Just another day in LA
Link to Quote: Up to $100k stolen in "flash mob" robbery at Westfield Topanga Shopping Center in Canoga Park (msn.com)
Another day of brazen looting & mayhem has passed in America's second largest city. A "flash mob" robbery took approximately $100,000 in merchandize (or "merch" as they say in Chicago) from a Nordstrom store in a popular shopping mall in the city of chaos. Police estimate that they have 20 to 30 suspects. Usually a "flash mob" attack is preceded by the looters arranging the attack over the internet. As usual with this type of crime the corrupt FBI was nowhere to be found. You can bet your life that if two proud boy members contacted one another online, the FBI would have a task force assigned to it, but not when it comes to this stuff:
Local officials who once wanted to defund police now call for action:
LA Mayor Bass
"The crimes committed at the Topanga Mall are shocking and it's sickening to see brazen organized theft rings active again in LA. These individuals must be held accountable," Los Angeles City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield said in a statement to KCAL News. "Many families, including mine, love going to Westfield Topanga and I know how this sort of event can shake our shared sense of safety. I will continue to work with Mayor Bass, Chief Moore and LAPD to further boost safety measures here and help protect West Valley retailers and customers."
Up to $100k stolen in "flash mob" robbery at Westfield Topanga Shopping Center in Canoga Park (msn.com)
Here is the problem for the ultra-progressive mayor:
"The number of officers employed by the LAPD has dropped below 9,000, a staffing level unseen since the administration of former LA Mayor Richard Riordan in the 1990s.
Several City officials told NBC's I-Team that as of July 30 there were 8,967 officers employed, far below Mayor Karen Bass' goal of a 9,500 officers, and about 300 below what the current budget allows, roughly 9,300 officers."
LAPD staffing shrinks below 9,000 officers – NBC Los Angeles
Who would want to do such a thankless job anymore? LA is getting everything it deserves.
Last week the Saint Laurent store in another California mall was hit for nearly $300,000 in stolen goods.
The ideology which governs such places allows it because the "oppressed" shall get reparations and looting is evidently seen as a form of reparation.
In broad daylight, in a high-end store.
The flash attack was well planned.
Thus far no arrests made. (none are expected)
American justice turned on its head.
Who wrote this article?
Who sees looting, smashing and grabbing, robbery - as reparations?
Ariel Atkins to be exact. You remember those days don't you?
Who is that? Why do you think I'll read your sources?
BLM activist in Chicago justifying the riots and looting. You should read occasionally other than Mother Jones and Yahoo.
Here she is being interviewed......................:19 second mark..........
Again, see 1.1.2
You know what I've said about advice from certain folks and if you don't, here's a reminder, I don't take 'instruction' nor advice from those I do not respect.
At your own peril.......................
Why do you ask questions if you don't want to read the answers?
Because 99.99% of the time the answers are correct but there are those with their minds made up and the "answers" are cast in stone to them.
Washington "DC District councilmember Trayon White Sr., held a news conference on Friday in the store’s lot on the subject. He said regional Giant brass told him in a Zoom meeting that they have grave concerns about staying in the location without the growing expense.
“What we heard was disheartening,” White said. “We learned that this Giant has lost over $500,000 in product loss which is about 20% of its sales after theft.”
White, who represents Ward 8, said that it’s critical to keep Giant open because this is the only grocery store east of the Anacostia River. It serves many people who do not have transportation to go to other grocery stores.
“We cannot afford to hurt ourselves by constant taking from the store because that means that everybody is going to be without a place to eat,” White said.
Why stay in blue cities?
This is kind of an ironic picture that we'll always remember from the 2020 riots:
For it was Wendys that was the first fast food chain to place restaurants in the inner city where McDonalds & Burger King were once reluctant to go.
Looks like a perfectly normal, mostly peaceful protest.
-CNN
I thought that only BK flame broiled their burgers.
Exactly when and where is that picture from? It looks photoshopped.
Sigh....
June 14, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode | WKAR Public Media
Sigh . . .
PBS not a good enough source for you?
RDTC is on ignore so I have no idea what is being said
Insurance! or some magical process that non progressive's don't understand will make it all okay.
It's a form of reparation for the "oppressed."
Prove it!
It has been proven to anyone that will open their eyes to it.
You want to do something stupid like defunding the police so they don't have enough officers, training or equipment, crime is going to rise. Actions have consequences.
