# Real Time with Bill Maher **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-time-with-bill-maher/991367 "2023-10-10T21:03:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 503
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-time-with-bill-maher/991367/503 "2024-05-28T15:14:36Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > If you want to address why it’s happening more often, then you need to look at how manufacturers and Big Agro have raised consumer prices beyond what can be justified by inflation and why retailers have cannibalized their staff to the point that they can no longer adequately deter thieves Wait – so these massive gang invasions of stores, smashing and grabbing by hordes of gang members who then wheel out shopping carts literally overflowing with expensive goods, is all because stores don’t have adequate staffing? 🤣 > [@Mijin](#): > > Yep, Strawman McStrawee sure does say some crazy things It’s pretty hard for surveillance cameras to film a “strawman”. Previous posts here are the straw men: full of attempts to minimize the extent of property crime in the SF-Bay area, to blame reports of high crime on conservative fear-mongering, and also a bunch of refutations to things that neither Maher nor anyone here has ever said, like “it’s illegal for employees to confront shoplifters”, “shoplifting is allowed in California”, or that thefts under $950 cannot be prosecuted in California (they just became misdemeanors rather than felonies). But really, the point of posting the video is just that it’s pretty damn scary. These are dangerous organized gangs dealing in large-scale theft. The video shows several instances of them being arrested by what were essentially quasi-military SWAT teams. And this was in what I had thought was a fairly peaceful part of California, away from the big cities. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-time-with-bill-maher/991367)._