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by rdtsc 1081 days ago
Some do, some don’t, depending on the group and the location. Most would just drift to whatever gets them easy money.

“Organized” doesn’t even have to be that large, could be a small group of accomplices that then know another group who is fencing stolen stuff.

If jumping into a Target or Walmart with a large garbage bag filling it with stuff to sell later makes a few extra bucks, why not? The police and the store employees just sit there looking at you without any real consequences. So why not do it?