MeDotOrg Walgreens theft in San Francisco

[ajax18]

The only video I could find of this on youtube is done by a leftist narrator giving his take on this video. I'd be curious to hear MeDotOrg's take for a slightly less left liberal viewpoint. You have my viewpoint from Breitbart linked below. As long as this kind of behavior stays within San Francisco and isn't put on the bill of federal taxpayers, I really can't complain. But on the other hand it's hard to imagine that people raised to behave in this kind of way won't spill out into the rest of the US once businesses start to pull out of San Francisco.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ABU6nhpNe4

How bad are things in Democrat-run San Francisco? Well, a video posted on the verified Twitter account of Lyanne Melendez, a reporter for ABC7 in San Francisco (is “Lyanne” a great name for a journalist, or what?*), shows a guy on a bike inside a Walgreens store filling a trash bag with merchandise right in front of the store’s security guard.

Then he blithely cruises past with no fear of being stopped or caught.

This just happened at the @Walgreens on Gough & Fell Streets in San Francisco. #NoConsequences @chesaboudin pic.Twitter.com/uSbnTQQk4J

— Lyanne Melendez (@LyanneMelendez) June 14, 2021

Will you look at that. Lol.

Sadly, in Democrat-run San Francisco, this is not just normal, it’s darn near legal. By a margin of 60 to 40 percent in a 2014 referendum, California’s idiot voters basically decriminalized shoplifting. If the value of the stolen merchandise doesn’t exceed $950, it’s no longer a felony. Anything $950 and below is a simple misdemeanor. How sweet is that?

As a result of this total breakdown of civil law and order, already 17 Walgreens have fled the City by the Bay.

How much longer can the rest of the stores hold out with this kind of brazen criminality? Keep in mind, Walgreens isn’t just losing all this merchandise… Would you shop at a store where this stuff goes on?

And don’t blame the security guard… If the people of San Francisco are okay with this, why should he risk getting hurt or sued?

Besides, we’re supposed to feel sorry for a city loaded with people who think like this:


The CVS on my corner has started locking up basic items like clothing detergent.

As so many families can’t make ends meet right now, I can’t imagine thinking that the way to solve the problem of people stealing basic necessities out of desperation is to prosecute them. https://t.co/5RsdMTDWqa

— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) May 22, 2021

Yep, that’s Cynthia Nixon raging at CVS for not allowing people to steal.

The thing to keep in mind is this… Democrats choose to live this way. This is a choice. They want to live this way and sincerely believe it’s a form of moral supremacy over us Trumptards in Rural America who do backward things such as enforcing the law, standing for the flag, and treating others as we would like to be treated and expecting the same from them.

You see, these leftist lunatics are so eager to show us their superiority that in the process, they are destroying their own neighborhoods and cities; not to mention dooming a generation of young people to a warped mindset that says criminality is legitimate.

Every decent person knows you are not helping these kids by letting them get away with dangerous behavior. If you want to help them, give them school vouchers, teach them there are consequences for their actions, and offer up a do-over when they turn 18.

*I’m not familiar with Lyanne Melendez’s work and wasn’t commenting on her personal integrity. It was just a joke and a really good one, so relax.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021 ... francisco/

[Some Schmo]

The breitbart crowd isn't that breit, and you're a damned liar, lying again. You don't give a crap about crime. No Trumptard does. You let the orange damned idiot get away with murder.

Screw you and your whining about petty crime when your hero is the biggest damned thug in the country. damned white trash.

[Doctor Steuss]

Sadly, in Democrat-run San Francisco, this is not just normal, it’s darn near legal. By a margin of 60 to 40 percent in a 2014 referendum, California’s idiot voters basically decriminalized shoplifting. If the value of the stolen merchandise doesn’t exceed $950, it’s no longer a felony. Anything $950 and below is a simple misdemeanor. How sweet is that?

Interesting marketing strategy by Brietbart to identify a huge swath of its readership as bigger idiots than Californians.

Republican-run states that voted overwhelmingly for Trump, which have higher thresholds for felony vs. misdemeanor shoplifting:

Utah ($1,500)
Iowa ($1,500)
Montana ($1,500)
Texas ($1,500)
Kansas ($1,000)
Louisiana ($1,000)
North Dakota ($1,000)
Mississippi ($1,000)
West Virginia ($1,000)
Wyoming ($1,000)
Tennessee ($1,000)
Arkansas ($1,000)
Idaho ($1,000)

[ajax18]

This is an interesting take from an African American officer. Perhaps Walgreens still makes money there in spite of the shrinkage rate. It sure seems like anyone could walk in and take what they want without paying.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/sa ... d=msedgntp

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

This is an interesting take from an African American officer. Perhaps Walgreens still makes money there in spite of the shrinkage rate. It sure seems like anyone could walk in and take what they want without paying.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/sa ... d=msedgntp

What was your intent by pointing out her race?

- Doc

[ajax18]

and you're a stupid liar, lying again.

What exactly was the lie I told? I just showed you a viral video of a man carrying a bag full of merchandise out of a Walgreens on a bicycle right in front of a security guard. Did I manipulate the video somehow?

Screw you and your whining about petty crime

Why should I expect any different from you? Thank you for coming to this country and voting for policies that created this type of environment.

[ajax18]

What was your intent by pointing out her race?

- Doc

Initially just to help the reader know with more certainty which video link I was referring to. But now that you mention it, hearing it from a black woman, strengthens the claim. If it were just me repeating it, people like Schmo would consider it "whining," about petty crime.

I thought a video would offer a pretty neutral view on what the fruits of liberal therapeutic jurisprudence looked like at a California drugstore.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

What was your intent by pointing out her race?

- Doc

Initially just to help the reader know with more certainty which video link I was referring to.

You mean the video link that literally opens up to a still of a black woman and titled “San Francisco officer on viral video of Walgreens theft: 'I'm used to it'.”? What the “F” video link did you think someone would click on?

Why are you like this?

- Doc

[Doctor Steuss]

Maybe one of our tort experts (or business owners) will be able to comment on this, but I wonder what extent the reaction of the security guard has to do with fear of a lawsuit if there is any type of injury involved during an attempted detainment, or the likelihood of worker’s compensation if the guard is injured?

I don’t know the full reasoning behind it, but here (in Satan’s buttcrack), friends who work at major grocery chains have told me they are instructed to not try to physically detain shoplifters. If they see someone shoplifting, they are instructed to simply contact the police (friend who works at Albertsons). Or they can confront them, but can’t make any type of physical contact with the individual (friend who works at Smith’s). I have personally seen people walk out of stores with a full grocery carts with an employee following them, only engaging verbally.

During my (very) brief time working for an unarmed security company, there was never supposed to be any physical contact -- except, of course in self-defense. Mostly we were just safety theater; making ourselves highly visible, and relying on police if something needed intervention.

[MeDotOrg]

I was in a Walgreen's the other day and there was more than normal amount locked up. Walgreens has been locking up certain items for decades. One example is Orajel. If you were in upper class Pacific Heights it would on the shelf, but the lower class Mission district it would be locked up. So for a long time the items locked up at Walgreens had to do with palliative dental care. A lot of Walgreens products have stickers saying if you didn't buy it at Walgreens, it was stolen. I assume this is to slow down resales at swap meets and street vendors.

My understanding is that there are some sophisticated criminal gangs working in the city.

So yeah, it's a big thing for Walgreens. Decriminalization of shoplifting, like Orajel, is a palliative solution. It does nothing to address the underlying poverty that precipitates the action. It's sort of like like left-wing libertarian solution. If you wanted to make it a misdemeanor to kill a billionaire I'm not sure if would solve the problem of income inequality.