It's pretty common here. A lot of stores have been hiring private security, but if the security intervenes then the thief can sue them.

Let me guess, you live in a safe, lily-white suburb😂

Poverty breeds crime, but not all crime is of desperation.

• makes the shopping experience shittier for the rest of us (locked merchandise)

• the syndicates fencing these goods use the money to support actual harmful crimes

• the people doing the thieving often get violent themselves

• raises prices and causes store closures

• people don't want to work in shitty stores, so the workers they have do the bare minimum (again, worse shopping experience for the rest of us)

The bazaars where people sell the stolen goods also cause lots of problems.

Tell what? All of it's happening out in the open, the cops just refuse to do anything about it. It's not like if you tell a cop they'll be like "oh shit I had no idea, let me go run over there and do my job for once, thank you citizen!"

To be fair to cops, they're understaffed and they don't want to do their jobs for fear of activists suing them. But all of those suits are paid for with tax dollars, so idk why they care, just do your job and if they sue you, they sue you.

I think it boils down to laziness but with the excuse of being sued.