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| Dozens of San Francisco area stores, pharmacies hit by mobs of smash-and-grab looters: 'Hurts us all' |
| 2021-11-24 |
| [FoxNews] The thieves targeted pharmacies and marijuana dispensaries in Oakland. Mobs of thieves ransacked at least two dozen San Francisco area businesses over the weekend, as smash and grab incidents rage in the Bay Area. "At least two dozen businesses were impacted," Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong told CBS SF. "Roving caravans of vehicles, targeting cannabis operations, retail shops, pharmacies, throughout the city of Oakland." The mobs of thieves hit a handful of pharmacies and marijuana dispensaries in Oakland, including the Wellspring pharmacy that released surveillance video of the scene to the media. Police added that the mobs in Oakland fired 175 shots during the incidents, forcing officers to pull back to safe locations, The Mercury News reported. 'Experts' blasted for cautioning against use of term 'looting' to describe large-scale California thefts [FoxNews] The affiliate pointed out that they did not yet know the identities and races of the perpetrators of the recent wave of thefts, before noting that they occurred following last Friday's acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. It then cited Martin Reynolds, co-executive director of the Robert C. Maynard Institute of Journalism Education, who was reminded of Black residents in New Orleans that were described as looters for committing "crimes of survival" following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when they stole water, food and other supplies prior to receiving aid from the federal government. "This seems like it's an organized smash and grab robbery. This doesn't seem like looting. We're thinking of scenarios where first responders are completely overwhelmed, and folks often may be on their own," Reynolds said. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 The residents will still vote 'D' next time around. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-11-24 09:34 |
| #4 Somehow or other this isn't a RICO investigation for the FBI. There's too many PTA members out there who need to be checked out. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2021-11-24 09:33 |
| #3 Decivilization there is a reason the word 'vandal' is in our language |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-11-24 07:00 |
| #2 This country is coming apart at the seams. Now even reliably lefty San Franciscans are buying guns and getting shooting lessons. Our Cold Civil War is heating up. |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-11-24 02:37 |
| #1 San Francisco's woke DA FINALLY wakes up to gangs looting stores: FELONY charges for nine people are announced after 20 people ransacked Louis Vuitton store We'll see if this change of heart amounts to anything at all. |
| Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-11-24 01:06 |