Posted on 07/06/2021 9:33:52 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Looters were captured on video Monday ransacking a Neiman Marcus in San Francisco as thefts continue to plague businesses in the area.
At least nine suspects smashed display cases, snatched handbags, and jetted out of the building before law enforcement arrived to the scene at about 6 p.m., according to footage. The suspects were seen running out of the store with their hands full of merchandise before entering an apparent getaway car that sped off down a busy intersection.
A man was caught on video in June filling a garbage bag with what appeared to be hair products before leaving the drugstore on his bicycle. A security guard, who was recording the incident, tried to grab the individual, though he eluded custody.
Walgreens shuttered 17 of its stores in the San Francisco area in the past five years, and the company said thefts in the area are four times more likely than anywhere else in the country as executives budgeted 35 times more for security personnel to guard the chains.
Target executives in the city also decided to limit business hours in response to an uptick in larceny.
Shoppers can no longer buy products in the chains after 6 p.m. after once being permitted to shop until 10 p.m.
"For more than a month, we’ve been experiencing a significant and alarming rise in theft and security incidents at our San Francisco stores," a spokesperson for Target said at the time.
San Francisco Police Lt. Tracy McCray faulted District Attorney Chesa Boudin's "criminals first agenda" for the uptick in theft incidents.
"What happened in that Walgreens has been going on in the city for quite a while," she said in June. "I’m used to it. I mean, we could have a greatest hits compilation of people just walking in and cleaning out the store shelves and security guards, the people who work there, just standing by helplessly because they can’t do anything."
"The 'criminals first' agenda from the district attorney [is to blame] because he's not prosecuting any of those crimes as felonies [or] as a commercial burglary. [Criminals realize,] 'This is gonna get slapped down to a misdemeanor,'" she continued.
Thefts under $950 are considered a misdemeanor in McCray's area of operation, she added, and suspected criminals are often issued citations instead of spending time in jail ahead of their court date. In some cases, she said, thieves will have their case thrown out if they skip their court appearances.
Neither the San Francisco Police Department nor Neiman Marcus immediately responded to requests for comment from the Washington Examiner.
That’s a very good point. One of the most corrupt election systems anywhere.
If Best Buy catches the thief and has them arrested, it is only a misdemeanor. All these thiefs do is not show up for the court trial, wasting everybody’s money to prosecute the case.
In these times, the state legislatures should drop the $950 limit for misdemeanors to $100 and increase the bail amount to $150,000 (the amount they make for a year of drug selling).
I would find out who they are peddling the stolen items to. Whoever are the fences, have them charged with multi-count felonies and put them away for a long long time.
I was thinking, why not put tracking devices in the purses and watch where they go. If they are at a home, have a search warrant at the door at 4 AM with SWAT locked and loaded.
Looters were captured on video.
Will they be arrested bookie say not a chance never bet on anything that you can get away with while by not being white.
I agree. I used to say as I drove from Connecticut into NYC on the South Bronx Expressway that if those folks could ever get out of the ghetto and drive 30-40 minutes north and see how the rich white folks live, there would be the biggest riots we would ever see.
Reaping what they sowed.
I don’t know, but it’s a good question.
I’d guess that stealing from a private individual would draw a heavier sentence, but possibly from additional charges—breaking and entering maybe. Also, DA’s and Judges, wanting to stay in the voters’ good graces would impose stiffer sentences.
After seeing the video I’m thinking this could be just one big family. They all kind of looked alike.
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