Crime and Walmart: Why shoplifters are hitting the big-box store

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A Walmart store in Valley Stream, New York.
Spencer Platt | Getty Images 2011

Across the U.S., Walmarts have become a regular stop for law enforcement responding to calls.

MPR News host Tom Weber spoke with Shannon Pettypiece, co-author of an article in the latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, "Walmart's Out-of-Control Crime Problem is Driving Police Crazy." Pettypiece explained why shoplifters consider Walmart an easy target.