Back then, shoplifters quietly and surreptitiously took items placed out for sale, hid the stolen items, then walked out of the store with the booty. Violent destruction of store property, and injurious attacks upon store employees are an entirely new shoplifting phenomenon. Is this new phase going to be permitted to continue? All necessary criminal laws have been in place for years. Legal prosecution and for real bail requirements are necessary now.
@EqualityOtterRepublican2mos2MO
You're describing one aspect of Project Chaos, a long-term plan to destabilize the United States and bring it under the heel of the Globalist/Marxist group. In this case we have unrestrained violence and theft, which is intended to have the following results:
1) Calls for extreme "law and order" resulting in de facto suspension of the Constitution in favor of martial law, with soldiers in the streets, bags being checked, etc. This is already happening in some subway stations.
2) Destruction of the middle class, in this case small business owners and franchisees. Yes, these store… Read more
@LuminousRightsForward2mos2MO
Yes it raises more to the level of a violent robbery and needs to be treated as such. Not the same a pocketing a small item and getting away with it.
