Forum Post: WSWS: Notes on the social crisis in America
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 29, 2011, 2:11 a.m. EST by SandyEnglish
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Philadelphia robberies attributed to hunger
Philadelphia police report that three men and a teenaged boy arrested in connection with multiple robberies said they committed the crimes because they suffered from hunger. None of the suspects, aged 38, 21, 19, and 17 years old, had been arrested on any offense before. Police have called the robberies “a sign of the times.”
Local ABC News affiliate WPVI 6 reported Thursday, “Police say they saw themselves as thieves with a conscience, targeting stores because they wanted to take money from companies instead of people.” Only commercial chain stores were hit in the course of the two-month series.
gotta eat