Is shoplifting getting worse in the U.S.?
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
You've seen baby formula and razor blades locked behind plastic cases. Retailers say it's partly because of a rise in shoplifting. But analysts say there’s no clear data to back up that claim. Katherine Masters and Alexis Piquero join Meghna Chakrabarti.
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| 0:11.0 | Come. Support for this podcast comes from Sincere Foundation, |
| 0:15.0 | which supports organizations that provide food security, |
| 0:18.0 | housing stability and safe spaces |
| 0:21.0 | and envisions a future where everyone has the opportunity to celebrate life milestones. |
| 0:26.0 | Learn more at sincere.com. |
| 0:29.0 | You've definitely seen a video like this. It's phone footage of a man wearing a black jacket |
| 0:37.6 | behind a Walgreens pharmacy checkout counter and he's stuffing a shopping bag with everything he can pull off the shelves. |
| 0:45.0 | The staff is helpless to do anything. |
| 0:47.7 | The best they can do is call the police. |
| 0:49.8 | This is a store on 24 point level. |
| 0:53.0 | We have this person that is taking everything from the apartment. |
| 1:00.0 | Customers are watching. |
| 1:01.0 | One man shows his frustration, |
| 1:04.2 | and then the thief confronts him. |
| 1:05.9 | He throws bananas and boxes of cold medicine |
| 1:08.8 | at the customer. |
| 1:10.3 | What do you want to go? |
| 1:11.9 | Hey, no, no, no, no, we don't need that. What do? Hey! |
| 1:13.0 | No, no, no, we don't need that. |
| 1:15.0 | Go, who don't do that. |
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