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- Undercover surveillance teams at shopping centers across the country are trying to crack down on organized retail theft. NBC News’ Miguel Almaguer was given rare access to covert operations with the Los Angeles Sheriff Department’s retail theft task force and the California Highway Patrol.
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#Theft #Crime #OrganizedCrime
What’s the point of “arresting” them if you’re not gonna charge them and just release them in a few hours?
Exactly
Because all they have to tell their voters is that they're "arresting" shop lifters and the voter cant put together that they've to be charged.
He says it's the laws.. theft under 900$ is a petty crime.
The US has highest incarceration rate in the world. You can build more prisons to house them, or change society so there is
less reason the steal, less poverty, better education, social services, community networks.Apparently prisons are more profitable.
Any programs to help the situation are labeled welfare, socialism, or even communism. Congress voted to remove the funding for
imprison
Thats why police have not been going all out on arresting them. Its basically a waste of their time. People cry that they don't do their job but why bother if these people are just let back onto the streets. Think about it, it's a joke
these should be reclassed as organized crime. billions are lost, hundreds of thousands of people lose their jobs, stores close all over the country, and yet the people causing this are charged with petty theft.
All part of diversity
Politicians are letting this happen on purpose. Once the small businesses, and brick and mortar stores are closed down guess who’s left? Amazon and Walmart
California voters passed the $950 law @@peters4115
Hour ago? Comment wow you people are on it 😂 la got the short end of the stick 😂 sorry they tricked me again
They won't reclassify it as organized crime because they don't think minorities are smart enough to organize for crime because when you think of organized crime you think of white mafioso of Italian descent, or possibly Russian or Irish descent
Retail theft will continue until you treat this as if its a crime and actually put people in prison and not just release them over and over.
I was law-enforcement officer for only four years. It was heartbreaking to watch you put 12 hours into a case of arresting a group of people and then watch the judge just throw it out and let them go free.
When the judge house been rob. You give them 12 hours
I don’t believe you understand how laws work then.
@@Petergalvanin cases like this where there is theft in California. A vast majority of the time the district attorney or judge will throw out the case. There’s many times it has been documented and as a country Americans should be ashamed of what’s going on in California.
I feel your pain. I'm retired Po
@@Petergalvan I don't believe you understand how a States Attorney has leeway to prosecute, or not... and how its affected the absolute skyrocketing of crime and associated inflation.
Sad part is all this for prosecutors and judges to still not hold them accountable.
California voters passed the bad law
BLM Protected class
That's exactly where the problem is. It will never stop until charges stick and they pay for their crime (years in jail).
Correct, keep in mind that most of the prosecutors and judges are elected by the people.
Keep in mind criminals vote too as well as criminal sympathizers
"If it's $950 or under, it's considered a misdemeanor."
We're very aware of your loophole in the system. now we want you to fix it.
Stealing is stealing if its $9.50 , or $950. California is an open air insane asylum.
California voters directly passed that proposition
@@slomo4672 California voters loves this policy. why fix this. Vote Democrats.
There are still punishments for misdemeanors. I don't know why people keep perpetuating the lie that you can still commit crimes if they're misdemeanors.
California people should not be allowed to vote. Other states should do it for them. They are all too high anyway even if they still had a brain cell left to make any judgements. @@slomo4672
Interesting how you don't see any Florida cities on the list. Palm Beach has some of the highest value stores as NY and LA but nothing. It was tried and the sheriff's department came down with a vengeance and put a stop to it.
Theft should never be tolerated.
Shops should make it clear to their employees that they shouldn't stop thefts and are not liable in any way if they do. But if an employee does fight back to stop the thieves, there shouldn't be any repercussions.
That WILL NOT HAPPEN. it sets the precedent for fraud where all liability is on the owner now. medical bills, and more. man when i was in New York, these Hispanics have it down to a science. they know who own the chop shops, junk yards, and local clinics they have it to where whatever the insurance pays can be direct deposited to your bank regardless of what accident happened or even cash after they take their own cut. No owner will take that risk, and no insurance will want to insure that owner if they have a history of allowing employees to take that risk. the only person that can do it, is the owner.
