative? Criminals come in all colours.

[@NicholasS4000]

Alot of those illegal Immigrants pay taxes, work the jobs no one else wants too and are not thieves or criminals!

[@suzannemarienau2760]

Very well said!

[@Refrieddog]

I bet the book section was untouched at target

[@roundearthshill248]

and the sunscreen section...

[@mikrof467]

Black thangs don't read they don't know how

[@jangofett9083]

i bet the chicken section was though

[@GreenLeafUponTheSky]

they don't even have much of a book section in target and walmart. Barnes and Noble is where it's at

[@MrFoxYodotter]

We know whos stealing, we cant just talk about it

[@LovelyMamasita]

Why can’t you talk about it?

[@MF-es2jw]

Because we will be called racist

[@LovelyMamasita]

But the thieves are all races- white, black etc

[@GORILLA_PIMP]

Cambodians?!?!

[@Nooliy1]

Usual suspects

[@Tbonesteak23]

I as a foreigner could never understand why stopping prosecuting crimes would be considered "progressive" in the states

[@dienormaxjean]

Because progressiveism is socialism and these people only want things for free.

[@m.m.m.4198]

One word answer: decadence

[@spindriftdrinker]

Ask George Soros and the Democrat Party - he pays, they fill the DA offices.

[@D4rkM4773r]

@@m.m.m.4198 before any of that, you have a society without any problems which in turn creates idle minds and idle minds, "intellectuals", start thinking of stupid things that they believe will "improve" society further. These "intellectuals" become blind and disillusioned to practicality

[@chriskelly4299]

I think the unfortunate but honest answer is the demographics and virtue signaling. Stopping prosecuting shop lifting primarily benefits the black community and if those 22,000 cases are wiped clean the police force and the justice system can say we prosecuting x% less African Americans than last year. Its an attempt to clean up their image of targeting black people.

[@hanky.9476]

Old habits die hard. Those thieves are dragging the entire community down. The youngsters who robbed the store should be ashamed of themselves. What comes around goes around.

[@parnpichate]

Their mothers should be even more ashamed for raising hooligans. We all know their fathers aren't around.

[@HankGallows]

The government passed laws helping the thieves

[@Bundalaba]

They might shame if they even understand what shame is . This is why pandering shamelessness is BAD .

[@Magnum-Farce]

They were never taught what shame is, nor accountability.

[@MrBashem]

Its not the thieves its the ones not going after them.

[@docdonna4952]

Target is a business and can close any store they want to close. Target is not a social support organization.

[@aspcia]

Totally agree. Especially considering the wages they pay. Pretty sure plenty of tax dollars help to make up for it.

[@jadedavis822]

They have so few workers there it’s no wonder theft is up lol

[@blingman78]

@@jadedavis822You think workers would or be allowed to stop the theft? lol

[@Gee-xb7rt]

@@blingman78 you think the piggy brigade stops theft? lol.

[@blingman78]

@@Gee-xb7rt I don't even know what you are talking about bro

[@Magicmike12]

Funny thing is that the people stealing from these stores are stores that are in there neighborhoods then they get upset when they leave🤣🤣🤣

[@lisamccray9079]

They closed 4 Walmarts in Chicago, alot of thef.

[@DHFlip18]

I'm a New Yorker and can tell you exactly why this is happening: lack of accountability from the criminals, the politicians, the judges and DA's and the the law enforcement. And of course, community as a whole. Everyone knows who the problematic people in their neighborhood are, they either can't stand up to them or are complicit in the crimes. The whole ghetto culture has to end.

[@Dee-ps3um]

Gramps is right! It's the same people!

[@DHFlip18]

@@Dee-ps3um Gramps is 32. And I know I'm right. In NYC the biggest problem is the ghetto black and Hispanic. Most of the violent crimes are general problems are blacks and Dominicans. You don't hear of Indian people or Chinese people stealing cars and catalytic converters or robbing people.

[@MissCane9]

FACTS

[@AnotherTaco.YesPlease]

It is surely is not helping.

[@netsfan718]

​@Dee-ps3um yeah white people doing all the looting

[@gamingclips2-q6z]

It’s honestly sad how a target saw a community that didn’t have much, tried giving them a decent store only for them to ruin it themselves

[@CarbiesChronicles]

theyre disgusting things... not even human

[@amg9163]

Same is true for the housing that is given to _underserved communities._ I checked the dept of housing website for the apartment lotteries, and the earned income level was obviously low, but the apartments at least at that time were *new, shiny and NICE.* Or should I say, much nicer than my apartment that I pay 5 times as much for. My co-worker and I wanted to quit our jobs, live on the dole for a while and be entitled to nice apartments too. We called it the _low incentive plan_ (aka, why should we try at all to get ahead?)

[@kcho760]

lets be honest, they don't give a shit about the people that live there. Its a for profit corp, they're leaving because they're losing money...

[@saberpendragon271]

and then they'll say that Target is racist for pulling out

[@rmalus10297]

Then cry discrimination

[@loribarron2891]

So sad for the people losing their jobs.

[@TheTurdballs420]

Target is a horrible job, it’s all up from here for those people

[@JS-bn4vx]

Reports say they will be able to transfer but that probably won’t be logical if they have to travel a long distance just to keep a job at target.

[@DHFlip18]

Last week I went to target and asked what time they close, she spoke no English whatsoever. None. I asked her, in Spanish of course, how long she's lived here... 8 YEARS! That's 8 years of living in a country what welcomed you into their borders and in 8 years she couldn't learn basic English. That's part of what's wrong with America. Close your borders Europe.

[@jwlsngold5026]

​@@JS-bn4vxTrue! Cash did say delivery may be the needed method for people to get what they need, but again those shoppers will have to find the customers product orders farther away than the local area, very ssad! I heard talk at my local Target about carts and baskets going missing, and yes even the detergent and a good amount of HBA product is behind lock and key, something I hadn't seen before my last visit.

[@1lorijb]

If you voted Democrat it's your fault!!!!!

[@Classic.Car.Restorations.]

Walmart's is closing here in WA for the same reason .

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

as much as I hate Costco's membership fee, I think all stores are going to have to start doing this.

[@ineedamaxwyn]

The membership fee is honestly just a drop in a bucket of water if you shop there frequently. Especially for a family.

[@OnelSarmiento]

In my country, membership shopping has lot of benefits for just 10$ a year. the best for me is I get free haircut and shave every time I buy groceries or just a beer.

[@Tova0131]

We literally have people stealing tvs and such at our local Sam’s club even with memberships.

[@imminent_gans]

@@ineedamaxwyn Especially because with the higher membership, if you shop there enough, the membership pays for itself

[@Nick-yq5uz]

It’s 60 bucks a year for the gold membership stop complaining

[@llggomezz]

It’s sad. Shoplifters don’t care. They will just go to other neighborhoods. I was in a DT and this guy walked in, took out a plastic bag, started filling it up and walked out. He saw me and didn’t hesitate to stop. That’s happened in a popular drug store chain as well. There was a line at the prescription center and a guy started stealing and there were 5 or 6 of us that saw this. They don’t wear masks, don’t care there are cameras. Real bold.

[@percybarrios3239]

Next time you should vote Republican.

[@chloeconniecarlton]

Hell.... You put these guys in jail for a month or two,for shoplifting,and you are actually doing them a favor!!! That is when the city and the system all lose,cause,the shoplifter hasn't got nothing to lose!

[@jjosephm7539]

The underserved community made short work of their stores

[@Southgate210]

Bold is right! Those thieving slugs don't care about shit! They think they are entitled to free shit bottom line!

