Target is Leaving NYC… Because of Theft
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2023
- 13 Years ago, the first Target opened in New York City. Due to recent events, this very same target store is now closing.
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I can't believe we came to a point where stealing is practically legal and there are no consequences. we are all doomed
As long as residents vote for Democrats, crime will increase.
I agree @moreadventure3627, I live in a small town in Southwest Florida we've had a lot of problems with cars getting broke into some homes. It's just really sad!
YOu are not doomed. Start voting for conservative, law and order candidates who will support the police. Stop demonizing the police. Get rid of the liberal prosecutors, jail the criminals. You know, just like it used to be.
you voted denocrat. youtube won't let me explain your voting error.
@@Notme-tq4xsyou’re so stupid,smh crime happens in every color state/city. Doesn’t matter what color is in government.criminals don’t care what politicians are in charge. Brainless.
Can’t say that I blame Target for leaving…😮😢
Where will people buy or steal their kids tuck friendly bathing suits from now?
What is ''tuck friendly''? Its a bathing suit with an extra pocket for boys to tuck their junk between their legs.
You can blame politicians for defunding the police and De-criminalizing theft.
@@ll4680I agree I live in Atlanta and we are having the same issues especially with crime. People here are protesting the police training facility that would also train EMTs, but these are the same ones whining about police need better training not even 3 years ago. It’s sad at this point.
@@ll4680jail and accountability is racist
@@ll4680NYPD fiscal budget has not gone down at all. This is just incompetent police.
Why are they blurring the faces of the shoplifters? You have no right to privacy if you are committing a crime.
which ones were shoplifters, and which ones were just normal shoppers? He blurred all faces to be considerate.
@@jenjeffsher3616even so, it's a public space. They're not entitled to privacy
@@fatboydiesel8270 are you dumb or just that incompetent?! An innocent person could end up being identified and targeted. Yes, we all want the shoplifters found and face justice but in a situation where people may not immediately tell who is who, you gotta take steps like this even if its not what you want just bc ur mad.
@@fatboydiesel8270 I never said they are "entitled to privacy" in a public space. I said the RUclipsr blurred faces "to be considerate". He didn't need to, but he was being polite. Nothing wrong with a little consideration in today's world.
innocent until proven guilty
When you steal you don't hurt the company. You hurt the employee's and the communities.
And the company. You said it as if it would be ok to hurt a company lol🥴
….lmao. You hurt all (3).
Amen! But those stupid thieves don't care, they'll hurt themselves and then wonder why these stores are closing.
I don't see how the company doesn't get hurt? They're in it to make money ... if you steal,they lose revenue ... if they claim on insurance their insurance premiums sky-rocket and their revenue drops. The idea that there is such a thing as a 'victimless crime' is a fantasy made up by criminals to rationalise their immorality.
lol that’s right. I don’t understand the people who are like “these big companies are greedy so it’s ok to steal” as if they care about the little guy. What about the poor workers working for minimum wage and have to deal with the stress and danger of thieves at their jobs? Wouldn’t they feel unsafe?
Hold criminals accountable and things will get better.
BLACKS ARE NOR CRIMINALS THEY ARE SUFFERING FROM SLAVERY A OPPRESSION OF SECTION 8
razzist azz wypipo
Why is it racist to charge criminals
@@chuckbareika5478 Because crazy people on twitter and people who you elected for their blue color code told everyone so.
That will totally happen... LOL
I don’t blame target at all. I blame the thieves. They ruined everything.
Blame the politicians since they allow crime in order to privatize the police and eventually give to their masters the only power left: the right to violence, that the sole user of it should be the state, not a corporation. Take care yourself and protect the ones you love at all cost.
When you start a whole country on stolen land, it's kinda hypocritical to tell others not to steal. Also, capitalism creates poverty, so we can't be too surprised when poor people steal to survive.
Target's been one of the leading corpos in pushing the very soshul jizztizz garbage that led to it in the first place. They're really getting exactly what they deserve.
Targets liberal ideology helped enable this behavior imo. It's self defeating.
Those things always ruin everything
I cannot imagine any brick and mortar stores in these cities staying open.
Makes u worry that the thieves will just start robbing peoples homes when they have no access to stores.
They do that now. I had 3 home invasions.
@@kathyyoung1774 wtf....
@@kathyyoung1774 😬😬
yeah ,,,,,then get use to seeing dead bodys laying around ,your average joe isnt going to put up having there house being robbed
They will arm themselves and start raiding stores in the suburbs next.
In Florida, being part of a shoplifting ring is now 30 years in prison with exercise on a chain gang. Shoplifting is down, oddly enough.
That's not true lmfao
Quit lying trump cultist
If you do not hold these thieves accountable, they will move from business to business taking and stealing. As one business closes, they will go to the next business and so on and so forth until there will not be any businesses open. I have lived through the 70s,80s,90s and early 2000s and never saw this type of foolishness and never saw accountability and responsibility this low in our society. This is unbelievable !!!
First of all, Target is opening 6 new stores in NYC soon, according to their web site. One of them is in Harlem, the same neighborhood as this store that is closing.
Business Insider also wrote an article showing that other Targets in NYC have higher shoplifting rates, yet they're not being closed.
This is propaganda. NYC crime is much lower than it was in the early 2000s, 90s, 80s, and 70s.
democrat states
You are right, of course, but WILL "holding them accountable" change anything?. The Laws have always relied on the Social Contract, when you and I were young, everyone UNDERSTOOD, even the thieves, that it is wrong to steal each others stuff. They FELT guilt, you could MAKE them feel accountable.
However, the culture itself has changed to the point that the music, TV, movies, Public Discourse, everything, is twisted. People commit SERIOUS crimes and immediately start talking nonsense . . . and not because THEY thought up the nonsense, they absorb it in all the "sub-culture" films and music and TV.
You CAN'T hold someone to account if their mental geography interprets everything you do as directed against them with prejudice. The sort of people who shoplift, do NOT consider the rest of society has the right to stop them anymore. You CAN'T hold them to account because they don't think they are doing wrong, because of the (sub) culture that permeates their lives.
It is made perfectly clear in the associated (sub) culture of "Graffiti", they have just declared their damaging public property, and other peoples property, is "Art". And will literally scream in your face that you are denying them their "right" to practice their "art" and actually feel aggrieved WITH YOU when you call the police, or clean their damage away from your home.
They can NOT be "held to account" because they have a different story dominating their heads.
Did any of the facts he claimed prove to be false?.
I know that at least two of them are accurate.
And you offer nothing but silly insults . . .
HMMM. tRump supporter detected I suspect.@@gooser__43
The powers are LETTING it happen, so that we the people are willing to have to have their smart phone scanned (and eventually their hands or forehead) to even get into the store. They will say identification of customers and automatic digital payment is the only way to prevent the very theft that they brought about by the intentionally overly lenient policies.
I as a foreigner could never understand why stopping prosecuting crimes would be considered "progressive" in the states
Because progressiveism is socialism and these people only want things for free.
One word answer: decadence
Ask George Soros and the Democrat Party - he pays, they fill the DA offices.
