This is NUTS: King Soopers fired former military police officer Santino Burrola after he recorded three men stealing about $500 in laundry detergent on Father’s Day. ⠀ Burrola was alerted to the theft in progress at a Colorado store and pulled out his phone. He followed the men to the parking lot as they loaded a black Chevy Trax then yanked the foil covering the license plate while they struggled to flee. ⠀ In the video he can be heard saying the economy isn’t that bad and joking that they better get while the gettin’s good. The clip went viral with 1.5 million views and was shared by Snoop Dogg and the Arapahoe Sheriff’s Office. ⠀ His footage helped investigators identify and arrest the driver Jorge Pantoja 32. When Burrola returned for his next shift he was suspended then fired a week later after a meeting with management and a union rep. ⠀ He said he never touched the thieves or altered the theft and was only trying to help the community and police. Kroger policy bars employees from intervening in thefts even when they only record. ⠀ Think about what it means when a store fires a worker for filming thieves who took hundreds of dollars in merchandise and whose video led to an arrest. ⠀ #RetailTheft #Shoplifting