SF Walgreens puts chains on freezers as shoplifters target store 20 times a day, employee says
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2024
- ABC7 News reporter Luz Pena witnessed multiple shoplifters on a visit to the Walgreens store. One of alleged thieves even took the time to explain why he did it. abc7ne.ws/3DoWN64
#walgreens #shoplifting #sanfrancisco #abc7news
You know you live in a bad area when they lock up ice cream instead of drug dealers.
putting locks on the freezers is only going to have criminals waiting in the background as a pretend customer requests something that's locked. As soon as the clerk unlocks the freezer the group of criminals will raid the freezer. Walgreens is only helping the criminals to be more organized.
@@NTJediYou're giving them ideas.
@@Halcon_SierrenoWalgreens is giving them a platform
Except they do lock up drug dealers. I read all the time about drug dealers getting arrested in California.
They do this in the NICE area's too 🤦♀️
The hoodrats WILL find a way to the nicer area's JUST TO STEAL and cause problem's it's TRULY SAD 🙄
“There is no punishment.” That sums up the whole situation.
US is ignoring all these issues and building up their military to combat China's increasing Aggression
Sounds like our society as a whole. Everyone is afraid to be called racist or have a riot. Sad state of affairs we're in right now in the US
They got what they wanted these Democrat States wanted to defund the cops, welp this is what that equals to
I love to steal
White idealistic liberals 🙄
I've shopped at this location many times.
They need to stop treating shoplifters like victims, and start enforcing the law. Businesses can't survive under these conditions.
The poor corporations are dying at the hands of those evil poor people lol they won't be able to buy another yacht this Christmas
The store didn't press charges too
@@circleinforthecube5170 next time you can’t groceries because all businesses are shut down blame yourselves
@@RadenYohanesGunawan i dont give a shit if family dollar closes doors, i cant get groceries because i live in the endless mediocre hellscape that is suburban sprawl
@@circleinforthecube5170I hope people steal from your home and your bank account. I wouldn’t give AF knowing your despicable views
You know it’s a messed up city when the cop even doesn’t want to be on camera
😂👍👍👍
afraid to say the wrong thing and get fired
This doesn't even happen in a third world country.
In another segment, they said he is an undercover cop.
I doubt it's because he is afraid of getting fired because his name was listed.
I don’t understand why these businesses are even staying open. I would shut it down and leave!
Exactly, if SF doesn't protect the businesses, I would absolutely not blame them for leaving. And they will, more and more every month. The city does nothing to stop them.
Yall give up easy that's why you don't own a business....
Exactly. Pretty soon, they will have to shut down once all their inventory is stolen. There will be nothing to sell.
I would move out of that state guaranteed. No way could I live there.
@mykemynah2552 Hire you is what I suggest.
“The problem is, they’re not punished” - 100% correct.
wellcome to africa-
RIP AMERICA
Why are citizens allowing politicians to do whatever they want? It's their fault. This is what tourists see when they visit the U.S.? How embarrassing!!!!!
as an American, very well said!
We the people actually have a duty and responsibility to do so. But as you can see, elections can be rigged and politicians are not held accountable. The last time American's stood up, Pelosi & fiends called it an "insurrection". The one positive is that it scared the hsit out of those crooked scum career politicians in DC!
Not many far distance traveling tourists visit the majority of American cities because of lack of public transportation which is another negative thing about America
Because their manipulated by mainstream media
The amount of human rights violations, political issues, and economic uncertainty going on in the world, I'm sure stealing from Walgreens is benign to a lot of tourists at the moment.
Lawmakers need to be put in prison for 30 years for failing to address this mega problem
The politicians are self serving and are populist too, they won't bother.
Why address the problem when you can blame everyday workers for not just starving with grace 🙃
It isn't, there is not a shoplifting epidemic in SF, the statistics just don't back it up, despite one walgreens being hit over and over because SF Police are terrible
@@override367 I live in CA and you are full of it!
@@override367From NBC news:
“Just in San Francisco, police records show close to 2,900 shopliftings were reported in 2022, way up from 2020, when shopliftings actually decreased by 34%, when the COVID pandemic began and many businesses shut down.
But the crime rebounded in 2021, with shoplifting reports going back up 15% from pre-pandemic levels”
So yea, you’re totally wrong
The store didn't want to press charges, they only wanted their stuff back 🤦🤷
If they're not going to press charges, than you're on your own. Police officers are not there to simply collect the merchandise and bring it back to the store. They're there to take shoplifters to jail.
