Between 30 to 50 people swarmed the Nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Woodland Hills, making off with thousands of dollars worth of luxury handbags and high-end clothing, an LAPD spokesman told NBC News.
Between 30 to 50 people swarmed the Nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Woodland Hills, making off with thousands of dollars worth of luxury handbags and high-end clothing, an LAPD spokesman told NBC News.
It makes me laugh how many people think this is a new development only in CA and in 2023.
This happened back in the 90s to my mom while working retail. Like 10 people came in and carried off the furniture they had in the store, because they knew the employees were instructed not to do anything.
Shit like this has been happening all over the US for decades, the media just decided it was the hot new topic to get more clicks recently. Even the Walgreens CEO who said theft was so awful they had to close a bunch of stores later admitted they “cried wolf”.
Rich people love the idea that theft is out of control in the media because it gives them a talking point to keep us peasants in control. Starbucks was charged by the labor board for closing down unionizing stores under the guise of “safety concerns”. Starbucks isn’t the only place that has been pulling that shit.
And that’s not to say I agree with 50 people bear spraying people and stealing luxury shit either. This isn’t someone stealing food from the grocery store to feed their kids. It wasn’t billionaires working in the store, it’s people working a shitty retail job for shitty pay no doubt. But it is a topic being overblown for rich people’s benefit.
The biggest theft is wage theft. But nobody cares because is ok to stole from someone that is poorer that you.
No one cares about the fact that they stole some overpriced pirses dumbass, were calling them pieces of shit because they ran in and bear sprayed people who would have never intervened in the first place. The people doing this have no concept of class solidarity and the whole reason they’re stealing in the first place is for posturing, it has nothing to do with “sending a message”
It’s changed recently to be far more organized. Crime goes in cycles though, catalytic converter and retail rings are just the big ones right now.