Walgreens is Leaving NYC... Because of Theft

[@thebigmon]

New Yorkers actually believed that if you decriminalized crime then crime would stop. Silly people.

[@shamibudu]

An Californians. Beyond stupid people

[@terryrichards8887]

In florida they lowered the grading system so the students would graduate and the school would get funding

[@TheNotoriousNemo]

@@terryrichards8887 this is done nationwide u sheep.

[@rudysmith1552]

@@terryrichards8887 Florida also has one of the lowest English literacy rate in the country by I shouldn’t talk about IQ

@@rudysmith1552 and the IQ of new yorkers are higher? because they don't punish shoplifters

[@PINE1berry]

"Nobody is above the law" except for the criminals.

[@swimlaps1]

& illegals, in ways.

[@akumaking1]

And Democrats

[@I_dont_understand_25]

Don't forget Illegals and Democrat politicians

[@possiblycurryddork]

Trump supporters think Trump is above the law

[@MC-kl5mp]

You realize this goes for Trump

[@deborahcharles4035]

Without consequences, crime will not end just escalate. If you voted for soft on crime, you got it - enjoy

[@TJ-um8ce]

Exactly!!

[@i_choose_kindness]

I understand the logic behind reducing the severity of prosecution of certain crimes, but something something law of unintended consequences. For every intended consequence, there will be two more you didn’t expect and one will likely be unpleasant.

[@TaliaIGhul]

A teenage version of me would have thrived in currant day NYC since I use to be a shoplifter back then. As a former shoplifter, I can tell you with absolute certainty that your without consequences statement holds more water than an ocean.

[@wahahabuh]

​@kyndkristen this is fully intended consequences. The trend of western society for the past 20+ years have been "you have the freedom to do whatever you want and nobody else should be allowed to criticize or control you in any way. " When people stop caring about the actual truth and start promoting BS phrases like "my truth" you already know this type of stuff is coming. No personal responsibility, no consequences

[@prototypeentity1706]

Punishments need to be harsher, to deter & to keep ones who don't care off the streets. I also think municipality's should have the right to order people to vacate jurisdictions if they can't get it together. If you force them out of their area, they lose their crew & ability to easily assemble like minded individuals. In turn, where they go needs to be notified they're coming & supervision begins. I understand other areas not wanting a problem individual to come, but perhaps a new start & some resource programs to help that person get established into a better path could be beneficial. I know it's not fun for the family & friends to have a loved one forced to move away, but their decisions resulting that ultimately is on them. Obviously this is just an idea for something different to try, & would require a lot of moving pieces. But nothing currently seems to be working - so maybe some new ideas will bring a working plan to fruition.

[@slugkittehsmolbun9]

Powerpuff girls made an episode almost similar to this. Crime has been legalized and the girls can't stop it legally. At the end, crime became illegal again AFTER the people who change the law was robbed themselves. The cause may be different, but it feels the same way.

[@FireRising86]

And to think an over 20 year old kid show knew this better than modern adults

[@SegaDisneyUniverse]

Amazing how a show about stubby, bug-eyed kindergarteners with the powers of a demigod taught us real life lessons.😂

[@burnsy96]

People in power need to face trail for their hate crimes against civilisation

[@flightloungebeats]

Typical New Yorkers, can’t build a fair city where people actually want to live and work because they coddle the upper classs balls so much, so they just blame the criminals just trying to survive 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Boomkinguyman]

Stealing $7000 worth of shampoo at CVS is like nabbing 4 bottles xD

[@dreadpirates_]

i cant wait for them to vote the exact same way and be surprised when it gets wore...

[@JackMcGuire-em7nt]

100% its a religion they vote for.

[@cynymin6420]

You sure told them.

[@bigb6046]

Exactly , "definition of insanity". I just hope the liberals stay there instead of going to other good cities and ruining them too.

[@LornaRavelo]

I live in NYCand am voting republican. Progressive democrats are to blame for NY being like this.

[@furyberserk]

​@@LornaRavelo What I see is a Republican governor like in Florida immediately addressing squatter's rights as an emergency while NYC will wait for voting. If vote dem, they are already your enemy. All this while demanding more taxes and Cali charging people for leaving. All of this should be felonies.

[@kenkramer6761]

Lawlessness policies have destroyed NYC.

[@abdulazizalzut8963]

how are young entrepreneurs in the black community supposed to make a living now? Where can members of the community use their black discount to shop now? Well atleast democrats are happy, thank you George Soros

[@SIKE01]

Lawlessness and Disorder

[@spooderdoggy]

The real question is what is the secret end game for the Democrats allowing all of this? Yes many of us call them stupid, crazy, and ridiculous, but they are not. No one purposely destroys their own tax business tax base and tax income from now unemployed working class citizens. I wonder if they are setting the stage for a monthly basic living income benefit given out by the government. Many in NYC won’t have jobs at this rate so the Democrats want a captured paid voter base. Seems this way to me.

[@creepycrespi8180]

but democrats say crime is down.

[@spooderdoggy]

The real question is what is the secret end game for the Democrats allowing all of this? Yes many of us call them stupid, crazy, and ridiculous, but they are not. No one purposely destroys their own business tax base and tax income from now unemployed working class citizens. I wonder if they are setting the stage for a monthly basic living income benefit given out by the government. Many in NYC won’t have jobs at this rate so the Democrats want a captured paid voter base. Seems this way to me.

[@sagefields]

NYC deserves to lose all business. They voted for it.

[@margaretthatcher6828]

And will continue to vote blue...

[@wizzyno1566]

​​@@royroyjenkins616no we're not. The ones voting for this caused this. The genius of multiple states is that you can see what works and what doesn't. New York deserves exactly what they're getting, the other states need to look and learn.

[@TheTurdballs420]

@@royroyjenkins616no, we’re not. NY, you’re on your own!

[@ambrosejoseph4843]

@@royroyjenkins616 No, we are not.

[@abigailfahey4146]

​@@royroyjenkins616 Wrong! Your vote says it all. This is ridiculous. The above comment you responded too is SPOT ON! Vote for violence, no punishment for crimes, ILLEGAL immigrants to take over the city ..then you deserve it! If you want different......VOTE DIFFERENT

[@Meerkat17]

I went to a small eatery in South Korea that was run by 2 grandmas. They were both cooking in the kitchen area and only took orders by customers yelling in their order. Never saw their faces. There was one plastic container with cash inside it, unsupervised, on a shelf. All the customers paid in cash, then took their appropriate amount of change from the container, thanked the grandmas for the meal, and left. It was quite an experience for my husband and I. 🤯

[@Dialogusdeoratoribus]

Yeah, I live on the countryside in Europe and we have a lot of the businesses. Famers also do it with their goods. And I love it. Would never move to a big city (unless I’ve been to many), living there seems awful to me.

[@hansimuli]

Can you send a google maps pin?

[@ChoultraAccounting]

​@@DialogusdeoratoribusSouth korea is not countryside. South Korean cities are more urban than most cities in US.

[@emanueleioria7523]

Because in South Korea and any other asian country like Thailand or Vietnam you don't have illegal immigrants wandering around looking for something to steal or someone to rape. Go to Italy or Belgium and you'll see that some areas are out limits for the police because illegal immigrants have got control of them.

