Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Oh, there were a few of those in Philly.
Now one counts the good neighborhoods.....

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Yes, but why do they use the police and the courts for silly things?

Recently I was threatened with arrest over a parking ticket. I have lived in PA for 33 years and got two parking tickets, one about 30 years ago which I paid the same day I received it, and the recent one. I didn't know I had gotten a ticket because it either blew off or a kid removed it (I was told sometimes they pull a ticket off a car and put it on another car for fun). It was during a large musical festival and there were packs of kids roaming around.

One day I received a notice that I owed 35.00 due to non-payment. It stated that if five tickets were outstanding the city would tow the car or place a boot on it. At that time I had been down with pneumonia and didn't pay the bill much mind. About two weeks later I received a second letter explaining I now owed 145.00 and was to report to court on Nov. 11th. When I showed up the court was open but they weren't doing traffic cases that day due to the holiday (President's Day). That afternoon I received a letter explaining a mistake had been made and now I was to report on Jan. 5th. Failure to appear would lead to my arrest.

Finally, I got my day in court, and being a photographer I brought in an 8x10 glossy showing the meter was unable to be read due to condensation inside the window.

My case was dismissed but it required someone to send out correspondence, took the time of a parking authority person to be present, took the judge's time, and cost me two trips of about eight miles each way (so much for cutting down on greenhouse emissions).

Why can't money like this be repurposed to deal with actual crime?

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

If they did it was a solo act or maybe two (a lookout and the thief). These roving gangs would not have been tolerated!

doxphoto Loc: Allentown, PA

WAWAs can be pure chaos & shoplifting is way too easy. It’s a sad state of affairs to be sure. Pathetic behavior.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Sadly, that's the key operator.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

I am 75, I’ll be 76 in August. I was born in 1948. I grew up in the 1950s and 60s until I went in the Navy in 1966. My comments come from my own personal experiences. If what you say comes from your personal experiences of the 1950s then we grew up in different environments.

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

Tdearing Loc: Rockport, TX

Yes, I'm told the attic can be a very cold and lonely place for a lowly Hog. We're a ship badly in need of righting.

maxlieberman Loc: 19027

My girlfriend and I were at a Big Lots store and we saw a woman walk out pushing a full shopping cart. The store employees were only interested in recovering the goods and took no steps to apprehend her and hold her for the police. They did not even write down the license plate of her car.

cbabcock

Yeah, we are learning that you can get away with anything. Today's parents, who raise today's kids, are the children of our children. If only we had done a better job.

Burtzy Loc: Bronx N.Y. & Simi Valley, CA

Then, the new smash and grab will simply be porch piracy.

Cragzop Loc: NYC

Here in NYC, 5 illegals stomped and kick 2 police officers, breaking one of the officers bones.
They were arrested, then released without bail, returning these violent vermin to the streets.
They all ended up fleeing to California, where California officials claim they are a sanctuary state, and won’t extradite these criminals back to NYC.
All of this, violence, open borders, rampant stealing forcing many stores to close, etc., etc., lay at the feet of “progressives.”
The inmates have taken over the asylum.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I know from store workers that they cannot and should not make physical contact with a suspected shoplifter. There is the potential for injury to either party and the potential for lawsuits. Theft is one thing, but personal injury is another. It's a different situation with the police, though.

It would have been better if you had stopped before, "Please note."

Carl S

I live in a small town in Louisiana, and this sort of activity is not permitted and promptly taken care of by authorities. If it goes unpunished, it will only get worse.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Sad... very sad...