How did two thieves, a scooter, and a furniture lift raise public outcry for harsher law enforcement?
What's most comical about this heist seems to be its masterpiece of… simplicity. With no sense of urgency, two thieves were reported to have used a furniture lift, broke through a window, strolled in and took the jewels, and rode off into the distance on electric scooters. Yet how was this so easily accomplished? Were there no alarms, security, any suspicion at all that prized jewels were casually being slipped into the hands of these amateur thieves?
"This incident however has led to an increase in moral panic over the softness on punishment and crime."
To answer that question, a simple glance at the security cameras would reveal the “outdated and inadequate security infrastructure” as admitted by the Louvre director Laurence des Cars. There was a lack of any alarms, no rush of security, and any panic from visitors, perhaps assuming a scheduled installation, or a new art in motion piece they hadn’t quite been told about.
Since this slightly pathetic re-creation of Oceans 11, 150 traces of DNA have since been found on site yet again reflecting the lack of heisting experience, as neither were criminal masterminds, nor connected to gang ties.
This incident however has led to an increase in moral panic over the softness on punishment and crime. Yet the irony? In recent statistics, crime rates are shown to be declining, the only increasing factor seems to be public concern. Yet with coverage of crime in the media at an all-time high, who's to blame for the public's panic when it's all that's told to them. Unfortunately, this has led to a larger gap between reality and public perception of crime in society.