@@ThatsOPV If an employee does in fact stop a thief, should he or she be fired? Correct me if I am wrong, but there was a case where an employee was fired for simply revealing the license plate of the car of some shoplifters. Was that justified?
I was fired because a thief switched price tags and the store felt I should have caught that on a self-checkout lane.
You wanted diversity you got it
@@colleenobrien8212They sound dumb lol
Those who wrote proposition 47 should be held accountable for letting shoplifters steal up to $950dlls.
People making comments like this are dumb. Did you know thr $950 threshold is actually lower than most states? In Texas it's like $2500, I nevads its $1200. It has absolutely nothing to do with prop 47 and all to do with cuts in police forces and police officers simply not responding to petty crimes like that also.
Perfect. Write up a bill and propose it to the state senate. You know what you're doing. I believe in you. Good luck.
@@user-jg4hy9xj1t Found the boomer. Nobody puts ... after every word unless they're a conservative boomer. Nobody taught you how to write back in 1970, but that's ok. Just put a single period after every sentence. 😊
Newsome in California allows stolen up to $900 and no criminal charges. Ten crooks come to stores can steal $9K. Do that with 5 stores they will have $45K in one day no hard work 😂😂😂.
@@datownkiddboth can be true
On board with this ALL THE WAY! If you work Retail…you know…we’re ALL sick of these thugs!! We ARE put in the middle but have no power to stop the theft! Some employees have even lost their lives! Enough!
Theft is criminal and needs SERIOUS PUNISHMENT!!!!
But the law ain't doing anything. They (the law) needs money.
Remember a week ago when MSNBC was telling us this was a right wing conspiracy?
They also referred to the shoplifters as ‘kids’ but I saw 99% one particular group of ‘ people’ 😒
Pointless just re-criminalize petty theft.. again.. Whole problem started there..
ending financial support for voluntary single mothers would do way more wonders.
@@ThatsOPV ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!
My corner store just got robbed on Wednesday. Three guys work at the store one at a time. 5 dudes walked in masked with hoodies, pulled a gun, took the drawer, two bottles of Hennessy. They then hit the store right up the street took the drawer and a rack of black and milds. No arrests made.
I remember catching a shoplifter working security. The person was carrying a bag from last Christmas season from Victoria Secret. I watched them and saw they had bags from retailers that weren't even in the mall. When I let the boss know we got them in for questioning and as we went through the bags recovered over $2000 in merchandise.
Why was a shoplifter working security?
It's so sad for the hard working people!
diversity has a high price tag
@@silentmajority8365ok racist
@@BadBloodNTheCommonGround I live in a lily W city of 99K
We are fine because we make wind chimes out of criminals
My post stands
diversity not worth it
America has never been so divided and I have lived long enough to have seen 14 US presidents
Maybe hard for you to believe but these could be hardworking people trying to pay this RENT😢. I am sure they are not going to live in a tent with all this stuff.
@@BadBloodNTheCommonGround or just handle the black crime wave everyone wants to ignore
The sad thing is for mom and pops store they can’t raise their prices or customers will go somewhere else. The animals that does this kind of crimes are just selfish greedy lazy useless and soon to be full time criminals.
The criminals are not afraid of prison and the day they are released is the day the look forward to getting right back to shoplifting.
How dare you crack down on this instead of on corrupt judges, DA, ect.
In Texas, private security firms are helping owners install emergency buttons that locks the doors and calls police.. As soon as a mob theft happens, an employee presses the emergency button. The doors are locked and police are automatically called. Nobody gets out until police arrive and arrests are made.
Ok and what happens when an innocent bystander needs to get out bc of a medical issue but can’t now? You’re opening yourself up for a big time lawsuit if something were to happen.
There was a similar case like this where a robber was trapped in a liquor store with innocent bystanders bc the clerk hit the emergency lock button. The the robber told the clerk to open the doors or else he’ll start shooting people. Well guess what, the clerk didn’t open the doors and the robber started shooting, killing one innocent man and now the clerk is facing a bunch of legal issues. It was all over the news.