@@m.m.m.4198 before any of that, you have a society without any problems which in turn creates idle minds and idle minds, "intellectuals", start thinking of stupid things that they believe will "improve" society further. These "intellectuals" become blind and disillusioned to practicality
I think the unfortunate but honest answer is the demographics and virtue signaling. Stopping prosecuting shop lifting primarily benefits the black community and if those 22,000 cases are wiped clean the police force and the justice system can say we prosecuting x% less African Americans than last year. Its an attempt to clean up their image of targeting black people.
I remember talks about food deserts and how “minorities were being discriminated against because companies wouldn’t setup infrastructure around them, it was a social issue, etc”
How much you wanna bet even after this it’s not going to be the fault of their own actions?
We know whos stealing, we cant just talk about it
Why can’t you talk about it?
Because we will be called racist
But the thieves are all races- white, black etc
Cambodians?!?!
Usual suspects
I'm a New Yorker and can tell you exactly why this is happening: lack of accountability from the criminals, the politicians, the judges and DA's and the the law enforcement. And of course, community as a whole.
Everyone knows who the problematic people in their neighborhood are, they either can't stand up to them or are complicit in the crimes. The whole ghetto culture has to end.
Gramps is right! It's the same people!
@@Dee-ps3um Gramps is 32. And I know I'm right. In NYC the biggest problem is the ghetto black and Hispanic. Most of the violent crimes are general problems are blacks and Dominicans.
You don't hear of Indian people or Chinese people stealing cars and catalytic converters or robbing people.
FACTS
It is surely is not helping.
@Dee-ps3um yeah white people doing all the looting
I remember a few years ago when cities started to just stop prosecuting thefts like these, and people laughed when others said that the stores will eventually leave if they see enough theft. Well it's happening, and now those same people who laughed are freaking out that their local grocery store is shutting down. This in NYC is not an isolated incident. Portland, San Francisco, other major cities who voted and chose this path are facing similar issues.
Progressives live in ideals not reality
same people who created the situation will turn around and blame "racism" for the fact that there is nowhere to shop or get food in these neighborhoods lmao
I'm in the SF area and totally agree, until folks start electing representatives that are tougher on crime these big cities are gonna turn into wastelands!
Makes no sense to not prosecute. Downtown SF is a ghost town. Businesses had to shut down due to theft.
We tried to warn them, but they seemingly wanted to double down in defiance. Look at them now.
Funny thing is that the people stealing from these stores are stores that are in there neighborhoods then they get upset when they leave🤣🤣🤣
They closed 4 Walmarts in Chicago, alot of thef.
I can't believe how many people still want to live in NY.
I cant believe how many new NY plates there are in my neighborhood in Texas lately... lol
@@baduino same in florida...
I agree i spent a summer there and that was more than enough for one lifetime
Hated pretty much everything about it
I'm black. In recent years it's become fashionable for activists to ignore this, or even worse, try to explain it away as "The unheard voices trying to feed their families" *THAT'S BULLSHIT* I came up poor. My parents would *NEVER* use that as an excuse to commit crimes. It's insulting to hard working black people everywhere who have to work for every dime to simply have someone take it.
It's the same with illegal immigration. There is a legal way to enter a country. Is it inconvenient? Yes. So is working your ass off to do things the legal way. But if we want to live in a society, not a jungle, we have to obey rules. Voting for soft on crime candidates will destroy a community. I don't get why this is hard to understand
FWIW, Malcolm X in the early 1960s (over 50 yrs ago) warned about white LIBERALS. Back then, society was dominated by white moderates & conservatives.
@aperson is 💯correct.
''I'm black.' Why are you buying into the narrative? Criminals come in all colours.
Alot of those illegal Immigrants pay taxes, work the jobs no one else wants too and are not thieves or criminals!
Very well said!
Target is a business and can close any store they want to close. Target is not a social support organization.
Totally agree. Especially considering the wages they pay. Pretty sure plenty of tax dollars help to make up for it.
They have so few workers there it’s no wonder theft is up lol
@@jadedavis822You think workers would or be allowed to stop the theft? lol
@@blingman78 you think the piggy brigade stops theft? lol.
@@Gee-xb7rt I don't even know what you are talking about bro
Im hooked on your style of reporting. Way better than traditional reporting
Because of them! Always them
You mean "those people"?
Blacks
trump cultists?
It’s honestly sad how a target saw a community that didn’t have much, tried giving them a decent store only for them to ruin it themselves
theyre disgusting things... not even human
Same is true for the housing that is given to _underserved communities._ I checked the dept of housing website for the apartment lotteries, and the earned income level was obviously low, but the apartments at least at that time were *new, shiny and NICE.* Or should I say, much nicer than my apartment that I pay 5 times as much for. My co-worker and I wanted to quit our jobs, live on the dole for a while and be entitled to nice apartments too. We called it the _low incentive plan_ (aka, why should we try at all to get ahead?)
lets be honest, they don't give a shit about the people that live there. Its a for profit corp, they're leaving because they're losing money...
and then they'll say that Target is racist for pulling out
Then cry discrimination
I used to work at target within their loss prevention department. Insurance does not cover theft/shrinkage and a lot of products at target are IOU’s from vendors. So basically the vendor pays target to stock and Target pays the vendor from the sale. If items get stolen before it’s sold, Target owes the vendor the full amount.
😮what??????
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its called net terms its how almost every business works with distributors. He used IOU since that is what the vast majority of ppl understand but the practice is not just common its the standard.
This is all by design to help push for online shopping that these companies are dumping money into, to decrease retailers overhead cost, reduce workforce, reduced shrinkage, tracking products to each individuals, collecting/selling more data, etc.
The writing was on the wall when they allowed for the minimum wage to be increased. It's like the government approves for Harriet Tubman or any black face to be on the U.S. currency. This means that the physical currency will be obsolete soon after because they're moving over to digital currency.
how iis theft not covered? its one of the only reason to have insurance. why pay for it then? if its required by law don't do business in that state, simple.
Walmart's is closing here in WA for the same reason .
Liberal politics are not supporting communities.
Imagine a society not enforcing basic laws
The people that are shoplifting are the same people that go on MSNBC and complain why there are no grocery stores in the ghetto
@@Legoman69469 I know 😂🤣
doom to collapse
have you heard? laws are racist, just let them steal.
@@schmiggidy like in Seattle during the riots
I'm a former New Yorker now living in Albuquerque, and the Walmart here also closed one of their stores due to theft. The interesting thing is that Walmart store closing was in an area also considered under served. Theft causing closing of stores, particularly in major cities, has become a national problem. The short-term thinking of thieves are destroying neighborhoods.
I suggest looking further into it, any time a corporation tells you something, assume they're lying. They care about profits, period. So if their stores aren't doing well sales wise, are they going to admit that to the stockholders, the board members and the public at large? Of course not. Truth is, Target isn't doing well for a lot of reasons. I go into this target in Manhattan and the one in the Bronx regularly, and they are almost always empty. Why aren't malls dying being blamed on "theft"? Amazon is killing traditional brick and mortar stores and Target is looking for a scapegoat that exonerates them of any problems. Was Blockbuster also closing and going bankrupt because of theft? Or was there something deeper at play there? Think about it.
