Posted on 12/04/2021 8:08:27 AM PST by mylife
A spate of violent robberies targeting marijuana businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area last month have thrown into question the survival of several small businesses, with the combined losses of those operators estimated to be at least $5 million.
The crimes ranged from break-ins that resulted in minor damage to, in some instances, wild gunfights between criminals and security guards, according to media reports and sources.
At least one person was shot, and a scandal has emerged over San Francisco police officers apparently looking on while burglars made off with cannabis products from a store they’d broken into.
The prime takeaway from the most recent rash of thefts and vandalizations, insiders said, is the fragility of the companies targeted and the fact that they’re targeted with disturbing regularity by criminals looking to make an easy buck.
“Cannabis businesses are being robbed year-round, but no one is talking about it,” said Tucky Blunt, the owner of Oakland cannabis shop Blunts and Moore, which was one of the businesses hit last month.
“I was safer, and had more money, (selling) on the street, illegally.”
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Willie Sutton
“(Why do you rob banks, Willie?) Because that’s where the money is.”
Logic 101
“Aha, no wonder why the authorities don’t seem to care. They got theirs!”
Exactly!
Why spend money trying to catch the thieves when you can let them steal then the shop has to completely restock and pay MORE taxes.
A win/win for the tax man.
If I ever decided to smoke pot again I just grow my own. But the only thing that will convince me to start smoking it again would be a cancer diagnosis.
“You can thank the mob for states changing their laws on that practice.”
Yet another reason modern government holds a strong resemblance to the old mafia.
Gonna be serious trouble now that the gov is in the cartels business
The wine is delivered via armored truck with armed former un vaccinated SPEC op guys!
Do you mean guys who were formerly in Spec Ops or guys who were formerly unvaccinated? English is a funny language, isn't it?
That whole let’s stop the criminal element by making pot legal is working out great. Unintended consequences is beyond the grasp of Libs/Socs/Commis.
Spec’s is a liquor store in Texas.
“Gonna be serious trouble now that the gov is in the cartels business”
I think they’ll make a gentleman’s agreement. The cartels give up the weed business and the Gov makes sure the cocaine and fentanyl flows like water.
yessir and tax yer ass to death
Im a spec op guy specs in tx sucks
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