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Brazen bandits caught on video fleeing from LA Gucci store with luxury goods
NY Post ^ | 08/02/2023 | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 08/02/2023 5:02:35 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Shocking video captured the moment a brazen band of bandits sprinted out of a Gucci store in Los Angeles after swiping thousands of dollars’ worth of luxury items – as a security guard walked helplessly behind them.

Nine men wearing hoodies are seen dashing out of the swanky store at the Westfield Century City mall at about 3 p.m. Monday carrying pricey bags and suitcases as onlookers record them on their phones.

One apparent store employee wearing a suit calls 911 and makes a feeble attempt to grab one of the thieves during the chaotic incident.

And a seemingly nonchalant security guard in uniform follows the gang out the door slowly as he makes a phone call – presumably to the cops.

During their flight, some of the men dropped a few items, which those behind them pick up.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: bandits; brazen; gucci; la
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1 posted on 08/02/2023 5:02:35 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“And a seemingly nonchalant security guard in uniform follows the gang out the door slowly as he makes a phone call – presumably to the cops”

Sounds like a inside job to me


2 posted on 08/02/2023 5:05:11 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Those crazy Amish kids.


3 posted on 08/02/2023 5:05:13 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They should just shoot them.


4 posted on 08/02/2023 5:07:52 AM PDT by Beth2034
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A certain relative of mine (insert joke here; I can take it) is a bigwig in a major jewelry company.

You have to make an appointment to get into the store. There is no waking in, just for this reason.

He predicts more and more stores will be moving to either this model or a membership model where you have to have an ID and credit card on file and pass a background check to get in. Akin to Sam’s club, but more more serious about not letting non-vetted people in.


5 posted on 08/02/2023 5:08:18 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
In other words…

“Bold Brazen Bandits Brazenly Bag Bags”


6 posted on 08/02/2023 5:08:48 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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To: V_TWIN

Sounds like CA where the rents cop will go to prison if he physically tries to stop the theives.


7 posted on 08/02/2023 5:09:32 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Beth2034

In Texas, they can.


8 posted on 08/02/2023 5:09:56 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Bidenomics!
Gas stoves!
9 posted on 08/02/2023 5:11:58 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
“It kind of just shows you the mentality that they either don’t think they’re going to get caught or they don’t care if they get caught,”

They know if they get caught they'll be back on the street in hours. Charges will be "running in a mall" or something equally ridiculous.

10 posted on 08/02/2023 5:14:01 AM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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And a seemingly nonchalant security guard in uniform follows the gang out the door slowly as he makes a phone call – presumably to the cops.

He didn't want to be fired--but he may be, anyway, for calling the cops.

11 posted on 08/02/2023 5:15:20 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Shocking video...

Why is it shocking? This has become common place.

12 posted on 08/02/2023 5:17:36 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

LA is Louisiana. L.A. is Los Angeles


13 posted on 08/02/2023 5:22:38 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Similar event here in Cincinnati a year or so ago. Guys cleaned out a Louis Vuitton store the same way. Had to be an inside job. Nevr heard of a resolution to the case.


14 posted on 08/02/2023 5:22:40 AM PDT by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The word Gucci must mean suckers. Why would Gucci even let these people into their store?


15 posted on 08/02/2023 5:26:03 AM PDT by chopperk ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27



16 posted on 08/02/2023 5:30:20 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

LA’s a democrat hellhole... large scale theft is the norm.


17 posted on 08/02/2023 5:31:11 AM PDT by GOPJ (What are the odds two dogs would both only bite Secret Service Agents? Coincidence? Zero.)
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To: Jewbacca

Just yesterday as I was walking into my grocery store a guy walked out shirt stuffed with food before staff could even react.

In talking to one of the employees at checkout that witnessed the theft, she said they are instructed NOT to attempt to intervene or detain a shoplifter.

A poor policy IMO.

In contrast, there’s a Khol’s department store that shares the same parking lot as the grocery store.
Without fail, for the last 5 years in a row I’ve seen a police car in front of the store with someone the back, that more than likely is a shoplifter that will be prosecuted.

Prosecution is a very effective deterant IMO.


18 posted on 08/02/2023 5:33:30 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Eewwwwwweeeeeeeeeeee we sho dues likes fine eye-talian sheeeet boss mayne.


19 posted on 08/02/2023 5:34:28 AM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
brazen band of bandits

The New York Post tries on some new, cutesy language. Yet, due to the facts behind it, this descriptor will become "racist" in a year or so. Now, why on earth would that be?

20 posted on 08/02/2023 5:34:43 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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