They'll only do this to the point where it costs them sales. The dirty little secret is that the markup on this stuff is YUUUUUUgggggeeeee. The profit difference between having to replace some merchandise vs not selling some merchandise because customers are put off by having to jump through security hoops is likely pretty high. They stores would probably deal with the former rather than latter.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
I think if I owned or operated one of these high end stores selling expensive stuff, I would harden the damn building to the point it would take a Cat D9 to damage it. Protect the inventory, the building itself. the employees and customers, everybody. But that would cost money, wouldn't it?

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Is nothing sacred?

Fox Christmas tree burned. Arson

https://www.foxnews.com/us/fox...ire-suspect-arrested

Sadly, I think we know that answer to that question.

Of course not politically motivated according to police statement (Per Newsweek). All-American Tree, red white, & blue, Fox- surely nothing political

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Originally posted by corsair:
Once again, a business thinks it's ok to insult police officers who come to them offering their business but, can't get over the role of the job, the uniform, let alone their presence because *gasp* GUNS

I can't make up my mind. Go to the restaurant with my CCW and then write a note on the receipt telling them I was carrying.

Or go to the hood in Richmond and give a bunch of hommies a $100 to go into town and encourage them to rob the place.

Now, these "locust swarm" thefts are the fault of the Business, not the actual thieves... Because the business aren't doing their part to stop this stuff...

So, so out of touch with reality!

https://www.foxbusiness.com/ec...rs-smash-grab-thefts



Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed retailers for not making safety a priority amid a string of smash-and-grab thefts at retail stores in recent months.

"We still have retailers that won't institute plans like having security officers in their stores, making sure that they've got cameras that are actually operational, locking up their merchandise at night, chaining high-end bags. These purses can be something that is attracting a lot of organized retail theft units," Lightfoot said Monday.

Rob Karr, the president and CEO of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, said Chicago businesses need the "fingerprinting among leadership to stop."

"The comments that retailers need to do more are sadly misinformed. I think it ignores the fact that retailers spent hundreds of millions of dollars every year on security… We’re not going to put the entire store behind glass cases or under lock and key. Retail doesn’t work that way," Karr told FOX Business.

"We have a fine line to walk. I don’t think the mayor wants a line of armed personnel in every store."

Groups of looters in masks have stormed stores in orchestrated plots to steal thousands of dollars worth of merchandise in downtown Chicago and the city’s suburbs.

More than a dozen people raided ​​a Louis Vuitton store at the Oakbrook Center west of Chicago last month, making off with $120,000 of luxury goods before fleeing in three separate cars, one of which was stolen.

The Chicago Police Department sent an alert to businesses in northern Chicago on Black Friday after seven smash-and-grab thefts took place over the course of about three weeks. It warned of offenders forcefully entering "through a front or side door by breaking the door glass with a pry tool" then stealing property.

Last Thursday, nine people stormed a store along Michigan Avenue, resulting in the arrest of just one offender, a 16-year-old boy who was charged with one felony count of retail theft.


The task force executed search warrants on Friday at eight storage units and recovered millions of dollars worth of apparel, beauty products, electronics and other merchandise.

"Organized retail theft is about more than lost revenue and stolen products," Raoul said Friday. "Frequently, the criminal enterprises behind these crimes are connected to other crimes, such as the drug trade and human trafficking. I am committed to identifying the perpetrators behind this and other organized retail crimes in Illinois."

Karr said the retail thefts not only damage the viability of businesses but also reduce tax revenue for the government and make shoppers fearful during the holiday season.

"Criminals take advantage of the weakest links, and right now Chicago looks like the weakest link, because the very leadership that ought to be addressing this together with us, is fighting with each other over who’s to blame," he said.

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Originally posted by spunk639:
Reparations will come one way or another, the Dindu free stuff crowd will take what they want.

Bullshit & nice defeatist attitude. My advice - get out of Boston.

Beetlejuice says that now....her story will change as soon as one of these yutes gets their teeth knocked out for swinging on an off duty CPD officer.

Chicago is the weakest link for one reason a progressive mayor and DA

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed retailers for not making safety a priority amid a string of smash-and-grab thefts at retail stores in recent months.

Wow, she is a real piece of work

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Originally posted by dewhorse:
Beetlejuice says that now....her story will change as soon as one of these yutes gets their teeth knocked out for swinging on an off duty CPD officer.

Chicago is the weakest link for one reason a progressive mayor and DA

You left out the biggest problem; Well Over 50% of the voters vote for this shit!
Same in all the large cities.

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Originally posted by spunk639:
Reparations will come one way or another, the Dindu free stuff crowd will take what they want.

Bullshit & nice defeatist attitude. My advice - get out of Boston.

It’s not defeatist, it’s reality, stealing under 1250.00 is a misdemeanor not prosecuted in Boston. Not going to change, if we confront the thieves, you’re racist, racist, some sort of phobic and a Nazi. Just the reality of it.