We got the technology for it! They just gotta figure it out!
short term thinking of the politicians and those who vote for them to let the criminals off the hook. Its as simple as that
@@Riorozen because it's not profitable... they aren't making sales so they close. You think if people were stealing a bunch and they were STILL profitable that they would close? No, they would not. Why aren't the other stores in that mall closing? It's not an opinion, it's common sense.
As for financial statements, a private corporation doesn't have to show you anything, so no idea what people you're talking about. I looked into this too and there are no hard numbers for their sales at this particular location, only estimates.
I love when work sends us to Albuquerque, it’s guaranteed that our cars and rooms are getting broken into.
thank you!!! do you know how many youngsters need to here this?! im glad someone is taking the time to explain this, maybe more ppl will start becoming a part of the soulition
This is really sad because I was at this same Target last year to pick up last minute items for a Transatlantic move. My family lives in Bed Stuy so it was accessible via metro. I loved everything about that store and feel sad it won’t be there anymore when I fly back this year to visit. 😔
I used to work at a CVS near the santa monica beach so you can just imagine how many bums would come in daily to take stuff. We were just told to let it happen since its not a crime worth the trouble to deal with. My coworker (nicest lady ever) got reprimanded just for stopping a kid for stealing and telling his father. Some total BS.
So sad!
Thanks for protecting corporate profits.
@@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10 You sound just like the bums that come in to steal things that people actually need like baby products and self hygiene products. I guess we have you to thank for stores pulling out of areas where people really need them. A real life robin hood here guys.
@@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10 Corpo don't care. They will see loss of profitablity of a store and they will close it. No biggie for them. The real problem lies in people losing chance to earn a living and thiefs and bums create more thiefs and bums out of honest hard working people.
@@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10 If burglars kick down the front door of your home every day, and steal your hard-earned property, you will eventually pack up and leave. That is exactly what Target and other retail stores are doing. They are moving to places where civilized society still exists.
I recall kids getting locked up for stealing one lipstick. Now kids walk in grab as much as they can and nothing happens smh
if you think the former is better than the latter, then you are one sadistic person
My 84yr old mother, while in a store encounters rowdy kids. She told the gang of school age kids to get away from her, you’re not gonna like what you get. They did back off and soon thereafter left the store.
Bad ass granny. 😎
@@randommage1 our maybe certain races need to learn how to parent their goblins. Let's start punishing the behavior. "Victims" my ass. Most entitled group in America. 17% committing over 50% of crimes.
@@randommage1 shit, even here in NYC as recent as the 90s if you were caught stealing and you ran your mouth a bit too much to the officers that came to get you while you waited in the store room they will beat you, a couple of my friends caught that treatment, like they didnt beat the shit out of you but they will smack you if you keep at it talking shit to them, and depending how much they hit you they might not even book u, they let u go and warned you to never go to that store again. (i do have some example of NYC police officers really putting the hurt on some of my friends but thats another story).
Anyways if you support the latter, look what is doing to entire communities...jobs are lost, bad rep, housing goes down, other businesses wont open there, etc, etc, etc. Back in the day we werent saints but shit IF we could have "taken" up to 950 dollars worth of stuff with no consequences, a lot of us stupid kids would have taken advantage of this dumb law. My friend in San Francisco tells me he saw a thief with an actual big ass calculator (you know. the one you see in some offices) adding the shit he was stealing for it NOT to go over the max amount (i think it was 950 dollars, i cant remember) LOL picture that, isnt that retarded? like you are breaking your back every week to go to the supermarket carefully selecting your products and see a person with a calculator adding stolen shit and just goes out like that.....woulndt that affect you a bit?
True and we have mega wealthy people like the sack lets drifting and making addicts of millions get no jail time. I wonder where they learned that…
All it takes is some people to steal from the store like this over and over again and it ruins that community. It’s just sad.
It’s insane to me that the lawmakers and the District Attorney that advertised that they will NOT prosecute for anything less than $900 will not UNDO their stance on this after all the stealing, looting and smash and grabs that have happened.
Not the police fault. The lawmakers and DA are the ones who catch and release and won’t change the laws on this.
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Solving this theft issue is really not difficult. Start putting people behind bars, give them 5 years or 10 year sentences and crimes will drop the next day.
wont stop them.. allow NY'ers to constitutional carry and stop charging men doing the right thing. But that's not part of the plan to crash it and build up a marxist commie empire that will fail. Conservatives also want to rebuild 1776, many at least.. both hose ideas require the US to be decimated enough to rebuild in the first place and be in that power. People keep coping but there is no going back up. Relying on fiat currency will ensure the downfall and the inflation is over 30-40% now.
way to much time. first offender 1 year max. 2nd time 2-3 years. theft isn't comparable to manslaughter or sum
EXACTLY
Compassion is the cause not the cure.
Many blue cities, including NYC, voted for defunding the police, and no cash bail. Here in CA you can steal nearly $1000 worth of products, and if you're actually stopped, all you get is a FINE!!! This is what these crazy faaaaaar left liberal District Attorneys want. This is the world George Soros ushered in.
The people in the neighborhood who depend on stores like this are the real victims. The thieves don’t care.
The people in the neighborhood VOTED FOR THIS though. No sympathy for them.
@@BeautifulPinkFlowers The people of New York did not hold a vote to close this Target. Are you insane?
Appears that most people in this neighborhood are criminals.
@@justinreynolds6318 ahhh, please use your head, they voted for the fools who campaigned with “soft on crime” and “defund the police”policies that created this environment for crime to thrive. No sympathy.
Maybe Target shouldn’t just put all their shit out for people to grab without any security…
Maybe, especially in high crime areas, they should hire more employees for security and cashier positions.
If they don’t want to pay cashiers to ring up items and help deter theft, but they want to push “self checkouts” making customers do it themselves…
Then maybe Target brought this on themselves.
Customers aren’t paid to be cashiers, I don’t blaim them for not ringing up all their items.
Target themselves are to blaim for the thefts.
I love how Cash is tastefully playful. He's kinda goofy in this video from time to time but makes sure it's not overpowering his extremely important information.
I got caught stealing in high school….their loss prevention straight up jumped on top of us!
Well Costco doesn’t have the same shoplifting problem as Target because you have to be a member to enter and by being a member, they have your address and all your info. They have security at the entrance to check for membership and security at the exit to make sure you paid for everything. So I’m not really surprised that they don’t have the same problems as Walmart and Target.
Asides the fact that Costco items are heavy as a MF.
@@NiqueChristique hahahah
Target made themselves a target…..go woke, go broke!!!
The second they combined genders in one area to try on clothes I quit being their customer. Bringing in “trans” clothes sealed the deal forever.
Don’t blame the politicians… it’s the ppl who keep voting them to power !!
@@NiqueChristiquenot to mention the first rule of sams.. and costco.. there are no bags at costco
Perhaps instead of y’all coddling the shoplifters, your city/ state should’ve arrested them and prosecuted them. I don’t blame Target at all.
OK chief, and WHAT jail is there to house them when the existing jails are already legally overcrowded and nobody wants to either PAY for new jails, or wants a jail in THEIR back yard. Jamming 2000 inmates into a 100 year old facility built to house 900 max simply doesnt work
Yep!
