On a confidential note, to that mother and daughter team and that boyfriend and girlfriend team who think they’re getting away with their theft: Shame on you.  Downtown Tacoma area merchants are much too smart to let you get away with what you’re doing, and by the way, what you’re doing is icky.  Shoplifting takes rent money out of the pockets of merchants, which makes them have to raise prices and become watchful and distrustful. We appreciate that area merchants are cool and nice and don’t have those horrible Sensormatic tags hanging off their garments, don’t we? 
People, be cool; keep local businesses alive.  Remember when downtown Tacoma had no thriving local business community? Let’s not go back there.  Spread good karma in all you do. Om. â€" Jessica Corey-Butler