[@stop08it]

You can literally get written up for trying to confront shoplifters

[@Permenantlyexhaustedghost115]

Thieves don’t give a damn how their actions affect others. They just take and take. Only thinking for themselves while damning everyone else. Until there’s actual consequences enforced for stealing: they’re just going to continue to do it.

[@pongop]

When you start a whole country on stolen land, it's kinda hypocritical to tell others not to steal. Also, capitalism creates poverty, so we can't be too surprised when poor people steal to survive.

[@pongop]

The CEOs and corporations and politicians are the ones stealing from all of us, and they keep taking and don't give a damn how their actions affect others.

[@LeVartu]

Same could be said about the mass majority of citizens who refuse to vote the crooked politicians out of their city, they're just as liable as the thieves themselves.

[@redshed2020]

​@@bewhimsie1657They rob local stores too.

[@-Plube-]

⁠@@bewhimsie1657 convenience > having to deal with small businesses and garbage “community”

[@Júnior_beans]

Hey that’s around my block!! Yeah thieves are out of control in this area ,were sad when they closed down target smh

[@kimmididwhat]

Perhaps instead of y’all coddling the shoplifters, your city/ state should’ve arrested them and prosecuted them. I don’t blame Target at all.

[@HobbyOrganist]

OK chief, and WHAT jail is there to house them when the existing jails are already legally overcrowded and nobody wants to either PAY for new jails, or wants a jail in THEIR back yard. Jamming 2000 inmates into a 100 year old facility built to house 900 max simply doesnt work

[@SantaBarbaraSideKickWigs]

Yep!

[@ludovicleprinceroyal8721]

@@HobbyOrganist The old TARGET space could be refitted into a very uncomfortable jail....I'm for that.

[@mro4ts457]

Okay, how about *You don’t pay a cashier to ring-up/bag my items and you aren’t paying me to ring-up/bag my items, then there’s no incentive to ring-up/bag items before leaving.* This is absolutely Targets fault, if they took out self service checkouts and actually paid for cashier employees & security employees, then they wouldn’t be in this situation. But I guess you’re right, the CEO deserved millions of dollars in pay last year instead of paying actual employees to work the stores and they’re not to blaim for their own problems at all! Lookit Costco who pays for cashiers and Security and… oh my god, they don’t have the same theft problem as Targets & Walmarts???😲😲😲 HOW CAN THAT BE? Yea, definitely, Target is not at fault at all🤡

[@googlyeyedcat]

​@@ludovicleprinceroyal8721except Target is in a building with stores so that wouldn't work.

[@thecomando99]

I love this video because, in essence, it's a traditional reaction video. You saw something on social media, played the video for us, and commented on it. But it doesn't feel like you stole something, instead furthering the dialogue. Keep up the awesome videos, love to see more like this.

[@Zergcerebrates]

Solving this theft issue is really not difficult. Start putting people behind bars, give them 5 years or 10 year sentences and crimes will drop the next day.

[@nwerd7584]

wont stop them.. allow NY'ers to constitutional carry and stop charging men doing the right thing. But that's not part of the plan to crash it and build up a marxist commie empire that will fail. Conservatives also want to rebuild 1776, many at least.. both hose ideas require the US to be decimated enough to rebuild in the first place and be in that power. People keep coping but there is no going back up. Relying on fiat currency will ensure the downfall and the inflation is over 30-40% now.

[@DJSfitness]

way to much time. first offender 1 year max. 2nd time 2-3 years. theft isn't comparable to manslaughter or sum

[@kenshin2056]

EXACTLY

[@mztokyo7630]

Compassion is the cause not the cure.

[@TakeItPeasy]

Many blue cities, including NYC, voted for defunding the police, and no cash bail. Here in CA you can steal nearly $1000 worth of products, and if you're actually stopped, all you get is a FINE!!! This is what these crazy faaaaaar left liberal District Attorneys want. This is the world George Soros ushered in.

[@haveTRUEtranSparencyEMiLy]

I got caught stealing in high school….their loss prevention straight up jumped on top of us!

[@susanbrennan5511]

Retail theft has grown exponentially since the pandemic. Loss prevention officers cannot touch shoplifters and they know it. I’ve worked in retail for forty years and have never seen it this bad. If a company decides to close a store because of it good for them. Too bad for the people who will lose that store but there really is no choice. It’s horrendous.

[@drewo-co7xc]

Nothing to do with the pandemic, its gotten worse in areas that refuse to prosecute, refusing to prosecute is essentially making theft legal. That kinda theft isnt happening in places that actually charge them

[@tbrown2539]

That no touch rule is kind of dumb so what's the point in having a guard there? Not saying they should be at them up but they should be allowed to grab the merchandise away from them and if they fall they fall they shouldn't have been stealing. They should also be allowed to detain them until police come

[@motopanda3741]

the reason theirs a no touch rule is because if the shoplifter punches stabs the loss prevention officer that comes out of the companies pockets. and to clarify these loss prevention officers aren't police officers their not even allowed to carry pepper spray taser etc. if they want to approach someone they need to contact police and wait for them to arrive. but by than the shoplifters gone @@tbrown2539

[@marielg9143]

they Cant touch them but whats stopping others

[@EricTitansSmith]

@@drewo-co7xc she isn't blaming the pandemic, she's using it to mark the time this new wave of theft began.

[@peggybrillant1432]

Remember the time when you walked into a store and there’d be a sign posted at the entrance or behind the counter that read, “Shoplifters will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” What ever happened to that?

[@jayiw]

Democrats

[@sonjar1853]

Yes!, they had it in the dressing rooms!

[@carola7539]

Stealing has become a good thing in states that wont prosecute, it's all about giving, giving, giving even though theses losers won't work for a living it's accepted, this is what America is becoming, it is absolutely horrible. This administration and Democrats promote, rioting, stealing, tearing down r monuments, looting, murdering, and attacking people with no consequences. We r a lawless nation, we will NEVER recover.

[@NinjaRunningWild]

Bail reform.

[@cvn6555]

The laws were changed or the legal apparatus simply ignored them. And the people complaining about the store closings are the exact same people that voted for the politicians that promised to make those changes and they voted for the mayors and DAs that vowed to ignore the laws and decline to prosecute in the name of reform. They have done it to themselves as the height of ignorance and folly.

[@theresafeeney2756]

I work as a manager at a big pharmacy/ health store and we are told if you see someone stealing offer help and if they tell you to “F” yourself then let them go. The stores in the city you see people walking out with stuff right in their hands like boxes of diapers or big packs of Bounty and they know they can do it with no consequences. Now if I find $1.00 on the floor and pick it up and put it in my pocket, I could get fired!

[@mrstiffanyalexandrashain4489]

Yup you don’t mess with dangerous people. “Cool man enjoy your mouth wash, never saw ya, have a good day!” Not worth getting shot for a giant corporation or for any “item.”

[@Indicadores-de-problemas]

They have insurance to cover the loss why dye over something stupid?

[@MackWaring]

Everything that happens bad is the world is because of black people just ask black people. MyPillow is going out of business because of black people. Black people were slaves to white Americans because of black people. The war in Israel and Gaza is because of black people. The war in Russia and Ukraine is because of black people. Black people made Brett Farve still over $88 million US dollars from the poorest black people in the America. Black people are blamed for everything when it's really white people who should be blamed for everything. Oh, I forgot it's black people that caused the collapse of Venezuela economy so the Venezuelan could be immigrants in the US's black community happening now in 2023 whites are not responsible for anything. It's also black people who crucified white Jesus Christ.

