Why is San Francisco run by morons? Walgreens Closing 5 More Stores Due to Liberal Shoplifting Policies

ho hum, more threads started by people from BFE who have nothing better to do than start gossipy threads about people in places they don't know. female dog behavior tbh

Explain what is idiotic about this? Are you calling the owners of Walgreens idiots? Last time I checked they not only have the ability to do what they want with their stores, they also have the right to do what they want with their stores and if I had stores ravaged by organized shoplifting I would f-ing well close them too as long as my business could handle it. Which I'm pretty sure Walgreens can. So tough luck SF, maybe it's time to create a greater incentive NOT to shoplift rather than just a slap on the wrist.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Go away wrote:

How stupid can you be? They are NOT prosecuting shoplifting in SF.

Again, to prosecute shoplifters, they need to be arrested and for that to happen, more police officers are needed.

Yeah, the poster is right. You may or may not be stupid in real life, I don't know nor do I care. But you are beyond stupid on this subject.

We have less police officers where I live in a big city, why isn't it happening here? Or there? Or over there? Or even over there?

These are liberal policies put in place but a HUGE liberal state run by liberal leaders. If you tried that in most states, even for a small amount, you're going to be arrested.

The part that YOU are missing is that the police officers are told NOT to go there and that's why they aren't showing up. California considers it small potatoes when people do what the lunatics in California are doing.

Word spreads like wild fire and suddenly 100's of people are doing it knowing that there are no repercussions.

Flagpole is part moron and biased to the max. Reverse the situation and put it in a state with a majority of Conservative leaders and he'd be all over the boards claiming that it's poor leadership. If Trump were in Office, he'd be blaming it on him. Biden is in Office and he's teflon Don!

You're a liberal dude, face it. These policies are because of the STATE, not the amount of police officers. The Officers aren't showing up because the perpetrators won't be prosecuted. Like Flagpole, I'm sure you are a pretty old guy compared to most. Sad that you can't man up to what it is at your age. Are you ever wrong, ever?

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Clown World Resident wrote:

Gee I wonder why a "huge, unique wave of shoplifters" decided that SF is their ideal destination. I wonder why no one wants to be a cop in SF. I wonder...

If Republicans took over the management of the city what would be the solution? Some of you love to slam Democrats, but when it comes to actually proposing something, its all hat and no cattle.

There ya go, reversing the problem created by Liberals to Republicans. YOU love to slam the right and can't just admit the obvious. If Republicans had been running it, IT NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TO WHERE IT IS NOW!

You seriously can't understand that? You need help dude, as this is not that complicated.

Based on comments I've seen about Flagpole, he'll consider "part" moron a compliment.

If you mean "state" as in California, it's not a significant problem here in Sacramento.

It's extremely unlikely the issue is that Democrats don't give a sh*t about shoplifting or having businesses want to be in SF. Are you young guys ever wrong, ever?

Fast-forward 6-12 months and we'll get to hear about how a long history of entrenched systemic racism has resulted in a "pharmacy desert" in underserved areas of San Francisco.

If you go across the Golden Gate bridge into Marin County it is just as heavily Democratic as SF. Yet there are none of the problems you complain about in SF. Why, if Dem policies are the problem? The city in the US over 100,000 with the lowest property crime rate is Irvine, which has a Dem majority on the city council. If Dem policies were responsible for crime then shouldn’t every single Repub run city or state have lower crime then every city and state run by Dems? How can red Shasta County (Redding) have a much higher violent crime rate than LA County?

And while we are at it, maybe you can explain to me why 7 of the 8 states with the highest violent crime rates are run by Repubs. Why don’t they enact and enforce policies that will make their states safer?

SDSU Aztec wrote:

If Republicans took over the management of the city what would be the solution? Some of you love to slam Democrats, but when it comes to actually proposing something, its all hat and no cattle.

Incarcerating criminals (particularly repeat criminals) has a pretty strong correlation with decreasing crime rates. I'd start there. The whole rise of "mass incarceration" coincided nicely with the dramatic drop in crime seen from the 80s to the mid-2010s.

Now the activist set has decided that incarceration is the real problem, and voila!, crime is shooting up like a rocket.

some actual data wrote:

If you go across the Golden Gate bridge into Marin County it is just as heavily Democratic as SF. Yet there are none of the problems you complain about in SF. Why, if Dem policies are the problem?

Fortunately not every Democrat county in the nation has gone full SF style woke legalize shoplifting empty the prisons etc. Not yet anyway.

fully-vaxxed, anti-masked wrote:

Fast-forward 6-12 months and we'll get to hear about how a long history of entrenched systemic racism has resulted in a "pharmacy desert" in underserved areas of San Francisco.

That's exactly what will happen.

fully-vaxxed, anti-masked wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

If Republicans took over the management of the city what would be the solution? Some of you love to slam Democrats, but when it comes to actually proposing something, its all hat and no cattle.

Incarcerating criminals (particularly repeat criminals) has a pretty strong correlation with decreasing crime rates. I'd start there. The whole rise of "mass incarceration" coincided nicely with the dramatic drop in crime seen from the 80s to the mid-2010s.

Now the activist set has decided that incarceration is the real problem, and voila!, crime is shooting up like a rocket.

There isn't much of a correlation between crime rates and incarceration. Unless you plan to lock up everyone for any crime forever and never release them you are going to have to deal with the root problem eventually. Once you go into jail, even for a short sentence; your life as a functioning human being and productive member of society is over.

The police solve very few crimes anyway. Majority of things, especially sexual crimes are never reported. Evidence is lacking in many cases and charges are dropped. The truth is 95% of rapists are living with us day-to-day because they'll never be investigated and no matter how harshly you treat the other 5% is going to make up for that.

Pure BS.....

San Francisco is run by morons because it is populated with morons. Imagine having a city full of rich socially unaware akward tech engineers. 🤔

Strange thing about liberals, they might do well on an SAT test but they are incredibly ignorant about life, Human nature and common sense.

runnerboy70 wrote:

Tatar... wrote:

There isn't much of a correlation between crime rates and incarceration. Unless you plan to lock up everyone for any crime forever and never release them you are going to have to deal with the root problem eventually. Once you go into jail, even for a short sentence; your life as a functioning human being and productive member of society is over.

The police solve very few crimes anyway. Majority of things, especially sexual crimes are never reported. Evidence is lacking in many cases and charges are dropped. The truth is 95% of rapists are living with us day-to-day because they'll never be investigated and no matter how harshly you treat the other 5% is going to make up for that.

Pure BS.....

Which part is BS? The bit about prisoners being useless when they leave jail or about police not actually solving much crime?

Hmmm, unlike many of the liberal posters on this thread I can't understand why failing to prosecute criminals doesn't embolden more crime. What am I missing?

Obviously not every democratic controlled city doesn't believe prosecuting criminals is unnecessary.

On the other hand, maybe many are wrong in assuming convenient shopping and prosecuting criminals is important to voters in SF.

Film Rep wrote:

San Francisco is run by morons because it is populated with morons. Imagine having a city full of rich socially unaware akward tech engineers. 🤔

How much do you really know about SF vs what you see on right-wing media outlets? The problem is the tech engineers are not involved in city politics and most probably don't even vote.

They don't plan on staying so they are not invested in the city for the long-term. SF has become a place that is very unfriendly to families with children and they have been exiting the city for years. This has left the more radical board of supervisors unchecked to enact policies targeted to specific special interest groups.

The tech industry as a whole has been mostly destructive. It's driven housing prices beyond what middle class families could afford (including cops) and left the city without the moderating influences the create stable communities.