Supply chain issues are not the biggest problems facing stores in and around San Francisco. No less than 24 stores were hit by mobs of marauding shoplifters last weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area. The stores targeted by the mobs include high-end designer shops like Louis Vuitton as well as pharmacies and marijuana dispensaries. For some reason, people are stealing lots of laundry detergent.

Authorities reported that shoplifting mobs fired roughly 175 shots during the Oakland robberies, forcing police to pull back to safety. At what point can we stop calling this mere “shoplifting” and call it what it is: violent armed robbery?

I can’t wait to see what the mobs have planned for Black Friday.