As Orwell said, eh? WaPo’s headline could be a lot shorter and more accurate:
80 looters simultaneously broke into a Nordstrom near San Francisco, police say: ‘Clearly a planned event’ in weekend filled with looting incidents
Just call it fucking GANG ACTIVITY and be done with it – but apparently WaPo cannot use that word. But a coordinated attack and theft by multiple members is simply a gang at work, and RICO, which can increase penalties, often applies to illegal gang activities.
Gang gang gang. Is this a problem with the economy, or with state policies, as the article implies?
Jim Dudley, a retired San Francisco Police officer who now teaches criminal justice at San Francisco State University, said the burglaries might be the result of a “perfect storm” created by corporations and policymakers in California, where many retailers have “no chase” policies regarding shoplifters and where at least $950 of merchandise must be stolen for state prosecutors to press felony charges.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