[@klaytonickinson]

Americans think they are best in the world until they travel & realize USA is becoming a third world country.

[@lgwappo]

If you put a "No Hoodies" sign on your door you will be called racist & told to remove it. Notice that everyone in a smash & grab wears hoodies.

[@slurpingmario8006]

Wait why racist?

[@FlowSeeker23]

To be fair, I love hooded sweatshirt jackets, and a lot of other good citizens do to. Regardless of the “racist” claim, they’d probably lose a lot of valuable customers. I’d be tempted to go in to see if I get kicked out for wearing a jacket with a hood. My point is that there has to be better means of prevention.

[@damionkeeling3103]

@@FlowSeeker23 No hoodies means the hood is down, not that you can't wear the clothing in the store.

[@FlowSeeker23]

@@damionkeeling3103 ah, thanks for clearing that up. I’d agree with that rule 🙂

[@ellamay3816]

you means masks thanks to covid?

[@LynneHobday1]

I live in Japan and the local Thai restaurant sells vegetables cheap in front of their store - even when they're not there. They have a money box to put your coins in. Neither I, nor would the local community think of taking without paying.

[@michaelsix9684]

face it we have too many people in America who feel entitled to steal whenever they want

[@LanaLo-di5yq]

It's the culture. It's also probably why some Japanese don't want outsiders coming into their country so they can preserve their culture.

[@kohedunn]

Ahhh But Japan is a civilized place to live in.....I know..I have visited that wonderful country.... Children in School , clean up the classroom at the end of the day....This is how you raise responsible children .....I can remember walking in the parks and being greeted by children of all ages , with respect..... I saw no graffiti anywhere ...No litter at all....

[@dr.pastrami5272]

Because shaming over there is still a real thing. Plus the having whole eastern way of thinking where the individual puts the family ahead of themselves, if you get shamed by your community you dishonor your family name. Community is what keeps civilization alive.

[@Algorythmfpv]

Most Americans would abide by that trust system. However there's a healthy amount of black Americans that would just steal it and burn it down to rub it in. then bitch about how you're racist for not rebuilding your shop and letting them continue to steal. lol

[@andersistbesser]

This is how a civilisation ends

[@Shyhalu]

Nonsense! Diversity is our strength! Those stores needed a little excitement in their profits. The shareholders don't want to go to a boring meeting about profits! Gotta spice it up a little. Edit: This is sarcasm, for the brainrots that couldn't tell.

[@koryfrancisco7071]

@@ShyhaluI was thinking the same thing

[@dannytranvan]

Um no. Only in New York.

[@jdp2571]

And oh, what a civilization it is.....

[@TheNoticer83]

​@@Shyhaluypipo don't season dey corporate profits

[@madrain9898]

New York City literally looks like something straight out of cyberpunk 2077, dystopian, crime rates through the roof and there's probably a news show anchor going "GOOD MORNING NEW YORK CITY!!!" somewhere around.

[@asullivan4047]

How come incompetent mayor adams & city council surrogates. Never address shop lifting along with smash & grab robberies-???🤔

[@stupidlysimple]

bladerunner 2049 be like

[@flightloungebeats]

Typical New Yorkers, can’t build a fair city where people actually want to live and work because they coddle the upper classs balls so much, so they just blame the criminals just trying to survive 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nswag2706]

Beauty of Liberalism

[@g.stevehuang7028]

These people are not "thieves". This is not "shoplifting". In our country, this is called "robbery".

[@happylonerable]

In our country the robbers are Chinese.. robbing our seas, our land and our country dignity

[@Maroz4106]

Mfer SAME THING GOOFY.

[@cjadventures8840]

Shoplifting = robbing

[@Loltroll8]

@@cjadventures8840No it isnt there are differences in definition

[@Loltroll8]

@@Maroz4106no

[@MegaBC11]

I hate when people say this is a victimless crime. They'll say things like, "they're not hurting anyone. Mind your business." Accessible goods are being taken away and people are losing their jobs. Imagine all your local stores closing down so you now have to travel further and further for necessities. People who can afford to leave these ghetto neighborhoods will do so. Those who cannot are stuck there. This type of theft is only damaging their own communities.

[@jared19882]

Only black people defend it, because they in fact are the ones doing it.

[@Boston_Police_isagang]

Welcome to the divided states of ameriKKKa If you’re not white, you’re not right

[@reshmadixon8756]

It is hurting hard working people when the stores close they lose their jobs...

[@Durka-Durka]

You know people who say that??? Jesus. I hope they're not friends of yours

[@brandonhaygood5286]

What kind of idiot would say this is a victimless crime?

[@tacomafan5186]

Congratulations NYC!!! You’ve gotten exactly what you voted for and will continue to vote for!!!!

[@Rosie82333]

You really told them!

[@charlescaulkins8306]

Might as well call New York City to Gotham City from now on.

[@makerKID5]

Democracy for you. Idiots get to decide what happens to you. Imagine the people who didn't vote for it? Some moved out of the state some can't afford to. Sadly this might still be the best solution.

[@adonisperez2381]

fake news and yes trump for pres

[@Jeffcrocodile]

@@adonisperez2381 trump would not solve this if they continued to vote the way they do to state and local.

[@hunk9837]

Politicians are the blame for allowing this type of crime to occur.

[@JohnnyUtahFBI]

George Carlin was spot on when talking about politics in one of his specials. We laughed when we should have been angry. Now, all we can do is mourn.

[@rcnelson]

Or the people who vote for them.

[@kayremoob9579]

No. You citizens are to blame. You don't do anything, yet complain and talk about it. You will not do anything about it. Why even?

[@RS-ls7mm]

If you think the politicians are completely to blame then you are part of the problem. Society reflects the quality of the people who live there. This is what happens when you flood the country with the garbage of the world.

[@padronopusx6460]

Yeah and the people voting for them

[@mikeshoults4155]

Incompetent government. Incompetent public schools. Incompetent community morals. Incompetent society.

[@ryanstewart1521]

My friends kid said the whole class is failing, sad.

[@JohnnyUtahFBI]

Don’t mistake incompetence for purpose. This is no mistake.

[@kayremoob9579]

You voted for this.

[@hengzhou4566]

Really want to know how New Yorkers think when they vote for a Black Democrat mayor. Have they ever heard of any successful modern civilization established in Africa?

[@christophernichols1379]

When you disrespect God, He disrespects you.

[@randywoodworth5990]

I imagine the bookstores are still open and untouched.... 😶😶

[@Aliphatic]

Because all thieves are stupid 😊

[@karnubawax]

@@Aliphatic Oh... okay... I get it now.

[@dannyn6558]

They can't read.

[@LabertaSimul]

The thieves are illiterate duh

[@randomDLo]

So should we all be like uncle ruckus and walk up to these thieves and say read 🥷🏿 read!

[@pendleton123]

As a Black man I see all this and it's sad our folks destroy their own community... Then play victim when there isn't a community left.

[@j.thomas7128]

Look at San Francisco. Media won't let you know that 60% of downtown Street level retail is CLOSED! MORE THAN HALF OF SF DOWNTOWN!

