Man confronting shoplifters as they try to leave in Downey, California

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[u/tmr89]

We need people to stand up for civilisation and a rules-based order, otherwise everything collapses

[u/piclemaniscool → u/tmr89]

The problem with that mindset is that with nationalized corporations where no individual owns anything, there is no pride or incentive to protect these goods and services. The old man who runs the corner store bodega will chase you out with a shotgun because it's HIS store you're stealing from. The manager at Walgreens doesn't give a shit because he feels like just as much of a pawn as the customers he sells to. 

Bring back personal ownership and you will see a return of accountability, guaranteed.

[u/GeoffreyDuPonce → u/tmr89]

[u/Notorious_Fluffy_G → u/GeoffreyDuPonce]

“We live in a society!”

[u/crossal → u/tmr89]

That should mostly be the police who probably dont do it as much as they should

[u/500freeswimmer → u/crossal]

Police can make collars until the cows come home. If the prosecutors aren’t following through what’s the point?

[u/Euphoric-Dig-2045 → u/crossal]

They go to court and are slapped with a $250-$500 bond which they only have to pay 10% on. If you eliminate the 10% shit, these crimes might diminish a bit.

[u/Purple_Head_7851 → u/tmr89]

The Democrat governemets in charge of these areas are not going to. And they will go after people who do.

Lose lose situation. Just leave those 3rd world parts of the country. And if you do leave, don't vote for the stupid ass shit that caused your problems.

[u/Inversception → u/tmr89]

These people probably bud in line too.

[u/rickane58 → u/Inversception]

bud in line

[u/MrRogers27]

Good on this guy. I mean I get the liability portion but people have to be getting frustrated with this BS.

[u/Arealwirenut → u/[deleted]]

I couldn’t agree more, I applaud this dude for trying to enforce a little bit of accountability.

[u/BildoBaggens → u/Arealwirenut]

Society moved too far left in some areas and needs to be dialed back for the benefit of everyone.

[u/googdude → u/[deleted]]

What people don't realize is that while that's correct, insurance isn't just going to take it on the chin and not try to recoup it from higher premiums.

[u/Walkgreen1day → u/googdude]

Well, look at what insurance companies are doing to many areas where they'll have to cover for damages from natural disasters? They'll either not pay their "fair" reshares or they'll end coverages completely. Any one that tell you "it's okay, they have insurances" are to be seen as ignorant fools with no knowledge and experience of the real world. An example, my friend's restaurant was broken in multiple times throughout the Covid shutdown. They paid it out of their pocket to replace the glasses because it was "cheaper" than them going through insurance after the deductible and rate increase after the claim. Insurance for many small businesses are for SHTF type of events for the business, not assholes looting and destroying their stores.

[u/Ghosttwo → u/googdude]

Insurance paid for less than half of the GF riots. There are neighborhoods and business districts, particularly in Minneapolis, that won't recover for 70 years.

[u/Novogobo → u/googdude]

and the business isn't going to just pay the increased premiums out of an endless supply of money, they'll raise prices on the goods that paying customers are buying.

[u/TheDeviousOnion → u/googdude]

There’s cities in LA instance won’t even cover anymore due to homeless fires and shoplifting.

[u/BildoBaggens → u/[deleted]]

You cant really expect younger folks to fully understand how effectively curated propaganda is on their young minds.

[u/BC_Hawke → u/BildoBaggens]

The news and leftists will tell you that crimes like this are not on the rise in liberal cities. 100% bullshit. I lived in Southern California for 20 years before moving away during Covid and never saw anything like this. Half of these videos I see are in cities that I spent a lot of time in or worked very close to. This just wasn’t happening before.

[u/BildoBaggens → u/BC_Hawke]

Agree. I live in San Diego and you hear or heard about it a lot at Target in Mission Valley. I also go to Alaska a bit and you never hear of this in Anchorage.

[u/[deleted] → u/Arealwirenut]

Scary thing is if they got one of those dickhrad "human rights" lawyers he probably would of got done for assault. Thieving cunts get more rights than the poor fella they are stealing from.

[u/ayriuss → u/[deleted]]

Breakdown of the rule of law hurts literally everyone in society.

[u/dukemccool → u/ayriuss]

💯

[u/ajaaaaaa → u/[deleted]]

anytime I see someone pull the "they have insurance" situation you immediately know they are stupid. Crime needs to be punished again.

