{"id":566211,"date":"2021-06-16T17:52:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T21:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=566211"},"modified":"2021-06-16T17:52:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T21:52:08","slug":"cbs-anchor-muses-if-famed-walgreens-shoplifter-is-probably-getting-something-you-need-an-act-of-desperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-anchor-muses-if-famed-walgreens-shoplifter-is-probably-getting-something-you-need-an-act-of-desperation\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Anchor Muses If Famed Walgreens Shoplifter Is \u2018Probably Getting Something You Need,\u2019 \u2018An Act Of Desperation\u2019"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fcbs-anchor-muses-if-famed-walgreens-shoplifter-is-probably-getting-something-you-need-an-act-of-desperation%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=566211&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\/06\/Walgreens.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, the shoplifting epidemic in San Francisco took center stage in the national conversation after a video went viral showing a shoplifter at one of the city\u2019s Walgreens stealing various items off the shelf while a security guard and other customers helplessly watched the theft in progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA reporter with San Francisco\u2019s ABC affiliated posted the video to Twitter, tagging the city\u2019s progressive district attorney, Chesa Boudin, whose office has shifted focus from petty crime to focus \u2018only on stopping serious, repeat offenders, especially violent ones,\u2019 according to an interview a deputy district attorney did with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davisvanguard.org\/2021\/03\/san-francisco-das-office-addresses-rampant-shoplifting-at-walgreens\/\">the Davis Vanguard<\/a>, a news outlet near San Francisco,\u201d The Daily Wire reported. \u201cThe video is also tagged, \u2018No Consequences.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.3027027027027\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This just happened at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Walgreens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Walgreens<\/a> on Gough &#038; Fell Streets in San Francisco. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoConsequences?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoConsequences<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chesaboudin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chesaboudin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uSbnTQQk4J\">pic.twitter.com\/uSbnTQQk4J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lyanne Melendez (@LyanneMelendez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LyanneMelendez\/status\/1404574079156318210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During a segment on CBS \u201cThis Morning\u201d on Wednesday, anchor Tony Dokoupil mused that perhaps the shoplifter was just in the throes of desperation and was stealing something of importance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo crime is never justified, of course,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/scott-whitlock\/2021\/06\/16\/cbss-shocking-spin-shoplifting-crime-wave-act-desperation-not\">said Dokoupil.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat reads as an act of desperation. You\u2019re not getting rich off what you take from a Walgreens. You\u2019re getting probably something you need. I don\u2019t know the details of that particular case,\u201d he later added after his colleagues discussed the extent of the security guard\u2019s responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Even Dokoupil\u2019s colleagues were not exactly convinced of the thief\u2019s desperation, given what he was stealing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, a bag full, they look like hair products,\u201d said Vlad Duthiers. \u201cWhich are valuable. He\u2019s filling his bag. In New York City I\u2019ve mostly seen off-duty New York City police officers in Walgreens and CVS. Probably bigger deterrents than security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/shoplifting-skyrockets-in-san-francisco-forcing-retailers-to-close-stores\">reported<\/a>, shoplifting has skyrocketed in San Francisco, forcing many stores to close:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11.834767641997\">\n<p><em>Shoplifting has become so rampant in San Francisco that retailers are closing stores.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The San Francisco Chronicle\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/local-politics\/article\/Out-of-control-Organized-crime-drives-S-F-16175755.php\">reported<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month that stores like Walgreens and CVS are closing locations in the city due to \u201cout of control\u201d shoplifting. The outlet spoke to 77-year-old John Susoeff, who used to pick up his prescriptions at a Walgreens two blocks from his home until it closed in March. Now he has to walk six blocks to the next nearest pharmacy. Susoeff sometimes requires a cane to walk, and also picks up prescriptions for his neighbors who have mobility issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As stores take better security measures, liberals have been defending shoplifters as desperate people in search of necessary items.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CVS on my corner has started locking up basic items like clothing detergent. As so many families can\u2019t make ends meet right now, I can\u2019t imagine thinking that the way to solve the problem of people stealing basic necessities out of desperation is to prosecute them,\u201d tweeted \u201cSex and the City\u201d star Cynthia Nixon last month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.673469387755\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The CVS on my corner has started locking up basic items like clothing detergent.  <\/p>\n<p>As so many families can\u2019t make ends meet right now, I can\u2019t imagine thinking that the way to solve the problem of people stealing basic necessities out of desperation is to prosecute them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5RsdMTDWqa\">https:\/\/t.co\/5RsdMTDWqa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CynthiaNixon\/status\/1396225485827416064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Tuesday, Aubrey O\u2019Day of the pop group Danity Kane said the Walgreens shoplifter was in the throes of desperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Walgreens CEO got a 25 mil bonus, the company isn\u2019t hurting. This likely happened bc this man can\u2019t afford basic necessities for his family. &#038; go read a security cop manual, he did what it instructs..if his family lost him today you\u2019d be over there filing your nails, so hush,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.576271186441\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">new Walgreens CEO got a 25 mil bonus, the company isn\u2019t hurting. This likely happened bc this man can\u2019t afford basic necessities for his family. &#038; go read a security cop manual, he did what it instructs..if his family lost him today you\u2019d be over there filing your nails, so hush. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A76QcupA3z\">https:\/\/t.co\/A76QcupA3z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aubrey O&#8217;Day (@AubreyODay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AubreyODay\/status\/1404869603990278146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/shoplifting-skyrockets-in-san-francisco-forcing-retailers-to-close-stores\">Shoplifting Skyrockets In San Francisco, Forcing Retailers To Close\u00a0Stores<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the shoplifting epidemic in San Francisco took center stage in the national conversation after a video went viral showing a shoplifter at one of the city\u2019s Walgreens stealing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280516,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Walgreens.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"CBS Anchor Muses If Famed Walgreens Shoplifter Is \u2018Probably Getting Something You Need,\u2019 \u2018An Act Of Desperation\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-566211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Walgreens.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"CBS Anchor Muses If Famed Walgreens Shoplifter Is \u2018Probably Getting Something You Need,\u2019 \u2018An Act Of Desperation\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}