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How Los Angeles became a hotbed for terrifying ‘follow home’ robberies
Nypost ^ | 06/04/2022 | Heather Robinson

Posted on 06/04/2022 7:34:48 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

For the past seven weeks, Donna Martin has kept vigil at the bedside of her son, Christopher Charles Martin.

Some days Christopher, 27, is able to move his limbs and his eyes, and Martin believes he is trying to comfort her when he hears her cry.

“Christopher has always been a protector,” said Martin. “He is very protective of me, and all of his family members.”

An entrepreneur and musician who performs under the name Donn Sway, Christopher founded a mentoring business to help boys who want to play college football assemble their college application materials. He also helped take care of his grandmother “in her final stages of dementia,” and always stood up for his younger brother Tyler, who suffers from schizophrenia, Martin recalled.

On April 15, Christopher’s protectiveness nearly cost him his life after he was shot in the head while trying to defend friends during a “follow-home” robbery — a trend that has terrorized Angelenos since last year.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: follow; home; losangeles; robberies
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I think Democrats politicians get off on the stuff.
1 posted on 06/04/2022 7:34:48 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Be soft on crime and guess what happens


2 posted on 06/04/2022 7:35:46 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Democrat Party has embraced anarchy as a bridge to total control over society.


3 posted on 06/04/2022 7:37:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They love an unarmed citizen. Politicians love it because the politicians get “to do something,” and of course the crooks love it because it is good for business.


4 posted on 06/04/2022 7:37:07 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: BenLurkin

The Democrat Party has embraced anarchy as a bridge to total control over society.


Agree.

Sickening to witness.


5 posted on 06/04/2022 7:40:48 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wow. They laid the blame solely on Gascon. Not even a hint of “society is to blame”. Kudos.


6 posted on 06/04/2022 7:43:22 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
"There have been 254 “follow-home” attacks since January 2021, Tippet said, with 165 occurring in 2021 — 111 of them in the final four months of last year and 89 this year to date.

If someone is following you - #1. Keep a gun or two in your vehicle.

#2. Don't drive home. Drive to the nearest police station. Its likely the hoods will take off.

7 posted on 06/04/2022 7:44:44 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Featured Christopher was not followed home. He was at a downtown parking lot at 3 AM.


8 posted on 06/04/2022 7:49:44 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Prayers for Christopher and for Donna.


9 posted on 06/04/2022 7:51:11 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: airborne

Call 911 and hope someone shows up to follow the followers


10 posted on 06/04/2022 7:55:17 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (#LeaveTheGOP. Pass it on Liberty Valance Time. The point of a gun is the only law they understan)
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“State policy is allowing violent criminals to post bail and not return to court for months, and during that time we know many are committing violent crimes,” Tippet said. “We’ve re-arrested some individuals who were out on bail after they’ve committed the same types of violent crimes.”

11 posted on 06/04/2022 7:55:18 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

there’s never any mention of who these gangsters are

Might I assume they are criminal gangs imported from Central America across our open borders, specifically for this purpose?


12 posted on 06/04/2022 8:02:59 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There are a lot of videos of this sort of thing happening in South Africa if you go to youtube. Just search on carjack fail and you’ll see a bunch of them.


13 posted on 06/04/2022 8:12:34 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: Organic Panic

It doesn’t work so well in States like my hometown of kentucky. There are just two darn many people that are conceal and open carrying. They prefer doing this in states where handgun ownership is tightly controlled.


14 posted on 06/04/2022 8:13:32 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: TexasGator

Mama always said nothing good ever happens after midnight.


15 posted on 06/04/2022 8:14:18 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t see the problem. California in general, and Los Angeles in particular, have very strict gun control laws, so there’s really nothing the criminals can do once they come home with you. Therefore, this hazard is being overstated.

However, what we really need to do as a nation is make the rest of the country as safe as Los Angelenos are, and, for that matter, as safe as the children in the Uvalde public school system are, what with their total ban on guns inside the schools.


16 posted on 06/04/2022 8:24:01 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: butlerweave

The voters of la la land deserve all the crime.


17 posted on 06/04/2022 8:33:13 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: coloradan

“so there’s really nothing the criminals can do once they come home with you”

They can whack you with a jack handle.


18 posted on 06/04/2022 8:33:55 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

MS13 knows who to pay guess why we don’t have a border.


19 posted on 06/04/2022 8:36:39 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: TexasGator

“He was at a downtown parking lot at 3 AM.”

Having lived in Downtown LA for several years I can attest to the fact that nothing good happens when you hang around in a parking lot at 3am, as well as anybody hanging around in a parking lot at 3am is up to nothing good. It’s the same in every big city.

We are not hearing the whole story. I suspect he is not the altruistic humanist being portrayed here.

JMHO.


20 posted on 06/04/2022 9:00:42 AM PDT by Qui is (First, never apologize to the enemy, and second, never forget that Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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