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Big stick diplomacy: 2 Employees at California 7-Eleven stop cigarette thief with the help of a wooden stick

08/03/2023 // Ramon Tomey // 2.8K Views

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Two employees at a 7-Eleven convenience store in California recently stopped a thief by immobilizing him and giving him repeated whacks of a huge cane.
The incident – which occurred in a 7-Eleven location in Stockton, California – was captured on video by a customer. The suspect, a Black man, brazenly cleared out the store's cigarette section and dumped his loot into a trash can. He wore a dirty white T-shirt, jeans and a blue head covering.
One store employee confronted the thief, but the suspect threatened to "pull his strap" – implying he would shoot the staff member – and continued to loot the store.
The customer filming the video intervened, advising the employees to just "let him go" and wait for law enforcement to arrive. The customer also asked if the store was insured.
The thief tried to get past the employee who confronted him, but the 7-Eleven worker had none of it. The employee attempted to stop the thief and succeeded in doing so, managing to restrain the suspect to the floor. His fellow employee came to his aid, armed with a huge stick.
The second employee then hit the thief with the wooden stick, swinging it behind his back for more damage. Every strike of the stick caused the suspect to shout in pain as the hits targeted his torso, legs and back.
Meanwhile, the first employee snuck in a punch on the thief's upper back. The thief then gave up his heist and voiced out his intent to leave the store. At this point, the customer intervened once more and told the two employees to let the suspect go. The tandem did, but not before the second employee delivered two more blows.

Lululemon employees fired for accosting shoplifters

According to the Daily Mail, shoplifting in the U.S. "has reached unprecedented levels." The issue, which worsened during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, had been characterized by brazen shoplifters walking out of stores with their arms full of stolen items.
The National Retail Federation (NRF) said retail theft cost the industry almost $100 billion in 2022. David Johnston, NRF's vice president for asset protection and retail operations, said of the matter: "These acts are occurring more openly and thieves have become more brazen and aggressive in stealing merchandise." (Related: Grocery stores hiring armed security teams to ward off rising thefts.)
While the two employees at the 7-Eleven in Stockton were lauded on social media for their efforts, two employees at a Lululemon in Georgia received the short end of the stick after they confronted shoplifters at their store.
The two employees, Jennifer Ferguson and Rachel Rogers, confronted the three thieves who tried to get away with stolen merchandise. The tandem also followed the thieves as they left the store, capturing footage of the scene. Ferguson and Rogers then reported the shoplifting to law enforcement, which led to the arrest of the suspects.
However, the two were fired for allegedly violating the sportswear store's "no-tolerance policy." A representative for Lululemon clarified that the termination stemmed from the two "knowingly violating [the] zero-tolerance policy related to physically engaging with the perpetrators, which put their lives and the safety of our guests and other employees at risk."
"We are grateful no one was hurt during this altercation. [Lululemon has] longstanding protocols in place to uphold a safe environment in our stores. No amount of merchandise in a store is worth our educators putting themselves at risk."
Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald later defended the decision to terminate Ferguson and Rogers. He argued: "We take that policy seriously because we have had instances … where employees step in and are hurt, or worse, killed. The policy [serves] to protect them, [and] we have to stand behind the policy to enforce it."
Collapse.news has more stories about rising retail theft in various cities.
Watch the footage of the two 7-Eleven employees stopping the cigarette thief below.

This video is from the Slappy 27 channel on Brighteon.com.
More related stories:

Retail analyst: Theft is growing at a faster rate than sales.
Big-box stores closing down due to rising RETAIL THEFT.
BAD APPLE: NYC shoplifting reports hit record levels for second straight year.
Target on pace to lose $1.2 billion in profits over a two-year period due to organized retail crime (which is only getting worse.)
Armed guards and retail theft rings: America's streets now resemble a third world nation as organized crime ramps up, citizens buy ballistic armor.
Sources include:
DailyMail.co.uk
NYPost.com 1
11Alive.com
NYPost.com 2
Brighteon.com

Big stick diplomacy: 2 Employees at California 7-Eleven stop cigarette thief with the help of a wooden stick – NaturalNews.com

Police Investigating Shop Owner Who Took Down Armed Thief With A Stick

MONDAY, AUG 07, 2023 - 10:05 AM
Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News,

Just when it appeared that a law abiding business owner had scored a victory against a scumbag shoplifter for once by subduing him with an almighty thrashing, the police have stepped in to criminally investigate the shopkeeper for assault.



Yes really.
KCRA.com reports that the clerk at a 7-Eleven in Stockton, Northern California, who was captured on video taking down a man threatening to pull a gun and filling up a barrel full of products is now the one under investigation by the cops.
The would be thief had visited the store three times on the evening in question, each time threatening the shop keepers and stealing from them.
On the third attempt he got what was coming to him.

Clown world.

The Sikh convenience store clerk who beat the piss out of a shoplifter with a stick in is under investigation from Stockton, California police for assault.

The clerks also said the same man stole from their store two other times.
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— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 6, 2023

As we see time and again, police don’t even bother preventing robbery anymore, and now they’re treating business owners who are forced to defend themselves as the criminals, while the assailants have somehow become the victims.


Retailers Sound Alarm Bell Over Huge Spike in Organized Shoplifting
Oregon prepares legislative response to crack down on thieves.

Summit News




Walmart to Close Last Two Stores in Crime-Ridden Portland After Wave of Thefts
Big retailers fleeing Democrat-run cities.

Summit News






Major London Department Store Gives Up on Calling Police to Catch Shoplifters
Presumably they were busy doing the Macarena at the gay pride parade.

Summit News




We give the last word to Andrea Widburg (at American Thinker), who remarks that when the government encourages lawlessness, as California clearly does, we are no longer witnessing mere property crimes. Instead, we are witnessing the slow death of the people whose property is under endless assault from brazen robbers who know that they cannot be touched.
For the Sikh men, the loss of a job during the shabby Biden economy has the real potential to mean the end of their lives: The end of their having a home, raising a family…heck, even feeding their family. When crime becomes the norm, everyone’s life is at stake.
I sincerely hope that the police conclude that the Sikh men used entirely proportionate force to stop a person who has slowly been killing them.
But since this is California and, as in Superman’s Bizarro Land, everything is backward in the most evil way, I fully expect the robber to get a pass because “he’s been punished enough,” while the brave Sikhs who stepped up in a law-enforcement vacuum, find themselves caught in the California “justice” system.

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