[@bogeyman7436]

@@Indicadores-de-problemas Insurance in some areas will not cover theft of goods, only the structure and employees.

[@crazycomments8038]

Insurance doesn't cover looting PLUS high insurance rates will be increased and the profits will be dropping quickly. Then the store closed!!@@Indicadores-de-problemas

[@daserfomalhaut9809]

I love how Cash is tastefully playful. He's kinda goofy in this video from time to time but makes sure it's not overpowering his extremely important information.

[@tiffanydegoya]

My little sister works at Barnes & Noble (book store) and theft has been very bad this year. This past week a guy came in 2 times and stole almost their entire collection of BERSERK which was over $1300. The 3rd time the guy came with a duffel bag, they called the police and mall security and the guy dropped the bag and ran. They also have a high number of theft of the legos they sell. I’m glad the Targets and Walmarts where I live are ok. The laws need to be harsher for repeat offenders of theft.

[@ffbeexaid4509]

Comic book?

[@racheldent6595]

Amen

[@MrMannyhw]

Resell! Comic collection and Lego has value.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

I'm surprised thieves know how to read

[@GamingProspector84]

@@MASTEROFEVILnah, they just know someone they can pawn it to or sell online for quick cash

[@mudpiemutt8305]

Similar thing is going on in Portland Oregon. A couple Walmart stores are closing due to shoplifting. It's leaving a lot of people (especially seniors that don't drive) without an affordable place to shop nearby. 😢

[@Valentien23]

More opportunities for smaller business to take over; question is will shoplifters respect their establishment?

[@qewpid]

@@Valentien23 i'm assuming you didn't watch the whole video

[@jac1207]

@@Valentien23 ha haha HAHAHAHAHAHA....oh, you're serious? You think smaller businesses are magically immune to theft? It doesn't take much to bring down a smaller business compared to a big retail chain when it's targeted by thieves constantly.

[@petrzacharias6622]

​​@@jac1207and worst part is that even if owner kicks thief out, he can be the one bullyed by authorities or attacked. How to defend small store if group of violent people get in? No way for normal people.

[@Utubesuxmycock]

i wonder what color they are you know who they are

[@smartestgirl]

*I went to that Target in NYC. I saw a man walk out with a bag full of things without paying. I pointed to him and told the security man about what he was doing, and he just nodded and went back on his phone. This is why there's so much stealing; they practically don't give a shit.*

[@bonkersdonkers7381]

Sadly, security can’t even stop them legally. They could sue for unlawful detainment. Nothing you can do except to not open a target in communities that think stealing is ok to do.

[@ToniCiprianiX007]

Should've asked the security if you could give me a pass to steal too 😂

[@FastGuy1]

The sad downfall of NYC.

[@josephlim6854]

I think it's more complicated. A friend told me last year that the DA won't bother prosecuting petty theft (items valued less than $1000). Why bother chasing that man when he won't be prosecuted anyway?

[@jonathancoronado9841]

The security is not at fault at all. This is a corporate issue sadly and they make the rules for employees and security not to say jack shit. That's the honest truth to why a lot of businesses lose money

[@ricardomichael10]

dude criminality rate there is so crazy

[@Heroshi-Hazuki]

I stole when I was 19 went to prison and my life has been miserable. I'm 36 now and my life is still miserable and I haven't committed any crimes since, not even a parking ticket. Now I watch how people get away with theft and it blows my mind. I got what I deserved for sure and learned from it 100% but damn. Was it all for nothing?

[@hayleyshearer9631]

how long did you go to prison?

[@Heroshi-Hazuki]

@@hayleyshearer9631 3 years in prison and waited in county to catch chain for about a year.

[@Heroshi-Hazuki]

@@hayleyshearer9631 I stole from a boss who owed me about $12,000 in pay. I should have went and talked to a lawyer about it. But me being a dumbass decided that stealing was the better option. Dumb.

[@TheBlairWenchProject]

_a background check shouldn’t even be able to still pull that up. You can look into it being expunged._

[@hayleyshearer9631]

Oh! That would have been so immensely horrible to deal with, especially when it was without malicious intent!!@@Heroshi-Hazuki

[@SkyfalconTin]

People can’t even dare to call out why this happening to their city. They will blame someone else or the company but not the politicians there. You get what you vote for.

[@paulg1759]

They can't blame the politicians because then, if one were to follow the logic of how they were voted in, a lot would have to end up looking at themselves to blame. And they simply cannot be that self-aware.

[@arthurfoyt6727]

The "culture" that allows thievery without putting a stop to it is to blame. I see the black culture specifically causing most of this crime but we can't say that.

[@_trust9994]

@@paulg1759 Just like you voted for Biden... sit and reap what you saw buddy

[@paulg1759]

​@@_trust9994 and why would I vote for ANYONE in ANY of mankind's earthwide governments? sorry, you are wrong. see, I understand the story of Adam and Eve and their rebellion against God's rule. if you wish to think that we can rule ourselves that is on you, your decision. you can ignore mankind's history of wars, violence, hunger, diseases, crime if you want. I, however don't ignore the issue. therefore, i don't vote and join in their rebellion. try again. Also, I am not sure how you read my comment and concluded I voted a certain way. Does reading comprehension evade you?

[@mmoarchives2542]

why is politicians to blame? i'm seeing citizens doing the theft, not the government

[@stevensims3342]

Bunch of fools. The people in those communities need to hold themselves accountable for this.

[@jnkcom]

It falls on Target to add extra security. Maybe a sally port? Regular customers may be unhappy with this but, if you make it unpleasant for the thieves…

[@ariesmry]

How are you proposing they hold themselves accountable?

[@shawnee66]

This Target have uniformed police stationed on the inside, that has been the case for several years. I've never gone in there and not seen a police officer.

[@iamashleyyvette]

Which communities? It happens all over. I live in an affluent neighborhood and it happens here as well.

[@m1sh474]

White people? They were never held accountable.

[@catherinesunny1336]

In NY you can't even accuse them. I watched a thief walk out with a trash bag filled with merchandise, called them a thief and was written up by managers at kohls. They pull up in vans or Uhauls and the driver waits while they fill up with Nike products then drive away. Police get their picture and license plate. Courts refuse to prosecute. DA's, Judges, Mayors and crappy governors refuse to do anything. They only act like they care when a store gives up and closes. Police hands are tied by bureaucrats. So keep voting for democrats let those stores close. Order through USPS and FedEx and then let the porch pirates have your stuff. Its a win win situation for thieves who were brought up without any morals or knowledge of right and wrong.

[@Unkown_Meli]

How is this not being taken more seriously? I swear car thefts keep getting away with it, and so are shop lifters. Even if they are caught, Prosecutors keep letting the robbers go.

[@dylano4876]

its not being taken more seriously because that is exactly what the people in these states (in this example, NY), voted for. Same thing in california. They decriminalized drugs, and for a while all the druggies and hippies loved it. Now you watch a townhall and you see everyone begging for more police , begging to take drugs away. Begging for their lives. people are getting murdered , od , raped, left to rot. You give people "more freedom" there will always be some people that abuse the shit out of it. I hope all this makes people realize how necessary law enforcement and strict enforcement is for our country. if you live in one of these places get out and get to a sanctuary state somewhere in the south like florida or texas. You can live in a major democratic run city which is still 10x better run then new york, cali, illinois, etc.

[@andith]

Mostly from the same d foreign country r. Just , drugs, crime, laziness! Successful just on the destroying on their path.

