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70sEraVet

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29. But they arrested 12 people!

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #18)

Thu Feb 17, 2022, 09:55 AM

Feb 2022

$1800 divided by 12 = $150.00!
This doesn't indicate a big black-market operation -- sounds more like 12 poor mothers.

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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