Anonymous
12/01/2021 19:12
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
The first time I came to DC as a kid in the 80’s, this happened in a store I was in. I’m pretty sure it was Georgetown and he store may have been Britches.
Anonymous
12/01/2021 18:58
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Anonymous wrote:For anyone replying with "something must be done!"
What exactly do you think can be done when a group of 20+ people show up, grab stuff, and are gone in minutes? There's literally nothing one or even two security guards can do against a group that size, and it would be logistically impossible to mount a police response on the scale required to arrest that many people at once in the mere minutes it takes them to disperse.
Short of having a 100 man SWAT team on standby 24/7, what exactly do you want the police to do? Insurance covers the cost, and police round up as many as they can after the fact using security footage. That's about the best we can hope for.
The plain fact is that social media has provided a tool for these criminals to organize on a far more effective level than police could possibly have the resources to prevent, no matter how much additional funding you could realistically give them.
If you actually want to stop this stuff from happening, the real solution is not to increase funding to the police, it's to raise wages, increase access to healthcare, force all employers to offer generous vacation time, and increase funding to public transit so that parents can spend time raising their kids and not spend 18 hours a day commuting to two jobs they can never take any time off from.
This made me lol. Really? You think the kids/teens/young adults doing this have two parents at home working diligently at two jobs? What fantasy land do you live in? More likely, it’s an absent parent/parents. Maybe the kid being raised by a grandparent. Possibly a parent also involved in some criminal activity.
Anonymous
12/01/2021 15:57
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For anyone replying with "something must be done!"
What exactly do you think can be done when a group of 20+ people show up, grab stuff, and are gone in minutes? There's literally nothing one or even two security guards can do against a group that size, and it would be logistically impossible to mount a police response on the scale required to arrest that many people at once in the mere minutes it takes them to disperse.
Short of having a 100 man SWAT team on standby 24/7, what exactly do you want the police to do? Insurance covers the cost, and police round up as many as they can after the fact using security footage. That's about the best we can hope for.
The plain fact is that social media has provided a tool for these criminals to organize on a far more effective level than police could possibly have the resources to prevent, no matter how much additional funding you could realistically give them.
If you actually want to stop this stuff from happening, the real solution is not to increase funding to the police, it's to raise wages, increase access to healthcare, force all employers to offer generous vacation time, and increase funding to public transit so that parents can spend time raising their kids and not spend 18 hours a day commuting to two jobs they can never take any time off from.
SMH with this nonsense. I hope none of you, your family nor your friends work in any store that gets robbed during one of these. It is not a victimless crime. And the answer isn't to throw up our hands and say "well, insurance will cover it NBD." Your answer reeks of privilege and lack of real world understanding. These employees risk getting hurt and are exposed to violence and trauma. But as long as insurance covers it (until insurance decides to drop you), I guess that's ok for corporate America, just not the everyday hourly worker. Got it.
Clearly if you feel so strongly you must have a sensible, viable, practical solution in mind. So let's hear it.
To convince your uber progressive nonsensical privileged point of view? No thanks, not interested in fantasyland talk. Let me guess, you have a bunch of BLM and Hate has no Home Here signs in your yard, yet you haven't done anything concrete and tangible to make a difference. It's unconscionable that you would lend any support to allowing hourly low wage workers to be subjected to this kind of violence, work environment and trauma. It speaks volumes for how out of touch you are. Maybe you should reconsider.
So in other words, you have absolutely nothing other than dumb republican culture war talking points? Completely unsurprising. Come back when you have something to contribute.
Do you live under a rock? A security guard was just murdered during one of these lootings. You're also wrong - most insurance plans do NOT cover losses due to retail theft. That's why so many stores have to close down. Theft crushes margins which makes stores unprofitable. Then communities are stuck with retail deserts, because now no one can buy healthcare supplies, have no pharmacy around to fill prescriptions, or can't buy basic necessities. 'Victimless' crime my a$$. A few aholes ruin peoples' ability to obtain basic needs and medicines at stores that are close by. You are such a disgusting idiot defending this trash and behavior. Communities are far worse when they have people like you living in them, because your kind legitimizes this moral decay which ruins communities permanently.
Anonymous
12/01/2021 15:18
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For anyone replying with "something must be done!"
What exactly do you think can be done when a group of 20+ people show up, grab stuff, and are gone in minutes? There's literally nothing one or even two security guards can do against a group that size, and it would be logistically impossible to mount a police response on the scale required to arrest that many people at once in the mere minutes it takes them to disperse.
Short of having a 100 man SWAT team on standby 24/7, what exactly do you want the police to do? Insurance covers the cost, and police round up as many as they can after the fact using security footage. That's about the best we can hope for.
The plain fact is that social media has provided a tool for these criminals to organize on a far more effective level than police could possibly have the resources to prevent, no matter how much additional funding you could realistically give them.
