How unfortunate that the first line of that article contains a racial slur. Does the race of the pickpocket make any difference?

You may not realize that the Romani were victimized by the NAZIs or that they have been vilified because their traditionally nomadic lifestyle conflicted with the bourgeois mores of the shopkeeper class, but in the age of the Internet it's not too hard to figure that out.

Let's keep the overt racism to a minimum, please.