California Needs To Stop Its Crime Spree
Before It Goes National
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted By: RockyTCB,
12/7/2021 7:10:45 AM
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is apparently convinced that the shoplifting and smash-and-grab robberies in California are a myth. But they are real, perversely spectacular, and likely to spread across the country if they remain unchecked.
The retail heart of San Francisco, with its abundance of luxury shops, is usually overflowing with commerce at this time of the year. Instead, it’s become a “ghost town.”
“Widespread ‘flash mob’ looting turned Union Square – the city’s most fashionable shopping district – into an area resembling a blighted neighborhood in Detroit,” Michael Shellenberger writes in a recent New York Post op-ed.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Roscoelewis 12/7/2021 7:16:19 AM (No. 999328)
Don't worry, this kind of stuff won't be spreading to states with laws that have retained people's right to use deadly force to protect their life and property.
29 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 12/7/2021 7:26:45 AM (No. 999335)
Chaos is by design. Chaos is how totalitarians have always herded the sheep into the slaughter pens.
Community Protection Committees need to be organized to fill the void being left by woke police departments
If law enforcement wants to contribute to public safety they can start y divulging the names & locations of known predators.
17 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
NancyD 12/7/2021 7:29:59 AM (No. 999342)
The leftists want it to spread nationally. This is why Soros and Company are up to their eyeballs in local elections. If they can get ignorant leftwing DA's elected, they are more than halfway to their end goal.
Demonize Police and local and State's to reduce Police Force
Categorize everybody by race, whether it be racist or victim
Gin up fake news to magnify a narrative and create a crisis
Allow criminals to target businesses and steal people's wealth without repercussions
Try to remove the right for Americans to defend/protect themselves and their property.
All ends with total Leftist Government Control
If the GOP doesn't wake up and demand accountability for Crimes in the US, we are doomed and we will all be living in poverty.
18 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
PChristopher 12/7/2021 7:37:58 AM (No. 999352)
I've asked this before, I'll ask it again:. Why is George Soros not sitting in Gitmo and his organizations shut down!? It's like refusing to bomb Berlin after Hitler started the War.
35 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Daisymay 12/7/2021 7:38:50 AM (No. 999355)
I think it's the Democrat States that need to worry about this kind of Crime going National. They are the ones who changed laws that prosecute people that Rob, Loot, burn down buildings, riot in the Streets and on and on! It's up to the VOTERS in their States to get rid of those who allow it to happen. Until they wake up, they will have to deal with it when it hits their Doorstep!
13 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
homefry 12/7/2021 7:39:35 AM (No. 999356)
She can excuse "her people" for anything.
7 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
jalo1951 12/7/2021 7:42:09 AM (No. 999359)
This kind of approved chaos gives the federal government an opening to come in and "save" us by nationalizing all security. A big federal union of security personnel who answer to the federal government not the local citizens. AOC is an asshat and an embarrassment to thinking Americans.
12 people like this.
Yeah, I'd hate to see that coming to Seattle, Portland, Chicago, New York... Oh wait...
11 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
udanja99 12/7/2021 7:56:20 AM (No. 999383)
Most people do a lot of shopping online these days. Even supermarkets provide the service. Every one of these businesses should close up their stores and go online only. Turn the supermarkets into warehouses with armed security and do the same. Then let the cities who allow this insanity rot into rubble. The rest of the country can continue life as usual.
6 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Hazymac 12/7/2021 8:03:55 AM (No. 999387)
:FTA: "Late last month, a security guard protecting a television news crew working on a story about an Oakland store that had been hit by thieves was shot while doing his job. Kevin Nishita, a former police officer, later died. He was gunned down when he tried to stop three men from stealing the crew’s camera. This didn’t happen under the cover of darkness but in the middle of the day."
Now the robbers are using bear spray and, in some places, guns (and murder) to facilitate their armed robberies. When will victims start fighting back with deadly force? If they don't, the robberies will spread everywhere, and no one will be safe.
If you were a legally armed citizen, and saw an armed robbery taking place, would you have a problem putting a bullet in the back of a perp who was about to shoot an innocent victim? You might get prosecuted or shot yourself, even if you were totally in the right. Ask Kyle Rittenhouse. Something to think about.
11 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Clinger 12/7/2021 8:04:05 AM (No. 999388)
Woopsie too late. I'm 2,000 miles away from California but only 5 miles away from the new style organized smash and grab crime.
6 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
BarryNo 12/7/2021 8:17:48 AM (No. 999405)
If they come to your neighborhood, defend yourself. Shoot them.
The survivors will move on for easier (Dem controled) areas.
7 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Laotzu 12/7/2021 8:23:31 AM (No. 999408)
I don't know that the Author is talking about. We're all Ferguson now.
4 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
dave wright 12/7/2021 8:59:42 AM (No. 999448)
San Diego is the exception that proves the rule. The y rejected the Soros funded DA candidate by a wide margin and have seen almost no increase in these crimes. If the perps are in jail they can't destroy your economy.
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The "crime spree" is caused by the choices of the liberal governments in California.
It is simply a matter of motive and opportunity. Thieves always want to steal. But they haven't had a green light until now.
If you have a liberal defund the police government, your city is at risk.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
cor-vet 12/7/2021 9:28:48 AM (No. 999486)
When people stop accepting the label of "racism" when they fight back against these crimes, and begin using deadly force to stop looters, it will finally end. Not before then!
6 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/7/2021 9:44:57 AM (No. 999513)
We would almost welcome getting a crack at the thieving savages but this is the season of peace. Go ahead and try it if you feel lucky... punk.
1 person likes this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
MickTurn 12/7/2021 10:04:59 AM (No. 999547)
Come to Texas, we know how to take care of Criminals...QUICKLY!
3 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
paral04 12/7/2021 11:01:09 AM (No. 999643)
She has a pretty Tesla that is just begging for someone in DC to make some changes or just take it. She is beyond an idiot, She needs to be put away.
3 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
DVC 12/7/2021 11:12:25 AM (No. 999659)
It's a local phenomenon, caused by anti-police, pro-criminal district attorneys and mayors, and city councils.
Not likely to happen in places where people can easily and commonly be armed for their own defense.
As I said yesterday, a NYC thug that beat up two women minutes after being released without bail on an earlier charge of beating a woman wouldn't succeed if he tried it against my wife or any one of the many other legally armed women here in Kansas. He'd get in a punch, and then he'd get shot, probably fatally.
This stuff can only go on where the populace is legally barred from being armed for self defense.
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Already has to a large extent. At least the blue states. What Cali needs to stop is their deal with the EPA and the state Green New Deal regs that are currently tying up shipping and moving freight into Gordian Knots that will bring this nation down. Cali and NY are the roots of this crisis, and they need to be dealt with. Would have been if we actually had a President, not a Resident.
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 12/7/2021 11:39:36 AM (No. 999695)
wow.. hope it doesn't spread here..
ARRRGGHHH...
TOO LATE!
it's HERE.. mogadapolis..
send... helpppp...
1 person likes this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
formerNYer 12/7/2021 1:53:06 PM (No. 999861)
I actually been to detroit recently - it's thriving with many restaruants and shops in the downtown area and I never once felt in danger. I can't say the same thing about Commiefornia.
1 person likes this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
rytwng 12/7/2021 3:02:04 PM (No. 999912)
A couple shot dead looter democrats might stop it.
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