Black Friday Becomes ‘Shoplifters’ Super Bowl’ Amid Surging Organized Retail Theft
A former NYPD robbery squad detective says the threat of Black Friday theft has turned a holiday weekend into shoplifters’ “Super Bowl” with retail robbery turning into a “multibillion-dollar business.”
A 2024 report released by the National Retail Federation claims that retail theft increased by a whopping 93% in 2023 versus 2019, adding there was also a 90% increase in dollar loss due to shoplifting. The organization estimates 186.9 million Americans will shop between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday…
“Organized retail crime today in 2025, it’s no longer teenagers stealing T-shirts. These are professional theft rings operating across state lines, reselling through sophisticated and widely networked online marketplaces. They are a sophisticated, super profitable, multibillion-dollar business.”
This isn’t just crime; it’s a calculated, corporate-level enterprise. The expert, Patrick Brosnan, rightly called Black Friday the “Super Bowl” for these criminal rings. They exploit the holiday chaos and overwhelmed store staff to execute brazen, coordinated heists. What we’re seeing is the predictable result of an environment where the consequences for crime have been systematically dismantled.
But don’t think for a second these crooks are content with just hitting Target. They are now bringing their war on order directly to our homes, proving that no sanctuary is safe. In New York, for instance, prosecutors busted a sophisticated “porch pirate” ring that took holiday theft to a terrifying new level. This wasn’t some lone loser grabbing a box. This was a team of criminals hacking into shipping data from giants like FedEx and Verizon.
They knew exactly which packages contained valuable electronics and would arrive moments after delivery to swipe them. They were so emboldened that in some cases they rushed delivery drivers on the street in broad daylight. This is the brazenness that grows when criminals know they have nothing to fear from the justice system.
How does this kind of lawlessness flourish? The answer isn’t complicated. It’s found in the calculated weakness of the Democrat-run cities and states where these criminals operate. The New York porch pirate ring provides all the infuriating proof you need. After a lengthy investigation led to arrests, what happened to these high-tech thieves? You might want to sit down for this. Some were simply freed without bail.
Their charges, you see, were deemed ineligible for bail under New York’s disastrous “criminal justice reform” laws. This is the liberal endgame in action: professional criminals are caught red-handed and immediately sent through a revolving door, free to continue their siege on our communities. From New York to Los Angeles, soft-on-crime prosecutors have sent a crystal-clear message: in their America, the law protects the offender, not the victim.
A 2024 report released by the National Retail Federation claims that retail theft increased by a whopping 93% in 2023 versus 2019, adding there was also a 90% increase in dollar loss due to shoplifting. The organization estimates 186.9 million Americans will shop between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday…
“Organized retail crime today in 2025, it’s no longer teenagers stealing T-shirts. These are professional theft rings operating across state lines, reselling through sophisticated and widely networked online marketplaces. They are a sophisticated, super profitable, multibillion-dollar business.”
This isn’t just crime; it’s a calculated, corporate-level enterprise. The expert, Patrick Brosnan, rightly called Black Friday the “Super Bowl” for these criminal rings. They exploit the holiday chaos and overwhelmed store staff to execute brazen, coordinated heists. What we’re seeing is the predictable result of an environment where the consequences for crime have been systematically dismantled.
But don’t think for a second these crooks are content with just hitting Target. They are now bringing their war on order directly to our homes, proving that no sanctuary is safe. In New York, for instance, prosecutors busted a sophisticated “porch pirate” ring that took holiday theft to a terrifying new level. This wasn’t some lone loser grabbing a box. This was a team of criminals hacking into shipping data from giants like FedEx and Verizon.
They knew exactly which packages contained valuable electronics and would arrive moments after delivery to swipe them. They were so emboldened that in some cases they rushed delivery drivers on the street in broad daylight. This is the brazenness that grows when criminals know they have nothing to fear from the justice system.
How does this kind of lawlessness flourish? The answer isn’t complicated. It’s found in the calculated weakness of the Democrat-run cities and states where these criminals operate. The New York porch pirate ring provides all the infuriating proof you need. After a lengthy investigation led to arrests, what happened to these high-tech thieves? You might want to sit down for this. Some were simply freed without bail.
Their charges, you see, were deemed ineligible for bail under New York’s disastrous “criminal justice reform” laws. This is the liberal endgame in action: professional criminals are caught red-handed and immediately sent through a revolving door, free to continue their siege on our communities. From New York to Los Angeles, soft-on-crime prosecutors have sent a crystal-clear message: in their America, the law protects the offender, not the victim.
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