@@HobbyOrganist The old TARGET space could be refitted into a very uncomfortable jail....I'm for that.
Okay, how about *You don’t pay a cashier to ring-up/bag my items and you aren’t paying me to ring-up/bag my items, then there’s no incentive to ring-up/bag items before leaving.*
This is absolutely Targets fault, if they took out self service checkouts and actually paid for cashier employees & security employees, then they wouldn’t be in this situation.
But I guess you’re right, the CEO deserved millions of dollars in pay last year instead of paying actual employees to work the stores and they’re not to blaim for their own problems at all!
Lookit Costco who pays for cashiers and Security and… oh my god, they don’t have the same theft problem as Targets & Walmarts???😲😲😲
HOW CAN THAT BE?
Yea, definitely, Target is not at fault at all🤡
@@ludovicleprinceroyal8721except Target is in a building with stores so that wouldn't work.
'That's why we can't have nice things.' TS
What they don’t tell you is that Target doesn’t prosecute. I worked at Target and we had multiple individuals on file that had stolen more than $20,000 worth of merchandise. AP would point them out to me, and they would follow them through the store and document what they took. But they never press charges. Even when they caught people, they would just take them to the back and trespass them. And the same people would come back the next day.
But it’s silly to think that is the only reason they were closing stores.
They lost a ton of money due to the boycotts over swimsuits.
What do you mean a "boycott over swimsuits"? 🤔
@@johnbriggs6203 look up "tuck friendly"
haha, I once was given a broken Rabbit Cage when I worked at Pet Smart. My boss said "Here throw this away and make sure it stays thrown away". I stomped it, wrote "Trash, don't FU$#%NG remove!!" on all 6 sides, bent the entire thing in half, and still had a hood walk in with it 5 seconds later after putting it in the dumpster saying "yeahz, I gots this rabbit see, and he like, got sick and sh$#, so I need return this here cage see." I blew up and got fired for spitting on the man and ripping his rear view mirrors off his popped airbag caddy.
Its amazing. They never expected America to change. Sounds like old people living in the past. When people had morals. Good they left. NYC is falling too gangs. Fast.
Its definitely a community / people problem. The quality of people we have here are declining, regressing even. I went to anywhere like Singapore, Japan and its a whole other surreal experience. I could leave my Bag on the table and go buy my food in Singapore and it'll still be there, The locals say its a normal practice. Absolutely ashamed of the quality of our people.
yeah same. the upbringing and quality of people has gone down. sad asf.
there’s nothing wrong with new york locals, the locals are the ones who respect Target and don’t want them to leave their community buddy get your facts right before you start insulting the quality of people. Most retail theft is as he he pointed out in the video are repeat offenders and something I found out thru research was there’s a whole lot of retail organized theft. Normal people aren’t stealing and normal people also aren’t defending the looting. Retail theft are people who are not locals just trying to cause mayhem
I think its already factually right out there for you to look up right now that the problems we have here are practically non existent to extremely rare to the aforementioned countries. Have you even been to those places yet? Of course im aware the percentage of good people outweigh those who do those shit. But in those countries, theres this level of mutual respect we dont get here. IF you disagree you're tripping. You are just taking it on a personal level buddy lol. @@NiamDennegar
@@NiamDennegar Love how this guy is defending the shoplifters saying its not locals? Have you asked if they are locals while they're committing the crime? So the New Yorkers that are hopping the subway ticket booths committing fare evasion, are those not locals either? NYC loses 690 million dollars a year to fare evasion. Plenty of that money could have been used to better the city but I guess people don't care about long term effects of their actions.
@@NiamDennegar Your delusional if you believe locals are not stealing… “Normal” people steal everyday and unfortunately it’s becoming more and more frequent.
Thefts happens even in online spaces as well. We have a big issue where people chargeback their credit cards after they received their item or services were already rendered. The companies have consumer friendly policies that side with the consumer and the businesses lose out 99% of the time. We, as a society, really need to do something about stealing but I’m unsure how to fix the problem.
Thieves don’t give a damn how their actions affect others. They just take and take. Only thinking for themselves while damning everyone else. Until there’s actual consequences enforced for stealing: they’re just going to continue to do it.
Blackies
When you start a whole country on stolen land, it's kinda hypocritical to tell others not to steal. Also, capitalism creates poverty, so we can't be too surprised when poor people steal to survive.
The CEOs and corporations and politicians are the ones stealing from all of us, and they keep taking and don't give a damn how their actions affect others.
Same could be said about the mass majority of citizens who refuse to vote the crooked politicians out of their city, they're just as liable as the thieves themselves.
@@bewhimsie1657They rob local stores too.
Hey that’s around my block!! Yeah thieves are out of control in this area ,were sad when they closed down target smh
This video is 3 months old now. The overall amount that was said it lost due to theft was redacted. Sales are low in general and ceo's banned together and blammed it all on theft.
Old habits die hard. Those thieves are dragging the entire community down. The youngsters who robbed the store should be ashamed of themselves. What comes around goes around.
Their mothers should be even more ashamed for raising hooligans. We all know their fathers aren't around.
The government passed laws helping the thieves
They might shame if they even understand what shame is . This is why pandering shamelessness is BAD .
They were never taught what shame is, nor accountability.
Its not the thieves its the ones not going after them.
Remember the time when you walked into a store and there’d be a sign posted at the entrance or behind the counter that read, “Shoplifters will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” What ever happened to that?
Democrats
Yes!, they had it in the dressing rooms!
Stealing has become a good thing in states that wont prosecute, it's all about giving, giving, giving even though theses losers won't work for a living it's accepted, this is what America is becoming, it is absolutely horrible. This administration and Democrats promote, rioting, stealing, tearing down r monuments, looting, murdering, and attacking people with no consequences. We r a lawless nation, we will NEVER recover.
Bail reform.
The laws were changed or the legal apparatus simply ignored them. And the people complaining about the store closings are the exact same people that voted for the politicians that promised to make those changes and they voted for the mayors and DAs that vowed to ignore the laws and decline to prosecute in the name of reform. They have done it to themselves as the height of ignorance and folly.
I used to live in a small town.
The family dollar in my area would sometimes get theft and the workers would show me. It would be stupid stuff like half a bottle of giant handsoap. ( I guess they had another container to put it in)
As someone who doesn’t steal, this concerned me for at least two reasons.
1. Why should have to pay more for things like milk, and also, 2. how do I know what I’m buying isn’t already half gone?
At least the workers knew me there and knew I wasn’t going to steal even when I was broke. A couple of times, I tried to put something back because I couldn’t afford it, and the workers would buy it for me, just because they appreciated that I wasn’t stealing anything.
So sad for the people losing their jobs.
Target is a horrible job, it’s all up from here for those people
Reports say they will be able to transfer but that probably won’t be logical if they have to travel a long distance just to keep a job at target.
Last week I went to target and asked what time they close, she spoke no English whatsoever. None. I asked her, in Spanish of course, how long she's lived here... 8 YEARS!
That's 8 years of living in a country what welcomed you into their borders and in 8 years she couldn't learn basic English.
That's part of what's wrong with America. Close your borders Europe.
