Liberal cities are practically inviting criminals to steal from them on the west coast. States on the west coast have decided to make the punishment for petty theft such a joke, that often times police don’t even try to stop shoplifters. It’s not worth the effort to give the criminal a fine. So when two men walked out of a Lowes in Oregon with carts full of wire, the employees were helpless to do anything to stop them. The whole incident was caught on video.
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“The incident unfolded in broad daylight on Aug 25, with the video showing two men pushing shopping carts loaded with electric wire walking out of the Lowe’s doors as two employees are helpless to stop them.
A Lowe’s employee standing at the door asked the men to show their receipt as they approached, but they kept moving. Another Lowe’s employee is then seen approaching the men in the video, to which the first employee said, “Hey don’t do this. It’s not worth it.”
“I think these guys have done it before because they seemed to have a good system. One guy with the car and two guys with the carts. They knew no one was going to touch them,” said Sullivan, who also recorded the men loading a red Subaru with the merchandise.”
“Lowe’s eventually reported the incident, and an investigation is ongoing, but Keizer Police Lt. Andrew Copeland noted that in Oregon, many jails aren’t taking offenders such as shoplifters, in order to cut back on their populations during COVID-19. ”
“Copeland said that many Oregon chain stores prevent retailers and their staff from stopping theft, adding that such offenders would likely not be incarcerated and would only receive fines and citations as penalties.
“Once you’ve stolen from Lowe’s once and know they can’t stop you, there’s no real consequence,” he said. “Second thing is, these people know they can’t go to jail.”
States ranging from Oregon to Washington to California have seen a surge in shoplifting recently, at least partially triggered by state laws that inhibit or outright prohibit stores from enforcing against robbery.
For instance, California’s Prop 47 lowered the punishments for shoplifting, raising the incentive for lawbreakers to steal merchandise from stores.”
So in other words these states are doing this to themselves. If I were a retailer I would threaten to leave if they are not going to punish thieves. This Lowes lost upwards of $2000 in wire and now they have to eat that cost because the state has practically made the punishment so lenient that you may as well say that theft is legal.
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