So the leading cause of death for pregnant women is suicide, not homicide? Equally sad imo.

I'm late to the party but I wanted to throw my two cents in. Op you did an amazing job!!! I just want to throw this out there for anyone who might be thinking about attempting something similar. If you have a common car, like Honda or Toyota, Amazon sells exterior body parts like bumpers and headlights and fender liners. They usually have most color options available. I say this from experience, having not only helped repair customers vehicles at my old shop but my own vehicle as well after an accident. We searched junkyards far and wide but apparently everyone else with a Camry got into the same accident. So we bit the bullet and bought the shit we couldn't find on Amazon. Worked out really well for us and saved a metric fuck ton of money doing it that way.

There's some exceptions, they try a little bit. For example, if you stop driving a car and don't want to pay registration on it anymore, you can put it in non-op with the DMV. When you start driving the car again, you have to pass a safety brake and lamp inspection where they basically check the bare minimum (brakes and lights) to make sure the car is good to go. Then you just pay your fees and you're on your way.

Side note: We had a girl drive her Ford Edge into the shop (almost literally) because her brakes weren't working properly. The brake booster diaphragm had a hole in it so when she pressed the pedal, it went all the way to the floor and the car kept rolling and would eventually stop. She couldn't afford the repair right away (it was like $800+) and she had to drive the car off the lot and we had to have her sign a waiver since we looked at it and knew it wasn't safe. The car was like a 2010? So it's not just the ones that look like shit boxes that you have to worry about!

It's relatively cheap to buy new headlights on Amazon for pretty much any car. The OEM headlights will cost an arm and a leg but the Amazon ones work just fine. We installed several sets at my old shop. Way easier than trying to clean them if they look like the ones in OPs pictures.

The fuck they don't lmao. Walmart tracks everything that has to do with sales.

If they can't prove it, how did they decide to make it policy in the first place? They obviously would've had to have numbers showing those products are getting stolen more often, prompting them to lock the items up.

It's not rocket science my guy.

So if those numbers don't exist because they don't track it, then what would lead them to lock those products up besides racism?

Lol if you would watch the video, you would realize that they tried to collect data that proves those products are stolen more, and Walmart didn't have any data to provide. They even released a statement along with CVS and another company stating that they would no longer be locking up ethnic hair products.

So who exactly is jumping to conclusions? Why don't you actually look at the material you're commenting on before calling someone out.

In the video, John Oliver mentions they tried to collect the data that proves those items were stolen at a higher rate, but Walmart refers them to the customer service line. So they didn't have anything to back it up and they eventually announced (along with CVS and somewhere else) that they would no longer be locking up ethnic hair products.

So if that tells you anything, it's that something isn't adding up. Literally lol

I was replying to the comment under yours. They were justifying the black products being locked up because they're more expensive, but the video you linked (that I don't think they watched) specifically said that the items that were locked up were similarly priced to the products that weren't locked up, directly contradicting his statement that they're locked up for good reason.

My point is that racism absolutely plays a role in the products being locked up, not just data on what's actually being stolen.

Idk if you watched the video or just missed it but John Oliver said the items that were locked up in that particular Walmart were similarly priced to the white hair products. I didn't hear anything in the video about the products being more expensive, although I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case for some products.