Target store closure leaves East Harlem community reeling
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- The shuttering of a Target store in East Harlem leaves an residents and customers weary of how to deal with the aftereffects. Joe Torres has the details.
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Noone to blame but their own community.
Blame the families of the criminals for not teaching them right from wrong, to have pride in themselves, and good work ethics so they'll always be employed. Stop blaming society. It all begins in the home.💯
Half sighted? All of this was predictable.
Every one got F by Trumps crime family nobody care about anything were a bannana repuplic post Trump
So what's the excuse when these same businesses close in good neighborhoods with people with good jobs??? 🥱
Heaven forbid you hold the politicians accountable for their soft on crime policies!
@freshmclovin4593 you don't hear about them closing in red areas because they still punish shopliftets.
Larceny is NOT down, they're just choosing not to prosecute. Those statistics reflect people who have been arrested and convicted not those leaving through the district attorney's revolving door.
Exactly. That's the same little tactic that many urban areas have done with the new "statistics" that show crime is down, when in reality you're exactly correct. They just don't even charge for many crimes anymore, thus it makes it seem like it's down but in actuality it's way up. Not the least bit surprised three are in Portland and a few others in California and of course, Harlem.
Thank you for your clear and honest insight!
I wonder what metric they are using
1 Number of shop lifters
2 Number of shop lifting incidents ( multiple actors at the same time would be considered one incident )
3 Value of items taken
Also, some stores have given up reporting incidents to police.
Manipulated data yeah. They made stealing under $1000 a misdemeanor then later report on how much shoplifting crime has gone down.
@@rasmokey4sad these dummies don’t see the big picture smh so many low income and working class people are going to be negatively affected by this because these are going to say they’re keeping it “real” by the way I’m black but I see this foolishness for it’s
Shoplifting isn't down. That's the BS pushed by the apologists for criminals. The reporting of shoplifting is down. It takes time, which costs money, to report shoplifting, and if nothing is going to be done about it, why would a business continue throwing money into that hole?
Exactly and now the good have to suffer for the bad😟
I hope all the stores shut down. Reporting theft is down. Arresting people for theft is down. Convicting theft is down . But theft isn't down .
funny how that works
Food deserts coming next.
Who actually believes crime is down in NYC?
NYPD data says theft is down because stores stopped reporting theft as it is so common. My wife works at a different Target and she said they don’t report anymore unless someone is injured
My daughter works at Bath and Body Works and they don't report theft. They only internally track it.
Vote blue no matter who.
Lol what a lie. Its not organized retail crime. We've seen the videos of mass looting
The looting, theft, and organized retail crime is how you create food deserts. Community don't complain.
My kids broke a vase but i chose to not punish them therefore there are zero broken vases. This is how cities think crime stats work
Bingo.
Same for test scores. Let's makes D's into C's. Look! Our graduation rate is up 150% but they still can't read at a 5th grade level!
💯
When you don't prosecute the criminals of course the numbers go down.
This is so inconvenient for the thieves.
Waiting to hear AOC's news conference on this. (sarc)
They'll just have to car jack more cars and hit the suburbs.
@@sylviaisgod6947we've been waiting in that for decades
Blame the city leaders for not locking up young goons.
I blame the criminals. There's obviously little or no stigma attached to being a thug in certain parts of American society.
Vote blue no matter who......
You have it all wrong. It is the Democrat voters who put these pandering politicians in office. As long as low IQ Democrat voters continue to vote for these policies nothing will improve.
If you vote blue you are ignorant. @@KryMoore
But they lock up more of the population than any of the surrounding counties!
I love watching woke corporations become victims of their own virtue signaling.
Make the black community accountable
Republicans were attacking the LBGTQ displays, remember?
@@ow3wellswhen? where? You mean that pride parade in Florida that got canceled because they were told they couldn't allow children AND naked people walking down the streets?
what does that have to do with anything lmao.....you're really reaching@@nobodyaskedfortwitterhandles
Make the criminals accountable. Stop letting the politicians get away with pandering to criminals. Get new representatives, new judges, new DA's, new prosecutors. I don't think this is a race issue, it's the dangerous mindset on the part of the politicians and others in positions of power. They are doing no favors for either the law abiding people or the criminals by letting the criminals get away with stealing and all sorts so other crimes.
It can't be fixed...
Bring back cash bail ! It's time to arrest all shoplifters who steal more than $100 in merch. This madness needs to end soon. Not only are local residents losing shopping options, they are losing valuable jobs.
HUH? Stealing is stealing regardless of the money value. You teach your kids that? It's ok to steal under $100?
STFU
Arrest them for stealing anything.