[@yissssss]

I'm going to let you in on a secret: everybody who doesn't live in SF knows it's a shit hole. It's just people who live there that think it's nice.

[@dogmd7]

@@yissssss People in SF know as well.

[@Albertodetrinidad]

The entitledment this unruly "citizen"generation is being fulled by anti immigrant sentiments peaked by the enezuelan gangs led inby unprotected borders

[@yogiCJM152]

@@j.thomas7128 not really, yes we lost some shops but SF is thriving and bouncing back. Which I cannot say for most of America lmao

[@1rage17]

They closed so many stores in Westfield Mall... even the whole Nordstrom's!!! It's crazy!

[@Uneedskill]

Vote in a soft on crime mayor and governor then Pikachu face when crime runs rampant. Sick and tired of people acting like the criminals are somehow the victims.

[@frank-hd6ts]

This is what you get with a woke government

[@lucamckenn5932]

Progressive policies. Funny thing about the process? Sometimes you reach a wall. Sometimes a cliff. Happened to every great civilization and or empire. Gotta say though, never expected the American demise to be so ghey.

[@ausermeg9428]

@@frank-hd6ts it's not the voters that count, it's the machine that counts the votes.

[@Kingkrasy]

Genuine question bc i guess im misinformed on Adams but i did not think of him as a soft on crime mayor, i feel like I keep hearing how he’s got a hardon for policing. What makes you say that?

[@SicketMog]

I will now, for no reason, write "the color black" and await a 24 hour comment ban from KZbin for NO reason wse...

[@frankm5815]

Amazing if someone stole $10 from a bank, a million cops would show up!

[@desdicadoric]

What a great point, also try being a couple of bucks short on your taxes

[@klaraakop3091]

If he citizen

[@henrygustav7948]

If banks steal $10 each from a million people, then no one cares. It pays to be a bank.

[@leroybrown-coco]

Shut Up don't give them ideas.

[@lucamckenn5932]

​@@charlescalkins3485noblis du oblig The nobles arent obliging. They take bullets well. Knives too. Fire works great.

[@troygomez2089]

kinda funny how they're allowed to break the law, from stealing, to assaulting people, and then none of these cities think "hey maybe we should stop arresting people when they take defensive action against these criminals."

[@y2kmadd]

Take the pledge. Do not spend any money in a city that refuses to protect law-abiding citizens and businesses.

[@victorl225]

Agreed, don’t shop there, don’t stay there and don’t visit.

[@dreamsofturtles1828]

Agree. And i would add support your local police. I can walk anyplace at night, by myself as a woman, because our police force keeps criminals in check. They are not welcome here & they get that message very quickly. As a result the honest citizens are free to live their lives, kids to go where they want and our elderly not live in fear.

[@Blackheathenly]

So, you don't live there? Is that what you're saying? Ignorant.

[@JrueThrondsen]

The business need to do something. But they won't. They are afraid of lawsuits.

[@Yesica1993]

It's kinda hard , when you live in one.

[@Ahdbfbfbeh]

There is no greater indictment of judges than the fact that honest people are afraid to go into court, while criminals swagger out its revolving doors. Thomas sowell

[@grinchiestgrinch7289]

God damn that hit hard

[@AuntNessie-u2e]

And nobody does anything to get rid of these judges or DAs, nobody stops them or holds them accountable

[@naception]

When your society is run by criminals, for criminals.

[@carriehenry6721]

Amen..great comment.😇😺☘️

[@mb9326]

They are too busy creating bogus charges against the political opponent to convict actual crimes.

[@really5814]

Starting with Bragg

[@SharonJacobs-r2h]

Right !...Criminal politicians too, go figure ,....😮

[@chevy4x466]

When u let blacks run wild

[@Aleksandar6ix]

Every time i go to Walmart to shop, they don't provide baskets so I'm loading my own bags. I feel like a I'm being watched every minute until my stuff is paid. Not a comfortable shopping experience

[@innocehnt75]

are you a black?

[@zchris87v80]

Not only do I have to ring up my own merch, but I also have to prove I paid for it.

[@lodunost]

You know what is crazy. I'm back and forth between Japan and America. An there are stores in JP that have no clerks or anyone. You walk in grab what you want and swipe your card and walk off. Just a stark difference. It's sad watching how things have become over time here just because of our bad leadership.

[@maddslothii2532]

You know if you are in a high theft area if the Walmart checks receipts at the door. If you do a quick check of all those areas' demographics I am sure you will find they have a few things in common.

[@BlackGirlLovesAnime6]

@@maddslothii2532wait I thought they all did that 😂.

[@LB-uo7xy]

Wait until Japan gets enough Black African-American immigrants. It will start happening in Japan too.

[@AngMortem]

Just have to see what America has a lot of and JP has a low amount of.

[@maddslothii2532]

@@BlackGirlLovesAnime6 Nope, they also only tag items that are high theft items. So you will often find beauty products for darker skinned people with anti theft tech, were as the white version of the product sitting right next to it does not. This is not because walmart is racist, it is because it is a waste of money to add protection to stuff that does not often get stolen.

[@Fyk010]

The mayor is right that crime is down... because there is barely anything left to steal when everything is closed down.

[@masoncross-om3oc]

That's so funny.. !! Didn't even think about that. You're so right.. !!! Nothing left to take.. ??? Lol lol

[@jaysantiago5737]

One will soon have to go to jersey, connecticut to buy everyday items....

[@Liimpy]

Changing how crime is reported , just like Changing what constitutes a recession

[@UhtredOfBamburgh]

When he says "crime is down" what he really means is he's "down with crime"

[@benjohnson7950]

Very true. And now the stores rarely call the police because it's a waste of time so this further adds to their, "crime is going down." Such idiocracy.

[@exiledwolfch]

Imagine paying a high tax just for your mayor to allow robbery 😂😂😂

[@BJ-bc7sl]

It more than the mayor… the laws come from the top. Look at the NY governor and everyone downward.

[@radagast7200]

​@BJ-bc7sl well, if you really want to get to the bottom of it, you need to go back to Hegel and Marx.

[@billynomates920]

@@radagast7200 and yes, he does mean hegel and marx not engels and marx

[@adonisperez2381]

no place like home to the city that never sleeps :) go live in burbs

[@thepunish3r735]

The mayor does something reasonable and protest break out and he caves. Then eventually people are protesting things there were caused by their last protest and they dnt even see that ..then dictators show this to their citizens and say this is why we should not listen to the west

[@bp83330]

Have to keep ice-cream and moisturizers locked in supermarkets and pharmacies yet have the audacity to tell the world how to run their countries.

[@paulblart7378]

Guess who the rest of the world comes crying for help to

[@bp83330]

@@paulblart7378 Yah and the government rather help those countries than Americans 🤣

[@paulblart7378]

@@bp83330 My point exactly. Who's the arrogant country now

[@peterhpenner]

The idea is to make one of the greatest cities in the world like a third world country. And it’s working

[@lJ0blixen]

The entire country and that is the plan

[@genoramirez7885]

Shoplifting, stealing can still land you in jail in 3rd world countries unlike in NYC.

[@amusician644]

This is what happens when you decide that some crime is ok and can be excused. No crime is ok and no matter how small must be punished harshly, thats how to keep proper order.

