Posted on 04/04/2020 8:10:03 AM PDT by conservative98
Burglaries of businesses have risen in New York City under emergency measures to fight the new coronavirus, according to new New York Police Department data, and some businesses are boarding up their storefronts.
The NYPD has seen a 75% increase in reports of burglaries of commercial establishments from March 12, when New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency, to March 31, police officials said. The NYPD recorded 254 burglaries of businesses during that time period this year compared with 145 for the same period last year, the officials said.
All boroughs of the city have seen increases, the officials said.
The increase in burglaries coincided with steps to stop the spread of the coronavirus. On March 15, the city ordered restaurants and bars to cease on-site service, prompting many establishments to close altogether or limit operations. A March 20 decree by Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for the closure of all nonessential businesses, leading many retail stores to shutter.
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Right. As though we didn’t see this coming like a freight train.
Which is why I recommend an AR-15 for home defense.
“I have a million FR posts to prove it!”
I went back and counted your posts and I can say that’s a lie. There are only 867,246 posts. Mueller is going to have your azz! ;<)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/houston-mayor-tells-criminals-to-chill
LOL
People are too nosy around here!! :)
Hey is there a way to see how many lifetime posts you have?
"Choo choo! Looty train a here, loot train a here, time fo the looty train...Choo chooo"
"Outta tha way officer, we got bizness ta attend to Choo choo"
That’s exactly what they are going to do.
Well at least the bookstores will be safe.
Yes. At the top of the page on the line that has Forum;Account;Mail;Pings click on account and it’s there.
LMAO!!
Thank you.
70,000 REPLIES?!?!!?
I gotta get a life :(
There’s definitely other things I could and should be doing at any given time.
But shooting the sh.. here with the guys is more fun.
It’s like being in a virtual bar. And I have me real drinks with me :)
“I gotta get a life :(”
The Ministry of Life has forbidden that at this time.
lol
True!
If we step outside one foot we’ll be corona-ed!!
They just need jobs. /s
Make Burglary Legal!
That’ll solve the law breaking. It’s how 0bama magically lowered the crime rate of high school “teens” in Florida.
Works every time it’s tried.
I have been waiting for crime to explode in our big cities and the longer this goes on the more likely it becomes that we will see burglaries, looting, and potentially riots if the lock-down gets worse.
The left wants to release all the criminals and jails are not accepting people who are arrested.
The price of illicit narcotics is going to spike (heroin and meth) because the supply of precursor chemicals to the cartels in Mexico has been disrupted because so much shipping has been shut down from China and Chinese cargo is not being admitted. This will cause the druggies (primary driver of crime) to become even more desperate.
That'll fix it.
If a burglar is caught all they have to do is cough and sneeze and they will not put them in jail or even arrest them.
Seriously.
This could get serious. NY needs to raise the dollar threshold on felony theft to keep the crime rate down. If thefts under $10,000 were only a misdemeanor, things would probably be well under control.
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