Caught on Camera: San Francisco Chinatown Camera Shop Owners Fight Back Against Smash-and-Grab Robbe
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 2024
- After two years of barely scraping by without any foot traffic, the owners of a Grant Avenue camera store breathed a sigh of relief when tourists finally started trickling back in -- only to get nearly robbed and attacked with hammers Monday. Andria Borba reports.
Any victim of a hammer attack should be allowed to use a firearm for self-defense.
no, no self defense is not allowed in sf. people must allow the law abiding criminals to do and take what ever they want. they are a protected class after all...
You can use pepper spray- victim mentally that all ☝️.
Crapafornia doesn't want you to protect yourself, they want you to be sitting ducks
Too much self defense will discourage criminals and state will lose profits from incarceration and crime. can’t have people being held accountable now
@@uplift56 lol pepper spray?
Great courage shown by the store owners! Arm yourselves and defend yourselves and your property! 👍
The community must stick together. Good on neighboring business owner.
I disagree. No property is worth my life. I have property insurance for losses.
Absolutely 💯
@@tartgreenapple eventually insurance isnt going to cover this shit. That attitude is part of what has gotten us here in the first place. Glad to see this owner fought back. Good on the neighboring business owner as well, even though he had to get stitches.
@@tartgreenapple when everyone starts collecting on their property insurance it will go up and you will eventually not be able to afford it!
That’s right protect your shit …tired of these clowns
B L M clowns, the worst type of clowns
Why always them.
Melinin
@@knock-knockwhosthere9933 When they spend all their time and energy blaming others' fault, what else can they do other than rob and kill? Did you hear anyone in Chinatown complains that the Chinese didn't have the same opportunity? They work very hard and succeed.
Which your shit ,which clown. Be specific.
That neighbor is a boss for helping him, he didnt think twice and took a serious hammer to the head. I applaud this man!
I wish they would have whipped out some machetes and start shopping.
Get a big ole sword. That way, you'll recognize them as the guys with no arms when you see em again.
They use a hammer you use a mallet, they use a knife you use a sword, they use a gun you use a bazooka. Get the picture
Exactly, Thank you. Just DON'T be a victim!!!
..and if you have to pull it, use it!
ppl like you try so hard to prove yourselfs and yet you still a victim
Lol I haven’t been a victim ever. It helps I’m a little crazy
Damn right....I recall a Sisters of Mercy lullaby in 1988..."Detonation Blvd".
These guys are pros! Much respect for protecting and defending your assets and hard-earned business. Let's go support this guy Ariel and his neighbors.
Pros??? Nothing professional about those three punks
The owners really need a gun permit issued by the police. The Fortune Cookie owner carries it
@@joseywales148 the owners. I only talk about the owners. Pros, respect, go support. The owners.
@Jaime Law
Gotcha - my bad
@@Gleeleeglee they don't need no stinkin' gun permit!!
When our government allows this to happen without consequences we the people have the right to defend our property by any means.
Taxpayers cant afford to pay for police protection at every business and stop expecting them to pay for it. It's time for business owners to step up and employ some security measure of their own.
If someone attacks you with a hammer you have the right to defend yourself with deadly force.
Good luck getting a concealed carry permit in a city more interested in protecting criminals than law abiding citizens. Now you need to be a ninja with a katana to save your own life. No thanks
@@usmcmma don't need concealed in your own place
As for shop owners, they need better weapons, and a dedicated commitment to put an end to these street thugs.
The political party in charge won't allow that
Fight back every chance you get.
My uncle died fighting back in his Queens Ny Deli; sometimes you need to think twice materials things are sometimes not worth fighting for it all depend on the situation.
@@massielV25 not about material things. Its about the scum hurting people and killing people.
You missed typing an "L."
As soon as their kind walked in, the shop owners knew... and the fact that the owner from next door helped out was just awesomeness.
What is "their kind"?
@@pinkpink9943 The ones frequently shown as " suspects " in the liberal media. How about you keeping count and prove everyone wrong?
@@pinkpink9943 95 % of all crime videos have the same thing in common.
@@pinkpink9943 Don't act stupid.