[@abdulazizalzut8963]

does psychopath mean black person?

[@brusso456]

you import the third world, you become the third world.

[@richx5064]

After all the stores close, New Yorkers will have to buy their stuff online. Which means in the future, thieves will go after delivery drivers.

[@MasticinaAkicta]

And when delivery services blacklist NYC then... eh... well. People just have to pick up their good somewhere else!

[@Ziggyhere57]

Didn’t they already doing that 😂

[@lynv8556]

Or homeowners

[@cynthiawylie3584]

They already are.

[@harveypost7799]

Safeway delivers.

[@Marty4650]

We owe NYC a huge debt for showing the rest of the country "what not to do." We now know that defunding the police, offering right to shelter, having no cash bail, criminal justice reform, and being a sanctuary city just didn't work out well for NYC. So it probably won't work out well for anyone else. Thanks a lot, guys! We appreciate you showing us what not to do.

[@Aireck174]

The problem is when progressive policy creates misery, they say it failed because it wasn't big enough and they set out to spread the policy nationwide. Which is what Biden is doing and will do more of if he gets back in.

[@Flamquill]

If by "rest of the country" you're properly excluding California.

[@iBaudan]

This is all thx to the BLM mafia. This is what they want.

[@jandoe9942]

Exactly how Europeans look at the Brexit. Thanks guys!

[@katydid2877]

@@Flamquill Right? It’s like they’re in a competition to see who can look the most ridiculous and illogical with supporting criminals, anti-business and anti-taxpayer.

[@TSPRavshiva]

It actually sucks that no one in this thread of comments is mentioning who is doing the stealing! We have become so afraid to speak about the truth and even fight for justice because even that can get you in trouble, too! What a damn shame!

[@terrybogart589]

The 13%, who feel they are unjustly accused of crime!

[@erdanochamp7798]

We all know who

[@MayureshRajwar]

Black People but I also have seen white ones too

[@TSPRavshiva]

@@MayureshRajwar I agree but it has become so prevalent and now even I feel like doing it and I am Indian LOL!

[@pjcasale]

A security guard was stabbed yesterday for trying to stop a shoplifter at Duane Reade at 53rd & 8th. The thief was arrested a few blocks away. How much do you want to bet the thug was already freed without bail & the security guard was fired for trying to stop hiim

[@slicksterprickster2076]

would not take that bet, would lose for sure, hahaha

[@theconfusingwords]

I’m glad you’re out here exposing all of this. Most of the country has no idea how bad it’s gotten in NYC

[@BIGPOPPJAY]

Yes thank you for all your hard work. Your a true patriot and hero my friend. 🍻

[@jenniferclark9842]

Heck, it's not great in the suburbs of Chicago, either. The town I live in lost a Walgreens because too many things walked out of there. Same with the Target. Also, in another town (from which I take the bus to work) a Walmart had to pack up shop for the same reason.

[@howdythere3121]

This is NOT incompetence. This is on purpose and by design!! Good people need to get out of NYC ASAP! This is just the beginning.

[@cynthiag3065]

I 100% agree it’s by design.

[@mc1993]

Not the beginning, we're well past the midpoint. They want those financially capable to exit, so those who remain are compliant.

[@gugy68]

Escaping NYC is a temporary solution. Do not fool yourself, this is coming to a town near you. The government wants total surveillance and it will come to small towns down the road.

[@TheCharlycroki]

Bro I am looking to move out NYC

[@smadden911]

All the democatic cities have this. They want to control EVERYTHING. Get rid of commerce and this BIG 15 min city will fall on its face.

[@goldhallow]

I witnessed 2 shoplifting in my local Rite Aid in broad daylight, until the store closed for business. We’ve got to stop electing these people who decriminalize these lowlifes.!

[@carly8056]

They aren’t stealing work boots, dictionaries or condoms.

[@lukavitlic3754]

Or sunscreens

[@Free_Krazy]

If groceries were the biggest target that would actually reflect the narrative... Or perhaps things have actually got so bad people are eating leather shoes and bags like in the great depression?

[@pellabologna]

​@@Free_Krazyyou are actually dumb if you believe these stores are closing due to theft, it's due to the extremely high cost of rent. companies like walgreens are using this to help justify more enforcement.

[@Starmerispureevil]

Or Father’s Day cards

[@michaelraymond9200]

@@Starmerispureevil Hahaha! Well done.

[@HotspotsSoutheast]

Ooh look! An arrest! And they're back on the street an hour later to steal more stuff.

[@susanlee7079]

Perhaps should throw away the key after they are locked up

[@cidie1]

Why do stores there even have "security" when they never do anything? so pointless 😂

[@MsRotorwings]

Well, they have to make up for loss time. Those stolen items aren’t going to walk off the shelf by itself. 😢

[@sneak1970]

Quite normal in Germany even for more worse deeds.

[@royceadkins7529]

Remember as kids if we took a pack of gum from a store I parents would make us go back in and pay for it and apologize to the clerk and still get our ass's whooped....... now a days it's just a new normal

[@tigritsa74]

Exactly! Different people were in power as well. They new who were the real enemies of the west. Todays government is obviously trying to ruin the western world.

[@jamesbooth3360]

Born in 1956, and I once paid a nickel for 5 pieces of gum, but took 6 when I was 5. (A penny a piece back then). I felt so guilty I couldn't sleep all night. As soon as the store opened the next day, I gave the clerk a nickel and only took 4 pieces. I have never forgotten that terrible night and have never stolen anything since. I have even gone out of my way to return money when I discovered a clerk overpaid me when making change. My granddad told me once you come into the world with a good name, and it is all you take with you.

[@stephaniemcgrew665]

Yep happened to me i was 8.

[@adriennem3168]

Worse, criminal behavior is vehemently defended and white people are always somehow to blame.

[@jamesbooth3360]

@DaleGribble-yf4yy OH, I remember the 60s, and when you got the board at school, you AUTOMATICALLY got another one at home with no questions asked, no defense, no delay!

[@lilthunder01]

In my Mom's home country, all the stores have armed security. Even the 7-11 has guards usually carrying automatic weapons. The guards will not get in trouble for shooting thieves. Shoplifting is no longer a problem.

[@leosan2173]

Spending $45 million to solve shoplifting? That's insanity!

[@Jimfromearthoo7]

I think it would be more cost affective to just pay the criminals no?

[@RS-ls7mm]

$45 M is nothing compared to what it would really take. Just bandaids like everything else the dems try to do.

[@kristianschuff1723]

​@@Jimfromearthoo7no

[@ihanakaunotar2741]

@@Jimfromearthoo7they would always want more.

[@jimmiewilson1744]

They need to PROSECUTE THESE CRIMES. And protect these stores. These thieves are ruining their own neighborhoods.

[@DynamicHaze]

You guys are dense this is not the real reason Walgreens is leaving New York. Theft is not taking that much money from them. People believe anything.

[@mb9326]

With businesses closing, it will lead to more people filing for welfare.

[@77Arcturus]

Yep the proof is in the pudding letting everyone know why law & order was put in place so this kind of behavior does not thrive. Consequences are a coming and no one is going to care when these criminals cry their excuses with crocodile tears.

