IT’S 5:00 IN NEW YORK CITY, AND
THIS IS "THE FIVE."
LIBERALS SOFT ON CRIME POLICIES
THAT ENCOURAGE SHOPLIFTING
LEAVING THE HORRIBLE
CONSEQUENCES.
AN 83-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER AND
HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEE GARY RAZOR
WAS JUST TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT
THING AND STOP A THIEF FROM
STEALING OVER $800 FROM PRESSURE
WASHERS, BUT THE LOWLIFE SHOVED
HIM TO THE GROUND, AND WEEKS
LATER GARY DIED DUE TO
COMPLICATIONS FROM THAT ATTACK.
THE SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE
LOOSE AS MEDICAL EXAMINER RULES
DEATH A HOMICIDE.
THIEVES IN NORTH CAROLINA HAVE A
LICENSE TO STEAL.
IF IT’S VALUED AT LESS THAN
$1,000, A SHOPLIFTER IS SLAPPED
WITH A WEAK MISDEMEANOR CHARGE,
NOT EVEN A FELONY.
GARY’S SON IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT
THE HORRIBLE CRIME.
WATCH.
>> JUST HEARTBREAKING.
MY DAD WAS JUST TRYING TO DO A
JOB, RIGHT?
AND NOW HE’S -- NOW HE’S NO
LONGER WITH US.
IT’S PARAMOUNT TO ME AND MY
FAMILY THAT WE FIND THIS
PARTICULAR PERSON.
AND THAT HE RECEIVES THE JUSTICE
HE SO RICHLY DESERVED.
>> ROBBERIES ARE GETTING SO BAD IN PHILLY, A GAS STATION OWNER
IN PHILLY, A GAS STATION OWNER
HAD TO RETIRE KEVLAR
VEST-WEARING EMPLOYEES.
THE BUSINESS OWNER TIRED FROM
THE NONE NONSENSE.
>> TIRED OF ROBBERIES, DRUG
TRAFFICKING, HANGING AROUND IN
GANG, FORCING US TO HIRE
HIGH-LEVEL SECURITY, STATE
LEVEL.
>> GERALDO, THEY DO TELL YOU IN
THESE BIGGER STORES, IF SOMEONE
SHOPLIFTS, LET THEM DO IT.
IS MAYBE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS?
>> THAT’S ONE WAY TO HANDLE THE
ISSUE.
THE OTHER IS THE WAY S AKS
HANDLED GEORGE FLOYD, PUT WIRED
FENCES AROUND AND ARMED GUARDS
LIKE THE PHILADELPHIA SERVICE
STATION.
THE PROBLEM IS THERE’S BEEN A
REPUDIATION OF THE SOCIAL
CONTRACT.
IN THE OLD DAYS, A LITTLE
SHOPLIFTING HERE, A LITTLE
SHOPLIFTING THERE, BUT BASICALLY
PEOPLE PAID FOR WHAT THEY TOOK
FROM THESE SELF-SERVICE STORES.
THAT’S HOW THEY BECAME SO
POPULAR.
IT WAS AN EFFICIENT WAY TO DO
COMMERCE.
NOW THERE’S THIS CASUAL CALLOUS
RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR THE LAW.
THE IT IS I’M GOING TO DO THIS,
I’M GOING TO DO IT.
I THINK THAT YOU WILL -- THE ARC
OF HISTORY WILL SOLVE THIS,
BECAUSE THEY WILL CONFRONT IT
WITH MORE AND MORE OF THE ARMED
GUARDS.
I REMEMBER IN THE OLD DAYS, IN
THE BODEGA -- JUDGE, YOU
PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS -- THEY
USED TO PUT SOMEONE WITH A
SHOTGUN BEHIND THE CASHIER. YOU COME IN AND.
YOU COME IN AND.
>> Steve": UP THECOME AND ROB TH
THERE WILL BE A VIOLENT
RESPONSE, BECAUSE SOCIETY CAN’T
SUSTAIN THAT ARROGANT DISREGARD
FOR THE LAW.
>> THIS GUY IS ON THE LOOSE.
THERE HAS TO BE VIDEO OF HIM,
BECAUSE THERE’S CAMERAS IN THE
STORES, JUDGE.
HOPEFULLY WE GET HIM.
>> WELL, I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE A
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT HAS
THE ABILITY TO SEEK OUT
INDIVIDUALS AS OPPOSED TO JUST
ENOUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POLICE
OFFICERS TO HANDLE THE CRIMES AS
THEY COME IN.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SQUADS THAT
ARE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW,
CRIMINALS WHO ARE ON THE LOOSE.
I MEAN, POLICE HAVE BEEN
DEFUNDED.
THEY DON’T HAVE WHAT WE USED TO
HAVE.
EVEN I COULD ASSIGN, AMONG MY
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS, YOU’RE
DOING THIS, YOU’RE DOING THIS,
YOU’RE DOING THIS.
HERE’S THE ISSUE -- AND I JUST
WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
THIS -- THIS GUY, ONCE HE’S
CAUGHT, CAN BE CHARGED WITH
HOMICIDE.
