Re:Out of control San Francisco shoplifting forcing Walgreen...
by koolba on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @10:48PM
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> They could go after the leaders of the organized crime groups. I wonder why they haven’t.
The standard approach is to charge the lackeys and have them roll on their superiors. If the only threat to the lackeys is a slap on the wrist, they’re not going to rat out anybody.
Re:Out of control San Francisco shoplifting forcing Walgreen...
by diogenescynic on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @10:56PM
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Considering consumer tech like Apple Airtags exist, it seems like it’d be easy to tag some frequently stolen goods and track them back to where they’re fenced and resold. They should punish the buyers of stolen goods since they obviously aren’t going after the thieves.
Re:Out of control San Francisco shoplifting forcing Walgreen...
by thatguy0900 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @12:43AM
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It's these areas it's not politically possible to prosecute the thieves. How will it be politically possible to prosecute the people just buying groceries?
Organized crime groups just steal $949 per person from each store, and hit multiple stores in a day.
The law makes it difficult for the police to prosecute them — a given person would need to be caught and prosecuted once for multiple crimes (that were probably committed in multiple districts, etc.).
Even then, with all that effort, they get to bust someone for shoplifting.
They could go after the leaders of the organized crime groups. I wonder why they haven’t.