LA’s Crime Surge Migrates to Wealthy, Whiter Zip Codes of Boldface Names

On March 22, in the broad daylight of a typically gorgeous day in Beverly Hills, thieves in hoodies and sunglasses took a sledgehammer to the plate glass window of Peter Sedghi’s boutique and furiously rummaged through the shards. In less than 90 seconds, the robbers stole more than $3 million worth of jewels. Two days later, in response to a wave of high-end robberies, the Los Angeles Police Department announced there would be no arrests. Instead, it cautioned Hollywood residents not to wear high quality jewelry in public.

“Beverly Hills is one of the most affluent, safest neighborhoods in the world and now everyone is scared,” Sedghi said. “All of my clients – no one wears anything.”

Crime has risen dramatically in Los Angeles, as well as in many other major cities, since the start of the pandemic and last summer’s protests against police violence resulted in the slashing of many law enforcement budgets. News stories document rising fear across LA and crime has become the major issue in both the upcoming mayor’s election and a possible recall of the district attorney. It may not be surprising that issues of race and class are driving this concern, though they have a new twist.

#11 Some people have blinders on and probably a hood. If not they still will not believe what they see and will blame everyone but the criminal and those that support them.

Elbers... posted this at Nextdoor.com
Between Blythe and Etiwanda In the city of Reseda, my truck was opened and my tools robbed, this part of the neighborhood is dark and many cars come to smoke pot, it became dangerous and I am really planning to move out. Please, be safe and install cameras.

Cheri P.
• Winnetka Victory
It’s bad in most places now. My husband was inside Home Depo on Variel off Victory Blvd. He came out to a man trying to open his locked plumbing truck side panel door. When my husband asked what he was doing, he said “sorry’ , jumped in his truck and sped away. Too fast to chase him. Unfortunately, he did pick the lock on one door that had his power tools. We lost a lot of money. Home Depo isn’t responsible and our ins company won’t cover it. He now parks closer to the entrance. Sorry this happened to you. But like I told my husband, this piece of garbage could have had a knife or gun and it would have been worse. At least you (like him) are safe and alive.
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*** I posted this:
The news media does not help. They support the democrats who support the criminals.

A very stupid must be a democrat responded:

Frank T.
pathetic attempt to claim it is because of a political party. This is exactly how politicians avoid responsibility, by getting people to blame the other guy, and you fell for it. Democrats “ support” criminals? Wise up

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