They cannot get arrested until its over $950
This is what SF voted for so that's what they get. Democrats
It's not gonna happen in California.
Pathetic
@@bambur1problem is when its thousands of homeless and they all spread the word around even thieves know that rule bring a new face everyday they need to close and stop supporting their behavior
This isn't just crime.
It's a total breakdown of society.
It's also what happens when you name your kid, London.
Bingo. The U.S. no longer exists in reality, only on the paper
then breed on top of it. lol
What do you expect. People are born into a high rent/cost state. And are expected to work 2 jobs. You can only work 2 jobs so long til your morals go out the window. I know, trust me. After awhile you realize your already dead if you got no time or energy for anything else
Not a total breakdown. I think this is mostly two types of groups behind the majority of this. Junkies and reparation seekers, mostly everyone else seems to be following the rules.
@@ronkonkoma4223 the breakdown in culture and morals have been severe
In California, claiming yourself as a criminal will yield lighter punishment than being the hero.
That’s the problem if nobody stop Them from stealing, they just tell their friends it’s a free-for-all
And if you say anything or defend yourself from these animals, YOU go to jail.
Free stuff is awesome free mta free money what could be better. Whoooo whoooo! America we number 1 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Exactly. Everyone is walking on eggshells with it. Some career lifters are seriously dark individuals. All it would take is the wrong one being pestered by someone who is just a naïve Nancy... and it'd be a bloody mess.
And don't think for a minute that most of these folks have the LEAST fear of the system. Trust me, THEY DON'T. I certainly don't, and I haven't committed any heinous crimes.
@@landor7610 Isn’t that so assbackwards? No one is denouncing these thug’s crimes: We’ve become “The Purge” 365 days a year. And, think about it, when the remaining stores close shop, the thugs will terrorize suburbia.
Poor people are not the problem. Wealth inequality is. When poor have no way to make money or rise up, revolution happens.
So when given the opportunity to have people actually arrested, the store said no. I have no sympathy for you Walgreens. Go ahead, go under.
Problem is, Walgreens can afford getting hit by burglars. Small businesses can't...
They are basically weeding out the competition and monopolizing with this strategy.
I agree.They don’t even have security guards at my local store. People are stealing all day long. I don’t go into the store anymore. I buy everything online now
@@ibrahimkayikci2146 OR they realize the liberal laws that support the criminals. Corporations will look at the lesser of two evils and getting sued by the criminals and losing in court due to lefty cities and judges will cost them more then heavy theft. Stop voting blue, connect the dots people.
@ibrahimkayikci2146
Problem is, not so much Walgreens' corporate policy, but a city government who all but rewards such criminal activity.
The D.A won't do anything
Why does business not want to press charges???? Waste of time for cops to even be outside the store
I wouldn’t be surprised if the stores shut down one by one at this rate & ppl living there have to order them online
Its already happening. walmart closed down a few of their stores in the bay area, so had Walgreens. The mass exit of businesses are already starting.
They already are shutting down, so many businesses have been destroyed by these parasites who see San Francisco as nothing but a free for all, and it's our lack of strong leadership that is the problem.
Yeah lets hope stores close down 😂😂😂😂😂😂
which is likely the reason why they let it happen, and yes I believe this things are intentional , no severe repercussions and media covering it left and right like theyre advertising it to thieves out there.
Maybe Jeff Bezos is behind all this.
I wouldn't want a item they touched tbh. Dirty fingers and possibly damaged. At that point it is just refurbished... Put em behind bars!
Law-abiding citizens are more likely to end-up behind bars. The criminals are winning and local government doesn’t care.
Once it’s left the store they shouldn’t be allowed to sell it.
You realize how many people touch the stuff you buy lol
@@jeffdur1330 ya but not by hobo hands who don’t even have water to wash their hands
@@jeffdur1330 Most people put on basket and etc and they have cleaner hands plus I am smart enough to never get the item in the front. You are probably white and does that...
The stores need to press charges.. This whole, "we just want our stuff back", isn't helping. Press charges! Put these thieves in the system and make it uncomfortable for them. Letting them go just teaches them not to get caught next time.
And maybe, just maybe, cut off their hands. I'm just saying. It'll also make them easier to spot the next time.
