A security guard, right, stands at the entrance to a Nordstrom department store in Los Angeles where a smash-and-grab robbery took place. At least 14 states have passed laws in the past two years to combat retail theft, but critics question the need for these laws and say the threat of organized shoplifting rings is overblown. JAE C. HONG/AP via KANSAS REFLECTOR
BY DAVID MONTGOMERY Stateline via Kansas Reflector Even before Virginia lawmakers passed a tough new law against organized retail crime earlier this year, Bradley Haywood,…
