In Some Parts Of America, Looting Has Become A Way Of Life by for End of the American Dream
The level of lawlessness that we are now witnessing in the United States of America is absolutely breathtaking. On average, thieves are stealing more than 100 million dollars worth of merchandise from our retailers every single day. Just think about that. I have written extensively about the shoplifting epidemic that is plaguing this country, but even I didn’t know that things had gotten that bad. Sadly, much of the thievery is being committed by highly organized gangs of looters. Last week, I posted absolutely stunning video of one of those gangs stealing vast quantities of laundry detergent from a retail store in Connecticut…
Thieves in Connecticut load up their cars with stolen merchandise.
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I shared that video with someone that I trust, and that individual wondered why they hadn’t taken something more expensive like big screen televisions.
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Well, now we have video of that exact same group of looters wheeling big screen televisions right out the front door of another store in Connecticut…
These professional looters seem to have no fear of being confronted.
And that is probably because they know that even if they are caught they will never be charged with a felony. Many states have changed their laws to be more lenient on shoplifters in recent years, and this appears to be helping to fuel an enormous boom in organized retail theft…
Gangs of professional boosters have been snatching racks of clothing and other items for years, but the National Retail Federation reports in its most recent survey of retailers that more lenient penalties and prosecution policies are fueling a rise in such crimes.
“Many states have increased the threshold of what constitutes a felony, which has had the unintended consequence of allowing criminals to steal more without being afraid of stronger penalties related to felony charges,” the trade association reported. “Nearly two-thirds of retailers report that they’ve seen an increase in the average ORC case value in these states.”
My guess is that the thieves in the two videos are selling what they steal online.
Of course they are far from alone. This sort of thing is happening all over the nation, and it is being reported that theft is now costing our retailers 45 billion dollars a year…
Retail theft is now said to be responsible for $45 billion in annual losses in the U.S., according to one trade association, a figure whose recent growth reflects the disruptions of the pandemic era and the rise of online retail, which has made it easier to resell stolen items.
That is an incredibly high number.
When you divide that figure by 365 days, you get an average of more than 123 million dollars per day.
We are talking about thievery on an industrial scale, and we are being told that some of our biggest cities are where the most extensive looting is happening…