Liberal prosecutor won't pursue in court so there's no point in pressing a charge. Just a waste of time and more expense for nothing.
I live down the street from these businesses and can’t believe they’re getting robbed this openly without a care in the world. This city has lost its mind and everyone except the sane people think that’s alright.
Because good people with guns aren’t standing up. And letting politicans dictate
Stop complaining your city is failing. Worst part nobody there has will to fix it
You get what you vote for!
Democrats no matter what right? You get what you effing deserved.
@@Rtb323 So get your gun out and go clean it up Wyatt Earp. What are you waiting for someone else to do it for you.
Walgreen's insurance company needs to not cover any crime in which Walgreen's fails to press charges against. If they want to absorb it, then it is on them and their investors.
Walgreens are self insured.
No pressing charges is a bad move unless there afraid of retaliation but letting them Scott free just enables more of it
If you press charges in San Francisco, then the prosecutor in the city just drops the charges. It is literally a systemic issue known as "criminal justice reform" where they believe less people should be in jail. Wokeness has completely destroyed California.
How do you press charges for something that has been decriminalized?
I don’t think it matters. Isn’t anything under $900 the charges are dropped?
When cops don’t wanna show their face on camera you know it’s bad
wellcome to africa-
RIP AMERICA
Everything needs to close in SF. That's the only way these stupid city officials will do anything.
They were inserted to destroy what was left of SF after newscum started the free fall.
It will happen anyway. Those who stay will take the blunt of the crimes.
Those stupid officials are voted in to power by voters who keep voting the same way. It is 100% the fault of voters.
Detroit is safer at this point
The white liberals that voted for this need to eat it hard. You are NOT WELCOME outside of California.
When Walgreens fails to press charges, it fails the community. It’s anti-social for them to only care about their interests.
Or maybe CA should change their laws to make stealing a felony....why should these companies waste their time when the thieves will be back within a few days to steal more?
That would be racist dude.
Why would they when they can create a monopoly.
yeah they wanna force all the other stores out of business that can’t handle the theft first then they will start taking measures.
Walgreens can afford to take the losses. Small businesses can't. They want those shoplifters out free cause those shoplifters destroy their small business competition.
Ahhh the utopia. I moved from San Fran last month and have been following this crap. I parked on the street where I lived and had my car broken into twice a week. TWICE A WEEK. When I say broken into at first it was the windows broken into and things taken.
Now it’s changed to street cam seeing someone reach in as I learned to keep nothing in the vehicle and windows down so they don’t bust them weekly.
Guarded parking was around 400 a month.
I learned to leave windows down, nothing in car even baby seat as I’m sure they would pawn that. It worked for a while but got old.
Hated it. I am out. Not fun anymore. Plus, who can raise a family here. We’re in NY now and it’s amazing.
I live near SF and is sad to see this. Stores should just leave SF to teach the people in power a lesson.
The people put the people of power to their elected positions, so...
Marxists are in power
Voters wanted these leftist politicians. They live in their utopia now.
Poor are stealing due to wealth inequality. End stage of capitalism. Next revolution.
It's the people of SF who are in power by the way they vote.
I remember when my sister worked at a clothing department store she wanted to put a petition in to allow employees to taser shoplifters. LMAO!
It's all giggles and gags until a career lifter sticks a steel barrel in your face and barks a few commands. That usually quiets the junkyard phonies down pretty quickly. In about 3: seconds, they contemplate if their life is worth a gaedaemn Snickers bar, Tony Hawk Tshirt, or a cute miniskirt.
Must give us pause.
@@Novastar.SaberCombat that's why these stores need heavily armed security to shoot thieves dead. i would feel zero sympathy for them.
😂😂😂😂😂
@@Novastar.SaberCombat well in a normal state (like where I live) good samaritans all legally carry guns and stop criminals. Needless to say we do not have any of this going on. Keep voting for democrats and you will have to keep living with locks on your supplies. LMFAO. You have no freedom. LMFAO
Why would any clerk or employee want to put their lives on the line for a major store chain? I don't care what the thief was stealing. It would not be my job to risk my life over a pint of ice cream or some personal care items. In fact, I would never even work at a store that had this level of crime going on, because sooner or later, someone's going to get shot. Many of these shoplifters are so strung out they almost don't know what they're doing, and some are simply mental or killers. Who wants to get in the middle of that?
If you cause a business to close its doors by stealing, that's a crime against your community and it should come with 20 years to life in prison.