@@JS-bn4vxTrue! Cash did say delivery may be the needed method for people to get what they need, but again those shoppers will have to find the customers product orders farther away than the local area, very ssad!
I heard talk at my local Target about carts and baskets going missing, and yes even the detergent and a good amount of HBA product is behind lock and key, something I hadn't seen before my last visit.
If you voted Democrat it's your fault!!!!!
Retail theft has grown exponentially since the pandemic. Loss prevention officers cannot touch shoplifters and they know it. I’ve worked in retail for forty years and have never seen it this bad. If a company decides to close a store because of it good for them. Too bad for the people who will lose that store but there really is no choice. It’s horrendous.
Nothing to do with the pandemic, its gotten worse in areas that refuse to prosecute, refusing to prosecute is essentially making theft legal. That kinda theft isnt happening in places that actually charge them
That no touch rule is kind of dumb so what's the point in having a guard there? Not saying they should be at them up but they should be allowed to grab the merchandise away from them and if they fall they fall they shouldn't have been stealing. They should also be allowed to detain them until police come
the reason theirs a no touch rule is because if the shoplifter punches stabs the loss prevention officer that comes out of the companies pockets. and to clarify these loss prevention officers aren't police officers their not even allowed to carry pepper spray taser etc. if they want to approach someone they need to contact police and wait for them to arrive. but by than the shoplifters gone @@tbrown2539
they Cant touch them but whats stopping others
@@drewo-co7xc she isn't blaming the pandemic, she's using it to mark the time this new wave of theft began.
Target are in trouble in Australia its call going broke ......Maybe they should listen to their customer .
Closing a store and blaming it on shoplifters is embarrassing LOL Why aren't the other stores closing? I wonder why that is?
It’s so sad you can tell the ladies voice she cared about her job and cared about the store and now she is the one who suffers of this terrible situation. I hope she transfers or has another job lined up.
She knows its NOT RIGHT. we are at a point where this stealing is becoming socially acceptable.
closing stores because of the thieves won't stop them but will just send them to other stores to destroy and hurt the good honest citizens working and shopping there.
pretty sure she's protected by unemployment on the company's behalf until they find her a job.
us federal government takes care of legitimate citizens
No doubt she voted for this.
@@user-xz6qc5ej2rReally?
Like Lahaina?! 🔥
as much as I hate Costco's membership fee, I think all stores are going to have to start doing this.
The membership fee is honestly just a drop in a bucket of water if you shop there frequently. Especially for a family.
In my country, membership shopping has lot of benefits for just 10$ a year. the best for me is I get free haircut and shave every time I buy groceries or just a beer.
We literally have people stealing tvs and such at our local Sam’s club even with memberships.
@@AbdussalamMisbahudeen Especially because with the higher membership, if you shop there enough, the membership pays for itself
It’s 60 bucks a year for the gold membership stop complaining
Seems like three-fifths was pretty generous
Target will become an online store that operates out of the same building. The employees they have now will facilitate the online package mailings from that location. Hopefully. Or
Maybe Target should require card membership.
It’s sad. Shoplifters don’t care. They will just go to other neighborhoods. I was in a DT and this guy walked in, took out a plastic bag, started filling it up and walked out. He saw me and didn’t hesitate to stop. That’s happened in a popular drug store chain as well. There was a line at the prescription center and a guy started stealing and there were 5 or 6 of us that saw this. They don’t wear masks, don’t care there are cameras. Real bold.
Next time you should vote Republican.
Hell.... You put these guys in jail for a month or two,for shoplifting,and you are actually doing them a favor!!! That is when the city and the system all lose,cause,the shoplifter hasn't got nothing to lose!
The underserved community made short work of their stores
Bold is right! Those thieving slugs don't care about shit! They think they are entitled to free shit bottom line!
You can literally get written up for trying to confront shoplifters
*I went to that Target in NYC. I saw a man walk out with a bag full of things without paying. I pointed to him and told the security man about what he was doing, and he just nodded and went back on his phone. This is why there's so much stealing; they practically don't give a shit.*
Sadly, security can’t even stop them legally. They could sue for unlawful detainment. Nothing you can do except to not open a target in communities that think stealing is ok to do.
Should've asked the security if you could give me a pass to steal too 😂
The sad downfall of NYC.
I think it's more complicated. A friend told me last year that the DA won't bother prosecuting petty theft (items valued less than $1000). Why bother chasing that man when he won't be prosecuted anyway?
The security is not at fault at all. This is a corporate issue sadly and they make the rules for employees and security not to say jack shit. That's the honest truth to why a lot of businesses lose money
I'm in the Detroit area and watch people leave Home Depot and Lowe's with full carts. Just walk right out the door.
A security guard tackled a man in Addidas sandles. The dude broke free and ran off in his socks. Security guard probably lost his job for doing his job. He recovered the merchandise even though the guy got away.
And damn near everything is chained and/or locked so you have to wait x amount of time for someone to unlock a paddle bit smh.
Most security companies have policies on not blocking or touching people. So he probably lost his job for violating policy which is not doing his job. Security is there to deter, observe, report, notify the police. They cannot physically stop a shoplifter without repercussions, as per the law that is written.
I don't agree with it, but I don't make up the rules.
Hear me out. Target leaving means more mom and pop shops can open up. They won’t need to compete with the giants
How will they stop shoplifting? They can't afford rent, stock shelves, pay employees, utilities security etc. U have to fix the problem u can't avoid it and just hope it stops
I work as a manager at a big pharmacy/ health store and we are told if you see someone stealing offer help and if they tell you to “F” yourself then let them go. The stores in the city you see people walking out with stuff right in their hands like boxes of diapers or big packs of Bounty and they know they can do it with no consequences. Now if I find $1.00 on the floor and pick it up and put it in my pocket, I could get fired!
Yup you don’t mess with dangerous people.
“Cool man enjoy your mouth wash, never saw ya, have a good day!”
Not worth getting shot for a giant corporation or for any “item.”
They have insurance to cover the loss why dye over something stupid?
Everything that happens bad is the world is because of black people just ask black people. MyPillow is going out of business because of black people. Black people were slaves to white Americans because of black people. The war in Israel and Gaza is because of black people. The war in Russia and Ukraine is because of black people. Black people made Brett Farve still over $88 million US dollars from the poorest black people in the America. Black people are blamed for everything when it's really white people who should be blamed for everything. Oh, I forgot it's black people that caused the collapse of Venezuela economy so the Venezuelan could be immigrants in the US's black community happening now in 2023 whites are not responsible for anything. It's also black people who crucified white Jesus Christ.
@@Indicadores-de-problemas Insurance in some areas will not cover theft of goods, only the structure and employees.
Insurance doesn't cover looting PLUS high insurance rates will be increased and the profits will be dropping quickly. Then the store closed!!@@Indicadores-de-problemas
I bet the book section was untouched at target
and the sunscreen section...
Black thangs don't read they don't know how
i bet the chicken section was though
they don't even have much of a book section in target and walmart. Barnes and Noble is where it's at
seasonal items used to come in months before hand and just sit in the back until time was right. Betting the candy was already there and they just need to get rid of it anyways
Shoplifting is bad for stores especially target in New York city. Shoplifting has ruined target in that city. That makes us angry but we will get used to it. Thanks a lot shoplifters for ruining that awesome store.
