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Thieves targeting fire hydrants in South Los Angeles
KTLA ^ | 6-3-24 | Cameron Kiszla

Posted on 06/04/2024 6:58:35 AM PDT by dynachrome

A series of fire hydrant thefts in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood of South Los Angeles has left residents without a working hydrant near their homes.

The thefts of four hydrants near the intersection of 82nd Street and Hooper Avenue mean the block doesn’t have even one operating hydrant, KTLA’s Jennifer McGraw reports.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; crime; firehydrant; theft
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It's what you voted for. Stop complaining.
1 posted on 06/04/2024 6:58:35 AM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Must be a fire hydrant desert.


2 posted on 06/04/2024 6:59:38 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: dynachrome

The thieves just want to have water wherever they go. Cut them some slack.


3 posted on 06/04/2024 7:01:14 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Gee, I hope that’s not where the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory is located....


4 posted on 06/04/2024 7:01:32 AM PDT by desertsolitaire (Perhaps the Great Ape Lawgiver in the series Planet of the Apes was correct in his view of humans?)
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To: dynachrome

Maybe they’re homesick and want their new home to be more like the s%*thole they left


5 posted on 06/04/2024 7:01:52 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: dynachrome

The lady interviewed towards the end of the newscast asked why the hydrants were being stolen. Evidently, if something is bolted down in certain neighborhoods, it must be worth stealing. She assuming the thieves are rational people.


6 posted on 06/04/2024 7:04:17 AM PDT by econjack
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Perhaps they think if they hide their drugs and guns in fire hydrants the police will not think to look there.


7 posted on 06/04/2024 7:05:34 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: dynachrome

I feel bad for the neighborhood dogs.


8 posted on 06/04/2024 7:05:57 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: dynachrome

They don’t even do this in the Third World.

The scrap price of fire hydrants is like $2.00 maybe less and the cost of a new one is $3000.00-$6000.00


9 posted on 06/04/2024 7:06:04 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: dynachrome
"Neighborhood chilluns hit the hardest!"


10 posted on 06/04/2024 7:06:08 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: dynachrome

Step 1: Destroy American industry. Eliminate all factories and mills.
Step 2: Import millions of uneducated illegals who have no job prospects.
Step 3: Act all surprised when the illegals go on crime sprees.


11 posted on 06/04/2024 7:06:17 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Cast iron scrap?

Brass fittings?.................


12 posted on 06/04/2024 7:07:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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Cast iron and brass. Check the scrap yards.


13 posted on 06/04/2024 7:07:51 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (Make orwell fiction again)
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To: ComputerGuy
The thieves just want to have water wherever they go. Cut them some slack.



Here you go!

Too soon?

14 posted on 06/04/2024 7:08:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: econjack
The lady interviewed towards the end of the newscast asked why the hydrants were being stolen. Evidently, if something is bolted down in certain neighborhoods, it must be worth stealing. She assuming the thieves are rational people.


The scrap price of a fire hydrant is about $2.00 so it's doubtful that the hydrants are being stolen for scrap.

Most likely our illegals from South of the border are stealing things to sell back in Mexico or what ever country they come from.

15 posted on 06/04/2024 7:09:28 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: dynachrome

“We don’t need no water let the ______ _____ burn!”


16 posted on 06/04/2024 7:10:27 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dynachrome

I work with a company in Vernon. Those areas are 100% Hispanic.


17 posted on 06/04/2024 7:12:01 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: dynachrome

Seriously... You can’t steal an operational fire hydrant stealthily. There would be a geyser of water 20, 30, 40 feet in the air, right? It’s not like nobody would notice. (See comment #10.)

Plus, you KNOW someone is videoing the scene. Give it a few days...the authorities will be able to ID the perps on YouTube or TikTok.


18 posted on 06/04/2024 7:13:37 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: ComputerGuy

> The thieves just want to have water wherever they go. <

On a related note, when the Red Army swept into Germany during WW2, the peasant soldiers would often steal light bulbs from German houses. The soldiers were under the impression that the bulbs alone would give light in any house. Wiring, etc. not needed.

Not too many electrical engineers in the Soviet infantry. That’s my guess.


19 posted on 06/04/2024 7:16:18 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: dynachrome

What’s the difference? Firefighters say pot shots are taken at them when they enter this area to put out fires.

If they need firefighters or police they can call Mayor Karen Bass’s office


20 posted on 06/04/2024 7:33:41 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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