The mob stormed the mall – spray-knocked out the guards

At a certain signal, more than 50 people stormed the department store.

They hit the guards with bear spray and vanished with luxury goods worth millions of kroner.

A controversial law change has been singled out as being behind the wave of mob attacks.

Employees at a Nordstrom department store in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, had no chance to calm down when the mob rushed in around 4pm on Saturday afternoon.

According to the police, more than 50 people took part in the mass attack on the Westfield Topanga Mall, Writes NBC News.

Both security guards at the department store were knocked out with bear spray, a powerful type of pepper spray used to repel bears in the woods.

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The men then ransacked the store in an attack that ended within minutes.

Los Angeles Police stated that luxury bags, clothing and other goods worth nearly three million kroner were stolen during the campaign, He writes for CBS News.

Surveillance photos from the store show the chaos in the building. The masked men are seen there grabbing whatever they come across. Some have even pulled dressed models out of the store.

After the raid, the intruders disappeared into a row of cars before the police could reach the scene.

The attack came just days after a similar incident at the Yves Saint Laurent department store in nearby Glendale. There also a mob disappeared with goods worth about three million kroner, Writes NBC News.

Anger against changing the law

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the attack on Nordstrom “totally unacceptable” in a statement.

– Those who carried out these and similar actions in neighboring areas must be held accountable, she says.

Los Angeles police will continue to work to identify those responsible and prevent similar incidents in the future.

But the anger towards politicians is great. According to CBS News Many residents of the area point to a controversial change in the law as a factor behind the mass attacks.

People arrested for less serious crimes, including theft, are now immediately released without bail.

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The reason behind this is that people who don’t have any money can end up in jail while awaiting trial. However, the downside is that it provides incentives for people to commit such thefts, says Attorney General Scott Tinley. Even CBS News.

Similar mass attacks have plagued the United States for years. The Nordstrom department store in Woodland Hills was also acquired in 2021.

That same year, there were a series of store attacks across San Francisco that garnered a lot of attention.

During a chaotic weekend at the end of November, a number of luxury stores in downtown San Francisco were broken into for the first time. People looted shops in search of goods worth ten million kroner.

One day later, about 80 people in hoods in 25 cars arrived at a Nordstrom store in suburban Walnut Creek just before closing time at 8:45 p.m., and poured into the store.

Finished in a minute

Armed with sticks and pepper spray, they terrorized customers and staff.

Videos of the incident, filmed by eyewitnesses, showed chaos as thieves poured out of the store carrying bags and items before getting into cars and driving away.

The robbery ended in one minute.

Even then, harsh criticism was leveled at the judiciary. Many believe that San Francisco is very lenient in the fight against shoplifting and shoplifting.

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon said at a news conference Monday that everything is being done to stop the trend of theft, which has only continued so far.

– Our organized crime task force has been working on this for a year and a half. We consider it organized crime and use every tool we have when making arrests to make sure people are held accountable. He says this is unacceptable behavior in a civilized society According to CBS News.