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Oh, sweet! The NY Times allows us to embed videos.

Check out the video above–I used to shop at some of these places! It’s about how Chinese stores in Flushing prevent shoplifting. They either demand exorbitant amounts of money not to call the police–$400 for a first offense, $2,000 for subsequent offenses–or they plaster pictures of the accused all over their store. Some of the pictures even print the offenders social security numbers (which I guess would allow thieves–identity thieves–to go after the offenders?). Many of these offenders are here illegally, and they don’t want to get the police involved with anything they do, so they often pay up.