April 19, 2022
The greatest opportunity for organized crime in the US since Prohibition
By James L. Swofford
The defund the police movement presents organized crime with perhaps their greatest opportunity for expansion since alcohol prohibition in the 1920s and early 1930s. The increased crime in general and large-scale, and often organized, retail thefts in particular in large U.S. cities provide this opportunity. Many have claimed that the profits from prohibition allowed organized crime to gain a foothold and become established in many American cities, and it may be happening again.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/04/the_greatest_opportunity_for_organized_crime_in_the_us_since_prohibition.htmlThe large-scale shoplifting and the do-nothing-about-it prosecutors are creating yet another opening for organized crime. Despite what some apparently think, people, including store owners, do not sit idly by forever and let their property be stolen, just because legislatures or city councils or police or prosecutors don't act. People will eventually act privately to protect themselves and their property. Not everyone can or is in a position to protect his property by arming up himself.
On the surface, it is pretty easy to see that stores can lock down more of the merchandise, as is already happening in many places. Over time, some large retail chains can move out of cities or parts of cities, as is already starting to happen at least in San Francisco.
