Subject: Re: Wise Words from Merrick Garland
Shoplifting is actually down - see of that continues<

Average annual shrink made up 1.57 percent of retail sales in 2022, up slightly from 2021 (1.44 percent) but down compared with 2019 (1.62 percent). The F.B.I. and the Bureau of Justice Statistics also found that theft and property crime ticked up in 2022 but remained below pre-Covid levels. There's a chart/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/1...

Robbery has been trending down for some time. See chart

https://www.statista.com/stati...

Flash mob robbery is up, but it isn't just the USA. Overall we are doing fine, but the Average American always thinks we are going to hell. We aren't, unless Trump gets elected.