Posted on 10/18/2022 5:48:59 PM PDT by grundle
“Our team is terrified. They feel unsafe. Security guards don’t help because these theft rings know that security guards won’t/can’t stop them. It’s impossible for a retail store to operate in these circumstances, especially when cities refuse to take any action (despite us paying taxes well above any other state we operate in),” he said.
Smith slammed the city for reducing police presence in the neighborhood, likely owing to demands from defund-the-police advocates, “despite mass-scale crime.” He recounted terrifying incidents he and his wife have experienced while visiting San Francisco, a city he “used to love” that has now deteriorated into a crime-infested wasteland. During a recent trip, Smith said crooks broke into his rental car and stole everything out of his trunk. But when he called the police, “they let us know this happens hundreds of times per day in the city and said it was our own fault for parking in the street,” he alleged.
The local government is complicit in the crime surge too, he suggested. Progressive prosecutors in San Francisco and Los Angeles have come under fire for lax law-enforcement policies, such as bail reform, which many claim have incentivized lawlessness. Former San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin, who was ousted from office in a June recall referendum, went on the record in July 2020 — at the height of the “defund the police” rhetoric
Smith uploaded pictures of the damaged exterior of the shop on Hayes street. Having grown up in Latin America, Smith said he “never felt this unsafe there.”
“It’s sad, but San Francisco appears to have descended into a city of chaos. Many streets and parks are overrun with drugs, criminals, and homelessness, and local leadership and law enforcement enable it through inaction,” he said.
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I would like to see a map of SF which places a red dot on each store location that has decided to leave the area. It may be a remarkable breakout f the woke measles.
Well then I suggest people start defending themselves. Drop a few perps every day for a month and I’m sure it’ll taper off.
When the food stores close their doors, these clowns in Frisco will awake.
I don’t care what happens to San Francisco. The idiots voted for this government, and it’s the idiots’ problem.
Not until something awful happens to their family. They don’t care about groceries, they can afford the home delivery food boxes.
Biden's America is less safe and more corrupt than the third world.
Differential prosecution. The shooter will have the book thrown at him by the same people who allow this crap to happen.
shocking to see yahoo repeat this story ...
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