What's the point???? They still let them go!!!!!
Their are bigger issues than theft coming for America 😢. This is what happens when famaly unity is not a priority and capitalism comes first so sad
How would police know who the criminals are? They'll just deny they did anything and blend in with the shoppers.
Now you're stuck in a confined space with a bunch of angry mobs.
Crazy how pathetic how some people are to be to run into a retail store and steal shoes, clothes, and beauty supplies.
Black and Hispanic theft gangs you mean
That's an example of liberal policies that have allowed this type of behaviour,spin it all You want but that's the thruth.I would like a strong leader in power, someone that will not bow to pressure, trying to appease the left or trying to be political correct.
When we have had strong leaders in power the left spends their time voting against everything he brings up, disagreeing with his choices, constantly file lawsuits and start investigations based on lies, like Hillary has done on many occasions. One problem is the left is corrupt. They don't care about the people. Everything they do, say, vote has an agenda for them. I've never seen a bigger group of vindictive, corrupt losers. @@anibalmiranda2733
You didn't watch the video. Stolen items are warehoused and resold in discount stores. It's an organized effort, it doesn't start or stop with the smash & grab
this happens in republican states too. Stop lying to yourself. A lot of clips of these events are from republican states as a matter of fact lol@@anibalmiranda2733
Well, they do just let these mobs walk out of the store's front doors unaccosted.
I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE all of YOUR HARD WORK. Stay safe. Thank you.
Let the shop owners exercise their Second Amendment Rights, and the thefts will STOP!!!!
thats not what the second amendment was about tho... sadly you dont know or realize that.. but are quick to run ur mouth,.., how quick someone could use those very words against you in some form or another and you'd be popped off just as easily
@@mJ-sm4sslol in what way? 😂
This is just ridiculous. It breaks my heart and it’s breaking our wallets🤷🏽♀️ Lawmakers are going to have to do something to minimize this🤦🏽♀️
prices were rising before the increase in thefts. Don't let this be an excuse for the increase in price.
@@MsSarcasticity I am 58 years old. BEEN sick and tired of prices rising like crazy! A can of Lysol before the pandemic was around $3 now, for the same size, it's over $13! RIDICULOUS! BUT... You really think that theft doesn't ADD to businesses charging more? Especially small businesses? "I" don't have to make it be an excuse. Big businesses give us any ol' reason to raise prices... If they give an excuse at all. But the reality is, many businesses that decide to stay in business will raise their prices or have to go out of business for this kind of mess! I hate that many items in stores have to be locked up because of theft. There is cause and effect for everything. And ain't nobody talking about the psychological damage these actions cause workers/business owners.
They follow single people around. Ive seen couples and groups shoplifting while they follow and target single women around. They are so FOS.
@@MsSarcasticityso why are prices literally higher for basic goods in states where everything is locked up?
@@Benzinilinguine Where did you get that statistic other than from your buttcheeks?
In the New York courts I see charges being completely dismissed/dropped time and time again - even for repeat offenders who run and are chased down. No prosecution hardly ever.
I wonder if it would be cost efficient for retailers to have a turnstile that requires a receipt scanner upon exit.
Although inconvenient for non- thieves, we'd understand if it kept prices reasonable.
Doesn't work for window shoppers who don't have a receipt or actual shoppers who reject one.
Please look up Cocoanut Grove on what happens with pinch points in a fire. Or The Station fire, too.
Easy way to cash in: pay in cash, don't take the receipt, get locked out from exiting and accused of theft = massive civil lawsuit against the store, its owners, and the employees. Then you retire, as you will clear out the savings of its owner, and receive wage garnishments for the next 10 years on all the employees who willfully conspired.
Thank your district attorney for letting them back out an hour later and the lawyers who take advantage of the public.
Democrat District Attorneys
I think if you look close enough you will see there is a similarity
Rich kids from my high school always shoplifted $1,000's of dollars and never got into trouble. Now as an adult if you go to a Hollywood party for example there will be a lot of wealthy people doing a certain drug and no consequences, no house arrests/ searches ext.... People from all races should be held accountable. And don't even get me started on tax evasion if you want to talk about millions of theft.