>> SURE.
>> HE CAN BE CHARGE WITH
RECKLESS HOMICIDE.
THERE’S CAUSATION BETWEEN THE
INJURY -- THE DEFENDANT WILL
CLAIM, IF I DID THAT TO A
30-YEAR-OLD HE WOULDN’T HAVE
DIED.
WELL, YOU TAKE YOUR VICTIM AS
YOU FIND HIM.
IT’S ABSOLUTELY A HOMICIDE
THEY’RE LOOKING AT THIS GUY FOR.
THE PROBLEM IS, WE LIVE IN A
SOCIETY THAT IS BECOMING, YOU
KNOW, MORE COLD AND MORE
INHUMANE, CRIMINALS MORE
EMBOLDENED.
WHO’S GOING TO STEP UP AND DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, WHEN WE’VE
GOT THIS SOCIAL JUSTICE BALONEY,
THEY’RE PROPOSING?
I MEAN, AT SOME POINT MAYBE
WE’LL GET TO WHAT GERALDO IS
TALKING ABOUT, BUT I DON’T SEE
IT HAPPENING.
WHEN YOU HAVE 10 ROBBERIES IN
CHICAGO IN TWO HOURS, CRIMINALS
ARE ON A HIGH RIGHT NOW, AND
THEY KNOW NOBODY IS LOOKING FOR
THEM, NOBODY WANTS TO ARREST
THEM, NOBODY WANTS TO GET IN A
FIGHT.
THIS GUY DIES BECAUSE HE TRIES
TO STOP A GUY FROM TAKING PUTIN
POWER WASHERS, PRESSURE COOKERS,
WHATEVER THEY WERE.
THEN IN CALIFORNIA, THIS PAST
WEEKEND, A GUY ENDS UP COMING
OUT AND SHOOTING A GUY WHO WAS
STEALING FROM THIS SHOP MART, OR
WHATEVER.
THE GUY SHOOTS BACK AT HIM,
KILLS HIM, AND THEY DON’T CHARGE
HIM WITH MURDER.
THEY’RE SAYING IT WAS
SELF-DEFENSE.
>> WOW.
>> WHAT’S HAPPENING IS OUR
SOCIETY IS NOW STANDING DOWN.
THE LAWS PROTECTING THE
STAND-DOWN, PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE
THIS, ARE STEPPING BACK, THEY
DON’T WANT TO GET INVOLVED,
THEY’LL GET SHOT AND KILLED, OR
TAKING OUT THEIR CAMERAS.
WE’RE IN A MESS IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> THE THIEVES USED TO HIT THE
WAREHOUSE OR TRUCKS.
NOW THEY JUST WALTZ RIGHT INTO
THE STORE, GRAB WHAT THEY WANT,
AND STROLL OUT OF THERE.
>> JUST LIKE YOU WITH THE
CHRISTMAS TREE.
TAKING A CHRISTMAS TREE HOME
FROM FOX.
IMAGINE THE REVERSE.
I DON’T KNOW IF THIS SITUATION
WOULD PLAY OUT, THAT MR. RAZOR
WERE ALIVE, BUT THE OFFENDEDDER
WAS DEAD.
IMAGINE HOW THAT WOULD BE
COVERED, RIGHT?
IT WOULD BE, HE WAS A VIGILANTE,
A VICTIM OF AN OPPRESSED
SOCIETY.
THIS HAPPENS, BARELY A PEOPLE.
EVEN WITH VIDEO LIKE THAT,
IT’S -- IT IS CLEAR THAT
BUSINESSES THIS LARGE PROBABLY
TELL EVERYONE NOT TO GET
INVOLVED, THAT’S WHAT INSURANCE
IS FOR, BUT TO GERALDO’S POINT
THERE’S A MESSAGE THERE.
THAT MESSAGE IS CONTAGIOUS.
ROB THESE PLACES UNTIL THEY MOVE
OUT.
THIS IS A SLOW ROLL LOOTING
OPERATION.
THEY DON’T CARE IF THESE PLACES
LEAVE.
THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE SUFFERING, BECAUSE
WHETHER THEY’RE MINI MARTS,
CLOTHEK STORES BEING SHUT DOWN,
BECAUSE OF RIOTS THEY NEVER
REOPENED.
THEY DON’T CARE.
SO THE THING IS YOU HAVE THE
INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT ARE
GOING TO -- WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT,
WE DON’T WANT ANYBODY TO GET
HURT.
AT THE SAME TIME, WELL, CLOSE
ALL OF THESE DOWN.
THIS IS LIKE A METAPHORRAL SNAPSHOT OF THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SNAPSHOT OF THE LAST TWO YEARS.
NO FEAR OF REP REPERCUSSIONS.
WE ALLOW THE MEDIA AND ACTIVISTS
TO TELL US THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
IS PERMANENTLY STAINED.
THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT
IT, RIGHT?
EVEN PRISONS.
SO THIS GUY WAS A REPEAT
OFFENDER, MENACE TO SOCIETY,
ALREADY KNOWN, NOT IN PRISON
BECAUSE WE AGREED WITH THE
ASSUMPTION THAT PRISONS WERE
SOMEHOW OFFENSIVE.