[@bavingates2502]

People dont steal for no reason unless youre claiming 3200 stores were mass robbed by a group of Kleptomaniacs lmao

[@dylano4876]

@@bavingates2502 so just because someone is struggling they can steal? sorry pissing your life away being unproductive or being addicted to drugs doesnt give you a free pass. and yes ALL of those stores are experencing theft

[@spzaruba5089]

Soros prosecutors and elected Progressives. You can literally follow the destruction by his funding.

[@Waryfaerie]

I grew up in the projects. I went back the other day after having moved out two years ago. Entire shopping centers are abandoned. Our target just closed, our mall is vacant inside, we have nothing. We have a Costco and a movie theater left. And fast food galore. The reoffending few ruin it for the working parents, the people trying to get back in their feet, etc… Terrible

[@Axrover]

The quality of people in the projects. But when you say suburbanite people are better, everyone gets offended. Sure there are good people, but the bd actors give thearea its reputation. Then whenc ops come to ask, no one knows nothing, no one saw nothing.

[@Waryfaerie]

@@Axrover There are plenty of good people on the projects who are unfortunately down on their luck. I knew many good and respectable families that were my neighbors. Some come up in life and move out, some never get a leg up. There are also plenty of bad apples that ruin good things for the rest of us. They rob and assault, and when there’s no more work because all of the stores have closed down, desperate teens turn to gangs and crime for money and protection. And so the life cycle of the ghetto goes on. I also knew many bad apples who turned their lives around before even reaching adulthood. It’s a complicated issue, growing up in that kind of environment

[@Axrover]

@@Waryfaerie no ot isn't. I grew up poor and illegal. We survived on my mom's minimum wage job and side hustles. None of us turned to crime. So I have 0 sympathies for people like that. It's a choice. As for the there are good people in projects. I said that. But the silent majority is irrelevant when the loud minority causes bedlam and they refuse to move a finger to fix it, refuse to xondem it and blame businesses for leaving and cops for a overpowering and not stopping crime. They talk out of both sides of their mouth but never enough to stop or even criticise the rotten minority that is ruining their lives. So those that can get out. So yeah the majority are good peoples. But as they are silent on the issue they are irrelevant.

[@josephruoccojr.912]

The quality of people in the projects . No good 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cryptidhunter9901]

@@Waryfaerie Thieves will mostly remain thieves. Rising out of poverty will not stop them stealing. If anything they learn to become 'white collar criminals' when they move up the ladder.

[@mssandybeach1]

Target doesn't have to explain anything to anyone. I think everyone is smart enough to figure this out. It is a horrific shame of the number of low life that feels entitled to take what they want because they still think they should get everything for free. They have done this to themselves.

[@sew_gal7340]

Yet they are woke asf and contribute to the degeneracy issue that we have with their extreme liberal woke agenda

[@SM-tg5pi]

There was a lady stealing from WM today. She hid her stuffs under her baby car seat with the baby blanket over it.

[@assassin8636]

So what you're saying here?

[@katiedoes3698]

I hate to say it but Target is one of these woke companies who helped usher this kind of behavior in. Most of the people in NY vote for this kind of stuff. They only vote Democrat and vote to defund the police.

[@eddyvideostar]

@@assassin8636@ assin8636: Mssandybeach comment is clear: Be smart.

[@Slideyslide]

You have to be a member to shop at Costco and they have people at the door checking receipts. It cuts down on all the riff raff and theft.

[@Sofasurfa]

I come from a generation were to be designated a thief was a thing of great shame, especially in poorer communities. It was shameful to have a thief or a person who didn’t repay their debts in your family thus we tended to police ourselves. Even as a child I remember being told to never cause the police to come to our door. Of course I would get into mischief but it was mild I was more scared of my mum than any Bobby. Not the sack with her wooden spoon but the weeks of endless nagging that would accompany the arse battering she would have given me if I had ever stolen anything. We have only had bread and dripping to eat on some days or believe it or not a salt and pepper sandwich but as mum used to say poor does not mean dishonest. I’m not ancient only 64 but bloody hell where has the self respect gone.🙁

[@Coco-uk9tv]

You had dripping and you're only 64?

[@Firearcher4]

That is White culture. Whites shame thieves. Blacks glorify them. That is a fact. Michael Brown. George Floyd, Trayvon Martin etc. Whites like 5 yr old Canon Hinant who was shot in the head by a Plaque are forgotten and ignored while druggy Floyd has statues in his honour.

[@Justanotherfuckingobserver]

I miss my mayonnaise sandwiches...

[@sly5855]

Were u from the bronx by any chance? I think theres a certain demographic thats is the problem

[@bunniesbunniesbunnie]

you come from a generation when businesses largely covered their workers' needs, including things like healthcare. look around. look at what people are driving, eating, and the desperation on their faces as they pay $300 for what cost $90 5 years ago. Theft is rough. Shoplifting to survive is awful. Be mad at the right people, and it isn't the mom who took an extra cheese to feed her kids.

[@Spot4art]

Crime pays. Police have their hands tied. Other stores will follow.

[@NoNORADon911]

Only in liberal shithole citys do the police have their ''hands tied'' lets not gloss over that FACT.

[@Martin_Koepl]

Or they use that crime thing as a corporate excuse that prevents them from telling the public that their business model isn't made for bigger, car less cities.

[@darkwoodmovies]

@@crassgop The 5 people who do have been very vocal about it. Most residents don't even know a target exists there.

[@Watchout-b6y]

It's a real job and a W-2 form, and not one asking the government to take care of them. You are the one stealing from these stores, aren't you?

[@PbAndHoney777]

@@Watchout-b6y I was thinking the same thing

[@51migneri]

This is incredibly sad. The people who steal from the store are hurting their own community.

[@jesusmylordsaviorking3726]

alot of the shoplifting is from homeless people that dont have a life. there are a few that arent homeless that have money that chose to steal anyways. I live in washington state. I seen a homeless guy stealing watermelons. stuffing them in his gunny sack. my sister saw a woman push a shopping cart full of gorceries out of the store without paying and no one did a thing about it. if these shoplifters were held accountable for stealing no stores would be closing. sad but true.

[@jaybz1276]

They are a selfish and thoughtless people.

[@cvn6555]

Their own community created this situation. They raised children with no rules and no respect. They demonstrated little self-control to these kids and usually no work ethic. They further elected the same democrats for decades- always those that promised the most free stuff and the least responsibility. Those that promised "criminal justice reform" that has led directly to the massive surge in retail theft and looting. I guess, looking back, all those policies that landed criminals in jail and kept them in there weren't racist but smart.

[@robertkeaney9905]

@@cvn6555 A lack of money probably has just as much to do with it. If not more. There are plenty of kids from middle class families with no rules and no respect. But they don't steal from target. Instead they use their parents credit cards to feed their Fortnight addiction. Also "those policies that landed criminals in jail and kept them in there weren't racist but smart", is flawed to stay the least. Those policies take away fathers. They break up families. If you really want to fix the situation, then shorten the time those men spend in Prison. But make them do mandatory vocational training once they get out. Make them learn plumbing, or make them learn to be a electrician, or a carpenter. Then Kids will have a mother, and a father. Then we'll see the earning power of those families increase. And instead of stealing from Target. Those kids are just gonna be spending money on Robux, or Loot crates like middle class kids do.

[@woodrowcall3269]

Their culture is a cancer to humanity. The level of ignorance is mind boggling. There is no accountability for their actions. This the DEMOCRATIC PARTY policies at work.

