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Tyler Durden \u2013 Zero Hedge Oct 11, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Recall that in late May as George Floyd and Black Lives Matter related protests reached a peak, so did reports of mass theft targeting high end neighborhoods of New York known for luxury boutiques.<\/span><\/p>\n

In one particular instance the NYPD had over the summer sought looters responsible for stealing<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>$1,511,000 in merchandise from the Celine clothing store<\/strong>. It was similar to other “smash and grab” operations widely reported<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in SoHo, the East Village and Lower Manhattan throughout the early summer, which sometimes began as brazenly and as simply as someone hurling bricks through store front windows.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But far from a thing of the past, new reporting in the New York Post<\/em><\/a> <\/strong><\/span>finds the problem has continued, even now becoming a “weekly” pattern<\/strong>, often with store owners loathe to report the theft for fear they’ll be labeled as racists<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But local shop owners and employees are still infuriated by the seeming carte blanch the thieves and looters have apparently been given by the culture of silence. Apparently to stop a thief walking out with a $2,000 jacket can be chalked up to “white privilege” – and the major brands are apparently most fearful of such an instance going viral on Instagram, rather than recovering expensive stolen merchandise.<\/span><\/p>\n

One unnamed local said stores like\u00a0Prada, Moncler, Dior and Balenciaga were being hit \u201cevery week\u201d <\/strong>– resulting in some\u00a0hiring bouncers and other mere\u00a0 ‘deterrence’ measures meant to create enough of a security presence that thieves move on to another store.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it doesn’t seem to be working as according one store source<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: \u201cIf they [store personnel] stop them and say anything in the store before they\u2019ve left the building then it often gets turned into a racial accusation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shoplifter caught on CCTV in high end New York store. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe brands\u2026 tell their employees to walk away,\u201d<\/strong> the individual told the Post. \u201cThey don\u2019t want to be the next Instagram video claiming they are a racist brand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Police have reported recent instances of entire groups entering stores to initiate a chaotic grabbing frenzy of ‘free stuff’ which can be described as orchestrated mob action.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Post cited NYPD Sgt. Joseph Imperatrice as saying \u201cmobs of young, transient groups\u201d have \u201cbulldozed through aisles grabbing as much as their arms can hold.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some recent examples cited in the Post report<\/a><\/strong><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

In the latest incident, thieves twice plundered Moncler on Prince Street \u2014 which sells down jackets for nearly $2,000\u00a0 \u2014 on Thursday, Oct. 1, according to the sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

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 \u201cmore than $50,000\u201d in merchandise and sped off in a white Jaguar and a black Audi<\/strong>, the law enforcement source said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The local restaurateur claimed \u201c16 to 20 people\u201d<\/strong> were involved in the second incident and the heist included a lookout.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the early summer some of the most aggressive early waves of looting were contained by nightly curfews imposed by police related to growing protest mayhem.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scenes that played out in early summer:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Looters in SoHo are pulling up in expensive cars (which they own) and looting the whole place. This is not class warfare. This is anarchy. pic.twitter.com\/5f6ageaQNk<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) June 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n