San Francisco's shoplifting panic desperately needs some context Adam Johnson FacebookTwitterEmail A Walgreens store on Kearny Street is one of the 17 in San Francisco that the company said it closed due to shoplifting.Owen Thomas/San Francisco Chronicle 2020 You no doubt have seen “The Video.” A man, in broad daylight, brazenly empties the shelves of a San Francisco Walgreens and casually walks out without any intervention from a nearby guard. The lawlessness, the complete lack of societal breakdown. A shocking sight that offends the basic notions of law and order. When I say you’ve no doubt seen the video, I am absolutely confident you have, because a recent analysis by the media watchdog FAIR found that the video — taken by ABC7’s Lyanne Melendez — garnered over 300 articles of media coverage and millions of clicks, from the United Kingdom to Mexico to France.