Crime Flash Mob Theft Trend Thread

[Hollywood Jack]

The title of the article literally calls them flash mob thieves. You're whining about nothing.

 

[Hollywood Jack]

I'm not wrong and you know it.

So you're not allowed to use a descriptor ahead of the word thieves? A flash mob of thieves can't be called flash mob thieves? You started crying over nothing and got called on it. Own it.

 

[aldeniro78]

Shoot em all

 

[Strychnine]

I hope they get thrown under the jail.

 

[My Spot]

"A diverse group of teens..."

 

[blaseblah]

pesos worth of clothing. Which is the equivalent of 30k I believe

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/flash-mob...ise-north-210441053--abc-news-topstories.html

Disclaimer: I thought I would include our spanish friends in the conversation and thats my reason to use pesos instead.

You used the dollar sign in your thread title. And now you're talking about 30k. 30k of what?

 

[TheOneAboveAll3]

You used the dollar sign in your thread title. And now you're talking about 30k. 30k of what?

$ could be used for either pesos or dollars. Depends where you live at


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peso

Directly from wiki "The peso (meaning weight in Spanish; peso sign "$") "

 

[sideboob]

WTH is your problem? I didnt call them that, the journalist who wrote the article did. Back the fuck off.

Yeah okay petunia. Did the article mention half a million fucking dollars too you fucking idiot troll? Change your title to reflect the actual amount taken as dollars OR pesos you dipshit

 

[Henry Swanson]

I've seen videos of people sneaking out and locking robbers inside stores though and it always makes me laugh.

I saw one posted here a couple of years ago where a guy robs a cell phone store and the chick working there runs out and locks the guy inside. There’s about a 10 minute video showing him gradually starting to panic more and more until he finally begs her to let him go. Then the cops show up. It’s hilarious.

 

[KOQ24]

I'm not saying the workers should do something to the people,.. again there should be way you can hit a remote lock so they can't get out and it automatically calls the cops.. they don't have to stop anyone, just wait for the cops to show up.

I'm not sure i'd want to lock a group of thieves in a room with a poor store clerk.

 

[TeTe]

I'm not sure i'd want to lock a group of thieves in a room with a poor store clerk.

I meant with these big stores, like the mall stores... Apple, clothing stores, etc. The ones that usually get knocked off.

 

[Uber_Noober]

Some people did something...

 

[grihenrumet]

pesos worth of clothing. Which is the equivalent of 30k I believe it up

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/flash-mob...ise-north-210441053--abc-news-topstories.html

Disclaimer: I thought I would include our spanish friends in the conversation and thats my reason to use pesos instead.

We're the thieves explosive and athletic?

 

[John Woke]

This is why we can’t have nice things. I worked retail as a teen. The amount of theft was ridiculous. That’s including a group of black workers stealing too. WTF. That’s how I learned about American culture.

“A store representative said that the only section of merchandise left untouched was that which contained the work boots.”

Yeah that one checks out.

 

[ocfightfan]

Its 2019.

When you say "flashmob" to someone, they picture something like this:

I don't think this was an attempt to obscure the fact that someone stole something. It was intended to help people understand the tactic being used in the theft. A group of people show up somewhere suddenly and unexpectedly and then act in concert. Most people can understand this through the popular culture phenomenon of a "flash mob".

 

[TheFirstEMP]

Was a busy weekend for "teens" around America.
https://6abc.com/teens-take-over-south-street-looting-walgreens-pharmacy/5380480/

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police are searching for a group of teenagers that looted and damaged property inside of a Walgreens store on 18th and South streets Thursday night.

A cashier was injured when he tried to intervene, hit in the head with a glass bottle.

"About 60 juveniles walked into the establishment and began removing things from the shelves, destroying property inside the store. The cashier attempted to intervene and some heavy item - I believe it was a bottle - was thrown at him, striking him in the head," said Captain Sekou Kinebrew of the Philadelphia Police Department.

 

[Maaj19]

If you're working retail for minimum wage and a large group of people walk in and start stealing shit, you're not risking your life to save overpriced merchandise. And you're probably not going to care that shit got stolen. The only people who will is whoever owns the place.

When I was 16 and working at a gas station, do you think I cared if someone was stealing forties from the fridge? Fuck no. 6.50 an hour isn't worth caring about the merch, and certainly isn't worth taking actual measures to stop the crime from happening. Multiply that by an entire mob coming in and stealing beer, candy, whatever. I'm going to watch it happen, call the police afterwards, and laugh about it with my coworkers the next day.

When I worked in retail we were told to just give that shit away if someone tried to rob us. 0 point even risking any bodily harm for huge businesses that dont give a fuck about you

 

[F1980]

Out of all places to rob. There's like nothing worth over 20 dollars at Walgreens that's not locked up inside the pharmacy.

 

[Curmudgeon]

They were just getting school supplies, and possibly work boots.

 

[Jim Cozad Jr.]

Different culture hard to judge...