Posted on 04/24/2023 7:14:03 AM PDT by Morgana
A Target store in San Francisco has locked its entire product range behind security glass as crime in the city spirals out of control.
A video posted on TikTok on April 20 shows all of the items in the store locked away from customers.
According to geotagged imagery, some products at the store on Folsom Street were behind glass since at least October of last year, WNCT reported.
The city's residents continue to battle soaring crime, brought to light recently with the murder of Cash App CEO Bob Lee and the brutal broad daylight attack on the city's former fire commissioner.
Industry groups have noted that there is an issue with theft, with the National Retail Federation saying that organized retail crime is setting stores back around $100 billion a year, according to a 2022 survey.
In 2021, retailers saw a 27 per cent increase in theft carried out by organized criminal rings, the survey found. To tackle the issue, they invested more money in safety and security measures to protect employees, customers and merchandise.
Earlier this month, it was announced that Whole Foods is temporarily shutting one of its flagship stores in San Francisco just a year after it opened, citing concerns that crime in the area is endangering its staff. It followed Walgreens shutting down some of its San Francisco stores in 2021 due to theft.
A Whole Foods spokesperson said the company shut the 65,000-square-foot grocery store at Trinity Place in San Francisco's Mid-Market neighborhood 'to ensure the safety' of the store's team members.
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When a place effectively decriminalized thefts, guess what help ns?
Thru get lots of thefts.
It wouldn’t have taken a rocket scientist to figure this out in advance.
And you wind up in hospital emergency getting a pregnancy test (males included)
Blue city hellholeness is spreading to the country...
bu...bu...butt reparations and all.
Why target, oh why?? Your advertising is targeted to a certain demographic? why Target would you do such a thing? where is your social conscience??
You will still need to control who and how many people come into the store. These hoods run in packs so one or two clerks can easily be overrun.
Goodbye City Life!
Absolutely not. As long as it is federally illegal, it’s illegal for us to use as well. Drug testing continues to be regularly administered and the consequences of testing positive are nothing less than getting kicked out.
I’d imagine if it’s ever legalized federally, the policy would then be revisited.
It baffles me why ANY stores and business are till open there. Are they brain dead or what? I would have shut down and got out long ago. It is a sinking ship that cannot be saved...
Even Nancy Pelousi moved to Florida!
Yep...
The junk Target imports from China has to be locked behind security glass like they are precious gemstones?
You are sure this isn’t from the Babylon Bee?
I’d trade lives and worlds with Mr. Douglas right now.
Lock up the merchandise?
How about locking up the thieves?
Maybe the thieves should have a hand cut off.
After two attempts, the thief will have trouble stealing without any hands.
Bring back the mafia in SF. At least the mob provided protection for business owners in exchange for its 20% cut.
I just adore a pent house view...lol
Lemme see. Reduce and eliminate consequences for crime. And then act surprised when crime skyrockets? How big a fool is a liberal, anyway? Cause they have to be abysmally stupid to not see that coming.
San Fransickos have made their beds. Now they can go lie in them.
Sure glad I don’t live anywhere near there. I can’t imagine letting some people decide when/when I can shop.
It is not about logic but feelings and good intentions. They believe their hearts are in the right places 100% of the time just because of that righteous D behind their names.
Green Acres became a comfort show while I was recuperating from a lot of emergency surgery last year.
Good thing it wasn’t Streets of San Francisco!
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