If you actually want to stop this stuff from happening, the real solution is not to increase funding to the police, it's to raise wages, increase access to healthcare, force all employers to offer generous vacation time, and increase funding to public transit so that parents can spend time raising their kids and not spend 18 hours a day commuting to two jobs they can never take any time off from.
SMH with this nonsense. I hope none of you, your family nor your friends work in any store that gets robbed during one of these. It is not a victimless crime. And the answer isn't to throw up our hands and say "well, insurance will cover it NBD." Your answer reeks of privilege and lack of real world understanding. These employees risk getting hurt and are exposed to violence and trauma. But as long as insurance covers it (until insurance decides to drop you), I guess that's ok for corporate America, just not the everyday hourly worker. Got it.
Clearly if you feel so strongly you must have a sensible, viable, practical solution in mind. So let's hear it.
To convince your uber progressive nonsensical privileged point of view? No thanks, not interested in fantasyland talk. Let me guess, you have a bunch of BLM and Hate has no Home Here signs in your yard, yet you haven't done anything concrete and tangible to make a difference. It's unconscionable that you would lend any support to allowing hourly low wage workers to be subjected to this kind of violence, work environment and trauma. It speaks volumes for how out of touch you are. Maybe you should reconsider.
So in other words, you have absolutely nothing other than dumb republican culture war talking points? Completely unsurprising. Come back when you have something to contribute.
Color me surprised you throw out some "Republican" insult, based on what? How in the world would you even be able to tell what political party with which I align? Huh? How about you come back when you have something, ANYTHING, to contribute? Maybe start with your own micro community. Roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty, get invested, make a difference. Whatever ramblings you're trying to sell don't do squat.
Anonymous
12/01/2021 15:05
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For anyone replying with "something must be done!"
What exactly do you think can be done when a group of 20+ people show up, grab stuff, and are gone in minutes? There's literally nothing one or even two security guards can do against a group that size, and it would be logistically impossible to mount a police response on the scale required to arrest that many people at once in the mere minutes it takes them to disperse.
Short of having a 100 man SWAT team on standby 24/7, what exactly do you want the police to do? Insurance covers the cost, and police round up as many as they can after the fact using security footage. That's about the best we can hope for.
The plain fact is that social media has provided a tool for these criminals to organize on a far more effective level than police could possibly have the resources to prevent, no matter how much additional funding you could realistically give them.
If you actually want to stop this stuff from happening, the real solution is not to increase funding to the police, it's to raise wages, increase access to healthcare, force all employers to offer generous vacation time, and increase funding to public transit so that parents can spend time raising their kids and not spend 18 hours a day commuting to two jobs they can never take any time off from.
SMH with this nonsense. I hope none of you, your family nor your friends work in any store that gets robbed during one of these. It is not a victimless crime. And the answer isn't to throw up our hands and say "well, insurance will cover it NBD." Your answer reeks of privilege and lack of real world understanding. These employees risk getting hurt and are exposed to violence and trauma. But as long as insurance covers it (until insurance decides to drop you), I guess that's ok for corporate America, just not the everyday hourly worker. Got it.
Clearly if you feel so strongly you must have a sensible, viable, practical solution in mind. So let's hear it.
To convince your uber progressive nonsensical privileged point of view? No thanks, not interested in fantasyland talk. Let me guess, you have a bunch of BLM and Hate has no Home Here signs in your yard, yet you haven't done anything concrete and tangible to make a difference. It's unconscionable that you would lend any support to allowing hourly low wage workers to be subjected to this kind of violence, work environment and trauma. It speaks volumes for how out of touch you are. Maybe you should reconsider.
So in other words, you have absolutely nothing other than dumb republican culture war talking points? Completely unsurprising. Come back when you have something to contribute.
Anonymous
12/01/2021 14:56
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Anonymous wrote:No need to publicize these property crimes. These retailers have insurance to cover any loss or damage. Don’t give trumpians any ammo to use against BIPOC.
Moral degenerate.
Anonymous
12/01/2021 14:43
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For anyone replying with "something must be done!"
What exactly do you think can be done when a group of 20+ people show up, grab stuff, and are gone in minutes? There's literally nothing one or even two security guards can do against a group that size, and it would be logistically impossible to mount a police response on the scale required to arrest that many people at once in the mere minutes it takes them to disperse.
Short of having a 100 man SWAT team on standby 24/7, what exactly do you want the police to do? Insurance covers the cost, and police round up as many as they can after the fact using security footage. That's about the best we can hope for.
The plain fact is that social media has provided a tool for these criminals to organize on a far more effective level than police could possibly have the resources to prevent, no matter how much additional funding you could realistically give them.