This is why many businesses are removing their stores from these cities.
Just another reason why I will never again live in a blue or red metropolitan/suburban city.
Interesting how not one leftist liberal as posted here yet.
“Just another reason why I will never again live in a blue or red metropolitan/suburban city.
Interesting how not one leftist liberal as posted here yet.”
Not that I label myself as ‘leftist liberal’ as labels are so limiting, but having lived in both urban and rural settings, it is my opinion that you make and take the best of your surroundings to enrich your life.
Have a son in NYC who loves it…the vibrancy, the access to the best arts, music, restaurants in the world. His brother lives in LA and the same adjectives apply. I live in a rural town in Western CO, where they were raised. We cherish the times when we can get together, regardless of which location.
And isn’t that the point?
Nice!
Lived in a major metropolis for years. Live way out in the sticks now.
They both have their points but in my senior years have come to hate crowds.
This insanity started during all those 2020 riots. Criminal behavior was ignored then - all these people saw it being ignored on TV and the internet - and so they learned that a group of hoodlums can operate with impunity.
I remember we watched Santa Monica cops “controlling” some peaceful assembly on Ocean Avenue, while just a few blocks away around 3rd and 4th streets (if there were a 1st street in Santa Monica, it would be Ocean), mobs were breaking into shops and loading up cars with their inventory. I mean we’re talking maybe half a mile away.
So now it’s common practice. All they have to do is take the simple precaution of covering their face a little. Cops say they have suspects, but that sounds like bullshit to me.
If the police do have suspects they will be questioned and released without charges.
Unless of course, you find yourself in the wrong neighborhood, where you are subject to any kind of interrogation, intimidation, or even torture if you are simply the wrong color.
I doubt that. There is a conspiracy theory going around that people are not being prosecuted even though there is evidence to convict them. I have not seen proof of that. Having spent some time around prosecutors, I can tell you they LOVE to prosecute people. Convictions = career advancement. I can’t fathom why any prosecutor would simply let someone go when they could convict them of something. They are not generally interested in cutting anyone a break.
More likely to happen is that a suspect would be released due to a lack of sufficient evidence.
Even though these young hoodlums see their peers committing crime on TikTok, they don’t see the jail time that follows. Being morons, they don’t think there are consequences solely on the grounds that it’s not on social media. Eventually, people do get identified by video and they do get prosecuted.
I said the cops wouldn't arrest them, no arrest = no prosecution.
You need proof of DA's not prosecuting despite evidence? Evidence is meaningless if they refuse to prosecute in the first place.
https://abc7.com/george-gascon-los-angeles-district-attorney-lada-misdemeanor-crimes/8674095/#:~:text=LOS%20ANGELES%20(KABC)%20%2D%2D%20The,by%20new%20DA%20George%20Gascon .
Here you go. They simply refuse to charge them. What good does it do to arrest them when they won't be charged?
If you want I can provide a link to a well documented case of a gang shootout in Chicago where the George Soros backed DA refused to press charges.
Democrats and leftists do love their criminals. Wouldn't be a problem if they kept their policies in the bastions of stupidity; but they want to export their BS all over the US.
Let's not forget NYC's favorite progressive liberal Soros paid for DA Alvin Bragg.
Followed by a list of crimes which are either victimless or generally charged on bullshit grounds (e.g. resisting). But the seed is about shoplifting, burglary, grand theft, and robbery.
Government could prosecute absolutely everyone they encounter for every thing they can imagine. But the courts and jails would be overflowing to levels beyond absurdity. They have neither the facilities nor the funding for that. Not to mention, you’d end up with half the population in jail.
Discretion and diversion in the extremely low level cases covered are prudent.
Very often, people charged with such crimes are going through some mental health issues, and it’s more effective for public safety to have them treated, rather than make them part of the penal system. That just turns disturbed people into career criminals.
None of that is the same thing as the idea going around that cops and prosecutors don’t give a shit about crime.
How did Soros 'pay for' DA Bragg?
Campaign funds.
Not this century in blue cities.
Dumb ass response to the original dumb ass comment
I really should give up- but I really want to see you try and explain away this one.
You must be (or have been) a defense attorney- I have only heard the type of over the top spin you are using from those types.
I’d say that depends on your goals. Only you know what they are. Maybe consolidate your thoughts into a single point.