Agreed, this situation continues to grow more ridiculous by the day. However, the problem isn’t necessarily the individual price of an item…the protocol is intended to prevent these opportunists from grabbing entire cases of items that they attempt to sell elsewhere. I’m sorry, but this nonsense about thieves bringing the stolen goods back in and then no charges being (filed) pressed is only going to further perpetuate the problem.
It's far, far too late. The word is out. No consequences for ANY crimes. Not even violent ones, baby! 💪😎✌️ Might is right. Stealing is ownership. Violence is key. Take whatever you like.
@@Novastar.SaberCombat you don't deserve to live among us. if I had my way I would lock you up just for talking so stupid.
@@Novastar.SaberCombat It’s “The Purge” everyday….
you think petty theft is new?
They have it in your town too, maga.
But in all honesty the store would never press charges anyway.
This is so embarrassing for our entire UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!
It absolutely is but I feel this is going unnoticed for a more sinister reason.
Blame the federal reserve destroying the buying power of the USD
Make America - America Again !!!
Trump 2024 !!!
Because america treated its needy and hungry like shit, this is what you get
@@jasonthemason1971yes he will destroy any remaining public good for corporate investments and the needy and homeless will just starve, america free for none and profit for the top
RIP Tony Bennet
RIP San Francisco
This is heartbreaking and mortifying.
What the hell happened to this once beautiful thriving city?
Who the heck is voting for the city govt?
Those ever loving shitlibs.♥️
I think all voters in CA are drug addicts, LGBTs and thugs to vote blue always!!! Or are they just dumb???
BAY AREA IS THE LAUGHINGSTOCK OF THE COUNTRY!
Democrats 👎🏽👎🏽
Los Angeles is a close second.
@@yenlard6683 Agreed, but then Chicago and Portland are also in the running.
Ny is not far behind
London is doing a great job. Great job of hiding in her office drinking coffee in The morning and partying at night. Way to go London. San Francisco is a better place because of you.
But she does really care 😂
London needs to go under
This is shameful. And the news is telling the thieves to go steal more. This is because I over heard a shoplifter telling the store manager: "Don't record me. It's against the law and you will lose your job. That's what the news said."
I was speechless.
So you're literally taking the word of a criminal for it?
I knew conservatives had some pretty weird hate against freedom of speech and free media but 'a criminal said it, therefore the free media are evil' is pushing it even for the conservative low standard. 😆
Oh the shoplifter said that? It must be true.
If the shoplifters trying to record you while the store manager is recording him or her somebody should break the shoplifter phone and K O him or her for the rights and to be thrown in jail for trying to shoplift
This explains the accelerated rise in shoplifting - they don't press charges. All it takes is for a few perps to show their friends and acquaintances all the "nice" things they got without paying and that you don't have to worry about getting arrested for it to spread like wildfire.
Yep. Crime breeds more crimes.
@@MandatoryMyocarditis7 THANK YOU GOVERNOR NEWSOM!
The store is the problem. We can not keep wasting emergency services on shoplifters. Change your store to a distribution pick up store. The store is the problem.
@@smokingjoe9864 Straight into victim blaming, huh?
@@smokingjoe9864 I agree. Pickup and delivery only. Walmart and other stores already do this, so there is minimal need for change. I just ordered delivery from Walmart an hour ago. Yes, it's costs more to get this service, and pickup is probably more, too, but if you maximize each order, it's worth it.
Shoplifting used to be a serious crime
I miss the days when clerks and store owners could stand for their businesses and themselves now in this absolutely messed-up world the people robbing you can sue you if you hurt them
The problem is that in the USA everyone is armed (with a AR15). It’s much to dangerous for the store owners and store staff to stop these people.
Nah, it's because the innocent will go to jail and in addition be fired from their job according to new corporate policies if they try to stop a thief. It's just a precursor to a plan for digital face ID before entering a store. The corporations ate in on it, that's why no security stationed in stores.
The "not confronting shoplifters" started because of Dillard's former practice of using off duty cops for loss prevention. They had several incidents where the moonlighting cops shot and killed shoplifters who were not a threat and the company had to pay out 10s of millions in punitive damages.
@@SN-bl6xm idiot
@@SN-bl6xm true
Send chills up my spine to think that this can spread to the rest of the country.
Californians spread to rest of country like a virus.
