On the West Coast, changing public policies including lighter legal consequences for theft and lower priority of police response have led to a rise in shoplifting and other crime in stores, sometimes blatant. Compounding the problem: stores fear large liability payouts should they chase or touch a suspected miscreant [Christopher F. Rufo, City Journal; Scott P. Lindsay study for Downtown Seattle Association]
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About time the poor got the same justice as the wealthy. Your complaint seems to be that there are so many more of them.
The far Left made further gains in this month’s closely watched City Council races in Seattle. On a seven-man council, there are two additional avowed socialists (making three) as well as two other far-leftists. On the other hand, there is talk of a compromise with retailers, allowing prosecution of the most brazenly professional thieves, the sort who walk out each day with $950 worth of merchandise in their shopping carts. Otherwise, it is hard to see how open-shelf retail establishments can survive in Seattle.
Known shoplifters might be excluded by a facial ID access barrier, though it is hard to imagine a pro-criminal city council tolerating this for long:
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/when-convenience-meets-surveillance-ai-at-the-corner-store/