[u/big_guyUUUU → u/ajaaaaaa]

These aren't hungry mothers stealing a loaf of bread to feed their toddler or anything either. This is organized crime

[u/c4k3m4st3r5000 → u/big_guyUUUU]

Filing up their inventory for their own business"

[u/GeoffreyArnold → u/big_guyUUUU]

I don’t give a fuck if they were hungry mothers. This is what Leftists don’t understand. Order above all. Without Order and Rules, you don’t have a society. And without a society, we all starve. Not just a few mothers. We have to have Law and Order first (cue TV “chime sound”). Then we can set up charities and government programs to feed hungry mothers.

[u/moistmoistMOISTTT → u/ajaaaaaa]

The insurance is higher prices on the law-abiding customers.

[u/ajaaaaaa → u/moistmoistMOISTTT]

the law abiding honest people are always stuck with the burden regardless of what it is. Its not limited to stealing obviously.

[u/Whosabouto → u/ajaaaaaa]

Yup, we are perpetually the hand out for more species, and it's considered a must to give, not a choice. Otherwise; 'privileged' is weaponized against you!

[u/sdforbda → u/ajaaaaaa]

Insurance typically doesn't even cover petty theft lol. I don't know why that got so widespread at all. There would be no insurance claim on something like this. Why people think there is just this free money insurance thing is beyond me.

[u/[deleted] → u/sdforbda]

Even if it WAS covered by insurance…. It’s still not free money. Every event like this just raises everyone’s rates. It’s just transferred risk, it ain’t free real estate.

[u/SwordHiltOP → u/[deleted]]

And people will say its cultural too to try to drag others to their level. No dummy, nobody likes being stolen from anywhere In the world. These people are just shitty

[u/Stupidstuff1001 → u/[deleted]]

Right it’s wild.

• left leaning people. “we don’t think people should be imprisoned for minor drugs, such as marijuana.”
• the government “we are going to make all crimes that aren’t murder basically no jail time”

They need to update good Samaritan laws making you non-liable for a citizens arrest to stop crime. Plus, harsher penalties for those that are clearly career criminals. Everyone makes mistakes, but repeating it should have a harsh repercussion.

[u/StarChaser_Tyger → u/Stupidstuff1001]

"Everyone makes mistakes"

"Oops, I dropped 500$ worth of makeup in my purse and walked out the door" is not a mistake.

[u/toddrough → u/Stupidstuff1001]

If you pull a gun on a thief you’re in the wrong. At least according to the government.

[u/Prestigious-Sell1298 → u/[deleted]]

Necessity makes law through the vigilante when the authorities have abdicated responsibility.

[u/M00SEHUNT3R → u/MrRogers27]

I don't care if their inventory is insured or not. I'll probably sound ridiculous but I've decided that if I find out a company has a lax, hands off policy about this kind of thing, I'm not going to shop there anymore. At some point or another the loss or some kind of consequences come back on the paying customer. Why should I subsidize corporate apathy? Why should I shoulder increased prices to offset the loss or the increase in insurance costs?

[u/Stupidstuff1001 → u/M00SEHUNT3R]

It’s the lawsuits. We need to remove the ability to sue if you are committing a crime.

[u/[deleted] → u/M00SEHUNT3R]

I’m the same, I would rather pay more for booze, knowing it was secure, and everyone else was paying for their own too. Than pay a little less knowing fuckwits get free shit

[u/SammieCat50 → u/[deleted]]

We do pay more … these stores recoup their losses by raising prices. We all end up paying for this.

[u/[deleted] → u/SammieCat50]

What I’m saying is, if the cost of higher security outweighed the cost of theft (which it must, otherwise companies would have higher security measures), then I’d happily pay more knowing others can’t steal

[u/IllustratorOk2927 → u/[deleted]]

My wife works at a busy Walmart as a Loss Prevention associate. She said the store loses over a million a year in theft, probably more as that was a few years ago but they could hire their own police force for that amount.

[u/ACabinetMan → u/[deleted]]

You know, I don’t use the term fuckwit enough in my daily vocab. Thank you kind stranger for this.