Not in the Conservative South. Too many trees to hang thieves.
Lol maybe in these big democratic cesspool cities but small towns in the rest of the country won’t let that ever happen
America will resemble Mexico soon. White minority=third world country
Pew pew
If government don't start put criminals in jail. We citizen should quit paying taxes
Imagine paying thousands of dollars to live in a place where you have to ask to buy ice cream 💀
That’s all of California
@@EatDeezRosesthat’s any blue state on either coast
@@assrammington7961 aka California
This is what will convert stores into online stores. Then when that happens we all can thank the thieves that like taking whatever they want without paying.
😂😂😂
At this point in time you should be blaming the company for not doing anything about it, as they are allowing this problem to continue.
@@speedytypermananswers5551 There are "porch pirates" that simply follow the UPS truck and FedEx truck around and take what they left.
You already have porch pirates who follow the Amazon trucks around and snatch packages seconds after they're dropped off.
@@juju-xx5xn the reason they can't do anything it's because if these idiots die from apprehension they'll get sued. Then on the flip side the people that work there can get killed by these lowlifes when they try to stop them. The true issue is still on these people. They shouldn't be stealing in the first place. 🤷
When crime has no punishment then people will take advantage.
As SF circles the drain, the city does nothing...😊
No, the people do nothing. The libs have no will to change things and they are the cause not the mayor.
Their liberal utopia.
Detroits doing better
Corporations fired employees now for stopping shoplifters so what do they expect? They probably make more money off the insurance than the actual sales sooo
It’s frustrating. There should be consequences. Nothing else will fix this madness. The only solution is put them behind the bar.
Won't happen until people change voting habits. Voters created all of this.
When the well goes bad, time to pull stakes...that is the best solution, that will end all shoplifting, can't steal if there is nothing left to steal....
And gavin releases his little darlings
And gavin releases his little darlings
gavin is so busy waving his rainbow flag ... He can't be bothered by anything else
Does this kind of lawlessness even happen in third-world countries?
No. America has a hugh problem.
No, laws are stricter there. You can shoot someone dead and get away with it.
No, you lose a hand if you steal in a middle eastern country.
I live in Thailand. No. This type of behavior doesn’t happen here.
No
"Defund the police, we can''t breathe." Got exactly what they asked for.
What the state needs is charge all the lawmakers with endangering safety and put them in jail for life
Mandatory prison sentences for every one of them.
The prisons are overcrowded.
Oh my god that old man stealing food in the beginning shook me to my core what a thug!!!!
The problem is you voted for it.
Actually no your vote doesn't count but the media won't tell you that cause people believe in the lies.
Not everyone votes the same.
@asdf87438 No. Not everyone votes the same no matter where you are.
There's no such thing as unanimous anything.
You got it, through all of the comments there is a common denominator and that is not one mention of the big elephant in the room. The liberal politicians enact loopy liberal laws that encourage these behaviors because there is little to no consequence. I otherwords people quit complaining when you voted in and keep voting in the liberal loons who allow this to happen. You keep shooting yourselves in the foot and than complain it hurts 🤪
that explains all the crime in Oklahoma city ,Oklahoma...oh wait,that is a red city in a red state ...never mind then !
Growing up in NY my Mom would take me with her to the furrier in Brooklyn To get in the store you had to be buzzed in. There many stores back in the 70's that had gates and buzzers. Maybe SF could do that. Letting in a few customers at a time. You also had to be buzzed out
A farrier versus picking up some razors for a shave bro. Huge difference
Great idea.
what’s a furrier
is buzzed slang for something ? drunk ? molested ?
@@jessihawkins9116 A place that sells fur coats and hats and other clothes made from animal furs.
Store owners should take a drastic action against them. Otherwise they will keep doing..
Obviously they like what's happening because they keep voting for the same policies.
i’m a democrat unfortunately and i will vote republican next time
@@DJSAL415no you won’t 😂
DJSAL415,
I'm a democrat but I vote against stupid policy's like prop 47 thatbraised the limit on how much you can steal before charges are pressed, I also vote no on Chesa Boudine. I can assure you the Republicans are worse, so it's up to we the people to speak up and say what policies we want.
Like it would matter, the whole foundation is broken. No party is going to take that on in an uncertain career path.
Not everyone votes the same.
Good don’t challenge. That seems to be working. Defund the police. Right!
you black? You support defund the police and blm right?
