HOW LOW CAN BLUE CITIES SINK? [merged threads]

[Boiler 45,442]

4 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

SB553.  Skimmed it a bit, seems more geared at companies/businesses that instruct their non-security staff to intervene.  I have also heard it touted that if non-security staff did intervene, there might be a fine.  Not sure how it will shake out.

I think we know how it is going to work out

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[TBoneTX 45,244]

'Who You Gonna Call' in Austin, Texas, if You Are Robbed?  Cops Say Don't Call 911

 

[...] In one city, crime has gotten so out of hand that if you get robbed, well, don't call 911.  File a report, and they'll get back to you.   [...]

 

https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2023/09/05/who-you-gonna-call-in-austin-texas-if-you-are-robbed-cops-say-dont-call-911-n2163433

[Dashinka 24,478]

RIP Beverly Hills: Video shows high-end retail stores now shuttered amid LA crime wave
 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/rip-beverly-hills-video-shows-high-end-retail-stores-now-shuttered-amid-la-crime-wave/ar-AA1giqJY

[Dashinka 24,478]

Hmm, walls and fences work?

 

San Francisco’s New Total Wine Gets Giant Security Fence

 

The owners of a new Total Wine & More store slated to open Thursday in San Francisco have erected a large security fence around it.

 

The fence is roughly 7 feet high and stretches around the store's parking lot. It is still under construction and has a space where a gate will likely be installed. Security guards were on duty at the store when The Standard visited Tuesday, and an alarm system could be heard sounding off.

 

Several encampments were set up near the new fence when The Standard visited on Monday and Tuesday. Total Wine did not respond to requests for comment on why the fence had been installed.
 

https://sfstandard.com/2023/08/30/san-francisco-new-total-wine-giant-security-fence/

[TBoneTX 45,244]

1 minute ago, Dashinka said:

Hmm, walls and fences work?

 

[Boiler 45,442]

Perhaps they bought it cheap from Joe?

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Just now, Boiler said:

Perhaps they bought it cheap from Joe?

Indeed, from the West Texas junkyard of border-wall parts.   

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Philadelphia's "Outlaw" Police Commissioner is resigning

 

After just three largely disastrous years on the job, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw will be resigning later this month.  I've long argued that she was one of the better examples of nominative determinism to ever come along because she always seemed to operate far more like an outlaw than someone seeking to reduce crime.  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/09/06/philadelphias-outlaw-police-commissioner-is-resigning-n576119

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Another example of "a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged."

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Dem Who Wanted to Dismantle Minneapolis PD Gets Carjacked, Discovers How Important Police Are

 

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/09/07/mn-dem-who-wanted-to-dismantle-minneapolis-pd-unfortunately-discovers-how-important-police-are-n2163553

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Relax Commuters, a Study Says Crackheads Smoking Drugs in Buses and Trains Aren't a Health Hazard.  We Have Questions.

 

Are you getting more than a ride when taking mass transit?  A new study says there are hard drugs in the air and on surfaces of your commuter buses and trains.  But the researchers say you can relax because everything is "perfectly safe."  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2023/09/09/relax-commuters-a-study-says-crackheads-smoking-drugs-in-buses-and-trains-arent-a-health-hazard-we-have-questions-n1725572

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[Dashinka 24,478]

You get what you vote for I guess.

 

Macy's in Los Angeles robbed by gang of thieves escaping with $20,000 of perfume amid a smash-and-grab epidemic in California

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12505517/Macys-Los-Angeles-robbery-perfume.html

[Dashinka 24,478]

Seems most of the focus of the MSM is the West Coast cities and maybe Chicago.  Sounds like DC is also a crime ridden Blue city.

 

Washington DC is now so crime-ravaged locals are driving tiny distances instead of walking and are too scared to go out during the day, as woke city sees homicides spike by 29% in a YEAR
 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12511809/washington-dc-crime-surge-murders.html

[Boiler 45,442]

Not a particularly Blue story but I think Rhode Island qualifies.

 

Quite why you would would want to get into it when you are refused admission at closing time I am not sure, I like how the one in red tries to get some kicks in.

 

Obviously this is nothing new but we get to watch it thanks to Cellphones in ever better quality.