Big-City Mayors Blame Carmakers for Soaring Auto Thefts, Let Criminals Off the Hook

Lawsuits claim that automobiles have insufficient anti-theft countermeasures, as if citizens can’t resist the urge to take property that doesn’t belong to them.

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Police arrest a woman caught driving a stolen car on March 10, 2022 at Seattle. John Moore/Getty Images

In some of America’s biggest cities, cars — Kias and Hyundais in particular — are being stolen by the thousands, yet rather than hold the thieves alone responsible for their actions, municipalities like Baltimore, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Seattle are suing automakers, charging their vehicles are too easy to heist.

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