Similar thing is going on in Portland Oregon. A couple Walmart stores are closing due to shoplifting. It's leaving a lot of people (especially seniors that don't drive) without an affordable place to shop nearby. 😢
More opportunities for smaller business to take over; question is will shoplifters respect their establishment?
@@Valentien23 i'm assuming you didn't watch the whole video
@@Valentien23 ha haha HAHAHAHAHAHA....oh, you're serious?
You think smaller businesses are magically immune to theft? It doesn't take much to bring down a smaller business compared to a big retail chain when it's targeted by thieves constantly.
@@jac1207and worst part is that even if owner kicks thief out, he can be the one bullyed by authorities or attacked. How to defend small store if group of violent people get in? No way for normal people.
i wonder what color they are
you know who they are
My little sister works at Barnes & Noble (book store) and theft has been very bad this year. This past week a guy came in 2 times and stole almost their entire collection of BERSERK which was over $1300. The 3rd time the guy came with a duffel bag, they called the police and mall security and the guy dropped the bag and ran. They also have a high number of theft of the legos they sell. I’m glad the Targets and Walmarts where I live are ok. The laws need to be harsher for repeat offenders of theft.
Comic book?
Amen
Resell! Comic collection and Lego has value.
I'm surprised thieves know how to read
@@MASTEROFEVILnah, they just know someone they can pawn it to or sell online for quick cash
The Petsmart went first, Burlington gets hit all the time. Isn't there a target on 2nd ave midtown? That one has a cop outside almost all the time weekly, good place to shop for those who don't want to go to BX.
Who tf steals from pet smart ? 😂😂😂 oh ya that’s right the usual suspects
Stores receive their holiday items a month or so in advance so that is the reason you are seeing Hallowen items out there. Since you mentioned they have cleared out the back stock, that means it all has to go out. Also, price tags have to reflect the current prices, which is why they have to be tagged properly, no matter what.
No big mystery.
I grew up in the projects. I went back the other day after having moved out two years ago. Entire shopping centers are abandoned. Our target just closed, our mall is vacant inside, we have nothing. We have a Costco and a movie theater left. And fast food galore.
The reoffending few ruin it for the working parents, the people trying to get back in their feet, etc… Terrible
The quality of people in the projects. But when you say suburbanite people are better, everyone gets offended. Sure there are good people, but the bd actors give thearea its reputation. Then whenc ops come to ask, no one knows nothing, no one saw nothing.
@@Axrover There are plenty of good people on the projects who are unfortunately down on their luck. I knew many good and respectable families that were my neighbors. Some come up in life and move out, some never get a leg up.
There are also plenty of bad apples that ruin good things for the rest of us. They rob and assault, and when there’s no more work because all of the stores have closed down, desperate teens turn to gangs and crime for money and protection. And so the life cycle of the ghetto goes on.
I also knew many bad apples who turned their lives around before even reaching adulthood. It’s a complicated issue, growing up in that kind of environment
@@Waryfaerie no ot isn't. I grew up poor and illegal. We survived on my mom's minimum wage job and side hustles. None of us turned to crime. So I have 0 sympathies for people like that. It's a choice. As for the there are good people in projects. I said that. But the silent majority is irrelevant when the loud minority causes bedlam and they refuse to move a finger to fix it, refuse to xondem it and blame businesses for leaving and cops for a overpowering and not stopping crime. They talk out of both sides of their mouth but never enough to stop or even criticise the rotten minority that is ruining their lives. So those that can get out. So yeah the majority are good peoples. But as they are silent on the issue they are irrelevant.
The quality of people in the projects . No good 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Waryfaerie Thieves will mostly remain thieves. Rising out of poverty will not stop them stealing. If anything they learn to become 'white collar criminals' when they move up the ladder.
I stole when I was 19 went to prison and my life has been miserable. I'm 36 now and my life is still miserable and I haven't committed any crimes since, not even a parking ticket. Now I watch how people get away with theft and it blows my mind. I got what I deserved for sure and learned from it 100% but damn. Was it all for nothing?
how long did you go to prison?
@@hayleyshearer9631 3 years in prison and waited in county to catch chain for about a year.
@@hayleyshearer9631 I stole from a boss who owed me about $12,000 in pay. I should have went and talked to a lawyer about it. But me being a dumbass decided that stealing was the better option. Dumb.
_a background check shouldn’t even be able to still pull that up. You can look into it being expunged._
Oh! That would have been so immensely horrible to deal with, especially when it was without malicious intent!!@@Heroshi-Hazuki
Stores in Chicago are cutting off access to Self Checkouts, and things are blocked off. There are also 4 or 5 migrant shelters in the community.
You have to be a member to shop at Costco and they have people at the door checking receipts. It cuts down on all the riff raff and theft.
How is this not being taken more seriously? I swear car thefts keep getting away with it, and so are shop lifters. Even if they are caught, Prosecutors keep letting the robbers go.
its not being taken more seriously because that is exactly what the people in these states (in this example, NY), voted for. Same thing in california. They decriminalized drugs, and for a while all the druggies and hippies loved it. Now you watch a townhall and you see everyone begging for more police , begging to take drugs away. Begging for their lives. people are getting murdered , od , raped, left to rot. You give people "more freedom" there will always be some people that abuse the shit out of it. I hope all this makes people realize how necessary law enforcement and strict enforcement is for our country. if you live in one of these places get out and get to a sanctuary state somewhere in the south like florida or texas. You can live in a major democratic run city which is still 10x better run then new york, cali, illinois, etc.
Weak government
Mostly from the same d foreign country r. Just , drugs, crime, laziness! Successful just on the destroying on their path.
People dont steal for no reason unless youre claiming 3200 stores were mass robbed by a group of Kleptomaniacs lmao
@@bavingates2502 so just because someone is struggling they can steal? sorry pissing your life away being unproductive or being addicted to drugs doesnt give you a free pass. and yes ALL of those stores are experencing theft
The reason this didn't happen in the past was shown in the movie "Cool Hand Luke". Luke was caught stealing from parking meters and got sentenced to two years on a chain gang building and repairing public roads. Arrest the thieves and put them on a chain gang for a year or two "to get their mind right, and I mean, RIGHT!" After word spreads, the thieves will stop ripping off retailers.
We are past due for bringing in Law and Order. They sent people to jail for smoking pot but won’t but a thieves in prison. How does that make sense?!
There are a lot of thieves. Were not talking some 23 year old mother. These perpetrators are thugs and greedy neighborhood women. Look at the news reels. Do you have any idea how expensive it would be to process so many criminals? Taxpayers are the funders of prosecution. Figure that one out.
I live in NYC..they no longer arrest you if you shoplift less than 900.00.
But that would be racism, 'cause the perps are all Black.
Sadly NYC is not what it once was. Years of bad policies have finally taken its toll. My nabe is a sea of empty stores. Hope my Target stays open.