[@angelam.5508]

This is really sad because I was at this same Target last year to pick up last minute items for a Transatlantic move. My family lives in Bed Stuy so it was accessible via metro. I loved everything about that store and feel sad it won’t be there anymore when I fly back this year to visit. 😔

[@wleeclark7696]

The reason this didn't happen in the past was shown in the movie "Cool Hand Luke". Luke was caught stealing from parking meters and got sentenced to two years on a chain gang building and repairing public roads. Arrest the thieves and put them on a chain gang for a year or two "to get their mind right, and I mean, RIGHT!" After word spreads, the thieves will stop ripping off retailers.

[@GhosstRyder]

We are past due for bringing in Law and Order. They sent people to jail for smoking pot but won’t but a thieves in prison. How does that make sense?!

[@JackMason-oq8lf]

There are a lot of thieves. Were not talking some 23 year old mother. These perpetrators are thugs and greedy neighborhood women. Look at the news reels. Do you have any idea how expensive it would be to process so many criminals? Taxpayers are the funders of prosecution. Figure that one out.

[@gypsyaguilar6678]

I live in NYC..they no longer arrest you if you shoplift less than 900.00.

[@williammorrill946]

But that would be racism, 'cause the perps are all Black.

[@carolhenry5719]

Sadly NYC is not what it once was. Years of bad policies have finally taken its toll. My nabe is a sea of empty stores. Hope my Target stays open.

[@diehappy3997]

The people knows who is responsible. They need to inform the authorities and hold them accountable.

[@RP.123]

Some are reckless but alot of them are homeless and or drug addicts as well. I live in Harlem and witness a theft daily. Very sad

[@1NICK23]

it's a misdemeanor for things stolen under like 900 or 1000 dollars. police may arrest them. but they'll be back on the streets right after. democrats want people out of jails and it comes at the expense of theft and stores closing

[@silentmajority8365]

DEmocrats and diversity

[@andrewmead9198]

@@RP.123 I read that some gangs use the homeless to steal in the stores. That way there's no risk for them.

[@John-zm5kk]

​@user-wh5ir4fo4rit is all about politics tho.. so..😂

[@jasminemp]

As someone who worked as a buyer at Kmart, I can tell you the allocation of candy does make sense. Allocations are done far ahead of monthly analysts. Also, we were sometimes never told of closures until the last minute when inventory was already on the way.

[@samuhlm2]

ya the candy example was strange to have been brought up twice. That is planned and ordered at such a different time than the present.

[@777jones]

I totally didn’t get his point. The store will be open during Halloween candy shopping time.

[@jasminemp]

@@777jones from my understanding, he was just stating that he didn’t understand why corporate would ship candy if they knew the store was going to close. I was just explaining the side of workers at corporate sometimes not being privy to the information of stores closing before inventory allocations were sent to the store. It sucks on our part because we could’ve sent it to a store that would sell it at regular price or a slight promo. This store will likely clearance the price.

[@nwerd7584]

my store has contracts so its kind of unspokenly scheduled, but you could go in and order specific shit.. our store just buys everything thats sold in the past, and the suppliers will throw in new items and promos and advertisement and we have no idea til we open the stuff.

[@nwerd7584]

@@jasminemp They probably just learned, I believe the quarter jut ended or is ending.. and that's when they would have seen and presented numbers.

[@shiner4mIDAHO]

thank you!!! do you know how many youngsters need to here this?! im glad someone is taking the time to explain this, maybe more ppl will start becoming a part of the soulition

[@nessalizeth]

a few days ago i was having a conversation with someone who has the mindset that "if i see someone stealing, no i didn't" we were talking about essentials, baby food, diapers, toilet paper etc. She believed it didn't matter, that the company makes millions, so these $20 items don't matter. I tried explaining that it may not hurt the company as a whole, but it hurts the local stores and employees. If a store isn't making plan, they cut hours, they start cutting hours for the part timers first, so someone who works 20-30 hours a week could now only be working 10-20 which is money they likely need. They start getting rid of positions, they do what they can to bring in profit to keep the store running. All she took from that was "they're punishing employees for things out of their control" and it just makes me so sad knowing she was so desperately trying to justify and run around from the fact that theft is hurting the local employees. Target closing is a direct result of the "i didnt see anything" mindset.

[@leezap]

Or they will say that incarceration is racist because a higher percentage of blacks are in jail.

[@ct4074]

Nevermind the sales taxes the leftist government loses, Millions! Much of of it for social services...

[@aspcia]

automated checkouts are taking more out of employees pockets than the theft that's a tax write off for them.

[@ct4074]

@@aspcia tax writeoffs are pointless without a profit which also serve to pay wages ...

[@johanna6050]

Ignorance abounds.

[@kathyclark2394]

Stuff is ordered months ahead. They still like that everywhere. I worked at Walmart for 13 years in SC. They would run out the door with TV's. They need police at the stores instead of security. They need to up the punishment for shop lifting. That is one reason prices go up. They used to steal gas . That is why you have to prepay now.

[@roku5071]

I work in a retail store and we had Halloween candy at the last part of August. And we started getting Christmas candy, decorations and wrapping paper around the first of October this year 😏

[@corruptsintax]

This was they idea of the founding fathers, that citizens could be secure in their papers, effects, and property (Ref. 2nd Ammendment). Then they also secured the right to a fair & speady trial by a jury of your peers (aka. community).

[@TheAliRobinsShow]

I totally get what you say Cash. But Target isn’t leaving just for the hell of it. They’re not leaving to destroy the community it’s serving. It’s leaving because NY’s government allows shoplifters to commit crimes with no repercussions thus they have to leave. Instead of focusing so much on Target leaving, maybe focus more on the thieves and the government that’s allowing these crimes to go unpunished.

[@tranquility9325]

Exactly

[@FORBIDCharlie1986]

A new Target store is gonna open in Central Harlem 😂

[@toohundred]

Whenever a community decides that punishing crime isn't a priority, they deserve to lose stuff like this. You don't get to have nice things while doing nothing to prevent people from taking advantage of those nice things.

[@redacted8008]

They actively support it. They love their broken policy and deserve every bit of it. Just don't be surprised when they whine about it when it fails, and blame everyone but themselves.

[@gloriaa.garcia3985]

They should have hired police to stand on the door with AR 15s maybe this will make them think twice about grab and run.

[@colinchampollion4420]

Yes indeed ~ Ghetto theives😂🎉!

[@Critique808]

My thought is mega stores that is worth millions are to cheap to hire proper security so it is their fault.

[@ChippyPippy]

@@Critique808 In that case then this is a good thing. We should soon see a sudden boom of local mom and pop stores in these areas.

[@hejiranyc]

All roads lead back to Alvin Bragg and his refusal to prosecute theft. There is literally no deterrent to committing crimes anymore. This is what NYC residents voted for, so y'all are reaping what you sow. It's a bummer, but the residents of these neighborhoods, who overwhelmingly voted for these policies, need to suffer the consequences of their actions.

[@Mogul20478]

I mean why state anything truthful when you can just lie right? “Manhattan is the retail capital of the country, and we need our business community to thrive,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. “Retail theft has increased city-wide and nation-wide since the pandemic, and we must continue to work together to drive down shoplifting. However, there is encouraging news - for the first time since the pandemic, retail theft has begun to decline in Manhattan. Year to date, petit larcenies are down 8 percent and robberies are down 5 percent, and comparing the first quarter of 2023 to 2022, retail theft complaints are down 11 percent. While we have more work to do, we believe our partnership with the NYPD and mayor's office, and 5-point plan developed with the Small Business Alliance, is beginning to turn the tide.” I also wouldn't blame them for not prosecuting theft. Our jail systems are almost completely full and there is already limited space for violent offenders.

