FBI social media post roundly mocked and ridiculed online after adding image of white woman to report on U.S. retail theft ring
“High prices, unsafe products, and businesses being shut down. These are just some of the impacts that organized retail theft has on ordinary Americans,” the post reads.
One of the women in the image appears to have a wallet inside her coat.
This article outlines the different types of retail theft operations and the FBI’s efforts in conjunction with local law enforcement to disrupt them and arrest the suspects involved.
Criticism of the post on social media focused on the ethnicity of the two women in the image.
“Yes, folks, our FBI wants you to know that there is an epidemic of rich, young, attractive white women looting our retail stores… How do they manage this illegal activity? Are you running away? This has to stop!” answered John Zeigler.
“This picture is so patently inaccurate that it’s amazing how the federal government would embarrass itself just to avoid angering Democrats.” answered Joe Gabriel Simonson of the Free Beacon.
“White women flocking to CVS is making it harder to buy deodorant.” made a joke Sam Mangold-Lennette of The Federalist.
“Apparently the @FBI believes an organized gang of white upper-middle class teenage girls is responsible for the price gouging and closings,” it read. Another tweet.
“Finally, white people are back in advertising!” answered Author Scott Greer.
“Oh, the WOKE FBI page is the funniest parody account about ” was written. another tweet I’m mocking your post.
The FBI’s tweet received more than 5 million impressions from critics.
a Polls from 2023 It turns out that young people are much more likely to steal from stores than older people. Nearly a third of Gen Z consumers said they had their items stolen from a self-checkout kiosk, compared to only 15% of shoppers who said the same.
One example of how we stopped retail theft documented Four Ecuadorians were indicted by a grand jury in November on charges that they orchestrated the theft of 300 Apple Watches, including jewelry and $300,000 worth of diamonds, from a California location, the FBI said.
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