This is way beyond that. The prisons are trying to keep their populations down. The DAs of each cojnty can really only send repeat felons and killers/(g)rapists to prison at this point. Otherwise, you have a revolving door with people racking up tons of fines and misdemeanor charges but no jail time.
Actually, anything below $1000 don't count as a crime to the police!
Good don't educate yourself. That seems to be working. Ban/burn the books. Right!
oscarsmith6519,
Do you just repeat stupidity because you are too lazy to see what they meant when the phrase defund the police began. All you have to do is google what did defund the police mean, hint, it doesn't mean what you think it does.
If the store doesn't want to press charges why bother to waste a cops time. This store might try their own security. SMH
This is really close to my home. SF NEEDS TO PUNISH CRIMINALS. This has gone on too long and it's just getting worse, and worse, and worse. Rehabilitation does not work. IT DOES NOT WORK. Criminals need to be punished or it will continue, count on it.
London Greed: this is racist
Only 1 option left for cali ppl...leave tht place n move to red state n never vote for dems
Block the customer entrance doors and allow only walk-up customers who will request items and prices that clerks will get for the customers. No more people should be allowed in the store except for employees. Transactions can take place at the blocked entrance doors with the top 1/2 of the door open. This will make shop lifting difficult and they will leave for other businesses that are easier targets. Our downtown McDonalds is doing taking this approach after too many problems were being caused in the dining area and restrooms.
They could also have customers order for pickup at the store.
The method of ordering and clerks collect items is exactly the method used in Soviet occupied Lithuania (and probably elsewhere) during the Cold War.
@@gatvestreet9248the standard of living goes down, crime goes up. In the Bay area. A hovel of a studio apartment is $2,000 a month. Families are living in vehicles. It would be gross to pay to put people in jails while families are living in autos
@@DellaDykeborn I don’t buy the poverty or poor blame game. Poor does not equal criminal or bad behavior. Texas isn’t experiencing these issues or Florida at the level of Phil, SF, LA, NY, Seattle, Portland, etc. jobs are aplenty. Maybe not in CA as they are a sanctuary state. It’s bad decisions (baby mamas), poor parenting, looking for generational handouts, and horrible state and local leadership.
Charge a membership fee to shop there. Costco does not have this issue.
It’s so weird that they just say well this is the way it is. Let’s bow down to the addicts and thieves cuz lord knows they care about you. 😂
Clowns
This is a success story actually, the politicians in SF promised a 3rd world life style and they delivered. 👍
Ridiculous stores have to do this.
Neh!
No, dangerous. Very. Darkness is beginning to take the upper hand. Beware.
@@Novastar.SaberCombat As the world burns lets all sing along it's the end of the world as we know it. Come on you know the words! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😃😃😃😃😃
You get what you vote for.
@@ozzy1887 Neh it's rigged 😂😂😂😂😂😂😛😛😛😛😛
Why have stores? How can those poor retailers survive? It's so incredibly unfair and unjust.
Maybe they should sell the stores and get out while they can because if it gets worse they won't be able to sell them at all.
It might already be too late.
Everyone in that area and others like it will end up using Amazon for everything all the time.
Real big Amerikkkan are poor now only Asian Chinese Japanese Vietnamese Korean Arabian immigrants got money so US whyte n black politicians let their people steal from other but this lead to collapse of America.
Why have stores? Why have borders? Why have military? Why have children? Why wait till marriage? Why go to church? Why have a job? Why save up? Why sober up? Why vote Republican?
That's the leftist agenda. Get rid of the middle class.
I LOVE Walgreens! Paying is optional there. I love that corporate generosity.
Funny these SF residents are left scratching their heads as to why this is happening but they keep voting the same way.
Lumping people together despite the fact they don't all vote the same is judgmental.
@@CacowninjaSF votes like 90%+ democrat
@@Cacowninja Enough of them vote the same, that's why the city and all other democratic strongholes are a mess. The voters are 100 percent responsible. 100 Percent.
@@Cacowninja When you have an overwhelming majority voting that way then you lump them together. Most of the ones voting the other way have fled these places already.
@@SilencedByTH-cam You're not supposed to lump people together since a dissenting minority still isn't everyone.
Also voting doesn't even work. If society wants good things to happen it has to do them itself.
Not put their lives in the hands of people in suits who jobs are just to control people.
Politicts doesn't solve problems it creates and prolongs them.