@@jerrybrooks7886 niether should you ,you should broaden your math to all cultures and youll find the black kind irrelevant
So glad the Owner is safe.
so sick and tired of seeing this . all shop owners should have guns and the right to shoot .
All those suspects look alike. Oh, BLM doesn't like me to say it!
The laws need to change these people have to stop being released
Business owners need to pack some heat and pepper spray.
And we still wonder why we are profiled and being followed around the stores? Well, because of guys like these that make us look bad...It's a damn shame😠
Let's play guess the race of the robbers
I respect you for pointing out facts..
@@icewallowcome6211 I won by reading the headline!
I think if we dress nice clothes, the staff will not follow. I went to Big 5 store to shop but the manager followed me around because I wore tshirt and sweat short
@@lot5953 that is so racist
My grandparents in the early 70s owned a little convenient store in South America. Two thugs walked in demanding money and brandishing their knives. My grandfather out of nowhere brought out a machete that he always kept by the register. To my surprise, the first thief almost lost his arm and the other was struck on the torso. No one died, just badly wounded as they ran away. Turns out my grandfather had lived in Asia in his younger days during the 30s and knew how to handle a sword or machete in this case.
I hope you didn't witness that.
Good on your Grandfather!
@@canicksmith6629 I did! During my childhood, machetes was a common self defense weapon to have around one’s home. I’ve witnessed grown man use machetes in a fight until the last man standing 😬 Late 60s and early 70s living in a 3rd world country, as a young boy, unfortunately one witnesses many act of violence living in a remote small town near the jungle.
@@elgatogordo9523 Respect.
@@elgatogordo9523 I Like Your Name, The Fat Cat. My Father Use To Say. Con El Plano Del Machete, En El Lomo. The Flat Part of The Machete, On Their Back. I Hear, It Hurts Like Hec. You Don't Want To Kill Anyone. You Want To Send A Clear Message. You Mean Business.
The hardworking people can't even do their jobs without being attacked and harassed. Many taxpayers have been killed, yet the survivors have to pay for the inmates' free meals, medical and shelter!
Amazing thing is thank goodness Non of the criminals were hurt or they would own the shop..filing lawsuits against police and honest citizens...all I can say these crimes happen all over the world..lucky for these criminals that they are in America..here they pamper criminals..where I'm from and many places on earth punishments are severe!!! Even execution for such behavior..here they send you to criminal day camps or colleges to get more criminal training before releasing them on society again..all for profit..freaking joke laws...
What are the descriptions of the suspects?
That is a dark question
@@chinheat9565 that was a good answer, you made me laugh!
The Fellas.
Black males
It was 3 neeeeeeeegus
This is why law-abiding citizens should be allowed to have firearms.
You need to leave Crapafornia for that
Much respect to the owners! But I live in Texas and if we were robbed like that, you can guarantee that those 3 kids would have left that store in an ambulance! You have to protect yourself!
These 💩 not kid. They are in process to become predators and killers in our society.
Garbage truck for shovel-ready individuals would be the preferred route of disposition of societal manure.
TX is getting weaker tho
Kids ??? Lol
In a body bag would be better! No need such scums in the world!
Those 3 guys are lucky that the owner didn’t have a gun. Is it legal in SF for owners to use firearms in case of this happens? If not, then it’s not right.
It is legal but the people in charge of SF no longer follow the us constitution
In San Francisco, it’s legal to rob and break in cars. It’s illegal for the victim to fight back.
The last SF gun store closed in 1993. Also Chinese owned. Where do you buy such weapons of war that have no place in a civilized society?
It is legal, the moment they swing the hammer it became self defense and shooting them would be no contest
@@poodlescone9700 Peninsula Guns and Tactical is less than 12 miles from their shop. Open 11am to 6:00pm . You can also hit Pacifica's City Arms or Dicks which are about 12 miles on the west side. SF just became to expensive for a gun shop, they all moved to just outside or across the bay.
No description given but you know who to look for… typical suspects 🙄
Yeap smh
and talking like that is gonna do what besides get a random guy like me arrested and those criminals will still be around stupid
We can clearly see the color, but you cannot mention their color because then you will be considered racist.
