{"id":1087808,"date":"2021-12-05T21:28:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T02:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1087808"},"modified":"2021-12-05T21:28:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T02:28:32","slug":"ocasio-cortez-blasted-for-dismissing-organized-retail-theft-crimewave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ocasio-cortez-blasted-for-dismissing-organized-retail-theft-crimewave\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocasio-Cortez Blasted for Dismissing \u2018Organized Retail Theft\u2019 Crimewave"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Focasio-cortez-blasted-for-dismissing-organized-retail-theft-crimewave%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1087808&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1329711534-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Openly socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has been getting blasted for attempting to downplay the smash-and-grab crimewave that has been destroying retail outlets in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with the <em>Washington Times<\/em>&nbsp;last week, Ocasio-Cortez&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/M9uNJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismissed<\/a> the allegations of \u201corganized retail theft\u201d as a hoax with not much evidence to back it up.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[A] lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said. \u201cI believe it\u2019s a Walgreens in California cited it, but the data didn\u2019t back it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the New York Democrat\u2019s claims, the smash-and-grab crimewave has severely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/das-retailers-say-california-needs-stronger-shoplifting-law\/\">impacted<\/a> retail outlets, with up to tens of billions of dollars in losses, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNational retail groups last month estimated the annual losses to be in the&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buysafeamerica.org\/impact-of-organized-retail-crime-and-product-theft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">tens of billions of dollars<\/a>,\u201d reported the AP. \u201cSome states\u2019 attorney generals are supporting a&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/press\/dem\/releases\/durbin-cassidy-grassley-hirono-coons-tillis-introduce-bill-to-ensure-greater-transparency-for-third-party-sellers-of-consumer-products-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">congressional bill<\/a>&nbsp;that would require more prevention efforts by large online marketplaces, where experts say many of the stolen goods are fenced.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Just last Friday, authorities in the San Francisco Bay Area conducted what they described as&nbsp;\u201cone of the largest retail theft busts in California history,\u201d uncovering upwards of $8 million worth of merchandise from CVS, Target, and Walgreens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis level of violence has taken it to a whole new level,\u201d Rachel Michelin, president of the California Retailers Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/03\/business\/retailers-robberies-theft.html\">told<\/a> the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>. \u201cNo one has seen this before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Retail outlet groups and politicians equally blasted Ocasio-Cortez for her dismissal of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRespectfully, the Congresswoman has no idea what&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/o\/M9uNJ\/https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/ocasio-cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she<\/a>&nbsp;is talking about. Both the data and stack of video evidence makes fairly clear that this is a growing problem in need of solutions,\u201d said Jason Brewer, Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) senior executive vice president of communications. \u201cIf she is not concerned with organized theft and increasingly violent attacks on retail employees, she should just say that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The retail outlet Walgreens, which has reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1411355972610707462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1411355972610707462%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Feconomy%2F2021%2F10%2F13%2Fwalgreens-closes-five-bay-area-stores-amid-shoplifting-surge%2F\">closed dozens of stores<\/a> due to the rampant crimewave, asserted to the <em>Washington Times<\/em> that&nbsp;\u201corganized retail crime is one of the top challenges facing\u201d the company,\u201d adding that the problem&nbsp;\u201chas evolved beyond shoplifting and petty theft to the sale of stolen and counterfeit goods online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) called Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s remarks&nbsp;\u201ctone-deaf and offensive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Openly socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has been getting blasted for attempting to downplay the smash-and-grab crimewave that has been destroying retail outlets in recent months. 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