New York Post

Star rages at shoplift

Guard does zilch

- By MARK LUNGARIELL­O

An alleged shoplifter is seen casually strolling right past a security guard and out of a Manhattan Rite Aid with a bag full of merchandis­e in a video posted Tuesday by actor and comedian Michael Rapaport.

“I can’t believe I’m seeing this s--t,” Rapaport says in the video.

“This f--king guy just filled his two bags up with everything in Rite Aid, right here on 80th and First Avenue, is walking down the street like s--t is Gucci. I was watching him the whole time.”

The suspected thief actually nods at the guard near the door, walks out and heads down the street.

“Looking me in my face like, ‘What’s good?’ ” Rapaport says. “My man just went Christmas shopping in January. He had the condoms, the shampoo.”

The actor tagged Mayor Adams’ account in a caption with the video, which had more than 132,000 views by Tuesday night.

“Dude just went CHRISTMAS SHOPPING at @riteaid,” Rapaport wrote. “I’m TRIPPING this happened in broad day like it was nothing.”

The store is set to close on Feb. 15 “because of this, leaving workers JOBLESS,” the actor claims in the caption.

“Saved by the Bell” actor Mario Lopez replied, saying “Dude looked up at Security and said… ‘Sup?’”

An NYPD spokespers­on said there was no report on file for the incident as of Tuesday night. A Rite Aid spokespers­on didn’t immediatel­y respond to an e-mail from The Post.

The video is the latest making the rounds of purported shoplifter­s involved in brazen bold thefts at retail and grocery stores that critics blame on soft-oncrime approaches to prosecutio­n that have emboldened people to engare in low-level crimes.

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