BLM
I thought u like saying ALM lol@@janeoleary8454
Lazy politicians, poor police management, pathetic criminal justice system, bad citizens.
The ones who sells the stolen also needs consequences!
We need to hand out physical punishment to prevent future crimes. Jail is like summer camp. That doesn't help and it costs taxpayers a lot of money.
first offence your main hand, second offence your second hand. done!
@@gabrielgundulf7139exactly 💯
Lot work for the stores. Can you imaging how beautiful they would be with all that forced help after hours?
They don’t even make it to jail
@@gabrielgundulf7139so Trump is soon to have no hands? 😂 it sounds good but you’re not tough like that.
What is the description of those criminals?
same as it always is , use your imagination.
saggin - backwards
👩🏿🧔🏿♀🧔🏿♂🧔🏿👨🏿👱🏿🧑🏿👦🏿🧒🏿👶🏿
Not what I saw on the arrests. I didn't see one black person arrested. Apparently they're just letting them get bigger and more organized.
The usual suspects! 🙄
Where I live small stores are closing left an right due to the shop lifting problem. An its gotten to where thieves are stealing stuff from shoppers carts in parking lots as well. The WinCo an Walmart near me had to install cameras throughout their parking lots now. An the only reason the local alcohol shop is open is because they have installed a locking door an professional guards. A while back an organized flash mob of thieves raided his place an allmost put him out of business.
Arrested in the morning, released in the afternoon, back to “work” the next morning. No lessen learned, nothing changed. Retailers still experience crimes , and tax payers’ money are wasted.
What's the one thing they all have in common.... I'll wait...
They're brown folks? Nice try 🤡
Sadly, I see a lot of mom & pop businesses closing down. Even big corps are closing their stores like in SF
its only gong to get worse. every time i get to Cali its WORSE. and the 1st time i went there it was 20x worse than some slums in Miami.
@@ThatsOPV Interesting
You wanted diversity you got it
@@silentmajority8365No, not diversity. Abolishment of slavery. I know thats what you mean buddy 😂
Well what are you going to do about it? I bet you vote for the same disgusting woke Dems next election and then wonder why crime is such a problem. I do not feel sorry for you. You get what you vote for.
It's very easy to get all of them, install remote controlled steel doors,let them come in,then shut the door remotely,stay in a strong room, call the police.
Isn’t there a law now in certain blue states that allows people to steal items from stores as long as they don’t exceed X amount of dollars or something?
No. Stop watching Fox News.
Yes, but many states have laws like this. For example, Texas has a higher minimum at $1,500 dollars, California is $950.
In the country called Saudi Arabia, theft punishment is hand decapitation (sometimes in extremes, the hand is immersed in boiling oil then cut by executioner). Just laying an info.
Instead of turning America into the third world just relocate the two groups ruining this country
One is in the video
FckISLAM
And we’re proud of our Islamic law, because it works and my country is crime free
Winner winner chicken dinner?
American Taliban speaks again. And i'll bet you're the hardcore right that complains about sharia law coming here.
Once criminal hand is cut off, then that criminal is deemed as a "disabled person ". After that, the government has to feed him/her for life with disabled person benefit because not completely fit for work . What a stupid idea .
Let’s just take a moment to thank Gavin Newsom and DA Gascon for being such an asset to criminals.
Who are you going to thank in Houston?
@@flounder Uhm, yeah no they are not - which is why you didnt actually mention any . Republican Gov. can't do much against local level Democrat Mayors , either, thats the problem florida has. The State is overall doing well on crime - except for Orlando and Tampa which have had Democrat Mayors for years and years.
@@flounderwe have no Republicans in CA. This was an LA story. Gascon sucks
@@flounder By Blacks and Hispanics just like California so maybe its not who you vote for but who you allow near you
@@flounderChicago enters the chat
If retailer pulls out a weapon and shoots, would their be repercussions on the retailer ?
