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UK band Sports Team robbed at gunpoint while getting coffee in California on first day of US tour: ‘Get down!’
New York Post ^ | 12/04/2024 | Nika Shakhnazarova

Posted on 12/04/2024 5:42:55 AM PST by vespa300

British rock band Sports Team was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight on Monday when they had stopped for coffee in California on the first day of their US tour.

The band — consisting of frontman Alex Rice, guitarists Rob Knaggs and Henry Young, bassist Oli Dewdney, drummer Al Greenwood, and keyboardist Ben Mack — touched down in California ahead of their first gig in Sacramento on Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: band; california; uk; vallejo
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To: Lurker

“Do you see the sign, ‘Rib Tips’? Well, ___ that, you don’t want to go that way.”.


21 posted on 12/04/2024 6:06:01 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: vespa300

It’s kalifornia. That dump has no “nicer areas.” Even the elites in Beverly Hills are being robbed.


22 posted on 12/04/2024 6:14:35 AM PST by LouAvul (He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. (2 Sam 23:3))
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To: vespa300

Fifty years ago tourists were frightened to go out on the streets of LA after seeing Hollywood’s crime shows on TV. They were told it actually was safe, just be aware of those around you.
But that was fifty years ago. Now it has become dangerous, not because of TV shows but democrat indifference to criminal activity.


23 posted on 12/04/2024 6:19:10 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: LouAvul

>>>It’s kalifornia. That dump has no “nicer areas.” Even the elites in Beverly Hills are being robbed.>>>

Yeah, I’m 50 years born and raised in Southern California (moved 15 years ago to Texas) and I know there’s crime everywhere even the nice areas. But still....there is a difference between say Arcadia CA and say.......La Puente CA or Compton. That’s kinda what I meant to say. But yeah....there’s crime and homelessness everywhere.....just a lot more in some than others.


24 posted on 12/04/2024 6:25:15 AM PST by vespa300
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To: vespa300

Welcome to London!
Welcome to Paris!
Welcome to....the Second Amendment


25 posted on 12/04/2024 6:27:38 AM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: vespa300

It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock n’ roll.


26 posted on 12/04/2024 6:41:32 AM PST by RAT_Poison
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To: vespa300

Why did the University of Kentucky ban a sports team for getting robbed? :)


27 posted on 12/04/2024 6:59:26 AM PST by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

I’ve been to CA a few times and not once was it my idea. One Halloween (yeah, I know), we were parked by Fredericks of Hollywood to do the walk of fame and sight see, but left early just in case. We walked into our hotel room, flipped on the tv and the news was all about Fredericks being ransacked by gays who stole everything including the clothing racks.


28 posted on 12/04/2024 7:18:43 AM PST by bgill
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To: vespa300

NEVER go to the California Penal Colony


29 posted on 12/04/2024 7:40:01 AM PST by oil_dude
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To: dfwgator

Thanks for redeeming the thread with the War lyrics. Fantastic song and album.


30 posted on 12/04/2024 8:00:29 AM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: vespa300

That part of town most likely Latinos.


31 posted on 12/04/2024 9:27:22 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: vespa300

Even the best towns in California are surrounded by very dangerous areas.


32 posted on 12/04/2024 9:58:46 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane
Even the best towns in California are surrounded by very dangerous areas.

Too many people, including some Californians, think California is just LA and the Bay Area. I don't consider any part of either of those areas to be among the "best towns".
33 posted on 12/04/2024 10:33:13 AM PST by fr_freak (So foul a sky clears not without a storm.)
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To: vespa300

“I think it was in Vallejo....isn’t that a nicer area?”

Still California. So yes, still a ghetto.


34 posted on 12/04/2024 2:09:48 PM PST by BobL
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To: Lurker

That’s not the Commodores, that’s War.


35 posted on 12/04/2024 4:04:53 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: lefty-lie-spy

+1


36 posted on 12/04/2024 4:05:09 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: wildcard_redneck

Vallejo isn’t a ghetto. It’s a medium-sized town about 25 miles east of The City (SF) and just south of Napa Valley. I used to stay at the Vallejo Motel 6 when visiting the Bay Area.


37 posted on 12/04/2024 6:09:31 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: bgill

That is interesting since a murderous trans cult or trans gang led by a person called Ziz is based in Vallejo and has just been connected to the murder of a border guard in Vermont, murders in California, and Pennsylvania.


38 posted on 01/28/2025 7:35:37 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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