About 80 thieves ransack department store near San Francisco

The Associated Press ^ | November 21, 2021

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) — About 80 people, some wearing ski masks and wielding crow bars, ransacked a high-end department store in the San Francisco Bay Area, stealing merchandise before fleeing in cars waiting outside, police and witnesses said.

Three people were arrested while the majority got away after the large-scale theft Saturday night shocked shoppers at the Nordstrom in Walnut Creek, police said.

NBC Bay Area reporter Jodi Hernandez tweeted that she saw the thieves rush into the store in the downtown shopping district in the city some 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco.

“About 25 cars just blocked the street and rushed into the Walnut Creek Nordstrom making off with goods before getting in cars and speeding away,” Hernandez said on Twitter.

Video from the scene shows masked people streaming out of the store, carrying bags and boxes, jumping into the cars and speeding away.

Brett Barrette, the manager of a nearby PF Chang’s restaurant, began locking doors at his establishment while watching the chaos unfold.

“We probably saw 50 to 80 people in ski masks, crowbars, a bunch of weapons,” Barrette told ABC 7 News.

The Walnut Creek Police Department said a firearm was recovered from one of the three arrested suspects, ABC 7 reported.

[roadcat]

It is on the BART line -- or as we call it back east, the subway line -- and it's not even at the end of the line.

There have been a number of crimes committed at shopping malls on the BART line, notably Tanforan Mall in San Bruno, where the thieves flee on BART (station connected to the mall). Some have been caught by police (police station also connected to the mall), and the thieves are most often from Oakland. These thieves conveniently use BART to travel from Oakland to raid affluent suburbs.

[FreedomPoster]

College indoctrinated Leftist suburban white women, typically Gen X and younger, are a problem.

[Robert A Cook PE]

No, no. Walnut Creek is on the east side, the same side of the Bay as Oakland, an easy drive up the expressways or tunnel from Oakland, Berkeley, or their slums (Richmond, etc.) No cross bridge commute needed: You’re thinking San Francisco.

[Secret Agent Man]

People are atuck in normalcy bias

This is actually a tipping point

At least for that area

[SteveH]

> No, no. Walnut Creek is on the east side, the same side of the Bay as Oakland, an easy drive up the expressways or tunnel from Oakland, Berkeley, or their slums (Richmond, etc.) No cross bridge commute needed: You’re thinking San Francisco.

I originally meant

“To get to walnut creek from SF, the shoppers would have to ...”

I wrote

“To get from walnut creek, the shoppers would have to...”

IOW, I left out two words indicating the origin point, unintentionally making my original statement ambiguous. Sorry for the confusion.

[PhineasSpear]

“Thieves”.

Care to translate the typical ,leftist newspeak there?

[SteveH]

maybe the world would be improved if the liberals were required to put the

“We apologize for our Whiteness. Come on in and take what you need.”

sign on their homes and autos.

:)