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Farmer-Rick

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23. Wow, that's worth $1,800?

Thu Feb 17, 2022, 09:38 AM

Feb 2022

Is it a typo, or they're not showing it all? That's one months worth for me back when I had 2 kids in diapers. That's only 5 boxes of diapers.

OMG, no wonder people can't afford to have kids. No wonder the birth rate is plummetting. And now the Christian Taliban wants to force women to carry unwanted fetuses that they can't afford to keep.

And cops are busily killing and beating black people and arresting people for one month's worth of baby needs. But they are happily ignoring mobsters and Nazis. Their crime solving statistics have plummeted and they are busy chasing diaper shoplifters.

I understand shoplifting is bad but you need 3 cops and a pat on the back for diaper shoplifters?

We are seeing more and more of this because capitalism is sick and dying.

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So @NYPD deleted this before I could ask if they arrested the babies as accessories after the fact [View all] Celerity Feb 2022 OP

Shoplifting is a crime, leading to higher prices for the rest of us. nt childfreebychoice Feb 2022 #1

. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #2

good point. and probably why they took the post down. -(nt)- stopdiggin Feb 2022 #10

To be resold likely by an organized theft ring Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #18

Who are they selling to, do you think? WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #20

Formula and diapers have been shoplifting targets for decades Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #22

right but who uses them in the end WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #25

One assumes that it would be mothers with children of the appropriate age group Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #37

Not sure inthewind21 Feb 2022 #46

So I can only assume that you support theft from retail stores? Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #51

But they arrested 12 people! 70sEraVet Feb 2022 #29

at $150 per incident? stopdiggin Feb 2022 #75

Post removed Post removed Feb 2022 #3

Nobody is saying that shoplifting is good. bearsfootball516 Feb 2022 #5

At Newark Penn station NJCher Feb 2022 #8

No, it is a sign of an organized theft ring Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #21

What makes it "nothing more"? ck4829 Feb 2022 #28

Why? Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #39

Addresses of the suspects were at a homeless shelter wellst0nev0ter Feb 2022 #62

That doesn't mean they were not recruited by a shoplifting ring Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #65

So punish the exploited wellst0nev0ter Feb 2022 #67

They are the ones who stole the product Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #68

Am I Objectively Pro-Saddam? wellst0nev0ter Feb 2022 #71

If they didn't want to go to jail perhaps not stealing would be a better option? Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #73

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Feb 2022 #6

My college professor back in 1969 gab13by13 Feb 2022 #4

Bingo! ashredux Feb 2022 #7

Bingo!!! Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #16

The vocabulary has expanded for all the things they do too ck4829 Feb 2022 #17

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #56

baby products are a target (in part) stopdiggin Feb 2022 #9

And NOBODY is paying attention to that fact!! EASILY sold items on the black market oldsoftie Feb 2022 #12

PrOtEcTiNg AnD sErViNg!!111!!11!!1!!!!! WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #11

Taking baby formula and diapers doesn't indicate need... brooklynite Feb 2022 #13

Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #19

Right. These are standard black market items. Hortensis Feb 2022 #33

Exactly. And who gives their babies Mucinex? It will kill them. This looks like a black market ring. George II Feb 2022 #38

It's pathetic, but so Is the fact that baby formula and diapers are too expensive haele Feb 2022 #14

I was very lucky with my daughter. cannabis_flower Feb 2022 #26

We need to work toward the society we want treestar Feb 2022 #15

Wow, that's worth $1,800? Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #23

Its a shame I don't have a heart to give to you, Farmer-Rick! 70sEraVet Feb 2022 #31

If you were the Retailer that just lost that $1800 worth of merchandise Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #42

I doubt it inthewind21 Feb 2022 #47

Nice to know you are so well off Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #50

Geez, there is so much wrong with assuming the chain store runs like Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #55

I did 43 years in retail grocery for a chain Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #59

You didn't know? wellst0nev0ter Feb 2022 #63

Yes, in fact I do know, however that isn't the point being discussed Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #64

Police was making a big deal over a mickey mouse shoplifting bust wellst0nev0ter Feb 2022 #69

Wage theft still isn't the point of the OP Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #70

Just say you don't want to discuss it wellst0nev0ter Feb 2022 #72

I agree Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #74

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #57

Shoplifting would be almost nonexistent if minimum wage was $15 KS Toronado Feb 2022 #24

No. $15 isn't exactly wealth. Those who had to would. Hortensis Feb 2022 #30

A number of rich people over the years have been arrested for shoplifting in NYC.... George II Feb 2022 #34

I wouldn't count on that Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #41

Sounds like stuff that *should* and *could* be provided for ck4829 Feb 2022 #27

There are always programs, public and private, that provide diapers Hortensis Feb 2022 #36

True, but I wonder how utilized they are ck4829 Feb 2022 #40

:) A question, sure, but not these thieves' problem. Hortensis Feb 2022 #44

And there in lies the problem inthewind21 Feb 2022 #48

Maybe you should first find out that thieves couldn't find them, Hortensis Feb 2022 #49

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #58

No background to the story, so I'm guessing the arrests were warranted. Hard to see but.... George II Feb 2022 #32

But it doesn't say that they arrested the 12 people all at one time, or all at the same place. 70sEraVet Feb 2022 #35

Everyone on this thread knows shoplifting has become big crime. For profit. Hortensis Feb 2022 #43

This sort of thing has popped up before. Archae Feb 2022 #45

Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #52

There is a thriving black market in baby products jmowreader Feb 2022 #53

Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #66

In the meantime, the cop on the far left in the deleted tweet has cost the city more than $300K WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #54

you keep veering off onto these tangents stopdiggin Feb 2022 #76

Another update: At least two of the people arrested are currently living in homeless shelters and WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #60

So, this is really an anti-enforcement, anti-police thread? -(nt)- stopdiggin Feb 2022 #77

If only we could put all TFGs crimes on a table. /nt IcyPeas Feb 2022 #61