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To: thecodont
Here is a related story from two days ago.

Crime hotspot in Oakland where gas stations and In-N-Out are hit by brazen car thieves dozens of times EVERY DAY - but cops say they are powerless to stop it

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Less than a mile away from the Chevron, a Shell gas station on Hegenberger Road is also plagued by thefts. Around five hundred yards from the Shell, another Chevron is another hotspot. And next to that, the parking lot of an In-N-Out Burger is hit daily.

Police say the criminals, who operate in well-organized groups, follow the same playbook: a spotter keeps watch for targets, usually rentals headed to or from the airport, as they pull up at the gas stations.

They then alert accomplices, who pull up in a vehicle when the targets start to pump fuel. Often, they smash a rear window or pop the trunk of unlocked vehicles before making off with luggage and valuables. The thefts take just seconds.

-PJ
7 posted on 01/21/2024 10:03:29 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too

And yet we can’t carry anything at all to protect ourselves from these GD’ animals?


22 posted on 01/21/2024 10:39:52 PM PST by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Political Junkie Too

“They then alert accomplices, who pull up in a vehicle when the targets start to pump fuel. Often, they smash a rear window or pop the trunk of unlocked vehicles before making off with luggage and valuables. The thefts take just seconds.”

There was some Youtuber who chronicles Oakland’s blight (Nick Johnson?) who said the trash and items you see strewn on International Boulevard (formerly East 14th Street) are from pillaged rental cars.

The other day I was traveling along Grand Avenue in Oakland and saw a corner parking lot filled with what seemed to be a flea market with racks of clothing.

Those items are ending up somewhere.

You think Oakland Police will stop them?


35 posted on 01/21/2024 11:11:36 PM PST by thecodont
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To: Political Junkie Too

If the Soros DA wouldn’t be immediately releasing these cretins, it would one of the simplest stings to set up.

EC


46 posted on 01/22/2024 2:59:14 AM PST by Ex-Con777
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