I am not a vigilante but I also endorse and condone violence of the highest caliber in most situations like this.
Walmart announced closing their inner city stores in Portland and Chicago. My opinion of Walmart improved. I have no interest in paying higher prices to subsidize theft elsewhere.
They are tactfully not saying why those stores were not profitable.Because those stores never turned any profit since they were opened. I bet something conspicuous happened, like walmart wanted special privileges with their taxes in return for staying in the location and the city said no.
From walmart
The simplest explanation is that collectively our Chicago stores have not been profitable since we opened the first one nearly 17 years ago – these stores lose tens of millions of dollars a year, and their annual losses nearly doubled in just the last five years. The remaining four Chicago stores continue to face the same business difficulties, but we think this decision gives us the best chance to help keep them open and serving the community.
Over the years, we have tried many different strategies to improve the business performance of these locations, including building smaller stores, localizing product assortment and offering services beyond traditional retail. We have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the city, including $70 million in the last couple years to upgrade our stores and build two new Walmart Health facilities and a Walmart Academy training center.
The answer seems to be putting cameras all over the store, inside & out, and turning all information over to the police. We have localities here (Colerain Township is one) where the police don't even respond to shoplifting calls any more.I could possibly see this reaction if you owned the company/store. However an employee seriously not worth it EVER worrying about a shoplifter like this.
you can vote what you want however entire jury had to vote unanimously otherwise hung jury and retrial.That is sad. If I was on the jury, I know how I'd vote. NG, but the DA likely will reduce the charge to involuntary manslaughter. Still sad if the manager thought he was doing the right thing.
Cameras more often than not .... are not the answer. Cameras and the related IT and maintenance expense is a cost to the store, and primarily in place to keep honest people honest and provide some types of protection for the store against lawsuits. Proponents of cameras are often the IT industry. The cost of cameras and IT equipment is passed onto the consumer.The answer seems to be putting cameras all over the store, inside & out, and turning all information over to the police. We have localities here (Colerain Township is one) where the police don't even respond to shoplifting calls any more.
The other woman is right in one respect, committing and addict who is not ready to quit is almost certain to fail and a waste of money, that said the availability of a program for those who are ready to recover is a good thing.and, if they are addicts, commit them to treatment facilities.
I think committing them is better than putting them in jail. Even if they "are ready", there's a high chance they will relapse. We've been giving them safe injection sites and safe supply and they are still OD'ing and dying at an increasing rate, so clearly the status quo isn't working either. The Portugal model is now also failing:The other woman is right in one respect, committing and addict who is not ready to quit is almost certain to fail and a waste of money, that said the availability of a program for those who are ready to recover is a good thing..
Youre much better off being a good witness (assuming the local prosecutors will do anything)I could possibly see this reaction if you owned the company/store. However an employee seriously not worth it EVER worrying about a shoplifter like this.
I think committing them is better than putting them in jail. Even if they "are ready", there's a high chance they will relapse. We've been giving them safe injection sites and safe supply and they are still OD'ing and dying at an increasing rate, so clearly the status quo isn't working either. The Portugal model is now also failing:
Portugal's drug decriminalization faces opposition as addiction multiplies - The Washington Post
The link between mental health and addiction is strong. There are some folks that will never be able to stay clean and will assuredly die on the streets eventually. So, either you commit those people to a mental healthcare facility in the hopes that they can eventually transition to outpatient status, or you postpone the inevitable like we are doing now and eventually they end up in a body bag.
Or hung jury, mistrial and the DA dismisses the charges.I
you can vote what you want however entire jury had to vote unanimously otherwise hung jury and retrial.
We have facilities like CAMH in Toronto that are massive mental health treatment facilities that specialize in addiction. A large portion of their population is inpatient, but they have a great outpatient program as well. The problem is that operations like that are expensive and so garnering the necessary funding, difficult.I don't necessarily disagree with any of that - my only concern would be is there sufficient treatment capacity that the placeholders are not taking s spot from someone who would duke good use of it...