{"id":86140,"date":"2023-09-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=86140"},"modified":"2023-09-27T07:22:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:22:20","slug":"the-beatings-will-continue-until-the-beat-ee-decides-otherwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=86140","title":{"rendered":"The Beatings Will Continue Until The Beat-ee Decides Otherwise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Citing the rise in meth-related crimes and low revenue, Target is closing nine stores in Nebraska, Kentucky and Montana.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Just kidding.  They&#8217;re in <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/26\/business\/target-retail-theft-store-closures\/index.html\">San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and New York City<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Target is closing nine stores in major cities across four states, claiming theft and organized retail crime have made the environment unsafe for staff and customers \u2013 and unsustainable for business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The big box chain is part of a wave of retailers \u2013 both large and small \u2013 that say they\u2019re struggling to contain store crimes that have hurt their bottom lines. Many have closed stores or made changes to merchandise and layouts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, the hecklers are out in force; &#8220;crime can&#8217;t possibly be <em>that <\/em>bad&#8230;&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It\u2019s not clear that crime is growing significantly more serious. But as economic fears grow amid inflation and rising borrowing costs, shoplifting often comes with the territory, industry watchers say.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Somehow I suspect that&#8217;s not the reason <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/26\/business\/target-retail-theft-store-closures\/index.html\">these small businesses in Oakland were bucking the narrative:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Target was not the only retailer to raise concerns about retail crime today. Approximately two hundred Oakland business owners closed up shop for a couple hours Tuesday morning and held a demonstration to bring attention to crime plaguing the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Target was not the only retailer to raise concerns about retail crime today. Approximately two hundred Oakland business owners closed up shop for a couple hours Tuesday morning and held a demonstration to bring attention to crime plaguing the area.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>If there were just some sort of connecting thread&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citing the rise in meth-related crimes and low revenue, Target is closing nine stores in Nebraska, Kentucky and Montana. Just kidding. They&#8217;re in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and New York City: Target is closing nine stores in major cities across four states, claiming theft and organized retail crime have made the environment unsafe for staff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,7,20,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy-and-the-market","category-crime-and-punishment","category-democrats","category-liberal-tyranny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86142,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86140\/revisions\/86142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}