[@mrs.seaturtle66allen78]

This stuff is also raising the prices for everyone else.

[@izanamiledwaba1330]

Admit it! Capitalism has failed!

[@potrelviewer9536]

Next stop: museums and hotels. NYC is dwindling at an extremely fast rate...

[@eri7-11]

Nope next stop is downstate and then upstate to the ritzy suburbs

[@vmbay2212]

Wait till crooks begin Stealing From the Rich

[@GardenDude1]

The hotels will be fine when NYC tourism finally dies. Plenty of immigrants to fill the rooms and Mayor Adams will be happy to overpay for the service. You might not get your garbage collected but the hotels will be fine.

[@amusician644]

Hotels yes but museums might result in federal intervention depending on which ones.

[@teresaellis7088]

Unmm,Who predicted this?

[@williambritt2787]

I have worked at both CVS and Rite Aid as Store Manager over the years. The company ties out hands on doing anything. When i worked in Connecticut Store i kept high theft items behind photo and was told i had to put it back on the sales floor because i was told by higher ups, it will deter the customers shopping experience. 😳

[@SteelskinDMC]

I can't remember the last time I ever spent $1000 in one store, so to think about criminals stealing that much regularly with no punishment is just baffling.

[@pennyfelty7725]

they should get in trouble for stealing anything..how does it feel to have something taken from you that you worked hard for..your right though, a 1000.00 is crazy..so basically i can walk into a store and take what i want without any problems, maybe a ticket??

[@jschang29]

The answer would be to make everything in your store +$1000 and have them use a member card to get -$1000 per item off with id and card.

[@HeyYoFabels]

$2000 in republican states like texas

[@Zydraxis]

@@pennyfelty7725 you need to be black to work.

[@krazeemunkee80]

@@HeyYoFabelsavg leftoid cope

[@daviddesrosiers1946]

I don't even see NY as American anymore.

[@robertd9850]

I don't see America as American anymore.

[@phoenixbleu1730]

It's rapidly becoming a third-world country. It's surreal to witness

[@klaraakop3091]

@@robertd9850 😔😪

[@vanrajsindha9918]

Specially after the 70's​@@robertd9850

[@forsociopoliticalstuff2629]

Unfortunately, the rest of the state which doesn’t want any part of the region are stuck with the area. Not able to separate.

[@tiffanystewart9719]

The government wants these stores to close and the middle class to disappear.

[@alfredo4713]

Not Really. If the middle class disappears they can’t tax their most profitable taxslaves. (The lower class are to poor & the upper Class are to rich with many loopholes & backdoors.)They are just incompetent. Which makes it worse!

[@johnmaco]

They will find some way to make the poor pay more taxes, which is even worse.

[@loydamedina235]

true!!!

[@ManCaveGroove]

It the criminals that do the stealing tho not the government

[@SeaBirb]

Democraps: How do you feel about getting taxed every mile your drive. We're starting a new program in California and want to expand it to all the states

[@Petoskey116]

This shows how politically polarized we have become: Donald Trump is getting the book thrown at him, and the people who are committing much worse crimes are walking free.

[@Capt-Intrepid]

NYC has become a festering pile of crap.

[@noneyabidness9644]

"become"? It's been that way the entirety of my not short life.

[@mb9326]

They are playing catchup to LA and SanFran.

[@Bob-bb3ur]

It was not that way with Rudy juliani.​@@noneyabidness9644

[@Bob-bb3ur]

They must like it. They keep voting for democrats

[@MirzaAhmed89]

​@@noneyabidness9644 it was okay under Giuliani and Bloomberg.

[@Lui1x]

Meanwhile in Japan there are stores with no employees and cashiers and yet no thefts

[@bobbyhill4118]

Culture

[@saltysouls9679]

even that will change if the japanese are immensely displeased with the rudeness of foreigners not respecting their local culture.

[@altaccaltacc7652]

Probably because most of them are abandoned ghost cities or died of old age.

[@Bvic3]

I smell a lack of Diversity and Inclusion.

[@turtato2155]

​@@saltysouls9679 I think I heard they were gonna try to ban foreigners in certain areas when they have special events that don't allow photography because of how many foreigners ignored the rules

[@AnnSisuLiv]

When all the stores close, they'll be coming into your house.

[@JCX-9]

They already are coming into our homes. When i expect a package i have to watch it like a hawk so it doesn’t get stolen by some random people in my building.

[@michaelsegriff3362]

They come in, they’re leaving in a f**king bag.

[@breadmoth6443]

i live in a redstate and im armed , the only number i will be calling after is the coroner.

[@roxiejones31]

@@JCX-9yup. It’s crazy.

[@AnnSisuLiv]

@@michaelsegriff3362 In NYC, the homeowner will go to jail for that.

[@MAPUA1994]

The Governor, Mayor, the AG, the judges, the congressmen and the democrat voters are to be blamed.

[@PuffKitty]

... and the city council

[@brendawiener2630]

And they voted for them

[@johnbuck5181]

@@PuffKitty and George Soros

[@xxxyyy-h4w]

And the school boards ( are then even any schools left in NYC ?)

[@DavRod-123]

And sadly they’ll continue to vote for them

[@gold6813]

In some asian countries some stores don’t even have staff and rely on the trust and technology for customers to police themselves. Higher morale value I guess

[@studiosorek1432]

Cultural homogeneity versus multiculturalism

[@PhenixJoe]

They don't have the 13%

[@barbaralai9379]

because most of the asian countries don‘t have the “usual suspects” live there

[@SplendidFactor]

They're also VERY tough on crime there.

[@myfoodishere]

yep. i am in china. people don't steal. its about cultural, morals, family values, and it's reinforced in public schools. its clean, safe to go out at night, and there are actual consequences for people that break the law.

[@seanimusprime9849]

What frustrates me is that they’re blurring out the faces of the shoplifters, they clearly don’t care about hiding themselves so why are we giving them that kind of courtesy.

[@zertico_kawaii670]

Legal trouble

[@tomevers6670]

They’re mostly Black and Hispanics.

[@mickeymaus1]

Personal identity rights? Get more police and your social system to work instead of destroy persons life via the internet by that little delicts like steel toothpaste.. Your way of thinking is one of the reasons why your society is what it is.

[@H.EL-Othemany]

They could sue

[@Aye_handsome]

​@@H.EL-OthemanyThey shouldn't let criminals be able to sue.

[@henryyoung2361]

THE USUAL SUSPECTS BUT WE CANT SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE WE’LL GET CANCELED.

[@SrRAFAGAS]

Black people

[@K1NG-P]

What are you saying

[@fxdefiancy]

​@@K1NG-PYou know exactly what hes saying.

[@K1NG-P]

@fxdefiancy just say it then

[@GamezPDD]

Hes saying black people because any boomer in the youtube comments always says the same repeated shit in caps lock while shaking their fist angrily at the clouds. Lets not beat around the bush. Youre racist, passing judgement from your shitty little suburbia comfortably. While simultaneously voting against any laws for infrastructure to prevent these issues. Must be nice.

[@3Storms]

The worst part is always in the aftermath, when the very people looting stores to death scream "economic racism" in response to those stores moving away from them.