[@janeentumbao8690]

The deterrent for me to become a criminal was my mother's belt on my butt as a kid. If we even thought about doing this nonsense, our butts would have been grounded and beaten.

[@Gee-xb7rt]

Here is a clue -- absolutely free, cops in the US aren't trained to prevent crime.

[@hejiranyc]

@@Mogul20478 Oh please. Notice how they use the term "retail theft complaints" and not actually counting the actual number of retail thefts? Countless incidents are never reported to the police because it is utterly pointless; they will do nothing about "petty" theft. The really valid metric here is not the number of complaints, but the value of merchandise stolen from stores. Not only is theft more frequent, it has become a larger scale operation involving greater quantities of higher value merchandise. That blurb is just typical publicist babble that merely obfuscates what is actually happening.

[@Chordonblue]

@@Mogul20478 Bwahahaha! What good are his words when it's obvious what's happening? THEFT! Here's the thing. Thefts aren't going down, they just aren't being reported as much - and why should they be? The perps just go free afterwards anyway. The cops can't be bothered with such petty crimes when they are understaffed - even for the big stuff going down. Then there's the insurance the left always likes to talk about. "Oh, hey it's OK - those rich ppl always have insurance..." Do they though? You know what happens if you use that policy too much? They first raise your rates. Then eventually they simply not renew your policy. This is why so many businesses are leaving the city - they cannot endure the crime. How do you propose to stop it - use harsh language? Perhaps if we brought back corporal punishment, public stocks and whippings we would deter this kind of thing without prison - but no one wants THAT, so... 🤷‍♂

[@zw3565]

Sad part is this hurt elderly people the most. They have to now travel longer distance and usually on fix income. All because a small group of people do not know how to act in public and cause this problem. I guess enjoy online ordering.

[@Chordonblue]

...or MOVE. There's always that option.

[@FrankiesFancy]

Even online shopping is about the same when it comes to thieves. Losers are stealing packages from everywhere. Where ever your packages go, the thieves will follow.

[@weewhorobin8202]

So nice how Kathy H just poo poo’s it like so sad and does nothing to fix the problem

[@soniarena5250]

@@Chordonblue Unfortunately, a lot of people, especially elderly people cant afford to move.

[@Chordonblue]

@@soniarena5250 True. But can they afford to STAY?

[@blackcoffee.]

'That's why we can't have nice things.' TS

[@GotmerKed]

This is the first sign of cities falling. I remember what parts of NY looked like in the late 70's/80's. We are headed right back to that in some sort of vicious cycle. It's also happening in other major cities like LA and San Francisco. Our leaders don't care and don't want to do anything about it. Citizens will just have to wait for the cycle to repeat itself again.

[@Christobanistan]

Same cause, too, leftist extremism. It took a Republican takeover to reverse it all. But now, with the MSM and social media, Google, everything, and all levers of government power wholly under corrupt Democrat control (even voting), there's no real chance of a significant switch in power ever again.

[@Stargazzer811]

You're right about it being a cycle because it is. This happens to every city eventually, even overseas in Europe and Asia. Every city goes through decades of economic and social prosperity which then tapers off or topples altogether. Then comes the decades of hardship, increased crime, so on, unless eventually the golden age comes back. And not just cities either, entire nations do this.

[@Aireck174]

NYC is the best example that who you vote for is important. NYC was a disaster when it was ran by proggressive democrats, Rudy Giuliani was elected and cleaned up the city. Now its back to being ran by progressive democrats and its a disaster.

[@ZxAMobile]

You couldn’t be any more wrong. They absolutely do care. They care very very much and very deeply. They just don’t care about what you think they care about/should care about. This is exactly what they want to happen, it’s amazing for them. One man’s treasure is another man’s trash.

[@ultraviolettas]

what’s sad about it is that this time all the cool, OG New York establishments and small businesses are already gone 😭

[@cretnotonic]

This is not your usual content but I love that you're covering this topic. Theft is out of control and needs to have some consequences for it. I worked in a grocery store for 13 years and I as the years went by, more and more stuff got put behind the counter or locked up. It's insane. From Batteries, razors, bacon, and meat. Even syrups and protein powders were put behind the counter. I worked in a real high theft area in the bad part of the city and it was just nuts then but not like how it is now. I can't imagine having to deal with that stuff in the current present. It's very stressful for the employees.

[@jamieson88]

So you’re literally indicating that poverty makes it more likely for people to steal. This can’t just be folks becoming more degenerate … the working and middle classes are being squeezed and the wealthy don’t care-they just avoid taxes.

[@BossLawna]

Former president Donald Trump was arrested and released on his own recognizance for STEALING votes. I'm so hungry. I could eat a horse!

[@Khayreee]

Wish people were normal and got jobs

[@commonsense3904]

The closing of these stores is total discrimination. Where will the criminals go when there are no stores left? Your going to force them to get a real job.

[@mthoustontx4311]

You aren't very smart!

[@xtr.7662]

😂

[@pak3211]

they'll come to your house.

[@lamar3697]

Nah bro they going to the suburbs they tried that in Chicago didn't work

[@edensasp]

Where do criminals go when there are no stores left? Peoples homes.

[@justwantingtomakepeoplesmile]

All it takes is some people to steal from the store like this over and over again and it ruins that community. It’s just sad.

[@SarahLWebb]

I really like this addition/new angle of your content. Going beyond apartment tours and bringing awareness to overarching changes and issues within the city. Thank you for your perspective!

[@MackWaring]

Everything that happens bad is the world is because of black people just ask black people. MyPillow is going out of business because of black people. Black people were slaves to white Americans because of black people. The war in Israel and Gaza is because of black people. The war in Russia and Ukraine is because of black people. Black people made Brett Farve still over $88 million US dollars from the poorest black people in the America. Black people are blamed for everything when it's really white people who should be blamed for everything. Oh, I forgot it's black people that caused the collapse of Venezuela economy so the Venezuelan could be immigrants in the US's black community happening now in 2023 whites are not responsible for anything. It's also black people who crucified white Jesus Christ.

[@dave3657]

Communities are only “underserved” because they shoplifted themselves out of stores. My cousin worked at a gas station in a high crime area. She was behind bulletproof glass. Customers paid first and got what they wanted through a window. Until criminals are put in jail, and there are consequences for shoplifting, it’s a game of whack-a-mole. 😟

[@aspcia]

False. And I'm not giving a history lesson in a comment section lol, but look up food deserts. It happens everywhere.

[@voltron8375]

@aspcia nah he's right you're wrong.

[@Im_With_Stupid]

@@aspcia You live in a "food desert" because the demand for airbrushed fingernails, hair weaves, designer clothes, used luxury cars and fast food poison is higher than the demand for groceries.

[@umungus518]

​@@aspciayoure not gonna give one because you're not smart enough and you're too busy supporting criminals that hurt minorities the most. Why do you want black and brown people to suffer so badly?

[@yasmeen7875]

@@Im_With_Stupid Those things you listed are things that can not be stolen on a large scale. Groceries and items sold at target/Walmart can be. Unfortunately when the black people in the communities report crime, the criminals are back on the streets within hours and retaliation occurs. I don't live in the hood, but because I'm black I am aware of what's happening there. You sound like you watch a lot of tv.

[@MoonbeamGardener]

Don't blame them. It's up to the community to elect people that will address the crime, until then, the stores shouldn't be forced to take massive losses. Edit: As for why the other stores aren't closing, Target is just the first. If the crime doesn't improve, expect other stores to follow.

[@JustaBlueJay]

this aint right, police need to be policing and theft needs to be taken seriously...

