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In reply to the discussion: An in law in California is telling me that he has been reliably informed [View all]The Magistrate
(95,241 posts)21. Unlikely, Ma'am
And something no one who was not involved in the raids could know.
The items sold have a high resale value, and there are now numerous channels beyond some professional fence for realizing cash from the booty. It's worth organizing a crew for, it seems.
Here in Chicago there have been raids on such stores in the Michigan Avenue stretch. Not on quite the same scale, but the same basic pattern: a group swarms the joint, grabs what can be, and departs. A store in which theft of a dozen purses can amount to theft of seventy-thousand dollars or so I confess I regard as a standing invitation to human ingenuity and dash....
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An in law in California is telling me that he has been reliably informed [View all]
malaise
Nov 2021
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Hell, anythings possible with the pukes in this political atmosphere.
MarineCombatEngineer
Nov 2021
#3
Yes, the targets are cities claimed to be too liberal, Chicago has been on the list for years and
ShazamIam
Nov 2021
#11
I think the exclusive stores exist in all large cities but Chicago, Philadelphia, D.C., the Bay Area
ShazamIam
Nov 2021
#20
Entirely credible and so is what has been going on in Portland and Seattle for years. The conser-
ShazamIam
Nov 2021
#10
"antifa," definitely a creation of RW dirty trick politics. As you know there is no such group or
ShazamIam
Nov 2021
#25
Truth is this, Blac Block thing is new and I will bet that if I go looking I will find it all over
ShazamIam
Nov 2021
#31
I don't know, but we have been told via various sources that some law enforcement people seem to
ShazamIam
Nov 2021
#45
lol, ok let's keep playing. The right and all media blab about antifa all the time and there are
ShazamIam
Nov 2021
#51
I am relieved that I have not made any of the claims you are concerned about.
ShazamIam
Nov 2021
#53