[@keithnsearle7393]

You have got that right. Good post.

[@HackersSun]

Their color of their skin doesn't excuse them from criticism

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

Exactly.

[@Falconlibrary]

That part always makes me laugh.

[@HisbeautifulTruth-nl1ch]

Actually the people stealing won't be the ones to claim racism for 2 reasons: 1. They're thieves. Only the innocent will complain 2. Some are white, as shown in the beginning of this vid and in others.

[@CatmanMEOOOOW]

They’re letting this happen on purpose. They want this chaos

[@flyboyadventures777]

Exactly! Then they will roll out they're "Solution"......Digital ID to enter any store and every tranaction in Digital $$$!!! Can we say Got Ya!😈😈😈

[@dachsiemomma1725]

Like in "1984," the evil politicians who say "War is Peace," our evil politicians say "Chaos is Democracy." Believe it or suffer the consequences in Room 101.

[@jimwright2795]

You are spot-on Catman, and @dachsiemomma. This classic over-reach is nothing short of Treason. We're gonna need more rpoe, and it's a good and merciful thing that Justice is blind.

[@jeffreyg607]

100! Chaos grants absolute power to the impotent Left! They run everything, yet they are still scared of us :)

[@slicksterprickster2076]

no doubt. why would the cops come, if he/she is black, they start crying, i cant breath, they are trying to kill me. next thing you know, your a cop, your in jail for doing your job in NY. thats what they voted for

[@jonathanmartinez2687]

The theifs using blowtorches is beyond crazy. These could also be dangerous as it could burn down a building.

[@joefer5360]

Saw that one coming.

[@romangroysman5204]

“They have Insurance” the terrorist reply

[@Matt_K]

I'm sure the thief took precautions not to burn that building.........until he gets the merch

[@johnranney1708]

"Burn down the building." You men like electric scooters are doing?

[@Jason1975ism]

That's a great idea for fixing the city!

[@Skye-tb7oq]

Yes, Vote blue if you want this everywhere😊

[@michelepurington3227]

I am a Merchandiser for Home depot, I install those cages. It's not just the tools being locked. Wire, pipe and pipe fittings especially the copper are behind locked cages.

[@MsRotorwings]

I guess business is booming for you.

[@ishastrega6851]

I was in Cancun, Mexico for the pandemic. At night, thieves dug up the copper wire from the streets so there was no electricity. Large plate glass windows went missing, which is very specialized theft. This is potentially what we'll see next.

[@Susan-wz7mb]

Already seeing it. I went to look at a house for sale. The copper piping water heater and radiators were all stolen.

[@jenniferclark9842]

@@Susan-wz7mbJunkies probably sell it for scrap.

[@powerlocks]

many people believe that shoplifting is a victimless crime - especially since many retail stores are big box stores with a high volume of sales. This is far from true. The cumulative effect of shoplifting and theft is substantial and the losses are absorbed by us - the consumer.

[@Bob-bb3ur]

They just pass along the lost to everyone else.

[@RKingis]

In business, the goal is to have each local to be Self-Reliant. By drawing money from other locations effects those other locations and have less to be Self-Reliant.

[@Bob-bb3ur]

@@RKingis go back down in Mommy's basement and play video games

[@RKingis]

@@Bob-bb3ur Too blind for videogames!!!

[@RKingis]

@@Bob-bb3ur Btw, I was one, of two girls in middle school going to business classes at our kuds' bank.

[@LaVidayElTristeFinal]

We need to consider that stores are being hit in 3 different ways: 1) Huge losses from shoplifting; 2) Higher costs for security; and 3) Much lower sales, because when everything is locked, no impulsive sales take place. No wonder retail is leaving these blue hellholes.

[@susansmith493]

It's shocking that having everything locked up is now the norm.

[@streghewitch77]

You forgot ridiculously high tax rates as well as insanely hi rental rates. You couldn't pay me enough money to invest in New York, especially after that sham trial they had on trump. Business owners and those who do business in New York are scared to death that if they piss off the government they're going to do the exact same thing to them

[@MrAsmith1583]

4) Commercial insurance rates go up which affect small privately owned businesses in the area.

[@ladyfish22]

I guess the next step is a semi-online system where you order online and go to a guarded outlet, where the customers aren't even allowed inside the doors!

[@makeupgirlz4eva]

Well put!

[@anthonyparadiso5786]

I WORK for Milwaukee, Rigid, and Ryobi within Home Depot in Dallas, Tx and BOY is our theft under lock and key. We have to have ALL displays tied down, strapped, chained into the wall, it’s insanity. That fact about tools that get stolen don’t work, is not true. The tools will still work, unless they’re drilled through with a screw to secure it to the display stand 😂 It’s insane though, people will break the soldered metal fixtures to try to steal the tools, INSANE!

[@terraottmer3234]

Not only that, but the ‘tags’ that are put on items are easily removed because they have the items needed to unlock them now because they stole them too, so there is no damage to the items.

[@sjmarlowgm]

As more and more stores flee the city, the inevitable result will be a tsunami of home burglaries.

[@hazegrayprepper4396]

Facts!

[@thesurvivalist.]

100% true! And still the government that created this mess, will do nothing to stop it!

[@kaykartz9167]

Good. When it hits home it becomes personal. Maybe once the liberals become the victims they will have an awakening.

[@thesurvivalist.]

@@kaykartz9167 Dumb infinite in the lefties, only feeling matter to them, facts and truths hurt their feelings!

[@jbdragon3295]

With guns pretty much banned, good luck suckers!

[@matta.5363]

Anyone who chooses to remain in NYC must accept the consequences of their decision.

[@Kingkrasy]

NYC drains your dollars to pretend to support other people so that you can’t easily leave tbh

[@scruf153]

it is the people not the city it's self

[@cryp4life509]

If nyc falls...the country follows. Dont you get it? Theres no Roman Empire without the city of Rome.

[@theyacht4620]

@@cryp4life509 nah were more than good, fuck NY they had it coming for them

[@Blackheathenly]

@@theyacht4620 Go back to school.

[@freemarketjoe9869]

My wife works at a Market 32 stocking shelves at night. The store stays open till midnight. At about ten p.m.the store is almost deserted, except for several minority couples stuffing food into baggy cloths and bags they are carrying, then, walking right out the entrance.Wy wife couldn't believe it, so she called another worker over to witness it. " the management says don't do or say anything. Just pretend you don't see it" this happened every night. She finally confronted the night manager a few weeks later. He told my wife corperate says to let it go. They don't want any" incidents" meaning racial. A night manager was fired several months earlier at a store next town over for trying to stop a theft, in which the police came, the minority woman saying her civil rights were being infringed, and let go by the cops. The next day, the manager was canned for ignoring the unwritten rule to not see anything. My wife finally quit, saying the theives were eating better than we were on the money she was being paid. P.C correctness has made corperate afraid of arresting minority theives.

[@Lejedhi]

It’s not racial. If they touch a shoplifter, it’s a lawsuit lol

[@drumyogi9281]

@@LejedhiIt’s perceived as racial. Countless videos of black ladies yelling “you are racist!!” To security guards for stopping them from stealing lol.