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Originally posted by spunk639:

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Originally posted by Dakor:

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Originally posted by spunk639:
Reparations will come one way or another, the Dindu free stuff crowd will take what they want.

Bullshit & nice defeatist attitude. My advice - get out of Boston.

It’s not defeatist, it’s reality, stealing under 1250.00 is a misdemeanor not prosecuted in Boston. Not going to change, if we confront the thieves, you’re racist, racist, some sort of phobic and a Nazi. Just the reality of it.

LOL Massachusetts is the butt-hole of New England.

Think about that.

That's like a butt-hole's butt-hole.

That turns lovely colors in the fall?

Seriously, though, how long are the good people of Boston going to put up with that? If a bunch of lazy hippy-assed hicks like the good people of Austin can fight back when City Hall pulls that kind of crap, what's stopping Bostonians?

DA Larry Krasner Says Tourists Shouldn’t Fear Coming To Philadelphia For Holidays: ‘We Don’t Have A Crisis Of Crime’
https://philadelphia.cbslocal....iday-crime-violence/

"...what kind of messed up world of white wokeness Krasner is living in to have so little regard for human lives lost ..." Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter

https://philadelphia.cbslocal....-krasner-jim-kenney/

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Originally posted by DoctorSolo:
LOL Massachusetts is the butt-hole of New England.

I believe the term you're looking for is 'MASShole'...

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Originally posted by DoctorSolo:
LOL Massachusetts is the butt-hole of New England.

I believe the term you're looking for is 'MASShole'...

... the m is silent.

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
That turns lovely colors in the fall?

Seriously, though, how long are the good people of Boston going to put up with that? If a bunch of lazy hippy-assed hicks like the good people of Austin can fight back when City Hall pulls that kind of crap, what's stopping Bostonians?

The city of Boston is a liberal cesspool. The voters in Boston are happy with the shit they vote for. It’s not the same everywhere here. But the libtards outnumber the patriots for sure. MYbe they will wake up when Antifa and BLM occupy their brownstones.

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
That turns lovely colors in the fall?

Seriously, though, how long are the good people of Boston going to put up with that? If a bunch of lazy hippy-assed hicks like the good people of Austin can fight back when City Hall pulls that kind of crap, what's stopping Bostonians?

The city of Boston is a liberal cesspool. The voters in Boston are happy with the shit they vote for. It’s not the same everywhere here. But the libtards outnumber the patriots for sure. MYbe they will wake up when Antifa and BLM occupy their brownstones.

The DA in Boston even ran on the list of crimes she wasn't going to prosecute, so they got what they voted for. Once it is full on Mad Max, they might voted differently but I doubt it, St. Louis City voters didn't when they re-elected Gardner.

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https://hotair.com/karen-towns...-your-safety-n434634

LAPD union head warns tourists to stay away from the city: "We can't guarantee your safety"

The head of the Los Angeles Police Department’s union has a message for tourists planning a trip to the city this holiday season – don’t do it. Don’t go to Los Angeles. That’s quite a message coming from the second-largest city in the United States. The rising crime rate running rampant across the country is hitting Los Angeles especially hard.

Jamie McBride, head of the union representing LAPD officers, said he can’t guarantee personal safety

“We can’t guarantee your safety. It is really, really out of control. I said it to people before, it’s like that movie ‘Purge,’ you know, instead of 24 hours to commit your crime, these people have 365 days to commit whatever they want,” McBride said.

McBride is referencing the 2013 horror film where all crime, including murder, is decriminalized one day of the year.

The police chief takes an opposite view of the situation in Los Angeles. LAPD Chief Michel Moore brushes McBride’s concerns aside.

“It’s not out of control. It’s not a spiral that we’ve lost control over,” Moore told reporters.

The National Retail Federation reported 69% of retailers saw a spike in organized retail crime in 2021 across the country. The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) sent a letter to Congress yesterday supported by 20 leading retail chief executives representing companies across the board, including retailers like Home Depot, Target, Best Buy, and CVS.

The letter urges Congress to pass the Integrity, Notification and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces (INFORM) for Consumers Act, which makes it harder for stolen merchandise to be sold online by thieves or scammers who engage in organized retail crime, such as smash-and-grab robberies. The legislation, as reported, would require platforms to verify the identifies of sellers.

RILA also noted in the letter that “criminals are capitalizing on the anonymity of the Internet and the failure of certain marketplaces to verify their sellers” which makes “businesses a target for increasing theft” and hurts “legitimate businesses who are forced to compete against unscrupulous sellers.”

The Biden administration often cites the pandemic as the reason for the escalating rise in criminal activity. That’s an easy scapegoat for them and gives them the opportunity to push vaccinations to help end the pandemic. What makes more sense is to look at the effects that ending bail requirements and the defund the police movement have had on criminals. They’ve been emboldened. It will get worse before it gets better, likely requiring a major change in elected officials, one that ushers in those who are more inclined to support law and order and the rule of law. That means big Democrat-controlled cities will have to make some big changes for their cities to become more livable.