Thieves caught on video ransacking liquor store on Chicago's Near North Side
CHICAGO -- Thieves targeted a liquor store and deli in River North early Thursday, getting away with thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise.The owners posted surveillance video of the thieves on their Instagram page. Nine boys or men are seen exiting cars at 3:05 a.m. Thursday, and using crowbars and sledgehammers to smash their way inside the store at 71 W. Chicago Ave.Afterward, they leisurely took whatever they wanted.
'You seem to see a lot of police working when there's, you know, whether it's a college protest or group gatherings, there's militarized police ready to go. But for small businesses to protect what we have and what we've worked really hard to build, it seems that this is, you know, it's been ongoing for four years and we get the same story every time you know: 'We're working on it, we're working on it,'' he said.
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