[@michaelsix9684]

you always get more of what you incentivize, years ago stores would prosecute you to the max for shoplifting, now the race card trumps law and order

[@othernamesweretaken1871]

@@LejedhiIt’s racial lol. Don’t kid yourself

[@othernamesweretaken1871]

@@drumyogi9281it is racial. It’s perceived as “racist”

[@FictionHubZA]

As an outsider, it looks as if Trump will be elected. The Dems had a pretty clear and easy path to walk, but people will move towards the guy who promises to take action.

[@frank-hd6ts]

This DA Bragg is a real loser. There is no excuse for this much crime. Worse than having a loser for a district attorney, is having losers for the Mayor of NYC, and Governor New York.

[@PictureMaker22]

This is Affirmative Action hard at work.

[@usamwhambam]

The real losers are the loser fools who vote for politicians that put these polling place.

[@sharonodonnell2147]

Volunteer to be a Poll worker . You find out HOW on the TRUMP And RNC WEBSITES . If your sick of this Be vigilant about these stolen elections . Make This Law ANY ILLEGAL CAUGHT VOTING IN US ELECTIONS WILL BE IMMEDIATELY DEPORTED with the clothes on your back . BANNED FROM VISITING the USA , Banned from A VISA WORK PERMIT OR APPLYING FOR US CITIZENSHIP ...FOREVER You're not the kind of Americans , We are looking for ...

[@nisto1518]

Makes you wonder how much Bragg is being paid off to look the other way.

[@CeeTee-12345]

NYC is the next Detroit. In Detroit, houses sell for $50,000..

[@aixucruc]

Bookstores can be relaxed…. There’s no risk for them.

[@Dhaz007]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@josephgaviota]

But, but, but, on TV they say crime is down, and we have nothing to worry about. How can it be?

[@richland1980]

Why bother reporting it when nothing is ever done?

[@josephgaviota]

@@richland1980 I suppose eventually, if enough people see and suffer the result of these terrible easy-on-crime policies, people will _finally_ vote another way.

[@educacionfinanciera2123]

Because there's nothing left to stole 🤣

[@Leannot35]

That's what I was worried about people getting angry because of the situation out there and something like this😢😢.. the first time I ever saw an honest system I thought it was so awesome it made me want to leave extra

[@theartistbarber]

Next, it will be people's homes on a high level. Once the businesses are gone

[@carriehenry6721]

Yeah except there will be causalities since most Americans are armed..☘️

[@jackzux9362]

I am a Pole living in Poland. I have visited family in the US several times over the last 30 years. I am a witness to how far this country has fallen. It is unfathomable that the democratic party put up a living dead as its candidate

[@LilyGazou]

Long live Poland. 🇵🇱

[@mercedesbenzodiazapine]

dems are incompetent and aren't even very liberal, they're centrists. i'm from here so even as an insider looking around at my life for the last 9 years, its only gotten worse. i can't wait to live in europe.

[@brahmaistrash.indiaisatoil5292]

I know that the democtats are a failed party but the racist extremist right wong government in Poland is even worse. Look how many poles are fleeing Poland and emigrating all over the world in the last 30 years.

[@PaulHilburger]

Polish Power!

[@10tenman10]

Many dead dead voted for him. The Democrat party are comfortable with theft.

[@3louminati]

Never fear!!! Letisha James and Alvin Bragg are front and center focused on the important stuff! You know protecting Business Ledgers from having Attorney Invoices from being labeled as a Legal Expense.

[@JWade-bt1rd]

Thanks Kamala, our wonderful border czar !

[@EnVee215]

They create the chaos and offer a solution at the price of your freedom.

[@WN_Byers]

Take back your city NYC. Excercise those Constitutional rights, for example, the second one

[@rg5252-y2v]

Yup, first NY and LA then the rest of the country, and don't you Whites go trying to stop it you racists.

[@johnvanderploeg6707]

Paraphrasing Ronald Reagan..The scariest words you will ever hear are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help".

[@Void_1984]

Exactly!!!

[@tayachting6345]

That is how it is happening here in the UK. Let in hordes of third world fighting aged men, criminalise people who protect themselves from them, stores go broke and close because of shoplifting, people not feeling safe in their homes, move people out to villages in order to 'diversify', and attack people constantly with propaganda and indoctrination. Then, once people push back (which I see coming after Labour get in) then, they'll try and bring in Martial Law. I don't know how it will end but I imagine we'll see this pattern across the westernised world.

[@jort93z]

Man, I am glad I am not in the US. its like a dystopia. People just walking into stores and stealing a whole shelf worth of stuff with no consequences.

[@tonynochill]

I’ve been thinking the same thing about the US. It really has become a dystopian nightmare, it’s not like the movies and tv shows that we were shown. This is the modern dystopia and we’re living in it.

[@Eheth1958]

Just democrat cities. USA is huge. Good life in Idaho, peaceful.

[@tonynochill]

@@Eheth1958😂 you’re funny

[@MaladaptiveDaydreamerr]

@@Eheth1958Idaho is a conspiracy for a state that does not exist

[@KuruIShere]

This is not representative of the USA just nyc, the us as a whole is fine. You’re fulfilling your own prophecy by constantly being apart of an echo chamber that spins hate.

[@alaingloster4405]

Only solution I can think of is the old 1800s style store. No customer has access to the store, they ask a clerk (behind bulletin proof glass to bring the item they want to the countertop

[@lookoutforchris]

Or we could just go back to being a white country again .

[@yatta99]

Or a 1980s style Toys-R-Us where only one of each item is on display and you take a ticket for each item you want. Then you check-out and pay, THEN you go and get the actual items you want from the pick-up counter (after showing your receipt).

[@ymrofficial]

Or you turn the stores into guarded warehouses where you can pick up your items youve bought online beforehand or have it delivered.

[@robertobrien4799]

It's common in the ghetto.

[@Qingeaton]

We had them in the ghetto in 1985 St. Louis.

[@mikoajjedrzejewski7187]

It is intentional, people would not welcome a police state if they were not given a reason

[@kialuvsyoo]

This unfortunately sounds possible

[@danieln6700]

Could be. There has to be something behind this. It's just obviously intentional

[@marccru]

They did in the mid 90's

[@eMJeF]

Great content, true journalism!

[@gabeswitala2292]

Wow an arrest in NYC. Dude must have falsified a business document.

[@sharksbreath7]

Or got a loan to build a building.

[@cynthiawylie3584]

The only one arrested in New Pork city is Trump. Caught being honest again.

[@cherylb2817]

Lol

[@kenkramer6761]

So true

[@invisible-zt8xh]

Mispronounced a pronoun ! 🤯 Got 10 years.

[@utkbyuca89]

When they run out of retail stores to steal from they’ll go to taxpayers’s home. Those DANGEROUS shampoo and detergent MUST BE LOCKED. Glad NY voted for this.

[@Jiorgiapeach]

nope, when these criminal big box stores are gone and scammer landlords stop trying to charge 500,000 per month for commercial spaces, small businesses will slowly come back. People will make a living again. NYC will actually have a market amenable to real people running real small businesses again.

