Post #2124203
2023-12-09 04:52 UTC
Retail theft went down and the national retailers federation had to admit 5% not 50% of theft was from criminal gangs. This whole panic was concocted to close underperforming and unionized stores and the media bought it. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/business/organized-shoplifting-retail-crime-theft-retraction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ek0.cMux.iabRLNkE-vqu&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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@glennf@twit.social 2023-12-18 16:12
I’ve been pointing out for years that the actual stats from the police even haven’t matched the panic in the media. In America (and much of the world), we’re at a near all-time low for violent crime and most other crime, so any tiny increase looks huge, as it did during the pandemic. We’re now reverting to the (new) norm.
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@thurrott@twit.social 2023-12-18 14:41
@glennf@twit.social The organized retail theft thing has been debunked many times. The podcast "If Books Could Kill" did a great epiosde about this in the past few months.