Posted on 09/10/2023 9:13:45 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Crime fatigue is setting in for many Oakland business owners.
One 7-Eleven owner said he's fed up with the crime in his store on MacArthur Boulevard in the Dimond District. Robbers held up his cashiers at 12:25 a.m. Saturday.
Surveillance video showed two young men with masks pretending to buy something. They pulled out two guns and held up two cashiers. Cashier Daniel Bokre could be seen in the video raising both hands as a gunman pointed a handgun at him.
"Yes, scared, very scared. It's a matter of life," said Bokre said.
The gunmen demanded Bokre and his co-worker empty two cash registers. The robbers took some tobacco products as well. Altogether, the cashiers said the store lost several hundred dollars.
"They take whatever they want, the money. They were asking for money, 'open the register!' They take it, they go away," Bokre said.
Bokre immigrated to Oakland from Africa a year ago, looking for a better life and started working at the convenience store a few months ago.
"No, never happened (to me) before in my country like this. I come from Eritrea, Africa," Bokre said.
Store operator Ravi Kakkar said it's the third incident since August.
"I feel anger," Kakkar said. "We are tired for seeing this every single day. It's not just here, it's everywhere in Oakland."
Kakkar said twice in August, large groups of young people ran in and cleaned out their tobacco products. He said those two incidents cost him about $12,000.
"It's a humble request to the city of Oakland, Oakland councilmembers, Oakland city mayor, please do something, please take a stronger action," Kakkar said.
Despite being shaken up, Bokre came right back to work roughly 12 hours later.
"We must work. Without work, we cannot live here," Bokre said.
A lesson that many don't understand or don't care about.
I agree, itโs time for criminals to be punished for their crimes!
Indeed.
Unless and until the perpetrators start assuming room temperature this will continue.
Unfortunately, those in power in these cities are pandering to the criminal element. It's as if that's who they're counting on for votes.
๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ.
Prosecutors will go after the victims or anybody who stands up to crap like this, not the perpetrators. The McClosky’s, Kyle Rittenhouse, and Daniel Penny were the first of the examples. People wonder why bystanders whip out their phones, or simply step away instead of stepping in; because they don’t want to be prosecuted, and either be financially destroyed through court, or imprisoned.
Cashier Boarke, It may be a good time to request an immediate transfer, or start filling out applications to other stores.
I see now, that Cashier Borke is the owner of this franchise, meaning, he has probably his life savings already invested in this one store. He should still ask about transferring that ownership to another store, if that is an actual choice.
Sounds like the criminals are doing just fine in Utopia, thank you very much.
What ever is rewarded you get more of.
What ever you punish you get less of.
In today’s liberal cities citizens are punished for defending themselves and criminals are rewarded (by not being arrested and prosecuted for their crimes).
And before anyone says the people voted for this I reply maybe not. We know they stole a federal election so how hard would it be to steal local elections.
Until we get election reform I am assuming Democrats are not winning anything except the ability to count the ballots.
It takes a criminal mind to fill out dozens of ballots for all the phantoms on the voter rolls (the "correct" way and for pay, of course). The corrupt pols (sorry, redundant) totally depend on the criminal element for their very livelihood.
Maybe limiting cigarette inventory is indicated.
Perhaps in all California 7-11s:
Brands A, B, E and F come in on Monday.
Brands A, B, G and H come in on Tuesday.
Brands I, J, K and L come in on Wednesday.
Brands M, N, O and P come in on Thursday.
Brands A, B, E and F come in on Friday.
Brands A, B, G and H come in on Saturday.
Brands I, J, K and L come in on Sunday.
Dear California Politician:
I will not be selling cigarettes until my cigarette theft losses are reimbursed.
California makes $2.87/pack. I made about $.30/pack, pre-theft.
former Oakland tobacco retailer
“It’s a humble request to the city of Oakland, Oakland councilmembers, Oakland city mayor, please do something, please take a stronger action”
They have done something. Which is why you’ve been robbed 3 times in less than a month. They’re the reason for the crime you’re experiencing. Why not ask Al Capone to do something about the gambling, bootlegging, prostitution, and murders going on in Chicago?
Well, just curious here, but who did you guys vote for, cuz the way a lot of us are seeing it is that you are getting what you voted for.
I feel sorry for Mr. Bokre, I truly do, but he chose poorly when picking a place to live in the US. He appears literate and fluent in English, so was capable of doing his homework.
From bestplaces.net:
โCrime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)
Oakland violent crime is 75.5. (The US average is 22.7)
Oakland property crime is 81.2. (The US average is 35.4)โ
Having bad things happen in Oakland doesn’t really bother me that much, as a “localist.” You’re a foreigner if you live in a different county in my insignificant book.
“What Happens in Oakland, Stays in Oakland.”
I wonder what made him think he was going to find “ a better life” living amongst a bunch of evil, racist, white supremacist people who oppress blacks with flags and statues and try to stop them from voting. Although the race card doesn’t work in Africa, he probably should have stayed in Afrika anyway.
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