Reap what you sow
What protects us is not laws, but the morality of the people. You can have one cop for every person in the store and you still wouldn't be able to stop every theft. The problem is that for a certain segment of society, shoplifting, stealing, etc... is not an immoral thing to do. Whether is a racial thing, a class thing, I leave it up to you to decide. Either way, it's a disaster, because an immoral people are destined for catastrophe.
Agree 100%.
That certain segment of society is not only lawless and immoral they are encouraged to be criminals by so called upstanding people in their communities and families.
Bravo Target! Soon there will be no stores doing business in cities across the country.
Target leaving "a black and Latino community".....what a shocker......why is this news?
The most recent closures are from cities that will not prosecute or stop shoplifters that steal less than $900. It was supposed to prevent "inequity" all it did was allow organized retail theft to flourish.
How times change. In my day back in Arizona anything over $100 was grand theft. It was raised to $300 about 20 years or so ago to relieve the overcrowding in jails. Now even joyriding is no longer considered grand theft auto, but rather a misdemeanor.
it's a surprise the shoppers can get home with the items before getting robbed
Lol...that is under reported, I'm sure it happens more than the city wants to admit...
Blame the looters
The frequent merchandise returners did quite some damage too to that East Harlem store.
They should have Discipline your kids so it won’t happen……it’s what they get.
absolutely terrible. those poor hard working folks are gonna lose their jobs.
Hahaha, maybe they can go promote the Alphabet people some more. LMFAO.
Who cares? If you work for any WOKE business, then I hope you lose your job for being idiots. I would never work for anything WOKE.' I would steal off these companies in a second. They deserve to be robbed.
Many of the NYC Target cashiers were hired from the homeless industry anyway and they were not good or even polite.
@@KryMoorethe way slow people disgust me.😂😂
The people who robbed the store blind are now sad its going to close? I bet....
It is now imperative to enact a national stand-your-ground law that includes provisions for property protection. If the government is unwilling to safeguard its citizens and their property, then it must grant its citizens the authority to defend themselves and their belongings.
You’re getting played to just take a narrative from the press and run with it.
That we're expecting the government to grant citizens anything is part of the problem. It's supposed to be the other way around.
How many people robbing these stores are actually armed? They come in with their backpacks and take their time. Ridiculous. Civilians in the stores need to start kicking the crap out of these people.
Surprised it didn’t happen sooner honestly.
People kept using stuff like toys during the holiday season then returned them for full refunds. You could see long lines.
They weren't supposed to put the returned merchandise back on the shelves but sometimes they did. Good luck then buying something NEW. The only Target store where I actually shopped a few times. Usually I purchased from the online.
They kept returning items for full refunds in long lines after holiday season at that East Harlem Target. They can keep crying now.
Target is expensive as hell. Why the news people lying 😂 I shop at Amazon or dollar stores. My sister went grocery shopping and got a few bags for $200. It's too expensive and that's before covid. Walmart is cheaper but they won't build them in the city.
They are leaving before the holidays because they know whats coming.
I feel for the seniors who will have to travel farther for their medications and groceries. Everyone else can go pound sand.
Yep.
IKR , the next point to shop would require taking the bus or train which is more money to spend. 😮
That's a shame! I use to be a director of loss prevention for a contract security company. We provided services to retailers. The penalty for shoplifting is so minor, that it is not a
deterrent. But the internal theft is also a factor.
the numbers are down because people stopped reporting it. I feel bad because they will have to find another store to loot.
Good for Target!
I saw somewhere where a community wants the City to open stores when big ones pull out. I'd be alright with that, if you took it out of money for the public relations, welfare, food stamps, and community programs for the area. I no longer care if it affects good people. Good people have let this go on far too long, and much of the bad behavior is from their own family members that they did not teach right and wrong to. They have elected mamby pamby Judges, City council members, and others, and there is only so much in the pot to pay for stuff. These people know who the thieves are, and when it shows up on TH-cam, they could turn them in. But they don't. They hide the criminals in their own houses.
The number is down because the victims wont bother to report them anymore
If only there was a common denominator to explain why these stores are being forced to close? If we can just figure out why these particular stores, in particular areas of the country, are having such a problem with shop-lifting, then I am sure we can come up with a solution. Damn its all so random that it is near impossible to figure out the problem. Oh well, I guess the residents will just have to travel further afield to get basic things like food and clothing,
We may never know.
@@nickn271 : The problem is just too complicated. I mean its not like we can look at which cities are not having this problem and see what differences there are.
@@johnjames2470 what is so complicated about African American crime in harlem?