[@robster7787]

Don’t worry, it gets worse. They’re expanding down the I-95 Corridor. Thefts are occurring south of NYC since they ran out of things to steal in the city.

[@jefferyhanderson7849]

New York City is living up to its nickname, Gotham.😂

[@UnfilteredHues]

How long until criminals start hijacking entire Amazon trucks while they are enroute to deliver products to customers?!

[@geoffdundee]

they do that already.........theyre robbing goods trains carying stock,parcels,etc.....been doing it for years.

[@WackyNZ]

Used to drive for biggest freight mover here in NZ an average day i would have in excess of $1,000,000 worth of freight and that's on the low end i would say way more. March to June was insane i never really understood why electronics sales boomed until i realised thats the pot harvesting time. Never got robbed once in 20 yrs.

[@frederickdominguez4829]

They already hijack Amazon trucks

[@OffGridandOutdoors]

Oh wait ...

[@nevik2506]

There's a CNN report and a KZbin video about thieves in LA looting trains

[@mrs.seaturtle66allen78]

These crimes will never be recorded and yet we are told crime is going down.

[@MikeConrad-oj6se]

Yes, I used to live in NY and we learned very quickly to stop reporting crime, even violent crime. Nothing would come of it and the cops just saw you as a nuisance anyway.

[@johncasciello4123]

@MRS SEATURTLE 66== Read your comment about we are TOLD crime is going DOWN (sarcastically told)!! Notice in SUMMERTIME as the TEMPERATURES RISE UP then the PANTZZ SLIDE DOWN as CRIME GOES UP!!! In WINTERTIME as the TEMPERATURES SLIDE DOWN then the PANTZZ RISE UP as the CRIME GOES DOWN!!! Not too hard to figure out true STATISTICS=== just keep your EYES OPEN☆☆☆☆

[@fabutrash]

NYC has fallen. Absolute disgrace.

[@skyhawk4946]

It's a 100% crap hole. They are getting exactly what they deserve for voting in far left politicians who blame the victims, not the criminals. Hilarious.

[@augustodeazambuja365]

They just gone soft, in Brazil where I grew up if you are poor becouse of racists policies that have been going on for centuries and try to steel from big retail stores, or even any place of commerce that is intended for middle upper classes - assuming that you could get in, you would get a nice beat up from the security. I'm not saying that it is right, but it is how they get their things going, we live in a capitalistic society that makes it harder on the poor to overcome the gap, and by allowing them to just commit crimes without anyone beeing there just to garante that the store isn't going to be robed putting their own security at risk (becouse they are actually payed for the security), makes all the sistem crumble. It is an unfair world and unfair life, in Italy we say that some are born from the v*gina and some are born from the as*hole, and that's what divese us... Some are born to struggle and live under harsh conditions as workers and a small minority gets everything as easy as you can get something, and if someone tries to break that cicle: you probably guest it, they get beat up. Again, not that it is fair, but we live in societies that are made to be unequal, it is unfruitful to try other wise - everything just crumbles becouse once you can get free from the chains that make you have a hard life and a shitty job - what will keep the lower classes in their spot once that moral and religion have already gone down the drain? And it certainly doesn't help to keep bringing unfortunate peaple to this already chaotic city, that just learn that the land of oportunity has already gone dry.

[@emmasarge4057]

Amen

[@SilverSerenity520]

Sad to say, Rudy Giuliani was the one who really got NYC cleaned up in the 90s.

[@cynthiawylie3584]

Democrats hate Giuliani. Just say his name and find out.

[@Cocolicious08758]

It's not sad it's fact! Rudy was the best mayor 🙌🏼💪🏼👏🏼

[@stephenthomas1492]

Well sure. It gave the cops the power to stop and frisk the people they KNOW are causing the problems. But that would be 'racist' to use common knowledge nowadays.

[@lucamckenn5932]

​@@stephenthomas1492facts hurt feelings. Cold rationale isn't too hot for anyone really, at least these days.

[@sped6954]

The problem with those power tools not working because they were stolen from Home Depot is that the person stealing them doesn't care if they work. They're stealing them to sell, not to use, and once it's sold, they've got their money and couldn't care less about the purchaser.

[@a.randolph8112]

More reason to be careful about where you're purchasing your expensive tools. I'm a Milwaukee fan and would never buy a Milwaukee tool online unless it's directly from the company.

[@danieln6700]

It's a bad thing. This will be normalized and u will have to pay a monthly fee to get it working

[@williammarrero4184]

The store owners should not be required to pay the city and state taxes, if they are not going to get the protection from law enforcement.

[@kaminey26]

Locks are only useful in keeping honest people honest. For thieves, it's just an annoyance

[@JOHNABLANK]

This is ridiculous how out of control this has gotten. New York-----you reap what you sow!

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

yea for everyone here don't feel bad for NYC they voted for this and will continue to vote for this it's just like what Joker said in 2019 you get what you F****** deserve

[@denisrichard58]

I miss the days when you could deal with thieves yourself without you ending up in jail instead of the thief.

[@allanbard6048]

Agreed. Where I live, if anyone even tried this type of nonsense...they'd get turned into a wind instrument.

[@roserevancroix2308]

I don't think you were alive back then honey.😏

[@PreferredCustomer]

You still can. Tell the crybabies that want to sue that you'll get them in the bushes as they try to leave their house. Fear is a *fantastic* tool to keep these cowards in line.

[@denisrichard58]

@@roserevancroix2308 Yes i was, honey.

[@jsmu1234]

hahahahahahahahahahaa only in USA

[@RKingis]

Insanity is expecting change, while doing the same thing every single time.

[@Quackk07]

its all trump fault

[@rss608]

wallgreens already closed in SF. you are so right about the plastic bag ban... sounds like a good idea but turned out to not work... When was a kid living in chicago there were stores where you would go to a window like a drive up window and order what you wanted. a few mins and you were on your way home.. Theft caused this, guess it is time to start these again..

[@joanofirk6216]

So sad and troubling, for people who will still need prescriptions and food.

[@citytrees1752]

They can go 6 blocks instead of 1 block then. The stores are on every corner.

[@johnranney1708]

On a whole as a group, I wonder how this group voted?

[@Brooklynlife1000]

@@johnranney1708 Unfortunately, this is a deep blue city and it's showing more than ever. Can't change people's ignorance and falling for hearing what they want just before election. This is it for us. We are going down in flames.

[@bsworld2]

​@@citytrees1752 it's not going to stay contained in one area. Think about it...There is no control currently. It will spread. The only way to contain it is to call in National Guard .

[@bsworld2]

​@@johnranney1708 I would venture to guess that voting wasn't a priority.

[@KDG860]

Walgreens and CVG gave millions to Defund The Police charities. They should keep their stores opened and give away their products. Let Blackrock pay for their losses.

[@dennisdoran3947]

You ever think that wal greens and black rock are working hand in hand to manipulate the laws?

[@Ivlodded]

finally im not the only one stating that lol

[@Hexauslion]

lmao then they get what they paid for. XD nvm it doesnt matter new york is a shithole regardless.

[@jimfesta8981]

It was amazing how many companies thoughtlessly jumped on the George Floyd band wagon and poured money into BLM.

[@thomastramontano3570]

You got what you paid for.