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NightOwl@lemmy.ca to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 19 days ago

Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After Shoplifters

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Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After Shoplifters

theintercept.com

NightOwl@lemmy.ca to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 19 days ago
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A bill intended to halt the supposed threat of “organized retail crime” would put ICE in charge of the federal response.
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  • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml
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    And the brown shirts slowly acquire more power, lol.

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    In 2023, the National Retail Federation, a trade group that supports the bill and whose warnings are cited in its text, retracted a report claiming organized retail crime was responsible for 50 percent of the nearly $100 billion worth of merchandise that went missing in 2021. The true number was found to be closer to 5 percent of that sum.

    5% of 100 billion is who gives a fuck, I didn’t see anything

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      Whaaaat businesses lied so they could outsource their problems to be solved with public funds?!

      …Yeah, that tracks.

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    deleted by creator

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    Go after shoplifters and do what, deport them?

    • foggy@lemmy.world
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      THERE WILL BE NO PETIT THEFT IN AMERICA DO YOU UNDERSTAND

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      yes

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    And by that they mean the power to hunt down brown people in shops.

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    they will eventually come for you, like all the old sayings.

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