I have never known an inner city shoplifter. I see the videos like anyone else of organized shoplifters, and it seems to be a big city phenomenon, but don’t know or have ever known any.Originally Posted by gimmick
Nah. It's the people above them as always. They point where to hit and collect. There was just more distraction than normal in the last 2 months. For biker gangs they would be hang arounds. I don't know what's the street gang equivalent. And for NY it's a bit different anyways. More money motivated and more independent. Ambivalent.
What I’ve known is a lot of dudes in the hood who are drug dealer/fences. Those guys are a dime a dozen. The same dude who deals moves all kinds of stolen shit. I know this guy who owns a restaurant that will basically place an order, and this dude sends out all the junkies to steal the shit from grocery stores, and clearly they don’t get much for it considering he can trade them drugs and sell it for .50 on the dollar to others and still make $.
I would guess most of these organized shoplifter leaders most likely made their way up in drugs, lived in a major city, and saw that dynamic, and went for the crime that has slap on the wrist sentences compared to drug sentences.
That’s just a guess, but I’d bet that’s the natural progression for the guys who run those crews. Similar labor pool also. Most of the looters wouldn’t even be able to move the shit they steal. It would be someone who understands the game and gets a bunch of kids to steal shit and take .50 on the dollar or less. A 16 year old looter isn’t going to have some online shop to sell Fendi purses and high end shit. That’s a world they don’t even understand. It has to be enormously profitable to the ringleaders. Some street kid would fall over grateful if you gave him $500 for something you know is worth $2500.
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