Authorities have tried to reassure residents that this is not the beginning of a wave of looting, saying the supply of supply of food and medicine is guaranteed. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said at a news conference on Wednesday that authorities are conducting permanent surveillance of social networks in case there are any calls to loot and explained that the thieves targeting shops to steal televisions and the like has nothing to do with poverty.
That did little to assuage the fears of some shopkeepers as criminals organized heists on social networks and instant messaging platforms such as WhatsApp."In the middle of this pandemic in Mexico, it’s incredible people are still organizing looting," a shop owner in populous Mexico state, which neighbors capital Mexico City, said online." I ask authorities to be vigilant because many business owners are afraid of being attacked by looters."
The public security ministry of Mexico state said that on Tuesday it detected 29 Facebook accounts inciting residents to ransack stores that had closed due to the pandemic.
Third world problems. In Mexifornia.
My local stores has armed guards for the first time. I make sure I don’t leave the house with out being strapped anymore.
I loved Draegers. I still have a corkscrew I bought there back around 1999 or so. Way too many ferals roaming in California now.
Didn’t know there was another Draeger’s other than the one in Los Altos.
Wild story...
Hungary for Potato Pancakes...
My local grocery store has one.. I talk to the guy. He said it’s because of people getting into fights over stuff during this mess. It has not been too bad where I’m at in fact people been helping each other in the grocery store but the store has him there just in case.
Zombie pillaging in 5, 4, 3, 2.....
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I think the looting will start soon in the LA area.
The usually unruly and defiant group of meth users and pot heads around here seem to be becoming more restless the last few days.
Getting uncomfortable.
Sucks to be in CA. Glad I left.
They just had a report here where all the stores are now nearly fully stocked and there are certainly no armed guards. Of course with probably 40 percent of the citizens being armed here, there is no reason for it.
We have security in our grocery stores here in Arizona. Seems a bit odd.
Twenty years ago, on a trip to Mexico, we were told that to use the restroom we HAD to purchase several sheets of toilet paper. We could not bring our own.
Sure enough, at the line to use the rest room was a table, a man selling toilet paper by the sheet, and a burly uniformed armed guard behind him.
We bought the paper.
I think I got it 1 armed guard against a large gang. Ok
Ours just sit out front in a marked car.
NC
When stupid people vote for even more stupid people and put the even more stupid people into government, this is the end result. If stealing less than $950 is no longer illegal (which is effectively what it is if not enforced), why is the cop even there?
This is why I am not a proponent of this thing we call democracy. On the other hand, I say the Constitutional Republic form of government we have at our federal level (which is democratic is nature but is not democracy) “is the worst form of government except for all those other others.” Shout out to Winston Churchill for using his quote.
JoMa
That’s OK - when I walk into a store, there’s always one more of us “armed guard”’ on station...
Until two days ago, our local Home Depot had been a pretty normal place.
Then two days ago one of the two entrances was closed. Orange cones and yellow tape channeled everyone to a line leading to one door. People were asked to keep six feet apart. They seemed to have some idea how many customers were in the store. A security guard motioned folks in the line that they could move forward and enter, but only as other folks exited thru that same point - which was also the only way out.
I think herd immunity is better than herd mentality, over the long run.