[@pricklypear7516]

Neither "elected officials" nor police should have to do the job the perpetrators' MOTHERS should have done. "The community" needs to start applying some pressure on the way their kids are being raised.

[@202One]

​@@pricklypear7516I guess Black Communities don't need men to be responsible & fathers..? 😂

[@pricklypear7516]

@@202One I decided to frame my response upon what IS, not what SHOULD BE. Had I referred to "parents," a whole bunch of people would have hastened to inform me of my error. (Edit to add: And frankly, from what this community's "men" are exhibiting, I'm not certain kids would be better off for their presence.)

[@cbertonirwin]

This video took two seconds to debunk. It's one store. They are moving from East Harlem to Central Harlem.

[@a.p.4599]

The sad part is that the thieves are only hurting their own community. People complain about there not being enough stores for community needs in their area including the pharmacy but when it's the same community that is doing the shoplifting it's hurting the entire community.

[@assassin8636]

Stop trying to use the community statements please

[@eddyvideostar]

@@assassin8636: What's wrong with the word? It's not a pejorative.

[@Otwojaden]

I think this is conflating certain aspects because a thief doesn’t care about the community a thief cares about themselves. The people complaining about the issues in the community are more than likely not the thieves.

[@thefrog4990]

Well then how about they lower their prices.

[@minxkitty]

it's target. @@thefrog4990

[@NightRidah777]

They thought they were just stealing iterms but they were really stealing their kids futures 😢. Good for Target for getting out of these hellholes.

[@Atochabsh]

they do not care about their kids future. IF they did, then all the "baby daddies" would be paying child support and being proper parents. Until these neighborhoods are DESERVING of having a retail store, they will get none. It's a matter of a few ruining it for the rest.

[@virginiamoss7045]

The perpetrators are most likely from elsewhere under the direction of "kingpins" who take the ill-gotten goods and pay the thieves for the robbery. Not sure just what they do with the goods; probably sell them online.

[@NightRidah777]

@@virginiamoss7045 If that was the case it'd be happening to every Target 🎯

[@StyleOwl]

@@Atochabshwell said. Where are the fathers?!

[@josh6706]

They helped create these hell holes. No sympathy from me.

[@jamesbarker9895]

My parents taught me that stealing was one of the lowest, most shameful things you could do. Let's be real, criminality is simply generational in some areas. Parents teach their kids to be criminals, just like they are. A lot of lost causes out there

[@jthom0027]

And some of those parents/kids are the company CEO's and other powerful people that have cut every corner possible the last 50 years. Look up Jack Welsh the ex CEO of GE and tell me that a person like him didn't do more damage than any retail thief could do in a thousand lifetimes. Funny that people like old Jack aren't brought up as much as the dipshit running out of a Target with a TV.

[@Runefrag]

Yup. 90% of people having kids should not have kids.

[@evilcat212]

you dont understand. maybe you are from a small rural town but these people realise, they are stealling from coorperations not people, coorperations that ran their parrents out of bussiess, coorperations that dont hire enough people to propperally even account for the jobs and bussiness they kill. Let them leave.

[@littleblackduck3134]

You mean like the Italian's and the mob?

[@sew_gal7340]

@@Runefrag I wouldnt say 90%...but yes there is a saying: "There are no inferior people, only inferior cultures"

[@Hajeen7]

Targhetto is leaving? I wonder why?

[@mocochan]

I saw the same kind of problem in San Francisco downtown, where shops are closing down because of the theft. One of the reasons why it happened was they made the law saying that less than $900 of shop lifting is not charged as a serious crime in California. And the employees are told NOT to deal with the shop lifters. So they do whatever they want and a lot of businesses are decided to close the stores. It’s sad 😢

[@aspcia]

We have the greatest prison population in the world. It's not the solution you think it is.

[@xyzzyx7812]

voters are getting what THEY voted for

[@NeoSoulCrew]

yeah lets have crime run rampant @@aspcia

[@aspcia]

@@NeoSoulCrew Not what I said.

[@alexs1640]

@@NeoSoulCrew yeah, let's put anyone who jaywalks into maximum security prison

[@prestonradtke222]

I Don’t blame target. Feel bad for the innocent people in East Harlem… Don’t raise your kids to be bums and thieves and this won’t happen

[@janeentumbao8690]

Love this!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 It started at home and spilled into the streets!

[@202One]

Not surprised.. BLM did their job, rioted, cried the big R, collected millions then bounced to the Suburbs.. 😂

[@MR-tu9dj]

So many of them don't even have parents. One parent is dead or in jail. The other is a crackhead or dumb as f*ck because she got pregnant at 15. So many of these people are unwanted children. The culture needs to change.

[@Europa1749]

Still so many single mothers raising fatherless children. It's a hard and depressing life living in poverty, baby daddy long gone; the kids robbing Target.

[@josh6706]

They pushed for "social justice" policies and you reap what you sow.

[@dianevioletta1408]

It’s sadly not just a NYC problem. I live in a fairly nice area of Connecticut and our local Target is the same. The makeup aisles are ransacked with empty boxes lying around from people stealing goods. Employees are not allowed to go after thieves. I have seen people walking out holding armfuls of stolen goods, smiles on their disgusting faces, knowing nothing will be done about it. It’s disgusting.

[@deborahcurtis1385]

Shops like Target are going to have to revise their model for display and purchasing, and probably hire more people. That or just go online which as Cash says, is the lower cost and therefore more likely option. These times are truly dystopian.

[@dianevioletta1408]

@@deborahcurtis1385 yep. I do most of shopping on Amazon.

[@ibrahimsyed-ir6et]

I bet you the books and stationary isle is safe 😂

[@lakecityransom]

@@deborahcurtis1385 That'd probably lessen their "cooler than Wal-Mart" vibe lol.

[@HIITisHARD]

Stamford?

[@Legacy_125]

Target will become an online store that operates out of the same building. The employees they have now will facilitate the online package mailings from that location. Hopefully. Or Maybe Target should require card membership.

[@Carguyforlife]

Something my dad told me a long time ago, when someone shoplifts, they are only stealing from other customers, because the store will just raise the price of other things to compensate for their loss. Or, obviously when it gets too bad, they just realize there isn't any money to be made....

[@sadhu7191]

So what??? Buy online unless your homeless

[@lizh1988]

Yes, companies pass it on to the consumer. Or close and put their efforts elsewhere. Cash isn't talking about the new Target stores, six in NYC. His values are not strongly to the family. Not talking about religion, real values.

[@jessiesiegexabers5586]

@@sadhu7191 your answere put alarms 🚨 on my radar your one of those who shop lift.

[@spika5872]

@@sadhu7191 And then we have Porch Pirate. Got my stuff stolen multiple times. Btw, it's "you are" not "your". Seriously, since when "your" is acceptable? I am not even born speaking English but even I know well enough how disgusting it is. It's really just basic grammar in the first few classes of basic English 101 for children. Why do people keep substituting "you are" with "your"? What is wrong with this world? We have people robbing others, wars everywhere and people just insist on using incorrect grammar.

[@jfwfreo]

My question is, why aren't these people being arrested and charged and punished? If the laws aren't strong enough, why not toughen up the laws?

[@geraldobrien7323]

The laws are strong enough. They’re just not being enforced.

[@nanskiboutski243]

Too many of them. Release serial rapists and killers to make room for shhoplifters...Really...

[@dandandkl9048]

Where have you been? The Democrats and progressives have been changing the laws to allow no cash bail requirements, legalized shop lifting and imposed progressive education in past 10 years.

[@Viola5501]

Liberals democrats made the laws.

