Smash and grab luggage theft in CA: what’s the point?

It’s the 21st century. We don’t need to add quotation marks before and after colloquial language. Capisce?

As far as your question, I don’t know. Maybe it’s like a grab bag? Maybe mischief is fun?

Sell it to some vintage clothing store for cash possibly?

Well ...

Ffs, the appropriate question is, “why would anyone record the walk back to their car with fast food?”

Either the video is staged (unlikely because it’s not that and the window will be expensive to fix) or the guy who took the suitcase was targeting that particular suitcase. Either to get back at a girlfriend or because it was full of drugs or cash.

^ not that interesting

It is quite common R4. See Mark Rober's latest glitter bomb video.

They often break the back window to pop the trunk, because people (mistakenly) think putting stuff in the trunk will be safer.

Chaos and mischief. The obsession of a doomed generation.

OP thinks smash and grab only happens in Democratic strongholds. Or, at least, that’s OP’s message. Every damn day.

Meanwhile, back on planet reality….

The highest crime rates in the country are in red states.

I’m not going to watch that whole video, R6, but the beginning shows a guy grabbing a package that was visible. Not from a trunk.

The video OP posted shows a car pulling up to one car out of many in a parking lot and smashing the window and immediately releasing the trunk, which just happened to contain a suitcase, without even looking in the glove compartment for cash.

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It is a long video R9, but he shows multiple examples of people going into the trunk during it. It was actually "odd' in that thieves were sometimes passing over stuff in the car, and going straight for the trunk, and Rober had to rethink his strategy, because they weren't stealing the glitter bomb in the back seat.

Ok, now I’m curious, but that video is really long. Are these incidents toward the middle?

Electronics, jewelry, documents (identity theft), there are all kinds of valuable things other than clothes that could be commonly found in luggage.

Who would steal luggage?

Start at 9:57, but it happens at around 12 minutes in R12.

Who keeps cash in the glove compartment? It would make sense that people would put something valuable in the trunk, as opposed to it being obviously seen in the car. Maybe they're hoping that there is jewelry/watches/laptops/ipads in the luggage.

One often makes the mistake of prescribing too much intelligence to the actors. I can trade this for crack is about as solid a thought as one will find. I found this short video enlightening. Im going to try to apply it to my decisions in the future.

R17. Thank you. Carlo Cipolla was one of my favorite professors in college. He was an amazing lecturer, and his historical understanding of the roots of modern economics was awesome. He was an expert in connecting the dots between past events and future results.

Cipolla was an imp—and a great teacher.

Yes but these thieves aren’t cracked out methheads, they are organized and commit these crimes using nice new model getaway cars.

There's a market for everything. I made a lot of money back in the 90's receiving and selling stolen goods. Not drugs or clothes or luggage. I found a buyer who was Sicilian and made $100,000 in 18 months. If I could do it again I fucking would.

But who puts valuable stuff in suitcases? Due to the risk of airlines losing/damaging luggage, most people keep everything valuable in their carry-on bags, don't they?

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People bring full sized suitcases on board all the time.

[quote]Smash and grab luggage theft in CA: what’s the point?

Oh, dear.

Sorry, guys, I usually take on board with me two or three items with long straps and only have the one big suitcase that gets stored in the cargo hold. Easier to navigate the airport dragging only one suitcase.

I'm caught up now.

They’re also stealing purses while people order food at the drive thru

Sounds like they have watched wayyyy too many movies and are thinking it's luggage crammed w cartel money.

A friend was given a tracking device for her birthday to put in her purse. When the purse was stolen, it was easy to track. The police were already familiar with the thief and that little device helped in their case against him.