Only other thing they could do which is next to impossible is have employees assigned to each department with everything locked up and check out with people cashiers at that section. Or do a mobile order and pickup service only but that would take away from the experience. And have extra security and loss prevention at all times like Walmart
The result of this will be big stores employing new technology… I remember almost 20 years ago, stores were looking at tbe possibility of using almost undetectable nfc ‘dust’ tags on each item that would be scanned as you walked your trolly through a special archway. If you had to use a debit card to get into the store in the first place, which pre-authorised a set amount before you started shopping and that amount being charged after you exit.
People can’t even dare to call out why this happening to their city. They will blame someone else or the company but not the politicians there. You get what you vote for.
They can't blame the politicians because then, if one were to follow the logic of how they were voted in, a lot would have to end up looking at themselves to blame. And they simply cannot be that self-aware.
The "culture" that allows thievery without putting a stop to it is to blame.
I see the black culture specifically causing most of this crime but we can't say that.
@@paulg1759 Just like you voted for Biden... sit and reap what you saw buddy
@@_trust9994 and why would I vote for ANYONE in ANY of mankind's earthwide governments? sorry, you are wrong. see, I understand the story of Adam and Eve and their rebellion against God's rule. if you wish to think that we can rule ourselves that is on you, your decision. you can ignore mankind's history of wars, violence, hunger, diseases, crime if you want. I, however don't ignore the issue. therefore, i don't vote and join in their rebellion. try again.
Also, I am not sure how you read my comment and concluded I voted a certain way. Does reading comprehension evade you?
why is politicians to blame? i'm seeing citizens doing the theft, not the government
I totally get what you say Cash. But Target isn’t leaving just for the hell of it. They’re not leaving to destroy the community it’s serving. It’s leaving because NY’s government allows shoplifters to commit crimes with no repercussions thus they have to leave. Instead of focusing so much on Target leaving, maybe focus more on the thieves and the government that’s allowing these crimes to go unpunished.
Exactly
A new Target store is gonna open in Central Harlem 😂
You mention Costco doesn't have as many problems with theft as target etc but you pretty much answered it earlier in the video. Costco has a gatekeeping tool aka Membership fees, and it's a store that primarily sells in bulk. They also just like Sam's does I would imagine have people that check that you have proper membership at the door and reciept checkers when you leave. I know it's like that where I come from. It's a shame that these thieves who don't give a damn about the consequences for the whole neighborhood, just making a tiny bit of money. This is your reward if they go unpunished and it's supported.
Ha, I used to live on Astoria Blvd with my wife, our first apt.
a few days ago i was having a conversation with someone who has the mindset that "if i see someone stealing, no i didn't" we were talking about essentials, baby food, diapers, toilet paper etc. She believed it didn't matter, that the company makes millions, so these $20 items don't matter. I tried explaining that it may not hurt the company as a whole, but it hurts the local stores and employees. If a store isn't making plan, they cut hours, they start cutting hours for the part timers first, so someone who works 20-30 hours a week could now only be working 10-20 which is money they likely need. They start getting rid of positions, they do what they can to bring in profit to keep the store running. All she took from that was "they're punishing employees for things out of their control" and it just makes me so sad knowing she was so desperately trying to justify and run around from the fact that theft is hurting the local employees. Target closing is a direct result of the "i didnt see anything" mindset.
Or they will say that incarceration is racist because a higher percentage of blacks are in jail.
Nevermind the sales taxes the leftist government loses, Millions! Much of of it for social services...
automated checkouts are taking more out of employees pockets than the theft that's a tax write off for them.
@@aspcia tax writeoffs are pointless without a profit which also serve to pay wages ...
Ignorance abounds.
Whenever a community decides that punishing crime isn't a priority, they deserve to lose stuff like this. You don't get to have nice things while doing nothing to prevent people from taking advantage of those nice things.
They actively support it. They love their broken policy and deserve every bit of it.
Just don't be surprised when they whine about it when it fails, and blame everyone but themselves.
They should have hired police to stand on the door with AR 15s maybe this will make them think twice about grab and run.
Yes indeed ~ Ghetto theives😂🎉!
My thought is mega stores that is worth millions are to cheap to hire proper security so it is their fault.
@@Critique808 In that case then this is a good thing. We should soon see a sudden boom of local mom and pop stores in these areas.
In NY you can't even accuse them. I watched a thief walk out with a trash bag filled with merchandise, called them a thief and was written up by managers at kohls. They pull up in vans or Uhauls and the driver waits while they fill up with Nike products then drive away. Police get their picture and license plate. Courts refuse to prosecute. DA's, Judges, Mayors and crappy governors refuse to do anything. They only act like they care when a store gives up and closes. Police hands are tied by bureaucrats. So keep voting for democrats let those stores close. Order through USPS and FedEx and then let the porch pirates have your stuff. Its a win win situation for thieves who were brought up without any morals or knowledge of right and wrong.
Mass theft has been happening since Covid. My Bklyn neighborhood too. It's a shame. Can't run a business when inventory just walks away. If people paid attention to real problems instead of playing politics, then stuff like this wouldn't happen.
I remember all the dummies saying “that’s why they have insurance” when all these thefts were being reported on. 😂 they really thought insurance was gonna just keep paying for their loot.
That might be what happened, their insurance might have cancelled their policy.
@@herschie91 predator-prey equilibrium has *left* the chat.
The cost is pass on to the customer.
Dummies = 👩🏿🦲 oh lawd
yes, it does hurt the companies, it adds up, it is that bad, it messes up inventory, when a store buys products from a manufacturer or distributor, that costs money, and things get stolen, thats a loss in profit for the company / manufacturer AND the stores, this is part of why prices are going up and stores are going away.
This is incredibly sad. The people who steal from the store are hurting their own community.
alot of the shoplifting is from homeless people that dont have a life. there are a few that arent homeless that have money that chose to steal anyways. I live in washington state. I seen a homeless guy stealing watermelons. stuffing them in his gunny sack. my sister saw a woman push a shopping cart full of gorceries out of the store without paying and no one did a thing about it. if these shoplifters were held accountable for stealing no stores would be closing. sad but true.
They are a selfish and thoughtless people.
Their own community created this situation. They raised children with no rules and no respect. They demonstrated little self-control to these kids and usually no work ethic. They further elected the same democrats for decades- always those that promised the most free stuff and the least responsibility. Those that promised "criminal justice reform" that has led directly to the massive surge in retail theft and looting. I guess, looking back, all those policies that landed criminals in jail and kept them in there weren't racist but smart.
@@cvn6555 A lack of money probably has just as much to do with it. If not more.
There are plenty of kids from middle class families with no rules and no respect. But they don't steal from target. Instead they use their parents credit cards to feed their Fortnight addiction.
Also "those policies that landed criminals in jail and kept them in there weren't racist but smart", is flawed to stay the least.
Those policies take away fathers. They break up families. If you really want to fix the situation, then shorten the time those men spend in Prison. But make them do mandatory vocational training once they get out. Make them learn plumbing, or make them learn to be a electrician, or a carpenter.
Then Kids will have a mother, and a father. Then we'll see the earning power of those families increase. And instead of stealing from Target. Those kids are just gonna be spending money on Robux, or Loot crates like middle class kids do.
