Between 30 to 50 people swarmed the Nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Woodland Hills, making off with thousands of dollars worth of luxury handbags and high-end clothing, an LAPD spokesman told NBC News.

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    1 year ago

    LOL why are they calling it “shoplifting” this isn’t some bored kid stuffing a shirt under their clothes. This is an organized raid.

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      They even mention the use of bear spray. That alone turned it from being shoplifting to a robbery. Since now there’s the inclusion of violence and/or threat of violence

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        Wrong. The second they used the bear spray it went from shoplifting to a robbery. Because now violence or threat of violence is involved.

        I’m no lawyer, but it might even be considered armed robbery depending on how the state views sprays.

        • I’m a lawyer and you’re absolutely right legally speaking. In the eyes of the police though, it’s shopifting, or at best like shoplifting+. The perpatrators had masks on and got away. The store is insured for the loss.

          Nobody is going to look hard for these people.