[u/[deleted] → u/ACabinetMan]

No wokkas

[u/7_4_War_Furor → u/M00SEHUNT3R]

It's not about the cost of the inventory. It's stuff like this: https://abcnews.go.com/US/home-depot-employee-fatally-shot-confronting-alleged-shoplifter/story?id=98703891

What if a shoplifter is armed and starts blasting away when confronted? Then the customers are endangered as well. I agree that it's infuriating to see this sort thing happening.

[u/bigboilerdawg → u/7_4_War_Furor]

She was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 19 years in prison, for those interested. Not too bright.

[u/regoapps → u/bigboilerdawg]

Not only was her 2-year-old child in the getaway car, she was also hit by the same getaway car while she was trying to get away and ended up in the hospital.

[u/sm753 → u/bigboilerdawg]

It was in California, I'm shocked she was actually charged and convicted.

[u/Whosabouto → u/M00SEHUNT3R]

This isn't exactly at you but more at the broad attitudes toward shoplifting ... That's all fine and dandy but there's folks who said that from day ONE and all they got was gaslight and bullied from the general populace until such a position became more widely accepted. And that's the hook! Select people who have the right view on important material matters that patently took extended periods of time for the grand bulk to adopt are not seen as 'good' by virtue if their early position buttresses choices that result in, for example, their own personal wealth. Mostly, those people are not said to have been 'right' all along, rather, they're said to either be wicked, or manipulative, or manifestly 'privileged'. If an attitude with a three year head start begets a 1%er's wealth gap nobody nods and laments 'lesson learnt'. Rather, either that same mass, or the next one along always find a way to eventually seek 'recourse' and levelling.

[u/bertiesghost → u/MrRogers27]

Yup, but on r/PublicFreakout they are cheering on this shit like it’s some anti-capitalism protest.

[u/mad87645 → u/bertiesghost]

PublicFreakout is where intelligence and nuance goes to die

[u/Imagine_TryingYT → u/MrRogers27]

The businesses sure are. A lot are either closing or putting everything behind glass.

[u/bipbophil → u/MrRogers27]

And price go up

[u/Morlu → u/MrRogers27]

Yea, because paying customers have to foot the bill to pay for the stolen merch. It’s not victimless, it’s a massive problem.

[u/Independent-Sea3832 → u/MrRogers27]

They no pay, he pay.

[u/moronmcmoron1 → u/MrRogers27]

r/nextfuckinglevel

[u/AlaskanBiologist → u/MrRogers27]

Yeah people are sick of this shit, it's only driving up prices for the rest of us.

[u/SheIsNotWorthIt → u/MrRogers27]

Sometimes you just have to send a message

[u/artie_pdx]

Absolutely fucking insane this shit is even tolerated at all.

What have we become?

[u/Prism43_ → u/[deleted]]

This is only normalized in progressive areas where DAs and judges permit this sort of behavior. Laws are worthless if they aren’t enforced. Red municipalities do not have this problem of normalized theft en masse because people are actually charged and locked up.

https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/rogue-prosecutors-and-the-rise-of-crime/

[u/TheDeviousOnion → u/Prism43_]

It also has a lot to do with Prop 47 being passed in California back in 2014. I think it’s on the ballot this year to be repealed. I hope California voters do the right thing.

[u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 → u/artie_pdx]

In Brazil it is tolerated with a bullet

[u/PermutationMatrix → u/artie_pdx]

It's a particular small minority

[u/Nuclearfenix → u/[deleted]]

You mean prosecutors.

[u/Iphone27ProMax → u/artie_pdx]

All I am saying those people grouped together creates the poorest continent in the world.

[u/JohnnyD423 → u/artie_pdx]

We've become a society that relies on authoritative action instead of taking actions into our own hands.

[u/trabloblablo]

Looks like they're robbing a Bath & Body Works...you know, because they're starving.

[u/Nautis → u/trabloblablo]

My SIL was a manager at a Bath & Bodyworks in Stockton, CA for ~4 years, and apparently this was (probably still is) a regular thing. They'd have the same 6 or 7 people come in once or twice a week, fill up bags of product, and walk out. Employees weren't allowed to do anything but ask them to leave the store, which the culprits knew, so they'd just cuss out the employees and continue stealing. SIL was making 6-figures by the end, but it stressed her out so much that she left to work for a non-profit that paid half as much. She loves her new job though, and she gets to help disadvantaged kids in that community now.