Their culture is a cancer to humanity. The level of ignorance is mind boggling. There is no accountability for their actions. This the DEMOCRATIC PARTY policies at work.
Target prepares freight shipments months in advance, if it’s already ordered there is no canceling it the store will receive. Likely why they had so much seasonal stuff.
I’m not putting down anybody . But this is really sad , you can’t blame these stores for leaving and these young kids do not understand the magnitude of what they done . A fair amount of the people who shop at these stores do not use or have credit cards or debit cards , when these stores close they can’t simply buy everything online like everyone else . Many people will have to travel an hour to go into different areas to do certain types of shopping . I’ve seen neighborhoods lose all of their grocery stores and pharmacies . More and more large retailers are leaving these cities and types of situations. As a lifelong New Yorker I can see the damage first hand . All so these young punks can steal a little garbage that’s doesn’t change their lives in the long run ,
Bunch of fools. The people in those communities need to hold themselves accountable for this.
It falls on Target to add extra security. Maybe a sally port? Regular customers may be unhappy with this but, if you make it unpleasant for the thieves…
How are you proposing they hold themselves accountable?
This Target have uniformed police stationed on the inside, that has been the case for several years. I've never gone in there and not seen a police officer.
Which communities? It happens all over. I live in an affluent neighborhood and it happens here as well.
White people? They were never held accountable.
I saw the same kind of problem in San Francisco downtown, where shops are closing down because of the theft.
One of the reasons why it happened was they made the law saying that less than $900 of shop lifting is not charged as a serious crime in California.
And the employees are told NOT to deal with the shop lifters. So they do whatever they want and a lot of businesses are decided to close the stores. It’s sad 😢
We have the greatest prison population in the world. It's not the solution you think it is.
voters are getting what THEY voted for
yeah lets have crime run rampant @@aspcia
@@NeoSoulCrew Not what I said.
@@NeoSoulCrew yeah, let's put anyone who jaywalks into maximum security prison
One of the 'Community residents' said; 'If Target closes, where are the people gonna go to shop'? She left off the word 'Lift', which is the problem. She couldn't bring herself to call out the 'culture"!
Seasonal items are ordered nearly a year before the season they are for.
Communities are only “underserved” because they shoplifted themselves out of stores.
My cousin worked at a gas station in a high crime area. She was behind bulletproof glass. Customers paid first and got what they wanted through a window.
Until criminals are put in jail, and there are consequences for shoplifting, it’s a game of whack-a-mole. 😟
False. And I'm not giving a history lesson in a comment section lol, but look up food deserts. It happens everywhere.
@aspcia nah he's right you're wrong.
@@aspcia You live in a "food desert" because the demand for airbrushed fingernails, hair weaves, designer clothes, used luxury cars and fast food poison is higher than the demand for groceries.
@@aspciayoure not gonna give one because you're not smart enough and you're too busy supporting criminals that hurt minorities the most. Why do you want black and brown people to suffer so badly?
@@Im_With_Stupid
Those things you listed are things that can not be stolen on a large scale. Groceries and items sold at target/Walmart can be.
Unfortunately when the black people in the communities report crime, the criminals are back on the streets within hours and retaliation occurs.
I don't live in the hood, but because I'm black I am aware of what's happening there.
You sound like you watch a lot of tv.
Target doesn't have to explain anything to anyone. I think everyone is smart enough to figure this out. It is a horrific shame of the number of low life that feels entitled to take what they want because they still think they should get everything for free. They have done this to themselves.
Yet they are woke asf and contribute to the degeneracy issue that we have with their extreme liberal woke agenda
There was a lady stealing from WM today. She hid her stuffs under her baby car seat with the baby blanket over it.
So what you're saying here?
I hate to say it but Target is one of these woke companies who helped usher this kind of behavior in. Most of the people in NY vote for this kind of stuff. They only vote Democrat and vote to defund the police.
@@assassin8636@ assin8636: Mssandybeach comment is clear: Be smart.
I was wondering why retailers arent hiring more private security but I still see why they have to leave these areas with high theft and dont want to get sued for accidentally hurting one of the shoplifters.
Closed My automotive repair due to Covid, Most small biz closed, bills do not stop even tho the usa is closed .
I come from a generation were to be designated a thief was a thing of great shame, especially in poorer communities. It was shameful to have a thief or a person who didn’t repay their debts in your family thus we tended to police ourselves. Even as a child I remember being told to never cause the police to come to our door. Of course I would get into mischief but it was mild I was more scared of my mum than any Bobby. Not the sack with her wooden spoon but the weeks of endless nagging that would accompany the arse battering she would have given me if I had ever stolen anything. We have only had bread and dripping to eat on some days or believe it or not a salt and pepper sandwich but as mum used to say poor does not mean dishonest. I’m not ancient only 64 but bloody hell where has the self respect gone.🙁
You had dripping and you're only 64?
That is White culture. Whites shame thieves. Blacks glorify them. That is a fact. Michael Brown. George Floyd, Trayvon Martin etc. Whites like 5 yr old Canon Hinant who was shot in the head by a Plaque are forgotten and ignored while druggy Floyd has statues in his honour.
I miss my mayonnaise sandwiches...
Were u from the bronx by any chance? I think theres a certain demographic thats is the problem
you come from a generation when businesses largely covered their workers' needs, including things like healthcare. look around. look at what people are driving, eating, and the desperation on their faces as they pay $300 for what cost $90 5 years ago.
Theft is rough. Shoplifting to survive is awful. Be mad at the right people, and it isn't the mom who took an extra cheese to feed her kids.
The people knows who is responsible. They need to inform the authorities and hold them accountable.
Some are reckless but alot of them are homeless and or drug addicts as well. I live in Harlem and witness a theft daily. Very sad
it's a misdemeanor for things stolen under like 900 or 1000 dollars. police may arrest them. but they'll be back on the streets right after. democrats want people out of jails and it comes at the expense of theft and stores closing
DEmocrats and diversity
@@silentmajority8365 You don't have to make everything about politics. You will because you have nothing useful to say, but you don't have to.
@@RP.123 I read that some gangs use the homeless to steal in the stores. That way there's no risk for them.
My wife is there now (NYC) and said the difference just in one year since she was last there, is noticeable. Swarms of people living on the streets. People seem angry. She is coming home day after tomorrow and for the first time I've ever seen her on her trips to NYC, she said she can't wait to leave. Not "I can't wait to get home". It's "I can't wait to leave this city."
But it's okay, voters there say "it's Trump's fault". So they have it all sorted out. I guess.
That is interesting about Costco not having that same issue. I think Target could consider checking IDs at the door which could help.
Stuff is ordered months ahead. They still like that everywhere. I worked at Walmart for 13 years in SC. They would run out the door with TV's. They need police at the stores instead of security. They need to up the punishment for shop lifting. That is one reason prices go up. They used to steal gas . That is why you have to prepay now.
I work in a retail store and we had Halloween candy at the last part of August. And we started getting Christmas candy, decorations and wrapping paper around the first of October this year 😏
This was they idea of the founding fathers, that citizens could be secure in their papers, effects, and property (Ref. 2nd Ammendment). Then they also secured the right to a fair & speady trial by a jury of your peers (aka. community).