Some US shoppers fearful as organized retail theft rises

Ann McGee, a New Yorker from the borough of Queens, doesn’t like the recent sensation she has when entering stores: fear. “It’s not normal to be scared” when shopping,  McGee told AFP.  She’s behind a recent petition denouncing the insecurity caused by rising retail theft — sometimes by thieves operating in groups and threatening anyone […]

afp assault business insecurity new yorker petition retail rising shopping social stores theft thieves us