Thieves has more rights in San Francisco
I think it’s also a company thing. Literally just quit last month because we got stolen from at least 10 times through out my shift and you hear bs from your manager but you aren’t allowed to stop them. What’s super annoying is seeing the same people bring in the items asking for a refund with an old receipt they obviously got from the trash. Even when it says it was already returned the manager still makes you give them a refund so they think they can keep doing it. It’s a horrible job.
World's most opulent country should NOT worry about a few drinks and food being robbed. In fact free food and shelter SHOULD BE provided to EVERYONE. What good is all the billions and trillions if people don't benefit?
The only thing you can do is keep them in SF. Dont let them leave.
Only a matter of time before other criminals figure it out in other states. Other states have the same laws if not more lax.
Keep the libs/demorats there too. They're responsible.
@@chewygaming1 There are NO states as lax as California, other than perhaps Oregon and Washington ... blue politicians think alike.
They won’t try that in Florida or Tennessee laws here are normal
Where I live here in Michigan I used to work security for a big box sales store and we're able to apprehend thieves but now they just let them walk afraid of getting shot so it happens here too especially at Meijer or Walmart per say..
No consequences means no consequences. Once that message is crystal clear, it's GAME OVER. It is what it is. Crime pays. Accept it. The system is designed to protect criminals, and therefore... ummm... it's designed to protect criminals. 🙄
I can't keep reiterating the same things without sounding repetitive.
Failed state like Chomsky said would happen if the class division are kept...
@@harold.one.feather* If voters with a lack of logic vote for stupid politicians. Wouldn't happen if Proposition 47 wasn't approved.
@@harold.one.feather Chomsky is just a spruiker for communism. Class division has zero to do with this problem, that's just an excuse for criminal behavior. Every country in the world has different classes, but nowhere else has this rampant breakdown of law and order. This is happening because one particular demographic is allowed to place itself above the law.
You get what you VOTE for!!! Lock products instead of Criminals! That is DEMOCRAT way!!!
A lot of comments here don’t seem to understand that it’s not Walgreens fault. If arrested there is no bail, so they walk immediately, and they simply don’t prosecute anyone. Walgreens can’t put people in jail.
Walgreens isn't pressing charges when these degenerates get arrested.
Exactly, is the laws that these states have no bail so they walk out. Getting angry at these stores. Get angry in the Government that is not doing anything.
All Walgreens have their own prisons in the back of all their stores now.
If Walgreens pressed charges, and those charges stuck, then the crimes would decline.
The root causes are the population who feel like stealing is okay behavior (homeless, drug addicted, bad morals, opportunists), followed by the community vibe (allowing such relaxed approaches to everything from speeding to outdoor encampments), and then the lack of prosecution (which includes the charges never being pressed (for numerous reasons) as well as the prosecutors being soft on crime.
It's a big mess and nothing is going to change for the better for a very long time until any of these factors are addressed adequately. And unfortunately, the losses will continue to persist and even increase, the degradation of the neighborhoods will accelerate, and businesses will close or move out which will propagate negatively in a strong feedback loop for the entire situation.
I think it's worth noting that where these things are happening are Democrat-run states and cities. Think about that. Not that Republicans are wonderful, but Republicans believe in law and order, while Democrats do not.
Why waste your time pressing charges when it will be plea bargained down to community service or tine served? The courts are failing all of us
It is about time to hire security guards with guns in each establishment all around the United States. In the Philippines, we have a lot of security guards with guns guarding business establishments and it is proven effective in combating thieves and for the safety of the people.
You must tolerate, accept and include.
Even here in the Midwest stores such as Lowes Walmart ect. Are putting fencing with gates up around products in the stores due to the massive increase in theft. You are watching your country slowly die.
There's no such as the U.S. of A. Anymore
Its trumps fault!
@@justapuk10 not sure if you are being sarcastic. Hope you are
@@justapuk10Nope
This country is damaged no matter who’s in power. Citizens are just now realizing how corrupt politicians and presidents are. Once they take care of the real issues and eliminate the real problem? Yes America is traveling down a sewer every minute we speak. Politicians/government and presidents are all about greed. And citizens have to pay for it.
but he new says the negative perception of SF is due to the right wing media. how many stores have closed due to theft? companies cant afford it nor can the customers.
That is a shame. I know these are considered petty crimes, but shop owners can’t sustain this.
this is disgusting!
