Posted on 12/07/2021 3:34:29 AM PST by MtnClimber
When drug-dealers complain about the lack of law enforcement protection, the boomerang has come full circle and hit us in the back of the head.
When drug-dealers complain about the lack of law enforcement protection, the boomerang has come full circle and hit us in the back of the head.
Gangs of smash-and-grab thieves have targeted cannabis shops in the San Francisco Bay area, while firing 175 shots and stealing about $5 million's worth of products. Alphonso "Tucky" Blunt, owner of a legal cannabis shop, criticized poor police protection and the bureaucratic details of business in Oakland: "I was safer, and had more money, [selling] on the street, illegally." Such is the economic reality of the Bay area.
The thieves resell the stolen pot on the streets. City supervisor Rafael Mandeman said, "Sadly, the illegal market is flourishing by undercutting the prices of legal businesses, which is bad for our economy as illegal businesses pay no taxes." For politicians, the sad part is the "no taxes" part. For the owners, it is the loss of their business.
What the city fathers did not foresee when they reduced economic crimes under $950 from a felony to a misdemeanor and advocated defunding the police, eliminating bail, and reducing jail overcrowding was the loss of their revenue. But it's been worse than that: in October, the pharmacy chain Walgreens announced plans to close five of its stores in San Francisco, citing theft and retail crime as the main motivator behind its decision. And that was only the beginning. Some small businesses are following suit, like this Palo Alto clothing store. "I felt for us it was not only the safest thing but the smartest thing to just pull back our inventory and close the doors," said Danny Ryan, who owns Kickz Inc.
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Hey man....where’s the cops man...
day one: defund the police
day two: wheres a cop when you need one
just keep voting dem
When drug-dealers complain about the lack of law enforcement protection,>>>>>>>>>>>>
Thise drug dealers that are light on street thug protection are being wasted by competing gangs who are armed and prepared to take over the territory of weaker gangs. There is no police enforcement balance to stem the rise in the battlefields of territorial drug dealer imperative.
Only the well armed and most vicious drug dealers will survive.
Then we go in and waste them all.
While the jokes write themselves, the IRONY just drips! Vote for dogs and then complain about the fleas!
Nobody saw this coming, nope nobody.
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