Saggin' Nike ninjas
You riot, u get a Netflix special
These African American against Asian crimes are getting too frequent. The owner was polite and attentive to them, even complementing their sweat shirts. Time for the owner to get his CCL and really defend his store because like he said, they might come back with weapons of their own. Fire and defend yourself because as the crime stats show that these criminals do not care to take a life. They just care about getting money.
One time is "too frequent"
@@stanhunt8543 agreed, just one is more than enough however in national headlines just this last month two black men have both been charge with shoving an Asian women into a moving train and another stabbing his victim over 20+ times after trying to rape her in her own apartment making this a problem that should be addressed. There's a reason why African Americans are targeting Asians but everyone is too afraid to ask in fear of being called racist. It's a damn shame.
@@northernstar2064 no its not.
How do you know they are african American?
@@kamdelmonte7349 description of the suspects from the SFPD website 🙄 It's a common Twitter trend these days to pass the blame of African American suspects to Latinos but let's not push that trend into TH-cam. Twitter is littered with ignorance already.
The whole community needs to stand up and press the Mayor, DA, Judges and Governor to start holding people accountable AND OPEN THE JAIL
Jail not required. Waste them during the act. Whistle for a turkey vulture. They are always hungry and look cute while eating.
The jails are packed with suspects for more serious crimes. I don't see any other alternative other than to put them in a jungle
The whole community needs to start carrying firearms. Don’t have to worry about any Soros backed DA failing to file charges when the criminals have already been removed from society.
It’s San Francisco. They vote for the people, the policies and the party that enables criminals and crime.
"press the government clowns"? more like kick them out the next election.
These are people working hard to pay the bills and there are people just want things for free by robbing.
What a culture
"We dont Know these people. They Know where we are. We cannot take our stuff and go...I'm worried scared . God forbid they come back with guns" Small business owners live in fear with cops far far away. Cops just want you to bend over and give away your life savings. I say fight for your community. Work together . Don't let bullies take your city.
Armed thieves are targeting 'marijuana dispensaries,' now. Forfeit a life over WEED??
@@jeffreyb8770 it’s not about that. It’s about making an example. If one of these varmets get blown away trying to rob a place they will think twice. Kill one save a thousand.
@@sukottoshinobe7360 that's not what TOM 'FORREST GUMP' HANKS says. He gets his politics from Spielberg, whose religion says 'peace at any price.'
These store owners need to band together and take the law into their own hands. Every one have a audio alarm they hit, all the shops respond with clubs and tasers and beat the robbers senseless. Leave them in an alley. The city isn't going to do one thing to protect the stores, the store staff or stop these "urban youths" from stealing.
@CVN65 PERFECT! People working in places like that should also carry pepper spray. Criminals don't like pepper spray in their faces. 😫😵
Businesses need to hire their own security circa 2022. Taxpayers cant afford to have police stationed at every store and until we put them back on foot patrols in neighborhoods, things wont change. Sadly however, many cops are part of gangs as well.
forget clubs and tasers, they need meat cleavers and studded and spiked bats to beat these motherless thugs
Guns. They need guns, sorry to say. I don't even like them but its come to that.
@@dreamsofturtles1828 And/or flamethrowers. 🔥
I loved watching the neighbours coming to help, the best they could. Hope they find them. This year has started off with lots of teens doing serious crimes, for the most PATHETIC reasons. Hope the guy who had to get stitches is healing well and all 3 men get justice!
Nice to see the team effort. I think people are simply fed-up with lowlifes.
Criminals like them have been spawned all over.
Then why was snoop dog part of the superbowl halftime show? Snoop dog is a drug dealing pimp who trafficked other people's daughters as sex slaves, snoop dog said he was good at pimping and thought it was fun, not much of a role model in my opinion but hey I was never invited to the white house so what do I know.
I feel bad for the guy who got hit by the hammer. The police should never bother looking for the suspects, since they're just going to let them go anyways.
I say Never Give Up fighting to do the right thing! The minute you give in, the criminals know they can take advantage over and over you!
Oh I'm sure the police are two steps ahead of you on the whole "never bother looking for the suspects" thing.
@@rdean150 😆.