@@wraynephew6838: First of all you don't seem to get sarcasm and secondly "African American"? What is "African" about the black people that live in Harlem? This is about the stupidest term I have heard to describe people who happen to be black. I know you have been instructed to use this term so you don't get accused of being a racist, but if you think about it, it makes no sense.
@@johnjames2470 American black people from in Harlem mostly share their ancestry from Africa. I am not sure why this concept seems to be so stupid for you? Maybe your brain is the problem.
Blame it on the Criminals, it's their fault Target is closing
And has nothing to do with wage theft, corporate mismanagement, or the fact that large businesses run out smaller ones.
If a corporation closes its doors, it's not usually due to shrinkage, it's due to being forced to pay fair wages & their fair share of taxes.
The shoplifting has always been there.
Wow you're not all that bright, are you.@@assassinsrequiem
@@sylviaisgod6947it's not about intelligence, it's about living in reality & not licking corporate ass.
When The Lawless Work ....
Let me get this straight. You watch your sons and daughters come home with big screens and other stolen goods you know they stole from Target, and you're actually surprised they're closing up shop.
“You get what you voted for”
Lol. Reap it people. No free goods for you anymore. I hope all stores close and only offer online shopping.
These people asked for it. Can't blame any stores for saying enough is enough.
Blame your own people
Be mad at the criminals not the company!
This really hurts the shoplifters. How are they suppose to buy their drugs?
Not a fan of, or shopper at, Target but I sure do not blame them one bit for closing these stores. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
LensCrafters by me had to get a security guard due to thefts in broad daylight.
A CERTAIN community needs to listen to Thomas Sewell.
We all know why...
We need stronger laws build more jail cells.We cannot have nothing nice never. Blame the thieves. The end
Target, CVS, next Duane Reade. With NYPD detail big time shop lifting is still crazy at Duane Reade. I feel terrible for the employees. We suffer as consumers due to high prices & low stock.
Just read couple hundreds of rite aids & cvs set to close
My friend works as an undercover cop at Duane Reade. He recently stopped a woman who filled a bag with $500 worth of merchandise. She called the cops on him and said he assaulted her. Then she got a lawyer. His supervisor put him on 6 month’s probation. So now he is forced to let them walk out of Duane Reade with stolen merchandise. Recently Duane Reade raised their prices. I stopped shopping there, instead purchasing ALL my stuff from 99c stores that have the exact merchandise for half the prices that Duane Reade charges
Time to move!!!
Goverment owned store coming near you!
They really should allow employee to stop/hold thieves for arrest instead of letting them do what they want. Honestly, these thefts are ramping up because noone will stop them.
And if the thief kills the employee who tries to detain him?
😂they gotta double pay and hand out guns for that. better to just close up
Employees have recently been killed for stopping thieves even though it was against store policy.
The cost of a lawsuit is probably a lot less than the loss of merchandise
Mass looting is definitely an issue, but there's no way that the MAJORITY of theft from stores like Target and Walmart are people paying for only half their s*** at self-checkout. The refusal to hire adequate staffing contributes to this issue. Of course, thieves ain't shit, but let's not make it so easy for them.
Also, it's their Marxist plans to have gov run grocery/supermarkets, hear they're looking at implementing some in Chicago 🤷🏽♂️
Adequate staffing? Lol. They have plenty of staffing. Blame the criminals. No one is putting a gun to their head and forcing them to steal. Then you have the huge groups of idiots charging into these stores and stealing 100s of items. Stores cannot make money losing money. It's common sense. They all added more security, locked up 100s of items and still people steal. Adding more staff costs money too. And that doesn't work
Self checkout has been around for ovet a decade. Democrat instilled systemic crime has only been a recent implementation.
Agree. Self check out is part of the problem. They need to hire ppl.
@@whouse7 @ Honestly that is the biggest problem … The stores don’t get funded the appropriate resources … I worked for a company with a 100, 000 sqft selling floor with 8 to 12 people on the floor with one cashier in high trafficked areas …. You might as well open your front doors and have every employee leave because it will eventually shutdown …. The technology doesn’t necessarily negate theft …. The companies that do well hire skill set that is experienced to handle these issues .. They also listen to key needs for the location … Finally , They have to control and negate internal losses by employees they hire …
It would be a ironic if a riot starts due to Target closing, and during the said riot, the rioters loot Target -- really driving the point home.
It sucks that poor and elderly now need to spend money commuting to other locations.
They will Loot COSTCO there in East Harlem while mourning for the Target store.
Imagine that 😳now they have to find another store to shop at. Ppl are so stupid now u lost a store
Shit!! There’s about 9 Targets within 5 minutes of me in every direction. We seem not to have any issues!!!! You’d think as a community you’d want to be able to have a place that makes it easy for you to get everyday products.
