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HappyPetunia
Pretty sure the looters' intention was to steal as many watches as they could. That's what looters do after all.
eyepreferpeye
ACAB
steerAwwPrincess
If you’ve been to a Rolex AD lately you’ll find that the shelves are indeed empty. Except for some ladies DJ models. Just saying.
ICannotSanctionYourBuffoonery
Cops were probably posing as looters to put pressure on politics to "unleash them" on citizens using their right to protest police brutality
Zatherous
I'd be concerned if Rolex said there was $2.4 Mil in the store and the cops said there was nothing.
kkanne20
NY Post is like the Daily Mail. Complete and utter bullshit
Bystandr
Knock offs are getting better or people are getting worse at spotting fakes.
DavidBrooker
On the flip side, of course a Rolex employee would call a display case a 'vitrine'.
preparationh67
Oh hey I just saw a link about this in another post https://www.npr.org/2021/08/20/1029625793/black-lives-matter-protesters-targeted
LackadasicalGoblin
So what did the cops... i mean looters... steal?
BrutusGrimme
You are not immune to propaganda. Scary to think how many people might have fallen for this, myself included
cbale2000
So what were they even selling in the store?
clintwestwud
Can’t believe they stole $1.3 million dollars worth of watches…
TheAngryMarineBiologist
Nothing, as this is another case of the Conservative Media blatantly lying because they know their readers will never bother to fact check.
Filanwizard
So really nothing in the store or just everything in a vault at night. Given Rolexes are kinda bespoke I could see them being a by order.
petety
It's like when cops report a major bust of someone with a 1/8 oz of dope that has a "street value of over $10,000"
Chromentor
A timeless story.
ComradeBrickFrog
Never trust an unverified police statement. They need to provide evidence and journalists need to corroborate as much info as they can!
AndMeToo40
Institutionally corrupt.
PhantomWatson
"2.4 million dollars dollars"
slack3rdav3
dollars 2.4 million dollars
MadameRainbowPants
2.4 million of rolexes is what? 6 watches?
supervillin
testaccount444
Police: "yeah, but they COULD have stole that much. and eaten several babies, too. there is a lot of danger out there without us to protect"
TheOneTrueZippy8
Did anyone check what was going on in the non-existent basement ?
doobiedoobop
I thought maybe Rolex were being snobs "Oh we don't sell anything as common as watches here, this establishment sells timepieces".
snotrocketscience
Police lie all the time.
ThisNameUnavailable
Except this story was made up by the Post. Lmao awkward
BluePaladin42
Ironically, not in this case. They confirmed what Rolex said. Basically the New York Post made up everything but the broken glass.
Devotionthepirate
Where would the cops get the 2.4 mil number from then? Did they just walk in and we're like "I bet 2.4 million in rolexes could fit in here"
DorianHyde92
That's generous, a good majority of police forces have trouble remembering one warning shot
BluePaladin42
The NYPD wonders the same thing. New York Post reported that number, but no policeman gave that figure.
Niagaran
Two words: COPS. LIE.
derel1cte
Yup. Great police work
Benki6wbh
As I understand it that's what's normally the amount for everything that's on display in a Rolex store but they lock everything up at night
BSwann
I'm sure police, high stores/complexes and insurance all communicate. Think how streamers talk to local PD's to stop swatting but in reverse
BSwann
"Hey we have these security measures but we keep $4 million in stock so when we call we're a priority"
FoxPesdassi
Yes, but first they had to slap their hand on top of that bad boy.
ImDavidPumpkins
Maybe someone counted how many empty watch stands there were in the busted cases and multiplied it by what an average rolex costs
ItsBobBelcher
It makes sense but police aren’t fucking insurance adjusters. 2.4 mill lol its dreamt up. He said .4 to ‘blend’
IceWeaselX
As the article cited up above states, it wasn't a "Rolex store" so attributing Rolex costs to all potential merch would be wrong. Made up.
mizzamir
That is too much effort for cops who are used to making shit up all the time. Easier just to make up some more bullshit.
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Dvicemuse
I think that’s called “sloppy police work”. I know it ends redundant but that’s the term
theredacted
Sloppy New York Post journalism they made up the story apparently
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
You don't expect them to do research, do you?
theredacted
No I just didn’t want the blame to be wrongly placed on the cops. They fuck enough legitimately to not need that lol
INeverReadTheTOS
Weird. I wonder what possible motive the police could have to make rioters look bad.
lemmerustlethosejimmies
Was the whole smashed up a store for no reason thing not bad?
Primary1
Probably the rioting part tbh
rojored001
Who needs a motive when you are an asshole?
ThisNameUnavailable
Maybe 0 because the story was made up by the Post?
AllisonChains73
Don't rioters make themSELVES look bad enough? Why we gotta protect the "rights" of looters?
FabulousBadass
Do rioters need help to look bad?
Beleg7
Apparently, because people in power lying about them is super common.
dirtmarker
I wonder why OP is posting a year old story
potatosofttacos
I wonder what is in my wonder ball
KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler
Political spam bot
JCBalance
Hes a serial political reposter judging by that history
Crunkmagic
There is an investigation i think going on currently on how BLM were portrayed falsely on purpose to set whites against them. About 2 check2
INeverReadTheTOS
That's a much better question, yes.
Deathwing777
It also answers OP's question in the title, they should feel very late to the party.
PaintedSlate
Maybe we should check their web browser.
BluePaladin42
Not even the police, it was the tabloid that reported it. Lied about the thefts (nothing was stolen, nothing was there to steal) Police-
BluePaladin42
-actually confirmed that nothing was stolen and most of the details of the NYP article were basically fabricated.
charlie2979
Not relevant here, but a lot of the time, especially in local papers. Crime journalists will just report what the police spokesman says 1
charlie2979
For 1.