@@virginiaconnor8350 Doesn't really make a difference if you're just going let them go after booking them in anyways. Assuming you're talking about the police here.
It's rasist to keep them in jail... And more pandering thats why these stories are more common now..
About time. I'm Sick Of Politicians Protecting Thieves & Thugs Robbing Hard-To-Make A Living Shops, Stores!
@@crescent_moon92 They belong in hell
That is attempted murder. You gotta lock him up 10 yrs min.
Cops will not arrest them.
Arm yourself and beat the shit outta them no matter what age they are.
Waste of oxygen. Why waste tax money? Just execute thugs like that.
Either that ORRR give business owners free reign to protect themselves with a gun legally.
it is America. even in California one can acquire a firearm and protect themselves. the owners have to be willing to keep a gun and to kill another person if they do have to ever resort to pulling in. laws may complicate gun ownership in California but it's flat bullshit if anyone says they can't without cause.
Sorry. This is Dem-controlled California. They don't allow law-abiding people to defend themselves
Again & again, if not every day, is every hour...What a CULTURE/Lifestyle!
So much respect for the storeowners who said ENOUGH. So much respect for the neighboring businessman who joined in. One of the storeowners need to be posited further inside the store with a firearm and ready to aim for the middle of his target to open fire. It's that pure and simple. Otherwise, the predators will win.
Man that last guy saw his people being robbed and jumped in.. Respect to these dudes.
That's Asian hospitality my friend.
The owner wasn't even Asian. He sound Hispanic. The other Asian guy did come and help.
Man I respect the Asian community they stick together no matter there age they have a go
Time to allow shop owners to carry guns.
The best thief is a dead thief.
Teen or adults, these robbers need to be locked up and disappear from society. I'm so sick of seeing and hearing these fools causing so much stress for business owners and just lurking around to do damage rather than to stay in school or get a darn job. So tired of hearing them whine about how they are oppressed and not treated fairly. If they get shot, their families would cry in front of national TV saying they are "good kids and don't deserve it." Feel so sorry for these store owners trying to make a living in a struggling economy and coming to work scared.
Building prisons is not easy. More importantly no one wants to work in a prison, especially in California where they haven't executed anyone in 16 years. Staffing shortages in prisons is a nation wide issue.
Putting all these criminals in prison is nice but where are you going to find the staff to work these prisons? Not enough Americans want to work in prisons (not surprising considering you deal with mostly low IQ inmates everyday).
It's time citizens to fight back
The Bay Area Police are laying back,
protecting their pension. These thieves
need to 🩸 or get a job...
Cops want to send a message so they are basically allowing this to happen.
Well can you blame them? I'll probably do the same thing. People wants to defund them but when things happen..."where are the police?". I understand there are cops are totally way out of line but people generalize them.
@@lynnvh5445 so you basically like paying for services you don’t get? You know some of the slobs make over 240k a year base and walk away with million dollar pensions by manipulating the overtime rules?
If they are upset about having their feelings hurt they should quit like people with a backbone. The Union is too powerful, the people of Sf should decertify it and get a new Union with a stricter contract.
Hell the amount of times cops have been caught getting paid off by these gangs is sickening
@@lynnvh5445 Generalized started in Wisconsin by stupid cops. Here is where
authorities must separate fact to let's
try this instead. Generalizing Events
is what brings the "house down"
@@erikanders3343 There's a difference between upset and disappointed. They put their lives in danger. See ur generalizing all cops do the overtime and million dollar pensions. Yes plenty of them did quit or just retired. Also I wasn't even pertaining to u....ur dismissed
Good they fought back. If they show themselves as easy targets, these guys will keep coming back.
Why do I feel safer when I go to small towns in Mexico than here?!
"We are hunting literally everyone every single day." LeSteal 'Major Issues' Jamerson the XXXVIII
your wonderful kids this is how they give back to society
95% of all these videos have the same thing in common.
they all love to jog
@@jaeblase8216 lol. Jogging for the environment.
Dude came in with a sandwich board. What a legend 😆
Wow! If only there was some sort of device the store owner could have used to defend his property? Like, something that could repeatedly propel 115-grain pieces of metal at 1100 feet per second at the people attacking him. That device would be super neat.
