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News Crew Mugged, Cameras Stolen at San Francisco Pier
NBC Bay Area ^

Posted on 07/04/2015 6:30:57 AM PDT by nuconvert

An NBC Bay Area news crew was attacked early Thursday morning while reporting a story in a mugging that injured the photographer, whose camera gear was also stolen. A second station was also robbed of its gear.

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The brazen attack occurred just before 6 a.m. at Pier 14 in San Francisco, where the reporter and photographer – along with several other news stations – were covering a story about a woman who had been shot to death there the night before.

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As the two were about to go on air, a man pulled up to the curb in a black four-door BMW, approached the photographer and pistol-whipped him with a gun then shoved him to the ground, the photographer and reporter said. The man then grabbed the photographer's camera gear, and as he was struggling to get it inside his getaway car, returned to pistol whip the photographer again, the news crew reported

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: ca; california; crime; embarcadero; franciscosanchez; kathrynsteinle; mexico; newyork; sanfrancisco; texas
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To: Mariner

“Handguns are illegal in San Francisco.”

So, is stealing.


41 posted on 07/04/2015 9:52:13 AM PDT by Leep (Still living in what remains of 'God's Country'.)
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To: DPMD

goobers or Grubers?


42 posted on 07/04/2015 9:53:16 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Restore Liberty!)
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To: nuconvert
Hmmmmm. No description of the perps other than one had dreadlocks.

Hey! I think I've found him!!


43 posted on 07/04/2015 11:30:57 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (American Taliban - The Democratic Party)
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To: nuconvert
I wonder if this news story was fair and impartial, and what about concealed carry? Now that they have experienced the other end of the gun, so to speak.
44 posted on 07/04/2015 11:47:10 AM PDT by marmar ((Although, I may look different then you....my blood still runs..RED, WHITE, & BLUE. RETIRED USAF))
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To: nuconvert

Can’t complain if it’s just abusing the media. They deserve it.


45 posted on 07/04/2015 11:50:22 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
LOL - when you get mugged in SF - call a hippie:


46 posted on 07/04/2015 11:51:10 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: nuconvert

Media people, I don’t care what happens to them.


47 posted on 08/09/2015 11:20:44 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Death before disco.)
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