Have you ever lived in these places? I have. Nobody is starving. The place is a little cheap, perhaps, but that means that it's only 10 times richer than what my parents and their parents had growing up -- and they weren't starving either. At the end of the day, I don't think there is a huge moral difference between being 10x richer than a third worlder and 20x.

Folks doing stuff like stealing bikes aren't just stealing from bourgeoise Facebook people.

One of the reasons that regressive policing, etc happen is that "the proletariat" in the community are also sick of having their shit stolen. The (legit) complaints come later.

sir bikes are not bread

And being non-white doesn’t make you a thief.

But sure, focus on the fact that a contractor took two bikes home, and not on the disproportionate response.