If you actually want to stop this stuff from happening, the real solution is not to increase funding to the police, it's to raise wages, increase access to healthcare, force all employers to offer generous vacation time, and increase funding to public transit so that parents can spend time raising their kids and not spend 18 hours a day commuting to two jobs they can never take any time off from.
SMH with this nonsense. I hope none of you, your family nor your friends work in any store that gets robbed during one of these. It is not a victimless crime. And the answer isn't to throw up our hands and say "well, insurance will cover it NBD." Your answer reeks of privilege and lack of real world understanding. These employees risk getting hurt and are exposed to violence and trauma. But as long as insurance covers it (until insurance decides to drop you), I guess that's ok for corporate America, just not the everyday hourly worker. Got it.
Clearly if you feel so strongly you must have a sensible, viable, practical solution in mind. So let's hear it.
To convince your uber progressive nonsensical privileged point of view? No thanks, not interested in fantasyland talk. Let me guess, you have a bunch of BLM and Hate has no Home Here signs in your yard, yet you haven't done anything concrete and tangible to make a difference. It's unconscionable that you would lend any support to allowing hourly low wage workers to be subjected to this kind of violence, work environment and trauma. It speaks volumes for how out of touch you are. Maybe you should reconsider.
+1
And when CVS or other pharmacy's close due to the looting and we can no longer get our prescriptions for medication or we have to drive 30 miles to get them is that still NBD and insurance issue. Retailers are closing in SF because of this. Is this really what we want?
Anonymous
12/01/2021 14:39
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For anyone replying with "something must be done!"
What exactly do you think can be done when a group of 20+ people show up, grab stuff, and are gone in minutes? There's literally nothing one or even two security guards can do against a group that size, and it would be logistically impossible to mount a police response on the scale required to arrest that many people at once in the mere minutes it takes them to disperse.
Short of having a 100 man SWAT team on standby 24/7, what exactly do you want the police to do? Insurance covers the cost, and police round up as many as they can after the fact using security footage. That's about the best we can hope for.
The plain fact is that social media has provided a tool for these criminals to organize on a far more effective level than police could possibly have the resources to prevent, no matter how much additional funding you could realistically give them.
If you actually want to stop this stuff from happening, the real solution is not to increase funding to the police, it's to raise wages, increase access to healthcare, force all employers to offer generous vacation time, and increase funding to public transit so that parents can spend time raising their kids and not spend 18 hours a day commuting to two jobs they can never take any time off from.
SMH with this nonsense. I hope none of you, your family nor your friends work in any store that gets robbed during one of these. It is not a victimless crime. And the answer isn't to throw up our hands and say "well, insurance will cover it NBD." Your answer reeks of privilege and lack of real world understanding. These employees risk getting hurt and are exposed to violence and trauma. But as long as insurance covers it (until insurance decides to drop you), I guess that's ok for corporate America, just not the everyday hourly worker. Got it.
Clearly if you feel so strongly you must have a sensible, viable, practical solution in mind. So let's hear it.
To convince your uber progressive nonsensical privileged point of view? No thanks, not interested in fantasyland talk. Let me guess, you have a bunch of BLM and Hate has no Home Here signs in your yard, yet you haven't done anything concrete and tangible to make a difference. It's unconscionable that you would lend any support to allowing hourly low wage workers to be subjected to this kind of violence, work environment and trauma. It speaks volumes for how out of touch you are. Maybe you should reconsider.
Anonymous
12/01/2021 13:59
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For anyone replying with "something must be done!"
What exactly do you think can be done when a group of 20+ people show up, grab stuff, and are gone in minutes? There's literally nothing one or even two security guards can do against a group that size, and it would be logistically impossible to mount a police response on the scale required to arrest that many people at once in the mere minutes it takes them to disperse.
Short of having a 100 man SWAT team on standby 24/7, what exactly do you want the police to do? Insurance covers the cost, and police round up as many as they can after the fact using security footage. That's about the best we can hope for.
The plain fact is that social media has provided a tool for these criminals to organize on a far more effective level than police could possibly have the resources to prevent, no matter how much additional funding you could realistically give them.
If you actually want to stop this stuff from happening, the real solution is not to increase funding to the police, it's to raise wages, increase access to healthcare, force all employers to offer generous vacation time, and increase funding to public transit so that parents can spend time raising their kids and not spend 18 hours a day commuting to two jobs they can never take any time off from.
SMH with this nonsense. I hope none of you, your family nor your friends work in any store that gets robbed during one of these. It is not a victimless crime. And the answer isn't to throw up our hands and say "well, insurance will cover it NBD." Your answer reeks of privilege and lack of real world understanding. These employees risk getting hurt and are exposed to violence and trauma. But as long as insurance covers it (until insurance decides to drop you), I guess that's ok for corporate America, just not the everyday hourly worker. Got it.
