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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr May 31
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    Why are shoe stores popular looting targets?

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr May 31
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        Learned a lot about looting in the last 2 days. It’s semi-organized (groups of 3-4), mobile (fairly nice cars), tactically staged (parking in specific lots/side streets, approach/exit routes planned), opportunistic but with strong preferences. Emergent-coordinated (word of mouth)

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr May 31
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        DTLA and Fairfax were pretty mixed race from what I could see (former directly, latter on tv) and more opportunistic. Santa Monica seems dominantly black and much more organized.

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      4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr May 31
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        Yesterday was Maxims in Fairfax, a premium shoe store. Today is Vans in Santa Monica. The looting spree I witnessed last night was Ross, low-end clothing.

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      2. Rotem Eren  🤖 🙅🏻‍♀️‏ @RotemEren May 31
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        There's a big market for reselling sneakers.

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      3. Deron Saltonstall‏ @LiveLikeMemorex May 31
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        Not for one shoe. Most looters arent getting into the supply closets.

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      1. Alan Martin‏ @epithetos May 31
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        Easy resale

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      1. jimmy hsu  🚀‏ @202accepted May 31
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        for the taste of the "unobtainium"

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      2. Maybe: Th𐃏mas Lisankie‏ @TomLisankie May 31
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        You ever hear of sneakerheads? Those people will pay a shit-ton of money for shoes

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      3. Deron Saltonstall‏ @LiveLikeMemorex May 31
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        Those shoes are not just sitting there on display though, and if so...its only one shoe.

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      2. Christopher Reighley‏ @reighleyc May 31
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        Shoes are a status symbol. This documentary claims that 1200 people die every year in shoe related violence :https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3240784/ …

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      3. Paul Hundred, GED‏ @paul_hundred May 31
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        Sounds crazy unless you’ve lived in America a few years

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