Here, dude, try this. They're spinning the same story in Seattle. Only there, there's a city agency with data, and it shows the inner-city stores they're closing have *less* shoplifting. Meanwhile—and this is true here, too—those are also the stores with reduced stock. Use your head.

As Seattle Targets close, shoppers question whether crime really is to blame

Target cited crime concerns when it announced that its small, 5-year-old stores in Ballard and the U District will close. Some shoppers and community members aren’t buying it.