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Re:Train Robbery for Amazon Packages? More Common Than You T... by lupusreal on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:34AM (#39128119)
We shouldn't even be humoring the premise of boxes falling off trains without thieves deliberately breaking into the trains in the first place.
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Re:Train Robbery for Amazon Packages? More Common Than You T... by pooper on Thursday January 25, 2024 @07:25AM (#39128798)
I don't think it is so clear cut.

One hypothetical scenario:

1. Thieves stop a train somehow, spill containers for distraction, run away with valuables.

2. Idiots see stuff lying on the ground and go pick it up causing chaos and confusion.

3. Police arrest some of the idiots. Win win. Thieves go away free and police can claim they arrested some people. This also pads their numbers. Politicians can pretend they were not asleep at the wheel with organized crime under their nose because look only 5% of arrests were organized crime. All we needed to do is arrest more homeless people.

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