So are we done talking about LA? Suddenly we’re talking about Chicago. It also looks like we’re moving from general policy to a specific case.
Speaking of spinning, the way you keep changing the topic and shifting the goalposts is truly dizzying.
Had this sent to me this afternoon from a family member in Chicago. There was a concert Saturday night at the United Center. A woman was stabbed in the head and there were (false) reports of a gunmen in a crowd that started a rush to the exits. On there way out the attendees looted the vendors and anything they could take. Anyone can find videos on social media showing the looting.
The police didn't report any crimes. So per the City, no crimes occurred. The entire crime fighting apparatus from the DA to the police brass don't want to report crime so crime officially "goes down" and they are rewarded for stats that look pretty.
Some folks just do not want to hear that as it involves fact, reality, and truth and is anathema to their worldview. A answer is given and they just cannot handle it.
YEP!
They'll be dealt with much like the 1-6 criminals.
They are on video and will be tracked down and prosecuted.
The perps almost all had on hoodies and masks. In addition, as this is in Los Angeles County, said authorities just have no real real desire to track them down anyway as it was not a federal crime like Jan 6 was. I'll be surprised if any are actually caught and prosecuted.
No arrest or prosecution.
Some folks here are cold hearted and don't have empathy for folks that can't afford Yves Saint Laurent or Birkin bags and have to make do with a Wu Tang or Satcomart bag.
Just like the Antifa/BLM rioters were./S
Oh, you mean the peaceful protesters?/s
Were they to do that in my store, I would shoot as many as possible.
Nip that behavior in the bud. Much like shooting Ashli Babbitt did.
Murder to protect property?
no trials necessary eh?
Exactly, a couple of head shots to the first few trying to leave sets a tone for the rest.
My home, car, store, watch.... Hell yes! Steal from me and die.
Anybody that is willing to risk my life is putting theirs on the line.
This liberal centrist carries a gun every day and has for decades.
Pretty sure my lawyer nor the prosecutor would call it murder.
Purses before poor people, got it cjcold.
now in Cali there is a good chance you won't be tried
Exactly. Every thief should know that about me. The last one learned it the hard way.
What makes you think that thieves are poor? Trump was never poor.
Whoop, there it is!!!!
In a situation like that, I'd aim for the ass. Bigger target and less lethal.
Letting the shits get away with it only encourages the next event.
Depends on what you're packing....
Twenty years of military small arms training stressed always go for center mass as it's a bigger easier target to hit.
Coming soon to a blue city near you............
Is Woodland Hills a blue city?
What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? I clearly said, "coming to a blue city near you". Had nothing to do with Woodland Hills.
this smash and grab happen in Woodland Hills
What does that mean 'coming to a blue city near you?'
Makes no sense.
Woodland Hills is a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
Well no duh
still doesn't make sense
Most of the state’s coast is technically blue, but all politics is relative - even in California. I wouldn’t say WH exists at any kind of liberal extreme, especially compared to other options, like nearby Santa Monica.
How I know: I’ve lived in both places.
And 7.1.5
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Woodland Hills isn't a Los Angeles neighborhood? Many people disagree.
So what?
Why the hell did you do so much 'research' to prove whatever point it is you're attempting to make?
Who cares?
Thanks for the explanation - I figured maybe in a roundabout way that maybe what JJ was trying to say - thanks for the clarification.
What didn't you understand about being a neighborhood IN the city of Los Angeles? Who would govern the area? Salt Lake City Utah?
Quite obviously you did. See 7.1.9 . I guess you just didn't like the source. But that's okay..............
What's not to understand?
Where did I say that?
No, why the fuck would I care?
Who cares what the source is when I didn't look at them in the first place?
Where did I say it wasn't?
You said it didn't make any sense. See 7.1.5
Where did I say 'it wasn't a neighborhood in LA, CA'?
Point it out.
I know what I said - I said your comment 'coming to a blue city near you' didn't make sense - and then all that nonsense from you and Jasper
Because Woodland Hills is part of a blue city and it will spread to others. FFS.
I always do research before either making a comment or writing something. It's a valuable skill I learned in grammar school.
Pointless in this instance.
Does it matter?
Individual situations are just that.
Human nature takes over. No matter the politics of the governor or mayor.
Like the Bard said.....shit happens.
Don't you just love how liberal policies turn all they touch to shit.