[u/FQDIS → u/Nautis]

Only 3 figures is a big pay cut though…

[u/theXsquid]

The country could use a lot more guys like this.

[u/dynesor → u/theXsquid]

unfortunately its a good way to get yourself shot or stabbed

[u/theXsquid → u/dynesor]

you're right but it's still fun to see a win for the good guys.

[u/J-V1972 → u/theXsquid]

It is - and I am happy that this guy was not harmed but I would hate to see something get seriously hurt or injured over a situation like this.

Unless he is packing heat or something, he is taking a chance …

And, I betcha if he ended up shooting them or harming them, the police would arrest him and then he would get an assault charge…

[u/4oh1oh → u/theXsquid]

People want others to stand up for “what’s right” but social media constantly talks down on people who have this engrained in their personality. Why stand up for anyone anymore? Either I’m going to get stabbed or I’m going to get shunned for toxic masculinity

[u/Sixftdeeep2]

You cannot stop them all by yourself. Pick one and make them all regret it.

[u/Emotional_Liberal → u/Sixftdeeep2]

Idk, he did a pretty good job

[u/dingleberries4sport → u/Emotional_Liberal]

Yeah, they clearly just expected to be able to walk out unopposed. None of those shoves were particularly violent, but the look on their faces was pure shock

[u/Th4ab → u/Emotional_Liberal]

Roughed them up a little, scared them. They dropped stuff. That's the best you can do and the cops wouldn't go after *you*

[u/Emotional_Liberal → u/Th4ab]

Best part is he doesn’t seem to care.

[u/Hall_Such → u/Sixftdeeep2]

That last girl out the door definitely would’ve caught it.

[u/Laksebaron]

Good job!

[u/StevieSparta]

Imagine working your ass off and having to spend that $ and you just see shoplifters comfortably robbing a place with baskets under each arm

[u/AdditionalSink164 → u/StevieSparta]

And then prices go up because of theft, and installing 4k cameras and plexi glass (there was video of someone with a hot iron cutting through that)..so plexiglass gets replaced with ballistic glass., then places just close

[u/StarChaser_Tyger → u/AdditionalSink164]

And then the shoplifters whine because 'food desert' and they have to travel so far to find something to steal...

[u/AdditionalSink164 → u/StarChaser_Tyger]

Nah, shoplifters resell on amazon so they just increase their prices. The retail/foo desert victim are the normal people. Vote out lenient judges and prosecutors. They are elected officials that dont get the publicity of prez and congress. They are the sleepers that legislate policy, legistative candidates are actually more important then presidential

[u/Low_Industry2524]

Last girl in the white shirt thought if she just gave some sass then he would leave her alone...then she realized the man was upset and she fled. I love seeing trash people getting put in their place

[u/midnightsnacks]

We about to see an uptick in vigalantism for real. Regular people are sick and tired of this shit happening in their cities, and police being useless as usual.

[u/ProfPacific → u/[deleted]]

It's the Canadians!

[u/SammieCat50]

I can’t believe the shoplifters have the audacity to grab the stuff they’re stealing back… just the fact that all this looting was basically allowed is horrid. Then people wonder why some people go nuts when their entitlement is accepted…

[u/An_feh_fan]

Dude they look so ridiculous just walking mildly fast towards the exit

[u/Snoo-85489]

commenting my opinion might get me banned

[u/theorgan]

Good for him! People are out of control and morality has been lost. We are headed for disaster.

[u/oldandverytired]

Big brain moment.. she drops her bag when confronted and picks it up later..crime is out of control and under reported

[u/7_4_War_Furor → u/oldandverytired]

I wish I could remember where, but I read an article a month ago or so that the apparent "drop" in the crime rate is illusory, and that many cities are simply not reporting crimes to the FBI stats people anymore because it's "racist".

[u/siblingofMM → u/7_4_War_Furor]

Crime rates look good when DAs don’t charge anyone and let them go as well. Cops aren’t getting involved and no one is holding the people that are arrested accountable

[u/rydan → u/7_4_War_Furor]

I remember when there was a huge spike in thefts in San Jose. The media later reported that it was all just one Target who was now reporting crime when they previously were not so nobody should worry about it.

