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defrost • last Thursday at 6:46 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

How many stores did you see prosecute theft before that "long time" ?

  Each year, there are over a million arrests for shoplifting in the United States (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2019),
~ from Examining Court Processing of Shoplifting Before and After the Passage of Mississippi House Bill 585 https://ccjls.scholasticahq.com/article/9910.pdf

See also Myth vs. Reality: Trends in Retail Theft (2024) https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/myth...

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lunias • last Thursday at 4:48 PM

They arrest, but then don't prosecute. It's been catch and release for a while.

mlrtime • last Thursday at 11:54 AM

To be fair to OP I didn't see people come in and blatantly steal items and walk out as if there were no consequiences.

In NYC before Covid, I never saw it. After, many many times.

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