Ha, I love it.
PEPPER SPRAY WILL BRING THEM TO THERE KNEE'S. SIMPLE AS THAT.
I think a taser would have worked.
I think it starts with a "G"? I could be wrong.
You've been watching demolition ranch!!!
Neighbors helping neighbors is what is gonna be to fight crime.
Kudos to that neighbor and pray for a speedy recovery.
🙏🙏🙏💪❤️💯
Conveniently calling the suspects “ Three Teens” is shitty .
These are not “ kids “ they are animals.
And why leave out the description of these “ kids “ ?
THE MEDIA IS SHIT .
@sean tellier are they black??
@sean tellier is it taboo?? im new in this case
@sean tellier hope better policy and environment for american people
Would have turned out very differently if the shop owners were allowed to legally carry!
If these store owners aren't packing heat, then at least carry some bear spray.
This is a good man. Thank you
Keep relaxing prosecution laws to the point where killing and robbery gets a criminal a slap on the hand
The military should do a sweep of the city and clean all the thugs out.
My thoughts exactly
Get automatic gates. Just close them and call the cops.
For extra entertainment options, cross bows and fire extinguishers provide a rainbow of options...aside from ballistic backup.
This happened today in Beverly Hills and others smashed up a jewelry store in broad daylight.
I don't care how old they are, if your getting robbed, use anything like bats or knives to protect yourselves. Aim for the eyes and legs! Don't let them get away with it! Don't be a victim!!
marbles and lasso hooks on a chain.....If these guys hurt the store owner or employees, their charges are trumped up to armed robbery.
@@leewhitbeck791 including forget books
If you can't bring a gun, have bear spray in one hand and a long blade in the other.
I'd say aim for the hearts but these animals have no heart, no moral, no soul.
I'm waiting for this guys on my business :)
Fun Fact:They filmed that movie called Big Trouble in Little China in San Francisco's Chinatown with Kurt Russell
Do these kids wake up one day and decide I need a new camera let’s go rob a camera store? Smh these kids today. Once caught there faces should be blasted in every news outlet to publicly shame them.
I keep saying this, we need the Tong again in SF.
Back in the triad days the local thugs would demand protection money but they really did protect the shop owners in a way from outside criminal elements because Chinatown was the local tongs turf. Back then there's money to be made in Chinatown because there was a real thriving community. The Chinatown gangsters will even chase the other groups across the bridges to retaliate and eventually there would be some understanding. Today those triad members are old men some either went to jail or and some simply grew up and moved into the suburbs. They had families and their kids are now law abiding professionals. There's no more tongs like in there old days. Just old left over people in Chinatown that never made it out of that hood.
It's legal to steal in San Francisco - everybody knows this.
No, but please try and see how long a sentence you get
@@erikanders3343 /s
Vigilantes need to protect the store
That dude with the chair mad respect he came in like Jackie Chan🙏
SMH people are such scumbags. Shoutout to these guys for standing up for their store
This lady has the most news anchory voice I’ve Ever heard
These thugs tried to steal from the community. That's insult to injury.
Oakland is there community
Owner will be charged for blocking mostly peaceful shoppers.
Sad what America has come to. Being a store owner nowadays in America sucks. Imagine a stray pitbull walking into your store everyday. Don't know if they will be calm or cause issues. Its like that when "these teens" go into your store. Just the possibility of these teens getting violent and looting creates so much anxiety.
Cant wait for news that these teen either caught or bad stuff happened to them i mean good stuff.
The neighboring businessman who jumped in is a real one 💯
Those A Boards aren't cheap either and they cost $100 to $500 a month to be put on a public sidewalk.
I was just watching the video to check a suspicion, Suspicion Confirmed!
Old shop owners too slow with the baseball bat...they tried to stand their ground tho but they needed a gun😢...hope they catch the punks.
You can thank your local officials for them visiting you. Criminals aren’t afraid of consequences anymore thanks to them.