[u/Vapin_Westeros]

Since these thieving scumbags ultimately cost the rest of us more, isn't it our duty to help keep costs down? I see nothing wrong with confronting these assholes. Cops obviously won't do their job so someone has to

[u/AdditionalSink164 → u/Vapin_Westeros]

Vote for a different prosecutor to change that. Its more judges and policy. Cops dont handle that, thise down ballot boxes...yep judges that may be activist

[u/[deleted] → u/Vapin_Westeros]

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[u/TheDevilsAdvokaat]

These people are going to destroy regular shops. And we all pay for this.

Fuck them.

[u/[deleted]]

I wish more people would do this shit. this type of shoplifting is a blight on communities and drives up prices for everybody else, not to mention the fact that they lock up products behind glass inconveniencing people who've done nothing wrong because a bunch of fucking losers have to steal anything not nailed down. I would escalate this to automatic jail time if I had my way.

[u/Mrcommander254]

These are the strong, stunning, brave, and independent women. It's the patriarchy that's the problem.

[u/JoshuaLukacs1]

and Newsom has no interest in repealing prop 37 so this shit stops. This will go on for a while.

[u/PeterParker72]

Good on him.

[u/sleepybear666]

This man's a hero

[u/LennyJay86]

Yet TikTok supports this type of behavior. You know there is this tiktoker who goes to Walmart, Target takes food, hides in the shelves and films herself eating it and it’s not against their TOS. People these days really think freedom is free…

[u/Buzzbone]

It's California and less than $950 shoplifted is nothing so his fellow Californians voted for this behavior

[u/andy_light → u/Buzzbone]

I believe it’s 2K in Texas. It’s not about the money, it’s about not prosecuting misdemeanors, and the no bail shit. If you allowed them to stack and actually held them accountable, it wouldn’t snowball so hard.

[u/TheDevilsAdvokaat → u/andy_light]

mmm. Remember all the people saying to defund the police?

Imagine what would really happen.

[u/StarChaser_Tyger → u/Buzzbone]

There was a store, I think in NY that priced everything at 950+$, with coupons at the register to adjust to the real price so every shoplift was a felony.

[u/dirtymoney → u/Buzzbone]

The professional organized shoplifting rings must be making an absolute TON of money there. They probably have a massive problem of being able to store it and sell it since they probably get so much stuff.

[u/7_4_War_Furor → u/[deleted]]

I get what you are saying, and I agree with the sentiment, But just so we're all on the same page, the idea behind that vote wasn't so that people could get away with small crimes. It was sold as "Let us (police and court system) focus on 'real' crime by not diverting attention and resources on petty thefts". Unfortunately, what we see now should have been anticipated in that change,

[u/StarChaser_Tyger → u/7_4_War_Furor]

Only a blind kindergartner could have seen that coming. "Let's not prosecute (crime)" means that that crime will happen a lot more.

[u/GodzillasBoner]

That guy is going to move to Texas in the next 2 years I bet

[u/mrEggBandit]

Get her charged for hitting I'm aswell

[u/DarthRupert1994]

But they are just trying to feed their families! /s

[u/DiscoShaman]

Criminals deserve a strong right and a weapons left.

[u/amazinphil]

Fucking tea leaves!! He should've lamped that last one.

[u/chepechepe22810]

They want it to get so bad that they eventually install forever martial law. They will say that their was no other choice.

[u/LH1599]

Unfortunately, he will probably be charged with assault.

[u/Faromme]

Land of the free has a whole new meaning.

[u/Petemizer88]

It would have been better if you would knocked every one of them out lol. Still good on him

[u/beervirus88]

Hero

[u/MyHangyDownPart]

CALIF. LEGAL QUESTION: Can a “good citizen” use pepper spray to halt a shoplifter?

[u/BowsersMuskyBallsack → u/MyHangyDownPart]

No. Only direct physical assault on your person warrants it. You pepper spray someone just for shoplifting, you get assault charges.

[u/Inner_Development_59]

Then the people that live in these areas with high amounts of theft cry to the news when all the stores in their area close up and move. “Ahh where am I going to steal my makeup from now? I NEED my makeup!”

[u/dhurst91]

I'm a far left leaning person from the midwest n I hate I can even think try that in s small town bullshit I carry n if I owned a shop no way this shit would fly. One shot in the air these cowards would drop everything n run

[u/Puzzleheaded_Pear_18]

Don't you guys have guns for those situations?

