You need to get your friend to reach out to the local media about him being fired for doing the right thing. Then you need to drop a line to someone like Glenn Beck, and see if he'll pick up the story.  

It worked for this Lowe's employee:

Lowe's reinstates employee fired for combating shoplifters

Worked at a Sport's Authority (remember those?) back in late 90s that was a large anchor to a gigantic mall outside of Chicago.

The store was massive and we had LP people walking around almost all of the time. Everyone also knew how easy it was to steal shit in general and we all knew it was happening all of the time. Hell, we'd see people doing it and unless a LP guy saw it, you were told to do nothing.

We had this crazy fucking Puerto Rican LP guy that had been there for a while. Sounds a lot like the guy from OP's story where he was shorter, but built and just fucking nuts when you got him going. He had a few run ins with people who tried to fight him when they 'secured' them at the entrance with stolen stuff already.

One of these times was a group of black girls. They had basically stuffed every bag and jacket with stuff. He and another guy had been watching and following them for over an hour. They catch them at the entrance, as is company policy, and they go straight to screaming, throwing things and fighting. Other LP guy retreats right away. PR kid just fucking fights every one of them plus the 2-3 guys they had with them. Knocks 1 of the girls out, breaks one of the guys' jaw, another one leaves blood from a broken nose fucking EVERYWHERE. It looked like a murder scene with blood all over the tile, smeared around, shoe footprints in it, streaks, etc all in front of a crowd of shoppers. It was glorious. It was WorldStar before WorldStar. He fucked them up and it was legendary.

He was fired.

Want to know what else happened?

The loss reports showed that theft in that store had dropped to next to fucking nothing the next time they ran the inventory numbers. I had heard about that ass beating from multiple people, multiple times. People at parties or at school would bring it up (and the story always grew or changed) and it was basically a known thing that if you steal from that store, they will fuck you up.

But by the time everybody "knew" that, it was no longer true.
If he could prove he acted in self defense when attacked by a mob, it sounds like a nice wrongful termination suit.

Massive Lawsuits, and the employee can/will be charged with assault and Unlawful imprisonment  in many jurisdictions while the shoplifting charges are dropped on the suspect.

Sounds about right. Lowes and Home Depot won't bother to call law enforcement. They refer it to their internal loss prevention instead.

Home Depot doesn't care... all they do is just jack up our prices.

They just raise prices on honest customers and maintain income

It’s almost like Kenedy’s assassination opened the floodgates for the policies that started the destruction of the country.

It’s almost like a stolen Presidential election allowed for the job to be completed.

Yep. I saw a thief push a packed cart past checkout through the door at the Home Depot on Tudor a few years ago. It’s an accepted practice. Anchorage is a shit show.  Haven’t seen that in southern Utah yet.

HD senior management is afraid of the blowback from certain groups when the criminals are arrested and prosecuted.

Home Depot doesn't care if they sell their items to customers who pay, or to the insurance company...either way they will get paid.  The bean counters have probably figured out that making theft claims to the insurance company is cheaper than paying out lawsuits they would loose to the thieves, store employees, the family members of thieves or store employees or any attorneys.

I'm pretty sure they were from our jobsite LOL.

Vlad Tepes had the right idea about the homeless.

Don't worry they will continue to raise prices. Those who actually put for stuff cover the losses.

My buddy who was a defensive end had some good stories about working loss prevention.

You guys pay for stuff from home depot? it's been 100% off for years, but they don't offer it for online orders or curbside pickup yet, so you have to risk Covid and actually go get the stuff.

If the store management says they don't care and don't want employees to stop thieves, then you are a fool if you risk your safety or your job trying to stop thieves.
Now if the thieves are threatening you in any way, you would also be foolish not defending yourself.

Out of control crime is how the government will promote the social credit system and a lot of people will welcome it.

I hate thieves but I’d give this guy a pass if he went in there, filled up a cart with power tools and gangsta walked out while looking the manager in the eyes.

”Now you’re the bitch.”

Call it a severance package.

It's not like I disagree. I like how someone else put it: Companies complain about shoplifting all the time, but when one of their employees steps up and does the right thing, they fire him.

Punishing good deeds only aids bad actors. They know they can do it with low- to no interference and it's high time that ended.

My AO must be an outlier. They make tons of arrests at the HD near my office. I had a client that was chased down by LP and then the PD over a box of nails. And charged.

The homeless in Anchorage have absolutely destroyed the city.  They can do whatever they want and there are plenty of liberals who aid them.  They do drugs, steal, rape and many other heinous crimes with almost impunity.

All I learned from this is that if you work for Home Depot and are going to violate the shoplifter policy and get fired, you should make it worthwhile and do more than just call the shoplifter names.

Blowback ,   it needs to happen but I don't see it happening .   Participants will be the criminals .

After the first policy violation, the rest are free. Might as well beat the homeless turd with a shovel if you’re going to get fired just for calling him a name.

Happening in the valley also.

Big difference from when I worked at Home Depot back in the '80's.

These directives allowing thievery are coming from somewhere (Soros and ilk, anyone?).  All art of the plan to dismantle the American way of life.

Why not HD employees get their family to shop like these folks.   Then you could file a discrimination lawsuit if treated differently.  If successful just bring the stuff back for restocking.  Employees love restocking abandoned carts

There’s still a large portion of American society that recognizes and abides by the Ten Commandments given to us by our Almighty.

A complete list of companies with this policy, and locations… is all we need.

Purely for informational purposes

If you train employees to not give a fuck about getting ripped off, why would they give a fuck about anything?

What lawsuit? His mommy told him don't cus toward people.

So your friend is in his 40s and is working an entry-level job?

Sounds like they did him a favor.

Attached File

As a civilian, I'd fuck with the thieves all day long.  I'd even offer to call the cops so they can report me.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/08/this-is-how-much-money-retailers-are-losing-to-shrink-retail-theft.html?__source=sharebar