Black bums strike again
I feel the camera shop owner's pain. What he said is true about the criminals know where he is at all time. Over 3 decades ago my relative who was a small business owner shot and killed a robber with a licenced handgun during an armed holdup. The family of robber came into business to threaten my relative. The criminals and their families have no values and moral standards, instead accepting the robber's immoral conduct and action but blame my relative's self defense. Finally my relative sold the business and move out of state to avoid further problems. Good people leave but bad people/criminals stay and do more harms. This is messed up. Three decades later nothing really change. There is no personal responsibility. The criminal system is totally broken.
Shop Owner: "They know us now, we don't know them. What does SFPD expect us to do when they come back with guns?"
SFGov: "Let them take whatever they want then get shot and hope you don't die."
When the looting starts the shooting starts
You do know what that phrase came from right? It was used to justify shooting people during the civil rights campaigns of the 60's.
Everybody's kung-fu fighting against these thugs if they want to protect their business.
Keep this up. Fighting with kindness is bullshit. Whoever has the bigger stick wins. Enough pie in the sky. Human nature is human nature. Good job fellas
that owner should create a locked door that needs to be only opened by inside the store so if there is a robbery, they can lock them inside and then create an escape safe area that they can get into when this happens.
Get some guns. If you don't exercise your American's right, 2nd Amendment, police cannot help you.
Chesa Boudin is writing up paperwork on how to charge the store owners for assaulting those young men.
What a shame !! All the support for the owners
How heartless of them to deny these vulnerable citizens of their right to make a living the only way they can. They just don’t understand the new normal. These store owners must be prosecuted to the full extent of wokelaw and their store liquidated with the proceeds to the city government to be distributed wisely among the population sectors most in need.
@Zarlok Wtf are you talking about? Three armed males scope out a vulnerable target, stupidly get marked by the observant shopkeep, and attempt a smash and grab on a mom and pop shop and you want to prosecute the shop owners? It’s people like you who zealously propagate this idea of a “new normal” but haven’t the integrity or courage to do what is right, regardless of hardships. You can keep your ass-backwards wokeness.
That what the second amendment is for. My parents always had a firearm at their pizza place when I was growing up.
They need samurai swords to fight the peaceful Blicks.
I love how a guy passing by joined in to even the odds.
Seriously, these people need a one-way trip to the deep south in the afterlife.
You guys did a good job swinging at the perps 👍👍
Damn, LaSmashing James everywhere these days
That's Right - Fight Back! This Smash & Grab Fad is getting Ridiculous!
You'd think they'd have a better surveillance system. There should be a 4k camera pointing at all customers entering.
That store probably won't be targeted again.
There was a corner in Oakland Chinatown that was hit more than once. After people fought back, it hasn't been hit since. That was 6 months ago.
Have a baseball bat, or something, handy.
Thieves don't wanna hurt you. They just want your money and your things. And they want it as easily as possible. That's why they'll target a lone woman instead of two men because they think the lone woman is an easier target.
They want to hurt you also.
@@citrine65 No, they don't. If they wanted to hurt you they'd hurt or kill you first so that you don't fight back and then take your money and/or things.
I saw people moving away lately and said just can't wait to leave. If there is a chance why still there for what. It seem like back to our olden days where many were uneducated and poor such crimes exist
But but it’s for bread
Not a tear would’ve been shed, had someone put these thieving little punks down.
That's what happens when you deny people to be CCW carriers. You'll learn some day Cali....
The police were too busy protecting all the exclusive white
luxury stores around Union Square to be bothered providing
the same level of protection to the merchants on Grant
Avenue.
What stores are “exclusive white” in san Francisco lol
Good Chinese men dont talk like that, shame on you Thomas crock , you wont be going to Heaven with that attitude .
Considering that there’s a staffing shortage, no one wants them around and nobody no longer wants that job, what do you expect? You all wanted social workers instead and how’s that working out for you ?
Yeah the Blue flu is getting tiresome but the Union wants to make a point about there being no accountability ever for the police, no matter what crimes they commit.
@@midicronica1 Not how it works and there is no staffing shortage, they have open positions because their budget got expanded again for the 30th year in a row.
Tell me racial profiling is worse than being attacked because you're trying to be PC.
It’s a shame that those punks left with their limbs still attached.
Time to move the store on-line.