TikTok post encourages mass shoplifting as SNAP benefits expire [L.A. PARKER COLUMN]

A post on TikTok exists as either a hoax or harbinger of trouble as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits potentially discontinue for 42 million.

Social media sites hummed after SNAP recipients received instructions to rob stores in order to steal food. The @hersheykisses1 site contained this message.“Public service announcement. We have to stick together!! go to your nearest Walmart 6:30/7:30 Nov/3 don’t be scared,” she wrote in her TikTok caption. She encouraged folks to walk out the store with the stolen items and run because, “The thing is, they can’t catch everybody.”

“All you got to do is run, Forrest, run. We got to stick to f*cking together,” she said before encouraging folks to go to Walmart at 6:30 pm, then walk out with their full shopping carts at 7:30 pm.

SNAP benefits are scheduled to end on Nov. 1. The post had attracted more than 50,000 interested parties.