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Saks employees aren't going to let go of a scarf shoplifter just because he reaches for his knife
By adamg on Thu, 06/29/2023 - 6:25pm
A Cambridge man was arraigned on armed-robbery charges yesterday after he and a pal tried fleeing Saks Fifth Avenue on Boylston Street with a number of scarves and two handbags, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
According to the DA's office, a store employee spotted Abdelouahab Adel, 23, and the other man "walking through Saks Fifth Avenue holding multiple multicolored scarves" before they stopped at a handbag display, lifted two of the bags and then walked out, around 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
Two other store employees confronted the men outside the store [on Ring Road], causing one to drop the stolen items and flee toward Huntington Avenue. The second man, later identified as Adel, was uncooperative and tried to fight with employees. The employees observed Adel reach into his pocket and remove a shiny object, which they believed to be a knife. The employees detained Adel until police arrived.
Adel was unresponsive to officer’s questions. After a medical evaluation by EMS, Adel was placed under arrest. The second individual has not been arrested.
The DA's office says the object was, in fact, "a black knife with a two-inch blade," good enough to add a charge of armed robbery to a charge of larceny over $1,200.
The $3218.50 in scarves and handbags were returned to the store, the DA's office reports.
A Boston Municipal Court judge set bail for Adel - who also faces a shoplifting charge in Waltham - at $750 and ordered him to stay out of Saks while his case is pending.
Innocent, etc.
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Employees at Saks are "not
Employees at Saks are "not the one".
I totally get this vibe from them.
Are store employees supposed
Are store employees supposed to detain suspected shoplifters once they’re outside the store and in public?
Our society wants us to first
Our society wants us to first blame the shoplifters. Then question the motivations of a low-paid employee risking their life to stop a shoplifter.
I'll ask you to put aside your judgements for one second to question the societal structures that contributed to this situation. What drove these people to feel the need to steal? Why were these workers not paid enough? Who is profiting off the items sold by Saks and how extravagant is their life? Compared YOURS and your NEIGHBORS?
"Hard Work = Money" is a lie that the wealthy have been selling for years to keep the working class divided.
I ask you to take one second to question if the party at blame here is the the shoplifter, the life-risking employee, or the culture of corporate greed that contributes to wages so low that people are forced to steal to make extra money and employees that are valuable enough to do the dangerous work of protecting the corporations assets but not valued enough to be paid a living wage by a company worth $6,000,000,000 dollars.
If you believe $6 billion corporation is not at fault for contributing to this, I implore you to check your bank statement and reassess your position on the spectrum of wealth.
I'm going to guess you have more in common with the shoplifter and employees than you do the CEO. You are closer to stealing to feed your family than you are buying a yacht.
"Hard Work = Money" is a lie that the wealthy have been selling keep the working class divided.
So..
So what you're saying is we're suppose to feel sorry for criminals because 'oh they can't help it, society makes them do it'. GTFOH.
I don't know about you, but at 19 I was living behind a dumpster and eating garbage to survive. I never.. EVER had any desired to get a friend in a getaway car outfront of a target store, while I go in and fill a shopping cart with 20 bottles Tide detergent. Then load the get away car with said detergent and scream "go go drive drive drive".at the driver to drive away. I never had any desired to do that al all.
When I was homeless, I wanted food. Not fucking handbags from Nordstrom. And yes I had addiction issues also, and I STILL had no desired to do this. I turned tricks instead. It was far more profitable and easier. (and hey at 19, I had the body to do it too) Plus I got a bed to sleep in and a shower.
So please spare me the argument of "poor people, society makes them want to do this". Tens of thousands of people are 'down on their luck' in this country every single day, yet only a small percentage go knock up a Target for Tide or steal handbags from Nordstrom.
But please continue to try to push this mantra, those organized crime syndicates can't wait for more people to believe this nonsense, so they can have public support to continue their crime spree. Just remember, they are smart too and aren't dumb, thats why they are organized.
Stop being stupid and pushing this nonsense. These people are apart of an organized crime syndicate, and aren't "down on their luck". Plain and Simple.
PS - Your entire argument falls apart if this is applied to locally owned stores (vs large corporations). So again you'd support criminal enterprise over store owners? Really?
Futhermore would you feel the same way if say instead of knocking over a Target, they broke into your home and took your TV, and computer and all your valuables. Would you still be saying "oh they couldn't help it, they are down on their luck. Just let them have my stuff.". Fuck No, you'd forget all about ACAB and be down at your local PD filing a report and begging them to 'catch that criminal' who robbed you.
Amazing how people's tunes change when it happens to them. Don't say it would be any differently, because you know you'd do exactly that. Because a crime is still a crime, no matter who does it and who it's done too.
Shoplifter
Well said! For some reason there seems to be this big trend towards feeling sorry for offenders. The rallying cry is "He needs help," even if the person just committed a mass shooting.
Lots of people have difficult lives, but not all of them decide to hurt other people. It's a choice, and one that should come with consequences.
We need to start caring about the victims instead of feeling sorry for the people who harmed them.
$750 bail
For armed robbery? Is that our new judge dougan?
$3218.50
I bought this much clothing and accessories over the last 5 years!