I forgot the 7:30 program but was happy to immediately find it online, PBS website. Important program. A recurring theme about crime, including theft, from progressive activists is that the offenders are typically impoverished, marginalized people who may have drug issues and few work options. They have little choice but to steal, it is claimed.
Ag theft, for the most part, is different: The thieves are overwhelmingly strong, working age men who use a lot of vigor to steal: They hike long distances through farm terrain, sometimes dense brush, sometimes in the dark, to their theft sites. They carry multiple 30-50 pound bags of stolen Ag products over those same distances to vehicles they have hidden, or to sites where co-conspirators will pick them up. They are physically capable of working at manual labor. They'd rather steal.
April 26 article on "Duke's Law" on Ag. theft: https://www.yahoo.com/news/duke-law-one-...10015.html
Ag theft, for the most part, is different: The thieves are overwhelmingly strong, working age men who use a lot of vigor to steal: They hike long distances through farm terrain, sometimes dense brush, sometimes in the dark, to their theft sites. They carry multiple 30-50 pound bags of stolen Ag products over those same distances to vehicles they have hidden, or to sites where co-conspirators will pick them up. They are physically capable of working at manual labor. They'd rather steal.
April 26 article on "Duke's Law" on Ag. theft: https://www.yahoo.com/news/duke-law-one-...10015.html