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-Lurid Crime Tales-
TV news reporter robbed of camera at gunpoint in San Francisco
2021-03-05
[NYPOST] A TV news news hound was robbed of his camera at gunpoint while conducting interviews about car break-ins in the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
, authorities said.

KPIX news hound Don Ford said he was preparing to interview residents Wednesday for reaction to a string of thefts around Twin Peaks when four men pulled up in a white luxury sedan.

"The car came up here while we were about to do an interview, three guys jumped out," Ford told the news station. "One had a gun and put in my face and said, ’We’re taking the camera.’"

Ford said he focused on remaining calm despite the weapon directed at him.

"My whole thought at the moment was ’Be calm. Let’s not get this guy excited. He’s got the gun. I don’t. So you take you the camera. It’s yours, buddy,’" he said.

The assailants fled with the camera, but the device — which had a tracking chip — was recovered later Wednesday, cops said.

No arrests have been announced in connection to the theft.
Posted by:Fred

#5  If three san franciscans steal a $2400 camera, is it then split three ways into $800 each and therefore below $1000 and not robbery?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-03-05 15:48  

#4  Pawnshop owner: "We don't get many of these in here..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-03-05 11:17  

#3  Which interview on the Camera was the one that had them so worried that they needed to erase it?

I believe that would be the "Gavin Newsom in flagrante delicto" recording

/sarc
Posted by: Elbowing Tingle6302   2021-03-05 08:40  

#2  
If the Reporters version of the story holds water and is not some self/TV Station promoting PR stunt.

I have to wonder, because the thugs stole and then ditched the camera. Which interview on the Camera was the one that had them so worried that they needed to erase it?
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-03-05 05:27  

#1  "My whole thought at the moment was ’Be calm. Let’s not get this guy excited. He’s got the gun. I don’t. So you take you the camera. It’s yours, buddy,’" he said.


Sure, sure.
Posted by: Clem   2021-03-05 04:47  

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