‘Maybe we cried too much’: Walgreens hints it exaggerated shoplifting surge

Re:‘Maybe we cried too much’: Walgreens hints it exaggerated... by gruez on Friday January 06, 2023 @08:54PM (#34284186)

The article claims in its title and first paragraph that the shoplifting problem was "exaggerated" or "overstated", but the rest of the article doesn't say anything to that effect? It merely says that theft levels "had returned to lower levels after a brief rise", which seems like a case of "hindsight is 20/20", rather than some sort of intentional deception like the article is trying to imply.

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Re:‘Maybe we cried too much’: Walgreens hints it exaggerated... by 0xdeadfa65 on Sunday January 08, 2023 @02:32PM (#34302258)

Can't help but feel this article was written in bad-faith. It feels desperate to counter the narrative of rising crime being an issue. Truth is crime has risen in the last couple of years and it has resulted in the severe deterioration of the quality of life in affected populations. The facts are clear and are not on the crime-downplaying side.

I wish crime would be a bipartisan issue since it leads to severe consequence for everyone alike. Alas, the partisan calculus being played demands inconvenient narratives be shut down, without any exploration of the causes.

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