[u/Tiptoedtulips666]

Has the Presidential Debate changed anybody's mind about where we're headed?

[u/unabashed-melancholy]

Really helped

[u/RSGTHennessy]

Keep voting blue this is what happens.

[u/GeoffreyDuPonce → u/RSGTHennessy]

Ah yes. Remembering when the internet had no videos like this ay all from 2016 to 2020

[u/datalinklayer → u/RSGTHennessy]

Trump was in power for 4 years and Republicans do hold power in the house so I'm nor really sure why you think Republicans can magically fix anything.

[u/bl1y → u/datalinklayer]

It's not a federal issue. This is about the state and city governments.

[u/Toonami88 → u/RSGTHennessy]

Honestly voting red doesn’t help much anymore either. Republicans may want to change it but they lack the will or ability to make substantial changes

[u/Agronopolopogis → u/RSGTHennessy]

Keep avoiding per capita statistics, and this is what happens.

[u/Silly_Butterfly3917 → u/RSGTHennessy]

If there was a real republican party I would maybe consider it. Maga is a fascist movement.

[u/TropicalKing → u/Silly_Butterfly3917]

Local crime has more to do with local politicians. The local DA is the one who chooses to prosecute criminals or not.

[u/Ckyuiii → u/Silly_Butterfly3917]

Actual fascists would be out roaming the streets beating these people.

[u/TheDeviousOnion → u/Silly_Butterfly3917]

You were under him for 4 fucking years. What labor camp were you thrown into?

[u/Mama_Mega → u/Silly_Butterfly3917]

This is your brain on reddit.

[u/StarChaser_Tyger → u/Mama_Mega]

The Trump Derangement Syndrome is real...

[u/Ok_Estate394 → u/Mama_Mega]

Project 2025 is a thing…

[u/JabroniCalzogni]

Stores should start taking only orders from the internet or apps with delivery if this doesn’t end.

[u/StarChaser_Tyger → u/JabroniCalzogni]

There's a lot of regression. Stores used to be give your order to the staff and they go and get your stuff and bring it to you. The open market was an innovation, taking less time and staff to let people shop. We're probably going back to that pretty soon.

[u/ntgvngahfook]

That last one got brave. For about a second.

[u/Professional-Ad-8501]

This dude did what we all want to do when we see these videos. It’s about time man. Good job.

[u/TerminalxGrunt]

Just slash their tires fuck it

[u/MeLameBrane]

I love that the man confronting them has his face blurred but the thieves don't. Good. The right identity was protected

[u/dvinz01]

Citizens doing more than the police

[u/[deleted]]

If stealing is allowed, just steal from the thieves . What are they gonna say, “thats not allowed! How dare you?”

[u/Andrew_Squared]

Honest question, why am I seeing SO many mass group looting videos of late. I get they are high-attention getting videos, so maybe more, why are there so many instances of late? Is it just visibility bias, or something else?

[u/Secret_Stick_5213]

Protect this man!

[u/[deleted]]

Interesting 🧐

[u/[deleted]]

Is that a Bath and a Body Works? But AOC says shoplifters are only stealing to survive...and taking essentials like medicine and baby formula. Must be Coconut Lime Verbena flavored formula...

[u/BitsChuffington]

Love to see it

[u/Loose-Significance50]

Soon as he swung on her she got scared

[u/Electronic_Camera517]

he had such a good chance to slap the shit out of that last one, what a missed opportunity

[u/___StillLearning___]

Wont be long till we get vigilantes doing more like this, with even a possibility of organized groups

[u/dirtymoney]

Nicely done!

Sadly, all that stuff just might end up in the dumpster. I am a dumpster diver and the sheer amount of package damaged goods that are thrown out incenses me because It is so wasteful.

And if the business has a compactor. or the dumpster is locked... no dumpster divers are getting it. It will go straight to the landfill.

Recently I rescued four medium sized sealed boxes of LARGE pump bottles of lemon and orange scented kitchen hand soap. FOUR boxes of perfectly good hand soap. Wasteful corporate cunts! Edit: I found out they were dumped for a copyright issue (like if the packaging looks too similar to another's brand).

[u/kingetzu]

Just let it go, it ain't worth ya life bruh