I feel like corporations were going to raise those prices anyways. Lol
They catch and then released by the justice system.. what a waste of time.
That's correct. These criminals will be on the street again in a few hours
They all have something in common? 🤔
They are all cities.
democrap cities with super preds gone crazy. @@itzhexen0
@@bondi11668 go look at other cities. it's probably because it's a city.
@@itzhexen0 naw its not that something else.🤔
Yes the criminals aren’t Caucasian.
The cast in this serie is so colourful ❤
Condolences from Singapore 🙏🇸🇬🙄😒
Easy to fix.
The price of everything in the store is $1000 until you checkout. Then a discount is applied making the price normal.
Haha, interesting. +1 Too much headache for low wage clerks. You need a math savvy manager to oversee every transaction and that's not realistic in terms of labor.
@@nwezetx1You trying to one-up some guy on the internet but have completely forgotten that computers exist. AuToMaTiOn 😅
@@nicklausbertich713 This comment makes zero sense...
Owning a business, I know a computer is not going to solve some employees being math challenged and easily messing up the process where some manual input might be required at times.
OP got an upvote for a great idea, but despite my agreement, I don't feel it's fully foolproof and can be argued in court, that the price isn't reflective of what the item is sold for at checkout.
Go troll someone else.
Laws need to be reformed
they need to stop voting Dem
Whats worse......I dont want to work near this anymore. I now have a "Wear and Carry" and looking for a job in another area. Its not just the shoplifting, its the "Jugging", the car jacking, the murders.......and its the same element of people.
Civilization at it's finest.. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Bring back public stockades.
I'm pretty sure this is a problem with a specific group of Individuals.......
Didn't you declare yourself as a Democrat in the past?
No. It's a poverty problem. You're just racist.
Go play Minecraft
The same ones that enslaved and oppressed for centuries?
Soft on crime policies by corrupt politicians has alot to do with problems like this.
It's always the same people too. 🙄
It's almost like we know who the perpetrators are, but we don't want to be cancelled by Harvard activists
Its so annoying man.
school shooters? don't be a hypocrite
@@senai795in what way is he being a hypocrite? You're attempting to convince yourself of something you know isn't true because you're uncomfortable with reality.
When I was young we lived separate
@@silentmajority8365so you’re saying back in the day yall shot up your own schools?
I think the situation can be made a lot better for cops and stores if they replace the sensors with a GPS tracking device inside of it.
Some retailers are putting air tags in some of their merchandise with great success
its a worthless idea. Once thieves learn of it they will snip that part off and still somehow make money off the item. how you gonna airtag hundreds if no thousands of items? It instantly raises the price of that item to the point of it not being profitable. If we as consumers found that out we would forego buying that bs
Great lesson in cause-and-effect. Be careful what you ask for.
Before this video, I never considered shoplifting to get a hearing scheduled
That is crazy people work hard to open their business and then you come steal it. 😢
1:18 "Younger kids" , you mean the usual suspects that are biologically 25 by the time they're 18?
Doesn't matter if you catch them...if they aren't prosecuted/jailed it's pointless.
The issue is when they get caught there is zero consequences
Strange that all the cities listed are blue ones??
Thank Prop 47 for this surge.
Doesn't matter if the prosecutors and judges don't follow through
If more than $900 is stolen in one "event" all perpetrators should be charged for the total amount stolen.
No mention of District Attorneys in this cities prosecution record on thieves who rob retail stores. Seems that would be a key aspect of the story on why these events take place in those cities.
"When I was a little boy, my grandmother told me a story: 'There was an impoverished lady who made her living as a seamstress. She worked day and night to make ends meet. One day, her son came home and gave her a needle, which made her happy. Over time, he brought more items, like cloth, and she accepted them without question. However, one day he was arrested and sentenced to death by hanging. Both the young boy and his mother were crying. With his hands tied behind his back, the boy asked to speak with his mother one last time. As she drew near, he whispered for her to come closer. When she did, he bit her ear off and said, "If you had asked me where I got that needle, I wouldn't be here now."'", My grandmother told me that nothing you didn't pay for is yours. If you take it without paying, you stole it. Maybe parents should ask those people "where did you get that?"
that's one of the stupidest anecdotes I've read on YT. How about this one "You are accountable for your own actions". You think these thugs are bringing this stuff home to their parents?
