There was a time, and it wasn’t that long ago, when the start of the Christmas season felt different. The crisp air on Black Friday was filled with excitement, not a low-grade hum of anxiety. Families would hunt for the best deals, returning home with treasures, their biggest worry being where to hide them from the kids. Sounds like a memory from a bygone era, doesn’t it?
That foundation of simple security is cracking under our feet. A creeping sense of disorder has begun to poison these basic American joys. Honest people now find themselves looking over their shoulders in malls and glancing nervously out their own front windows. The peace of mind that once defined our communities is being traded for a nagging vulnerability, a feeling that the laws of civility simply no longer apply.
Let’s be blunt: the threat is real, and it’s no longer random. A former NYPD detective recently laid out the grim reality, explaining this is a professional assault on our way of life.
From ‘Fox News’:
A former NYPD robbery squad detective says the threat of Black Friday theft has turned a holiday weekend into shoplifters’ “Super Bowl” with retail robbery turning into a “multibillion-dollar business.”
A 2024 report released by the National Retail Federation claims that retail theft increased by a whopping 93% in 2023 versus 2019, adding there was also a 90% increase in dollar loss due to shoplifting. The organization estimates 186.9 million Americans will shop between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday…
“Organized retail crime today in 2025, it’s no longer teenagers stealing T-shirts. These are professional theft rings operating across state lines, reselling through sophisticated and widely networked online marketplaces. They are a sophisticated, super profitable, multibillion-dollar business.”
This isn’t just crime; it’s a calculated, corporate-level enterprise. The expert, Patrick Brosnan, rightly called Black Friday the “Super Bowl” for these criminal rings. They exploit the holiday chaos and overwhelmed store staff to execute brazen, coordinated heists. What we’re seeing is the predictable result of an environment where the consequences for crime have been systematically dismantled.
From Malls to Your Front Porch
But don’t think for a second these crooks are content with just hitting Target. They are now bringing their war on order directly to our homes, proving that no sanctuary is safe. In New York, for instance, prosecutors busted a sophisticated “porch pirate” ring that took holiday theft to a terrifying new level. This wasn’t some lone loser grabbing a box. This was a team of criminals hacking into shipping data from giants like FedEx and Verizon.
They knew exactly which packages contained valuable electronics and would arrive moments after delivery to swipe them. They were so emboldened that in some cases they rushed delivery drivers on the street in broad daylight. This is the brazenness that grows when criminals know they have nothing to fear from the justice system.
The Revolving Door of Liberal Justice
How does this kind of lawlessness flourish? The answer isn’t complicated. It’s found in the calculated weakness of the Democrat-run cities and states where these criminals operate. The New York porch pirate ring provides all the infuriating proof you need. After a lengthy investigation led to arrests, what happened to these high-tech thieves? You might want to sit down for this. Some were simply freed without bail.
Their charges, you see, were deemed ineligible for bail under New York’s disastrous “criminal justice reform” laws. This is the liberal endgame in action: professional criminals are caught red-handed and immediately sent through a revolving door, free to continue their siege on our communities. From New York to Los Angeles, soft-on-crime prosecutors have sent a crystal-clear message: in their America, the law protects the offender, not the victim.
This holiday season, the explosion in theft isn’t some unfortunate trend; it is the predictable harvest of failed liberal policy. The traditions we hold dear are being eroded by an ideology that refuses to punish wrongdoing. Restoring peace and safety to our streets and front porches won’t happen by accident. It will require a complete rejection of this radical agenda and a return to common sense.
Key Takeaways
- Holiday theft has evolved into a sophisticated, multibillion-dollar enterprise.
- Liberal bail reform laws are creating a revolving door for career criminals.
- Soft-on-crime policies directly threaten cherished American traditions and safety.