[@Battlefield1918]

Cops arrest criminals and the courts let them go with no charge, its corrupt courts in Democrat states like California and New York hence why crime is so bad in these states, people keep voting the same politicians but whine when the policies show, vote someone else.

[@OfficialYoshi1]

“Bringing retail to an underserved community” NY definitely showed them why that was a bad idea

[@jasonf.9862]

Ha, I used to live on Astoria Blvd with my wife, our first apt.

[@spackar2720]

It is such a shame that due to malignantly narcissistic, selfish, criminals with no regard for anyone else, an anchor store like Targe that serves a community must close.

[@almostthere9746]

It's not the criminals, it's the politicians, and the morons who vote for them

[@daminalspal]

import the 3rd world, become the 3rd world.

[@evilcat212]

you dont understand. maybe you are from a small rural town but these people realise, they are stealling from coorperations not people, coorperations that ran their parrents out of bussiess, coorperations that dont hire enough people to propperally even account for the jobs and bussiness they kill. Let them leave. if the target goes other stores will pop up, this is a huge city not a tiny communitee.

[@skoop651]

"But big businesses don't matter!11" they do this anywhere, crime is on the rise everywhere and its democrats fault

[@skoop651]

because this is a black thing, and americas becoming less white

[@wildermidnight]

A few months back I was in my old neighborhood and decided to give the Lower East Side Target a quick view. Upon entering the store the first thing I saw were the people entering with me picking up a few items off the floor, walking right out and proceeding to try to sell it on the sidewalk in front of the store along with several dozen other people selling shoplifted goods on blankets and begging. The East Village has always been an alternative, bohemian and weird community but its always been fun and friendly and creative. What I saw made me feel like i was in an opening scene to an indiana Jones movie.

[@smrk2452]

I know that area. It’s disgusting. Items are not only being stolen from stores but also people. Other items for sale have been taken from free donation places or picked from the garbage.

[@djjarvis48]

​@smrk2452 9o

[@gottahavegoalsset]

Target should not be allowed to leave these cities that need them. It's racism and a threat to democracy. Also, magical mail in ballots.

[@NTJedi]

The reason top executives are not demanding punishment and prosecution of criminals is because each of these top executives have what's known as a 'golden parachute retirement package' which means as long as the top executives do not break the law they will receive enough money to easily retire and even allow their children to easily retire. This means even if the company files for bankruptcy and completely closes all doors those top executives still receive their 'golden parachute retirement package'.... the top executives have no reason to save these big companies from collapsing.

[@BossLawna]

Salvage is worth money. It comes from wreckage and sabotage expedites wrecks. Highest ranks make BIG money and poor folks get more hungry. Have you ever seen somebody holding up a cardboard sign that says " HUNGRY NEED FOOD" or do you only notice the poor whom are thieves, stealing from a store?

[@verde5738]

If only there was some way to identify, detain and punish these criminals. Gosh darn it.

[@treysimmons7707]

The stores could easily hire security.

[@danielmiller9012]

@@treysimmons7707 they pay more in taxes there than average american businesses in U.S. Shouldn't have to Maybe a certain group of people could stop committing crime.

[@treysimmons7707]

@@danielmiller9012 What does taxes have to do with this? Target takes in about 9billion a month. They can easily afford to hire security.

[@KrazyKrzysztof]

the stores already have security but they do not confront thieves I think unless the cops are there@@treysimmons7707

[@MadisonSquareGardendidJFK]

More Bidens illegal immigrants more

[@debrabond61]

It is always some bad apply that spoiled things for everyone.

[@joyholmes7439]

Welp! There goes Target and the neighborhood with it. Welcome to NJ my fellow NYers those that can move. Target not getting rob, constant police presence, making people feel safe(even with all the homelessness is downtown Hoboken) plenty of bars, restaurants, shopping, all on Washington St and growing. I am black, but grew up in a predominately white, Southern suburban area all my life(been left NYC, for NJ almost 10 years, due to rising cost of rent) so I know how this shift is gonna work.

[@denisecaringer4726]

It's a sad truth in retail that stores leave due to theft. It's why it's so difficult, for example, to get grocery stores into inner-city areas, much as they are needed. The criminals ruin it for everyone else.

[@Tricia-Tricia]

😞 It's really disheartening to see how theft affects retail establishments. 🛍 It's a shame that even grocery stores are hesitant to open in inner-city areas where they are much needed. 😢 It's unfortunate that a few criminals can spoil things for the entire community. 👎

[@GilbertKisling]

@@Tricia-Tricia 5% committing 90%, demographics,

[@Mitchell-me7bp]

The criminals who are turning a profit on the food we need to live are ruining it for all of us.

[@denisecaringer4726]

@@GilbertKisling Absolutely. Yes.

[@truth4004]

Most Dangerous States In America 1) Alaska 2) New Mexico 3) Tennessee 4) Arkansas 5) Arizona 6) Louisiana 7) Missouri 8) Mississippi 9) South Carolina 10) Alabama 11) Nevada 12) Georgia@@GilbertKisling

[@kensweeney9057]

I wanna see a video on the after math of businesses leaving. I wanna see how this changes the city, and interviews with people who are most affected by it.

[@GoldenBoy-wy8fv]

How about they interview the police and the people passing bills that allow this to go on, if you were the one losing millions maybe you would understand…

[@kensweeney9057]

@@GoldenBoy-wy8fv Yes. I agree. This is why I'm surprised the big businesses (which control the world) are allowing this to happen to their companies, but then I realize these companies are the same promoting wokism. They just want to make the world burn, so they get more power over you.

[@notsure2312]

Here is the video….people whining about their community being a shit hole and then voting for the same people again in the next election and the situation does not change. Then they cry about the shithole they live in and rinse and repeat. ROLL CREDITS!!!

[@hia5235]

Google Street View of Detroit Businesses have been leaving it for 50+ years. You will be shocked how bad it is.

[@adamsavage2646]

there isnt any really

[@Carol-gz8hx]

Seasonal items are ordered nearly a year before the season they are for.

[@ardreambystander6988]

I remember all the dummies saying “that’s why they have insurance” when all these thefts were being reported on. 😂 they really thought insurance was gonna just keep paying for their loot.

[@herschie91]

That might be what happened, their insurance might have cancelled their policy.

[@burger_kinghorn]

@@herschie91 predator-prey equilibrium has *left* the chat.

[@SueSmith-h4r]

The cost is pass on to the customer.

[@WakandaleezaRazz]

Dummies = 👩🏿‍🦲 oh lawd

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

yes, it does hurt the companies, it adds up, it is that bad, it messes up inventory, when a store buys products from a manufacturer or distributor, that costs money, and things get stolen, thats a loss in profit for the company / manufacturer AND the stores, this is part of why prices are going up and stores are going away.

[@prp134]

I work at target and we get seasonal items MONTHS in advance. The decision to must have been made fairly recently. Also, our sale signs are made nationally and shipped out to stores, that’s why the sale you mentioned was beyond the closing date.

[@froznpyro]

I was checking to see if anyone else would mention this lol

[@Genesis_1984]

So, the billion dollar corporation gets to leave the community without jobs and resources. Honestly, the whole community should run up in there and take everything for their lack of support. goodbye & good riddance

[@No_jews_allowed]

@@Genesis_1984exactly! I wouldn’t doubt it that those “thieves” are undercover target employees paid by the company in order to have an excuse to close down the store and do online shopping only!!

[@spaceli0n]

have fun with no shops @@Genesis_1984

[@TheInternationalBlackLipPlate]

import africa, become africa