So let’s see here, NYC is against grocery stores from tagging looters before they are allowed into their kingdoms. The Powers to Be, you know who they are, they are always the same, archetypes of criminals who they protect, guard, give “out of jail free” cards, buy prosecutors, judges, representatives and senators so they can stay in power. Simply put, they want to murder the capitalistic system by allowing its destruction by gang bangers, murderers, thieves, druggies, fentanyl pushers, junkies, Socialist peons, lunatics, homeless pervs to kill again and again and again. But to have a secure grocery store where people feel safe and product secure is against the law, so says NYC worst of the worst pols. 

 

Earlier this year, a group of independent grocers formed a political coalition to demand that legislators and law enforcement clamp down on shoplifters, whose heists have multiplied since the pandemic.

In 2022, NYPD officials said that 327 people accounted for 6,660 arrests — or 30% of all shoplifting incidents. Business owners blame Manhattan district Attorney Alvin Bragg for the spike in shoplifting after he said last year that stealing less than $1,000 worth of goods is considered a misdemeanor and not among the crimes his office would be prosecuting.

Face value Grocers cry foul as NYC weighs ban on face-ID tech that stops shopliftersBig Apple grocers who have been using facial-recognition technology to battle a citywide shoplifting epidemic are fuming over a City Council proposal that would ban the software — just as shopkeepers say it is beginning to prove effective.

Big Apple grocers who have been using facial-recognition technology to battle a citywide shoplifting epidemic are fuming over a City Council proposal that would ban the software — just as shopkeepers say it is beginning to prove effective.

The proposed bill — which follows the city’s feud with Madison Square Garden owner James Dolan, who has used the tech to bar his legal enemies from events at his sports and entertainment venues – would require private businesses and residential buildings to obtain customers’ written consent before their biometric information is captured.

Such a rule would make it practically impossible for supermarkets to use the technology to combat theft — even as Dolan has grabbed headlines for using it at Radio City Music Hall, where he barred one lawyer from attending the Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular with her daughter’s Girl Scout Troop.

While Dolan’s controversial clampdown helped galvanize legislators this spring, the bill has gained momentum as some argue that the technology should only be allowed for use by law enforcement, claiming that it increases the risk of racial profiling.

THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ARE SHITTING ON THE BIG APPLE