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San Francisco to limit car access to Union Square after Louis Vuitton theft
San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com ^ | Nov. 21, 2021 | Katie Dowd , Amy Graff , SFGATE

Posted on 11/21/2021 12:13:18 PM PST by thecodont

Cars will be restricted in San Francisco's Union Square after a shocking incident of retail theft on Friday night.

The San Francisco Police Department said in a statement it responded to reports of possible looting and vandalism at several retail establishments, including the Louis Vuitton store, at 8:10 p.m. Additional officers were called to the scene to address reports of crime. The alleged thieves smashed windows, leaving piles of shattered glass across the sidewalk of the store that's adjacent to the Macy's department store.

Burberry, Bloomingdale's and Yves Saint Laurent, among other retailers, were also targeted, police said.

Saturday afternoon, Mayor London Breed and Police Chief Bill Scott held a press conference to condemn the thieves and announce coming changes to Union Square in the wake of the incident.

"We’re going to making some changes to Union Square and how cars are able to access," Breed said. "There will be limited access in terms of when you come to this area."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: looting; sanfrancisco; sanfransicko; smashandgrab; ssnfransicko
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To: thecodont

Someone should spread a rumor the looters are planning an insurrection. That just might get the attention of the FBI.


41 posted on 11/21/2021 12:48:47 PM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: thecodont

Are they shutting down the Union Square parking garage? The only ways in or out are on those streets.


42 posted on 11/21/2021 12:50:29 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: thecodont

Punish the 99% honest people because you hand cuff (like that term?) the police in fighting crime. Want more! Keep voting for Libs you idiots!


43 posted on 11/21/2021 12:51:03 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: I got the rope

Lol!


44 posted on 11/21/2021 12:53:40 PM PST by laplata
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To: thecodont

Breed said. “There will be limited access in terms of when you come to this area.”

Oh yeah, that’ll work. Just like the leftists’ gun control laws.


45 posted on 11/21/2021 12:58:32 PM PST by Flick Lives (The future is a quiet world)
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To: thecodont

Unless the whole class is quiet, nobody goes to recess.


46 posted on 11/21/2021 1:01:46 PM PST by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: AZJeep

The obvious that the “elites” seem to miss,

1) if the luxury stores get robbed in a smash and grab often enough, they will eventually close.

2) If you increase the distance your customers have to travel exposed to the miscreants who will rob them on their way in or on their way out, the patrons will not shop there and the store will close.

I hope that SF gets it good and hard. Let these mobs smash and grab what they can, force the stores to close. Let the elites face the consequences of their bad choices.


47 posted on 11/21/2021 1:11:23 PM PST by Ouderkirk (The democRATS are not looking to govern, they intend to RULE.)
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To: thecodont

Get what your vote for.


48 posted on 11/21/2021 1:16:02 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: thecodont

What did this leftist craphole of a city expect when they turn blind eyes to shoplifting of petty thefts? This batch of criminals upped the ante and went for more gusto. Shoot the looters and watch that crap stop in it’s tracks.


49 posted on 11/21/2021 1:17:13 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny )
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To: Liz

They really know whom to protest!
Luis Vuitton!
If they are so desperate, what about Food City or Dollar store?


50 posted on 11/21/2021 1:18:42 PM PST by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: thecodont

Those bad, bad cars. Ban them.


51 posted on 11/21/2021 1:20:41 PM PST by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: tflabo
What did this leftist craphole of a city expect when they turn blind eyes to shoplifting of petty thefts? This batch of criminals upped the ante and went for more gusto. Shoot the looters and watch that crap stop in it’s tracks.

I think the ones which ARE shot (and killed) will be subject to a news blackout.

52 posted on 11/21/2021 1:23:55 PM PST by thecodont
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To: thecodont

I’ve started carrying a sharp knife when I go shopping at malls with my wife. I see looters entering a store from a car, the valve stems are all being cut on as many of their cars as I can get to.


53 posted on 11/21/2021 1:24:34 PM PST by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: thecodont

This is what passes for RIOTS in the Rittenhouse case.


54 posted on 11/21/2021 1:26:38 PM PST by BEJ
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To: Lockbox
Punish the 99% honest people because you hand cuff (like that term?) the police in fighting crime. Want more! Keep voting for Libs you idiots!

Shopping malls used to depend on the disposable income of teenagers, the vast majority of which were law-abiding. A handful of thugs misbehaved and instead of just banning thugs (cuz that's racist) malls had to implement curfews and chaperone policies, effectively driving away the very customers that kept them in business.

55 posted on 11/21/2021 1:28:35 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024.)
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To: thecodont

As usual. Punish everyone else for the action of “teens”


56 posted on 11/21/2021 1:31:29 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: thecodont

“We’re going to making some changes to Union Square and how cars are able to access,” Breed said. “There will be limited access in terms of when you come to this area.”

Hey dumb ass mayor, how about you limit criminals in San Francisco, rather than limit cars from driving through Union Square?
Total idiot. I lived there, the streets going past Union Square are main roads.


57 posted on 11/21/2021 1:33:05 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clinton's )
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To: thecodont
What about Walgreens? Damn city's only going to protect stores where white liberal 'elites' shop?
58 posted on 11/21/2021 1:36:38 PM PST by GOPJ (One man lying to himself is pathetic - - a culture lying to itself seeds it's own destruction.)
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To: thecodont
Hey Katie Dowd and Amy Graff What about Walgreens? Damn city's only going to protect stores where white liberal 'elites' shop?
59 posted on 11/21/2021 1:37:38 PM PST by GOPJ (One man lying to himself is pathetic - - a culture lying to itself seeds it's own destruction.)
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To: Drew68; Lockbox
Shopping malls used to depend on the disposable income of teenagers, the vast majority of which were law-abiding.

Back in the olden days, a shopping mall was a safe place for teenagers to go meet their friends and hang out. A suburban mall would have several anchor stores, other smaller stores, restaurants, maybe a movie theater or a skating rink. It would be a good place for a family to visit, disperse, and meet up again later.

https://www.npr.org/2014/08/19/338843392/teens-and-mall-culture-the-fading-love-affair

Sun Valley Mall in Concord (not far from Walnut Creek) was such a place. No high-end stores, anchor tenants are now Sears and Macys. Thugs are less likely to visit there.

60 posted on 11/21/2021 1:38:11 PM PST by thecodont
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