Crime Jan 6, 2023 at 3:17 pm

Stolen Items Mostly Included Food and Toilet Paper

Scenes from a crime wave... SPD

Comments

1

So if you're poor its ok to shoplift? Got it. It's amazing but there are lots of poor people in this city and world who manage to get by everyday without resorting to theft. If their actions inflict trauma on the owner or other shoppers is that ok, as long as you're poor? Beyond that, is there any evidence these people were using these things for themselves and not selling/trading them for other items?

What about this guy? Remember him? https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2497286954560/man-steals-huge-70-inch-tv-from-seattle-store-released-without-bail-by-lenient-judge. Was he poor too?

None of these people are going to jail so that's hyperbole of the left but making them interact with the system might be a first step toward getting them to actually accept some help.

2

Two things can be true at once. Thieves are poor. Crime is bad for the community. Neither statement is the last word on the topic.

Also, beer, makeup? Cologne? Not really the stuff of a hunger defense.

3

A visual estimation of the dollar amount pilfered considering today's rate of inflation would help settle opinions, arguments, speculation, doubts, sin classification and is a key for making comparisons to the police new hires' bonuses.

4

The characteristics of a stolen item do not negate or lessen the seriousness of the crime of the crime or the culpability of the perpetrator.

True for Donald Trump and true for a shoplifter.

Moral clarity is wonderful.

6

@5 the food bank is thataway, man

8

There ARE jobs out there. There are also food stamps and food banks. There is NO need to steal. Why should you steal things that I pay for and I have to pay for your stealing on top of it?

9

@8 Let's take away your permanent address and phone number, and see how far you get in the job application process. For the bonus round, we'll give you a chronic mental illness and a criminal record of trespassing and minor property crime. Good luck!

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@9: “
.a chronic mental illnes
.”

I’m sorry, exactly where in this headline post did Charles write that? Thefts of beer and cologne are ‘crimes of poverty,’ committed by helpless ‘victims of capitalism.’ Keep repeating that until you’re sure.

If the Stranger had wanted to cite “
chronic mental illness
” as a root cause of most homelessness in Seattle, they could’ve squeezed it in somewhere during the last 100,000 or so words they’ve published on this topic. They did not. Now, kindly shut up and stick to the program, lest you find yourself in Room 101 with stout comrades lovingly massaging the horrors of wrongthink into your kidneys with their virtuous rubber hoses.

12

Human rights?
Property rights?
Human rights?
Property rights?

Hmmmm

So hard to decide. So hard to choose.

13

@12

Let's see you say HMMMM when they steal your stuff or jack your locks. Hmm? Or a merchant who has invested all they have in a business... and some jack ass steals and puts them and their family in peril.

It might be easier for you to choose, if you consider other people and not just the thief's situation.

Seattle must really lacks programs to assist the poor... free food, free housing, etc.... I mean only $175 million in this year's budget alone....on top of all the free stuff charities hand out each and every year.

I'm sorry, but if they are stealing, then lock them up.

Hmmm... so hard to decide.? Not really....quite simple actually.

16

@11: "Do you think District13 and Dewey and their ilk are able to be persuaded by reason and gentle intention?"

Well, sure. The profanity spewed from ilk is simply disregard.

17

let's be dead honest and cut the shit. Food banks are underfunded themselves and only provide limited food and very rarely other non food items like toilet paper and you can ONLY buy food with EBT/SNAP/Food stamps. By the way,i swear all the fucking time,even in real life. here's a dose of reality:most public restrooms dont even have toilet paper thanks to the tweakers and drug addicts. as for those who think food stamps is a answer,Good luck wiping your ass with a sandwich or using a burrito as a tampon,you can't buy toiletries on food stamps,. I've been in several of their food bank lines for years,so I know from experience. Everything else requires CASH.

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@11: Well, to be fair, you can’t really expect other commenters here to demonstrate the same deep and sincere empathy towards the homeless as you displayed toward Asian grandparents, now can you?

20

Nobody at the Stranger has ever actually known a street junky, and it's pretty obvious they have no idea what's going on here. You deduce conclusions from pictures of one sting. Trust me, they are not stealing for their basic necessities unless you count their drug addiction.


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