From the New York Post:
Stealing Soho: Luxury retailers terrorized by shoplifting mobs
Bands of shoplifters are terrorizing Soho’s high-end boutiques, lifting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of designer merchandise, and in some cases, threatening security guards to keep quiet — or be labeled racist, The Post has learned.
The disturbing pattern began in late May during the riots that rocked the city in the wake of the George Floyd police custody death. High-end Celine was looted of $1.5 million in merchandise then, and the blatant thievery continues “every week” in ritzy stores such as Prada, Moncler, Dior and Balenciaga, one plugged-in local said.
“This is happening every week. Walk around Soho on Wooster Street and Greene Street, Mercer Street. … You have huge bouncers out there trying to deter hit-and-run activity,” the source, a restaurateur, said.
But in some cases, the thieves are given carte blanche to steal.
“If they [store personnel] stop them and say anything in the store before they’ve left the building then it often gets turned into a racial accusation,” the source said.
“The brands … tell their employees to walk away,” the insider added. “They don’t want to be the next Instagram video claiming they are a racist brand.”
This is what happens when companies show that they are willing to cower before the mob and give in to cancel culture.
In the latest incident, thieves twice plundered Moncler on Prince Street — which sells down jackets for nearly $2,000 — on Thursday, Oct. 1, according to the sources.
In the first incident, two individuals grabbed nearly two dozen down jackets, the businessperson told The Post. A few hours later, at 6 p.m., thieves snatched “more than $50,000” in merchandise and sped off in a white Jaguar and a black Audi, the law enforcement source said.
These are not poor people stealing what they need to survive – not that, that idea justifies it, only that has been a Leftist talking point on the topic of looting.
These are professional thieves running a racial extortion racket.
“We’re going to steal whatever we want or we will post video online accusing you of racism and destroying your brand and business.”
This could be used to engage in any form of theft.
A really bold criminal could take a car on a joy test drive and just take it home, claiming that they should be able to keep it because stolen property is reparations, and if they dealer calls the cops, that’s racist because they value property over black lives, and they will get their Twitter followers to attack the dealer until they lose their franchise.
Give the mob an inch and they will take everything that you own and threaten to cancel you into bankruptcy if you don’t let them do it.
Had corporate America stood up to cancel culture instead of participating in it, they would not be paying the price now in Danegeld.
I’m curious to see how long they will go along with this. A lot of the stuff they sell comes from the same Chinese factories as the counterfeit knockoffs, but is marked up a 1000%, so it’s not like they are losing that much money.
Then, it gives them a lot of radical chic to have their stuff stolen in a revolutionary appropriate sort of way. And rich people love themselves some radical chic.
Land of fruits n nuts
Back in the 70’s when I was in high school, one of my teachers would say of California “They have more squirrels per square mile than any other state in the union.” His implication was that there had to be a lot of nuts for those squirrels to be eating.
For what it is worth, (nothing) if I were a shop owner, and someone accused me of being racist because I was stopping theft, my response would be “Meh…. so what.”
Seriously, more folks need to play the White = Racist game. Every time you use the word white in casual conversation, replace it with the word racist. “I am thinking of buying a new car. What color? Racist.” “Honey!? Which serving plate do you want to use? The racist one.”
You will sound absolutely stupid, but then again, so do the idiots calling everyone a racist.
Better yet, replace “white” with “racist”, and all other colors with “oppressed”.
“Honey, which serving plate do you want to use? The racist one with the oppressed flowers, or the oppressed one with the racist design?”
Or….
“I know you like Kahlua in your drinks, but I can’t remember: Do you prefer the Racist Russian or the Oppressed Russian?”
Or….
“I was going through the closet, and check it out! My old Oppressed Sabbath T-shirt from that concert in ’82! Man, Ozzy was on FIRE that night!”
Or….
“Hey, I’m at the store. What kind of vinegar did you need? Apple cider, balsamic, racist wine, oppressed wine, or plain old distilled racist?”
Sounds retarded, yes, but as you said, no more so than the numb-skulls pushing all this nonsense.