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Thieves are ripping AirPods Max off heads in NYC
welshdog said:Lack of police presence is a tactic created by activist police unions to scare people into backing bigger budgets for police departments. Almost no city has actually defunded the crime fighting elements of their police departments. Budgets have reallocated funds from police to shift non-police social work to entities trained and prepared to deal with those sorts of things - exactly the changes many police leaders have been asking for. Police unions, being the shitasses they are, are using the defund meme to their advantage, with the side effect being less presence and more minor crimes. Policing is broadly broken in this country and fixing it will be hard. Part of the problem is a long standing one: the people who want to be police officers are the very people who should not be police officers. Having a life long desire to bust heads is not a qualification to enter law enforcement. Being a racist skin head twenty years ago, realizing that wasn't really working and then having the epiphany that racists wouldn't be prevented from becoming cops, is not a valid reason to be a cop - and yet this is exactly what happened.
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Thieves are ripping AirPods Max off heads in NYC
ronn said:"Thefts by teams on mopeds isn't a new technique, and it has been seen in other cities across the world where victims carry bags or are seen with premium items in public."
Anytime Apple is involved it's overblown. As the article mentions, this is a worldwide problem. NYC remains the safest large city and has crime rates similar to medium-sized (and even some smaller) cities. People need to use commonsense and have situational awareness. Especially when sporting gear that sells for ~$500. Of course it's not right for others to rob, but that's been an issue for many, many years.
The recent crime spikes still pales in comparison to the awful rates of the late 80s to mid 90s.
Thefts by teams on mopeds aren't new and occur globally. NYC, despite being the safest large city with crime rates comparable to smaller cities, still requires common sense and situational awareness. High-value items like $500 gear can attract thieves, but robbery has long been a universal issue.