The nature of the crime doesn't change that we've always had rapes, murders and assaults. They may record and post something with the idea that their friends on the team are going to see this and everybody will have a good chuckle. What has changed has been more of the impact of the crimes on society. So you have more people exposed to visuals of these sorts of events. It seems like there's just a sense that this isn't a serious crime amongst these kids,. That this is something you can just do for fun.
Turns out Kias and Hyundais are easy to steal. Teens are taking advantage, and putting it all on TikTok.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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