http://twitchy.com/brettt/2023/08/12/councilman-fears-dc-wards-last-grocery-store-may-close-due-to-shoplifting-n2386239
We've done posts on employees who've been fired for trying to stop shoplifters from walking out of the store with as much loot as they can carry. Companies seem to have decided to just let shoplifters have their way. Then there was that Target store where everything was locked behind plexiglass, and you had to have an employee unlock every shelf for you.
Washington, D.C. Councilman Trayon White fears that shoplifting might close the last grocery store in his ward. If the name sounds familiar, earlier this week White begged for the National Guard to be sent in to assist with rising crime in D.C. A New York Times opinion page editor lost his job after running an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton suggesting the military be brought in to quell rioting in 2020.
Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) ~ The only grocery store in DC's Ward 8--an area with more than 85,000 people--says it is hundreds of thousands of dollars in the red because of growing levels of theft, and the local Councilman says he fears the store might close.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/11/giant-supermarket-ward-8-dc-future/
Byron York (@ByronYork) ~ There are only 4 grocery stores east of Anacostia in Washington DC. Now one might close because of shoplifting. Giant loses $500k--20% of sales--to thieves monthly. Spends $300k more on security. Trying to reduce shoplifting by closing early. From @7NewsDC
http://wjla.com/amp/news/local/washington-dc-ward-8-neighborhood-southeast-district-grocery-stores-safeway-giant-food-community-theft-shoplifting-risks-councilman-trayon-white-mayor-muriel-bowser-crime-anc-commissioner-desert
This grocery store spends $300K on security AND loses $500K PER MONTH to shoplifiting???!!! WOW! Cannot believe they haven't closed it down a LONG, LONG time ago.
And then they'll complain about the ward being a "food desert" where people can't get fresh produce.
4lex_4sh4w (@4lex_4sh4w) ~ The local councilman fears doing his job more than he fears the closing of the only store.
brendan (@brendan_49) ~ DC can’t facilitate the social environment for the normal operation of a grocery store and wants to rule the world.
Jessa G. (@SweetGaelicGirl) ~ Wanna bet that he voted for policies that perpetuate these situations?
cadavatron (@cadavatron) ~ If only there were tools available to a councilman to reduce the incentives to shoplift, etc. ...
Nixon's Head (@Nixons_Head_) ~ Well maybe if that local councilman's constituents would stop stealing everything from that store, the store might not have to close.
CN (@comp_napper) ~ An unsurprising outcome when cultural dysfunction is the norm and politicians and community leaders fight off any suggestions that behavior needs to change as racism. This is the bed they have made and now have to sleep in.
It's Not Ibsen (@ItsNotIbsen) ~ A 13 year old boy tried to mug me in that Giant's parking lot. Instead of pressing charges, I took the prosecutor's advice and sat down with him and a social worker for a "restorative justice" session where she just called me a gentrifier for an hour. It's not gonna get better.
PolkadotShoelaces (@PolkadotLaces) ~ Good. If you can’t handle the basics of society, you deserve what it’s like not to have a society. Enjoy your food desert.
Goku's Posse (@Gokus_Lawyer) ~ And yet not a single person who votes in the area will change their votes. Reap what you sow.
WyattUrp (@WyattUrp) ~ When the community decides it won't tolerate the kind of conditions that make operating a business prohibitive, then businesses will open and thrive. Conversely, in a community that doesn't foster an atmosphere of security, businesses, and the community, will fail.
Chaz / Chop (@ChasParker1) ~ Bidenomics in practice.
James Hutton (@JEHutton) ~ Any responsible major business owes it to stockholders to vacate areas that have given up on law enforcement. #DC police officers have been neutered by a mayor who is disgusted by law enforcement.
Samuel Culper 722 (@politiwars) ~
The four steps of the Cloward-Piven Strategy:
1. Overload and Break the System
2. Have Chaos Ensue
3. Take Control in the Chaos
4. Implement Socialism/Communism through Government Force
White's the councilman ... what's he doing about it? He's the one these people voted to represent them.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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