Very unusual in today's world.
Most businesses will normally take the loss, rather than risk getting sued by the culprit for injuries sustained during the apprehension. 
If the culprit in this case used force to attempt to thwart the apprehension, we can infer that Saks employees used force on him.
A very sad state of affairs.
A friend of mine worked for a large national  retailer in town (who will go unnamed for obvious reasons) and mentioned that their security was under corporate instructions not to stop shoplifters. If they had video of them, they would trespass them from the store if they ever returned.
Security was actually there to watch the employees, who caused bigger theft losses than shoplifters.

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