The system is broken and the people that run that city are to blame. No punishment means more crime.
The fools that vote for them are the blame
use to live right next door to this. the homeless problem in this area where families live is sad
This whole lack of any kind of protection for businesses and their employees is pathetic.
If there’s no punishment , this will get much worst , unfortunately 😢
What's the problem? He just Shopping for the family. 😂😂
I think this store should put up a wall between a lobby area and the store shelves. People come in walk up to a window and ask for the items they want or order them online. They pay first then the items are brought to them. Criminals would not have access to the items so they couldn’t steal them.
And all shop,offers should be arrested and charged $5000 do three days in jail first offense, 3 months second offense, 1 year third offense etc..until they get the message.
Back in the 80's crack houses started installing steal doors. You put the money through the slot and they pass you what you paid for.
They should put the shopper in a bubble
if you don't have enough to pay for your item how are you paying $5,000?
So, the stores themselves don't want the shoplifters arrested??? This is going to get interesting..
They do. But then they have to use their lawyers to prosecute vs. the DA. And, the employees will have to go testify and constantly be in court. I worked in LA years ago as a retail SM. Went to court multiple times as a witness. Only 1 individual got any jail time. Now, it's 100x worse.
The employees would need to go to court. Most likely is a slap in the wrist. The perps comeback pissed off. It's going to take a perp getting killed or sent to jail for long time. Otherwise, it's Freakin' 'Frisco.
Thinking that particular store may be worried about their employees, it's mostly Asian and they have been unfairly treated by trumptards.
People that run this world are more evil than shoplifters so I applaud them. 😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏👏👏
No consequences. The system favors the cartels and criminals. It is what it is.
Prepare for a post-apocalyptic future where violence is law, might is right, and only those who lack bullet holes in their brains call the shots. 💪😎✌️ It's comin', mes amis. Prepare. Reflect. Embrace it.
homeless ppl need food Water cost alot walgreens very honorable for facing the problem instead of prisoning the problem
Well, just make sure that they don’t bring bolt cutters
They’re probably already planning that
@@vanpearsall I hope so! Let the annually purge begin 😂😂😂😂😂😂😈😈😈😈😈😈😈
Stores are gonna shut down completely
0:13 explains all the retail crime in SF Bay area in a nutshell.
Lock the doors and put a window outside and let people order ahead of time through an app on their cellphone.
Or hold them up with a gun Thur the window, how scary gor tge employee risking your life for a buck to deal with these animals
Sorry California. You do had the worst government in nation
Tax billionairs, pay livable wages, stop raising rent. Fire politicians who dont help people but help themselves. This is so obvious and yet here we are.
It's unbelievable to most of us that someone would go into a store & just take what they want w/o paying. It's almost the norm in SF.
Yep, even the thief said so, It's San Francisco!
Stores have now become grab-and-go sites for free items.
This country is in some bad need of return to normalcy.
Disgusting behavior!
BLM behavior!
Yea corporate greed is disguisting
@@AOpenHeartswho cares about the stupid corporations. Everytime you steal, you take away an opportunity for someone else to purchase that item they might need.
@@Imjesshere billions to Ukraine dummy hypocrite
I want to thank the black community for being such a valuable asset to our country.
Ya know, that's why we can't have nice things in US. Cuz we trash culture. That's why countries like Japan are so awesome and out of our reach. And people be wonderin why we stereotyping too. Maybe we should.
3 weeks ago I was on Vacation in Sacramento and had run out of safety razors. I gave in and went to WallyWorld in Rancho Cordova (just outside of Sacramento) AND I HAD TO GET PERMISSION and someone with a key to get me a razor. Call me old fashioned but I am 68 years old I don't think I should have to show my ID to a clerk and then wait for her to call a key person. OMG safety razors from BIC 12 for $3.25 who would go to jail for that?
That's the point. No one goes to jail anymore.
That's the point though. NOBODY is going to jail! They're coming from other states just to steal. CA is a joke. It's sad ruined by corruption and trash people that are incentived to continue this behavior
There is a lot of iggers in Sacramento , that is why they do this.
That's all of California, not just Sac.
You won't go to jail but someone would grab all they can carry so they can sell on the street so they can buy drugs.
isn't this why you're allowed to own GUNS in America?
Yet we pay while these people steal without consequences
You get what you vote for, SF. Good job. I hope you’re proud of yourselves, San Franciscans!