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Yeah.
If you pay protection, it's because the payment is less than random thefts would be.
The gang you pay, is supposed to be scary enough that random crime doesn't happen in "their" areas.
So you getting robbed, is an insult to their reputation. And to regain that rep, they find the idiots who robbed a store under their protection.
Now, whether or not you see any of that money back isn't really for sure. Because what matter is the reputation among the criminal underground.
But the whole process is outdated, I'd be surprised if it's still happening large scale. Most likely only for businesses who are already breaking the law, they couldn't contact cops anyways.
Like a methlab.
You can't call the cops even if you know who robbed the methlab. So if you don't have muscle. You pay for protection
Kind of, but really you're just paying for protection from what they would do to you if you didn't.
It's rampant in my city. They shoot out the windows of your business at night. Only certain businesses get targeted and the media hardly reports any of it. But, here's an example of one that made the news 2nd arrest made in alleged shootings at GTA movie theatres
There was a similar shooting at a business a few addresses down from my work last week.
Guy who distributes Indian movies claims attacks on random movie theaters are to prevent his movies from being watched....
I didn't search very hard, but I can't find a single other source for that being a thing.
Even if it was, that's basically the opposite of a protection racket. You get that right?
The sub headline from that same article. The word "extortion". You get that?
If you were nicer, people would stick around longer and try to help you underthings...
You get that?