WE SHOULD HAVE LESS PRISONS, NOT
MORE.
WE NEED MORE PRISONS, BECAUSE
RIGHT NOW WE’RE IN THE EGGS THAT
ARE GETTING BROKEN TO MAKE THIS
PROGRESSIVE OMELET, YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE REPARATIONS
FOR VICTIMS?
IF WE HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THE
ORIGINS OF ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS
ARE 400 YEARS OF OPPRESSION AND
SLAVERY, RIGHT, AND THAT CAUSED
US TO CHANGE ALL OF THESE
POLICIES, NO CASH BAIL, REDUCED
SENTENCES, WHERE ARE THE
REPARATIONS?
DOESN’T EVEN MATTER THE COLOR OF
THE SKIN FOR THE CRIMINAL, WHERE
ARE THE REPARATIONS FOR THE
VICTIMS THAT WERE KILLED,
ATTACKED, RAPED, BY PEOPLE LET
OUT, BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION
THAT ALL OF THESE RULES WERE
RACIST OR OPPRESSIVE BASED ON
400 YEARS OF PERSECUTION.
THAT’S AN INTERESTING LAWSUIT.
>> WELL, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE
EXECUTIVES AT HOME DEPOT WOULD
DO RIGHT BY THIS FAMILY.
>> YES.
>> AND MAYBE GIVE SOME
RESTITUTION THERE.
>> I CERTAINLY HOPE SO.
THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE TO, RIGHT?
WHERE IS THE AARP?
>> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW, WHO’S STANDING UP
FOR HIM?
IN MAN WAS 83 YEARS OLD.
HE LOVED TO WORK.
HE LOVED TO GO TO WORK.
HIS WIFE, I WAS READING AN
ARTICLE, ABOUT HOW MUCH SHE
MISSES HIM.
THE SON OBVIOUSLY MISSES HIM.
THE GRANDCHILDREN ARE GOING TO
MISS IM.
83 YEARS OLD, HEALTHY ENOUGH TO
GO TO WORK EVERY DAY.
HE WAS FROM THE GENERATION, AS
JIMMY FALLON POINTED OUT, IF
THEY SAW SOMETHING THEY DID
SOMETHING.
THEN WE WERE FROM THE
GENERATION, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING
YOU SAY SOMETHING.
AND NOW IT’S, LIKE, JUST PRETEND
YOU DON’T SEE IT.
THEN ORDER IT FROM AMAZON,
BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT GOING TO A STORE AND
GETTING IT.
WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THE WORKING
CLASS?
THE GENTLEMAN INTERVIEWED AS THE
SHOP OWNER, FORCED TO HIRE
SECURITY, THIS IS AN
ENTREPRENEURIAL IMMIGRANT, IN
OUR COUNTRY, WHO WANTED TO TAKE
A RISK.
HE’S DOING EVERYTHING THAT
AMERICA IS OFFERING, AND WE ARE
NOT HOLDING UP OUR END OF THE
SOCIAL CONTRACT FOR HIM.
DO YOU KNOW, IN WASHINGTON,
D.C., THE CANDY IS BEHIND THE
GLASNOW.
SO YOU HAVE CALL A SHOP PERSON
TO ASK THEM TO GO BEHIND TO GET
YOU A SNICKERS BAR.
THAT’S HOW FAR THIS HAS GONE.
>> GIVES YOU TIME TO THINK ABOUT
GETTING THE SNICKERS BAR.
YOU DON’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT
IT.
>> THAT’S THE SILVER LINING,
JESSE.
>> IT’S VERY SATISFYING, IF YOU
HAVEN’T HEARD.
I FEEL FOR THIS FAMILY.
WHERE ARE THE ASSOCIATIONS?
WE ALWAYS ASK, WHERE WAS AOC
WHEN WOMEN WERE BEING ATTACKED
IN NEW YORK?
>> YOU’RE RIGHT.
WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE IDEA OF
ORDERING EVERYTHING FROM AMAZON,
WE’VE ALL RETREATED INTO OUR
CUBBYHOLES, AND WE DON’T HAVE TO
GO OUT THERE, EXCEPT FOR THIS
GUY WORKING.
ANYTHING UNDER $1,000, THIS GUY
HAD STUFF AROUND $800.
IT ENCOURAGED HIM.
THIS FELLOW LOOKS AT HIM, THAT’S
A LOT OF STUFF, AND --
>> THEY CAN LOWER THAT.
CAN THEY DROP IT TO $400?
THE CRIMINALS KNOW THE LAW
BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLE.
>> FOR THE MOST PART IT IS.
WHAT’S HAPPENING, PROSECUTORS
ARE SAYING WE’RE GOING TO IGNORE
WHATEVER CEILING THE LAW READS,
AND JUST SAY WE’RE NOT GOING TO
PROSECUTE THOSE CRIMES.
>> IF THEY PROSECUTE THEM AT
ALL, YEAH.
>> LET’S BE CLEAR.