The best part is that while their crime has no consequences if you tried to stop them you’d most likely be arrested.
How are they cracking down when you keep defunding them
There is no jail time for these crimes, and all will be release asap once at the police station. That is why it keeps happening.
Black Friday extends to December now
They can thank Newsome and Gascon
All stores need steel rod doors that can be remotely locked to lock the criminals inside while staff can go to a safe room. They’re stuck there until police arrive.
I know its easier said than done but those businesses need to seriously contemplate leaving areas that are not protecting them. The penalty for stealing is not nearly harsh enough.
Leave them with nothing but liquor stores and vape shops barred up like prisons.
Others should not pay more. Owners should pay for security. With us paying more, the owner earns more. The criminals get away with it, but yet we get less for our money. If their store is that easy of a target. Then it needs to be shut down.
Then America should shutdown because my tax dollars are going to the welfare and the millions that are flooding through the southern border...
Im going to be honest, retail in general besides the theft that is going on, is not what it use to be. From customer service, to the work environment, to having employees "deterr" theft through customer service and even then employees get repurcussions for either not servicing a client or thiefs get agressive verbally or physically. Rules at work places have more gray areas where there shouldnt be.
And that is why most shopping is happening online and prices are going up as well.
ABOUT TIME!!!! These people cause stores to leave communities, that already suffer not having enough shops.
That's b/c they're 20 BUCKS a SF!!
So by your logic, shouldn't children leave your communities since it's mostly your own that's predators?
BFD! They'll be out the next day to do it all over again!!
Laws should be changed this is not a simple misdemeanor its an organized crime!
Democrat DAs refuse to prosecute criminals with the existing laws, they let them go
Uh huh,but are the courts prosecuting them?
Being part of a looting raid should carry a mandatory 5-10 years in prison and should be prosecuted 100%. It should be treated as organized crime. Word would get out quick once all your homies were behind bars for serious time.
The multibillion problem is a culture.
An unintended consequence of price increases - the same goods become that much more valuable to crime rings.
this makes the shopping experience horrible when undercover weirdos are watching every step you take in a store. idiots soon people won't go to your stores
Retail Theft is why I quit buying stuff off EBay...
What a chump. You really care that much about helping the waltons acquire another billion?
This type of theft has been going on in California, for quite some time now. Ever since the early 1990's☹️
The problem is urban poverty and the fact society has made inconsequential to steal. This problem won’t go away for a generation.
It's so sick 😡 ...so horrible ...
Am I the only one who noticed common trait amongst these criminals I saw in the video?
Are we just going to not talk about it?
I wonder what those certain 'organizations' have to say about this.
BLM ???
They will claim poverty, they need to afford the Gucci and Prada etc.
Its not guns that need a buyback program
Not allowed to talk about it. Which is why it will continue and worsen.
It's called reparations. Get used to it, should've paid when you had the chance
Sounds like this plan is just to gather more evidence of how bad the problem is, not to work on a solution. Come on now CA, you're pass that point and you should already know how bad it is. Time to roll up your sleeves and do something actionable to help protect the retailers.
It would make the most sense for them to follow until they get to the stash houses. Not only do they have probably cause to come in without a warrent since they followed them from The store, but whatever else is in the house can be added onto charge. If the people who steal can't sell the stuff right away, they'll lessen how much they take and or switch to more expensive smaller items
Here's an idea: if they will not serve their time in jail, have the people who defend them in court serve it in their stead. See how far that takes you.
Vote George Gascon out of office in 2024!!!!!! He is destroying LA
Wish you covered wage theft with the same dedication
Theft under 950USD considered a misdemeanor. What's the point of putting up a business under this condition?
This is so common now that business owners are forced to pass on the cost of theft to their customers by increased prices. This is so unfair 😡
The laws is too weak in this country. Theres no theft in other countries because they'll cut your hand off.