Posted on 01/17/2025 8:20:42 AM PST by dynachrome
The Safeway Food Store in the Filmore District of San Francisco has been beset with shoplifters and other criminal activity for years. The company finally decided in December that it had enough and was closing the doors of the store for good.
George Gibbs, a long-time shopper at the store, acknowledges the problems. "I've seen people running out the door with stuff and running across the parking lot," he said. "I've seen folks walk out in handcuffs for stealing something."
Black Lives Matter activists are now demanding that the store stay open or that another low-cost food store take its place.
A member of BLM and the Fillmore United Alliance, Daniel Landry, said in a statement at a recent rally, “We’re not playing. We are demanding."
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
“You pay the salary for two police officers to be on duty at the door for every hour that Safeway is open...and arrest anyone attempting to steal anything...and we’ll keep it open.”
There’s really no point in doing that if the prosecutor isn’t going to play ball. But now that former DA Chesa Boudin has been dismissed by the voters, maybe there is hope.
um... ok
demanding? .. or else what?
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