A few weeks ago, Carlos Sainz, a F-1 driver for Ferrari, was robbed of his Richard Mille watch.
I would expect one of the top drivers in the world to own a pretty fancy watch, but I was surprised to learn the watch was valued at $500,000.
Sainz was robbed a few hours after completing the Italian grand prix and he was still in his driver’s suit. After being robbed, he chased the robber while being assisted by the Milan police. And the watch was recovered.
In contrast, we Americans seem content with watching California retail stores getting robbed of quite a large haul of merchandize and nothing is done to recover the property. If the property owner would attempt to stop the thieves, they may be prosecuted.
Which begs the question – we pay the police for protection. In fact, a number of police vehicles used to say “To Protect and Serve” on the side of the vehicle. In contrast, shop keepers have paid the mafia for protection as well.
Isn’t it ironic that a nation known to have a large organized crime syndicate (the mafia) seems to be able to protect a person’s property better than the American police (this encompasses the FBI, the CIA and other law enforcement agencies).
Maybe America should put the police on extended leave and hire the mafia to protect our property. Who knows? If they clean up the streets, maybe we can elect mafia members to local, state and federal positions and have them clean up those cesspools as well….