Clearly if you feel so strongly you must have a sensible, viable, practical solution in mind. So let's hear it.
Anonymous
12/01/2021 12:39
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Anonymous wrote:For anyone replying with "something must be done!"
What exactly do you think can be done when a group of 20+ people show up, grab stuff, and are gone in minutes? There's literally nothing one or even two security guards can do against a group that size, and it would be logistically impossible to mount a police response on the scale required to arrest that many people at once in the mere minutes it takes them to disperse.
Short of having a 100 man SWAT team on standby 24/7, what exactly do you want the police to do? Insurance covers the cost, and police round up as many as they can after the fact using security footage. That's about the best we can hope for.
The plain fact is that social media has provided a tool for these criminals to organize on a far more effective level than police could possibly have the resources to prevent, no matter how much additional funding you could realistically give them.
If you actually want to stop this stuff from happening, the real solution is not to increase funding to the police, it's to raise wages, increase access to healthcare, force all employers to offer generous vacation time, and increase funding to public transit so that parents can spend time raising their kids and not spend 18 hours a day commuting to two jobs they can never take any time off from.
SMH with this nonsense. I hope none of you, your family nor your friends work in any store that gets robbed during one of these. It is not a victimless crime. And the answer isn't to throw up our hands and say "well, insurance will cover it NBD." Your answer reeks of privilege and lack of real world understanding. These employees risk getting hurt and are exposed to violence and trauma. But as long as insurance covers it (until insurance decides to drop you), I guess that's ok for corporate America, just not the everyday hourly worker. Got it.
Anonymous
12/01/2021 11:14
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Anonymous wrote:No need to publicize these property crimes. These retailers have insurance to cover any loss or damage. Don’t give trumpians any ammo to use against BIPOC.
Absolutely false.
Why do you think so many retailers leave when theft gets out of hand? They can no longer tolerate the losses. Just look at Target in Baltimore. They also closed many shops in SF.
Anonymous
12/01/2021 11:07
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
For anyone replying with "something must be done!"
What exactly do you think can be done when a group of 20+ people show up, grab stuff, and are gone in minutes? There's literally nothing one or even two security guards can do against a group that size, and it would be logistically impossible to mount a police response on the scale required to arrest that many people at once in the mere minutes it takes them to disperse.
Short of having a 100 man SWAT team on standby 24/7, what exactly do you want the police to do? Insurance covers the cost, and police round up as many as they can after the fact using security footage. That's about the best we can hope for.
The plain fact is that social media has provided a tool for these criminals to organize on a far more effective level than police could possibly have the resources to prevent, no matter how much additional funding you could realistically give them.
If you actually want to stop this stuff from happening, the real solution is not to increase funding to the police, it's to raise wages, increase access to healthcare, force all employers to offer generous vacation time, and increase funding to public transit so that parents can spend time raising their kids and not spend 18 hours a day commuting to two jobs they can never take any time off from.
What exactly do you think can be done when a group of 20+ people show up, grab stuff, and are gone in minutes? There's literally nothing one or even two security guards can do against a group that size, and it would be logistically impossible to mount a police response on the scale required to arrest that many people at once in the mere minutes it takes them to disperse.
Short of having a 100 man SWAT team on standby 24/7, what exactly do you want the police to do? Insurance covers the cost, and police round up as many as they can after the fact using security footage. That's about the best we can hope for.
The plain fact is that social media has provided a tool for these criminals to organize on a far more effective level than police could possibly have the resources to prevent, no matter how much additional funding you could realistically give them.
If you actually want to stop this stuff from happening, the real solution is not to increase funding to the police, it's to raise wages, increase access to healthcare, force all employers to offer generous vacation time, and increase funding to public transit so that parents can spend time raising their kids and not spend 18 hours a day commuting to two jobs they can never take any time off from.
Anonymous
11/30/2021 23:20
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Trolling getting pretty sophisticated on here
Anonymous
11/30/2021 23:08
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Anonymous wrote:No need to publicize these property crimes. These retailers have insurance to cover any loss or damage. Don’t give trumpians any ammo to use against BIPOC.
Wow, what? Racist much?
Also, so you realize that some BIPOC also are business owners?
And, insurance covers loss or damage? Not quite how it works. Costs get passed on to consumers. Possibly also BIPOC.
So weird.
Anonymous
11/30/2021 21:12
Subject: Smash and grab crimes in DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No need to publicize these property crimes. These retailers have insurance to cover any loss or damage. Don’t give trumpians any ammo to use against BIPOC.
WTF. This is the reason the country is going to hell in a handbasket.
If a group of black or white or purple people commit a series of crimes, I wish everyone would call it as it is.
Absolutely. People like the PP, who excuse crimes when committed by POC, have a particular kind of sickness.