Let’s all be cautious how we view and analyze news reports and anecdotes about retail theft (especially of food) now that SNAP benefits have frozen in most states. If the MSM and the internet all decided on one weekend in the past to shine a bright light on theft from food stores and related hijinks the average American would be shocked. It’s YUGE! On any given day, police are kept busy responding to retail thefts and robberies, and some of the stories are astounding. So let’s don’t get fooled by the media saturation coverage that is about to break open because SNAP benefits in most states are frozen shut as of November 1. What we really want to know is what is about to be covered by the media any worse than any other week in America, especially the big cities. That will take some statistical comparisons and some on-the-ground anecdotes. Gathering that info will take a week, a month or longer.
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