I wouldn't have given notice now it's really on more dangerous they gonna take what's left now
“Thou shall not steal”! Convict theft harshly! This needs to stop! Hire more police officers and security?
bruh I go to the middle school near here and I don't steal myself and don't condone it, but there are mad kids that steal from this target and succeed. Imao they make it mad obvious, I literally heard these kids plotting in school on different types of methods. One of the methods they talked about was taking stuff like toys, lego sets, or anything that could fit and going to a corner of the store with no cameras and shoving the items in their bags, then buying stuff like candy or something cheap to not look suspicious and just walking out with the unpaid merchandise.
lets hope people will finally stop voting for people who allowed the problem to continue. but i'm not going to hold my breath.
Yet the same community is aware of who keeps doing it but the snitches get stitches mentality is genetic
Stores don't stop the thieves anymore.
I'm surprised they don't close all Targets in Philadelphia.
Do these locations have anything in common? Any information we can use to keep an eye out for any trends?
Probably white supremacists
East Harlem, two closing in Oakland. Think we know.
When I heard this Target closing story, without knowing which stores, my first thougth was " where? we're talking Oakland , Portland, right?"
Don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to predict that one
Long lines of frequent merchandise returners even before the flash mob Looters kept blm-ing at that East Harlem store.
Not the first major store to shutter in Harlem. Pathmark supermarket closed down a few years ago as well.
Good for Target more company's need to do this.
Do they, big retailers, really expect anything different. They've raised prices over 150% in the past 3 years. As wages aren't going up. Uh-duh...😢
Data shows crime is down. As my statistics prof once said, "Figures don't lie, but liars figure."
That's wierd. In my state, a RED state,I just got back from Target. We don't have that kind of crap going on here because they will either be shot or arrested and put in jail and not let out.
Everything that's happening there was voter approved! 😮😮😮😮😅😊
Hahaha consequences
Crime is down = less police , less reports , less numbers , less crime !
Lies. The crime isn't down, the prosecutions are.
what a sad time in America.smh
I stopped by their yesterday to pick up some sheets. And it was almost empty. People moving fast workers looking sad, depressing to see so I left.
Can't blame them..... crime isn't going down...... people have just stopped reporting it.
Locked up the Lotion...😂
If this keeps up, soon there won't be any grocery stores and pharmacies in blue cities. 😆
And this is why we can't have nice things.
Its sad really, i love target
Thank you people for making America great.
Well well well. They love the criminals more so this is what ya get
The trend seems to be going towards warehouses and home deliveries. People expected to sit at home like peas in their pods feeding the insatiable beast of greed. Pod people.
I've said it before, "Wall-E" wasn't a kid's movie. It was a horror flick. 😅
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Affordable???? As retired enlisted military, Target is over our budget.
But, I suppose in NYC, their prices may be comparitively low.
These criminals and parents have to learn somehow. Teach your kid how not to be criminals and get an education. Until then, all these communities can be food deserts until they come to turns with reality.
The cities deserve to lose out. Don’t prosecute or weakly prosecute and this is what happens
Really...is ANYONE who has any common sense surprised at this?.
Only the Democrats that thought they had common sense.
No surprise 😂
Im sure some black entrepreneur will open stores in these hoods. Dont worry.
How to Solve Retail Theft in the USA ?
Charge a Small Membership Fee with a Membership card to your store so that you know who is in your store and this Fee for the Membership contributes to any losses the store might incure during the Year. The store won't have to raise Prices on all things to all People to make up for the losses thus keeps prices Low.
Install A.I. to see through all cameras and have it.master looking for theft. Make sure cameras see all areas of store.
If someone is.caught stealing POST A BIG SIGN that says you will be BANNED from All stores forever unless you PAY A BIG FINE for first offence to get back in store for grace and mercy but if your caught stealing again it's a life ban.
NO membership No entrance
Problem Solved.
P.S. Many stores can team up and have a universal store card so if you get banned from one you get banned from all making stealing even a less tempting offer
Please don't blame target...it's the politicians cause they are very soft on theft..again blame all the politicians
Exactly, Target is losing $$$ and nobody is in business to lose money.
the leaders of those cities should write a check to Target every month. for loss
That’s messed up community board11 Where r h guys??? There’s nothing in the east side for us. I’m not going to Lenox ave on 135 St
That's a shame when you have to lock up lotion, socks and underwear because the theft is so bad. Goes back to that old saying, "a few bad apples can spoil the bunch."
Patricia Ryan is easily the voice of jim hensons muppet show
Here's a list East Harlem, of people to blame. First, blame yourselves, then Alvin Bragg, Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul!!