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Police: Well-coordinated thieves capitalize on protest chaos
Read full article: Police: Well-coordinated thieves capitalize on protest chaosFILE - In this May 30, 2020, file photo, women carry merchandise from a Union Square Victoria's Secret store in San Francisco. They have been carried out by caravans of well-coordinated criminals who capitalize on chaos, communicate via messaging apps and use both the protests and other tactics to throw police off their trail. Its hardly the first time legitimate protest has been used as a cover for crime. In the Southern California city of Long Beach, groups of thieves hit store after store Sunday as marchers demonstrated nearby. Mayor Robert Garcia said they went from protest to protest so they had cover to steal.