Citizens Take Action at Macy’s Attempted Smash and Grab … Against the Police – Opinion

Last night at a Macy’s in San José, California, swift and aggressive internal security action thwarted an attempted group robbery. Two people, apparently not connected to the robbers, were taken into police custody for interfering in the arrests of the officers as they tried to capture the suspects.

KNTV, a local television station:

A cellphone camera captured by NBC Bay Area Saturday evening showed an officer asking a female to leave Oakridge Mall. After that, there was an altercation.

It all happened as police responded to the mall on reports of a theft inside the Macy’s store involving several suspects.

Two people who spoke to NBC Bay Area said that they witnessed security guards taking a teenage boy into custody. Witnesses said that the guards had been rough with the teenager and they became even more concerned after police arrived.

Reports elsewhere in the story mention that the robbers assaulted and severely injured a female clerk at the store.

Although it shouldn’t, it amazes me that in a time of rampant retail crime where not just property but both lives and livelihoods are being damaged or lost, there remain individuals so addicted to anti-cop hysteria that they attempt actively protecting shoplifters. ACAB appears to be even more addictive that PCP.

It warrants mention that Macy’s has obviously had enough. In lieu of the usual retail smash and grab robbery response, namely don’t do anything because someone might get hurt, Macy’s has on hand employees taking direct action to thwart theft.

Following the sudden embrace by San Francisco Bay Area politicalos like London Breed (mayor of San Francisco), the incident shows that the idea of mollycoddling retailers thieves may be wrong. Whether district attorneys such as San Francisco’s Chesa Boudin, who dwell forever in a land of lollipop dreams beneath a cotton candy sky where criminals are merely misunderstood victims needing naught but gentle corrective advice to embrace the straight and narrow, are on board with this remains to be seen. I wouldn’t bet heavily on it.

We pray for the employee of the store to quickly and fully recover from her injuries. Praises for anyone who believes that saying “tsk” in response to violent crime will one day lead to a solution. Hey, it’s not impossible. God is still able to work miracles.