I’m against shoplifting. But if that’s what the voters of California want, then I have to respect their choice, no matter how ridiculous I think it is

[Drop Dead Fred]

California isn't doing to bad considering red states tend to have the highest obesity, highest murder rates and worst education.

This is from the Washington Post:

Analysis | Trump keeps claiming that the most dangerous cities in America are all run by Democrats. They aren’t.

Even if they were, it wouldn't necessarily mean what Trump suggests it means.

webcache.googleusercontent.com

Among the 20 cities with the most violent crime per capita, one isn’t a Democrat: the independent mayor of Springfield, Mo.

 

[Drop Dead Fred]

This isn't really "shoplifting", the proper word here is "looting".

Shoplifting is when some goes into a store and tucks steaks into their jockey shorts when they don't think anyone is looking.

This is quite different.

What ever happened to the old slogan "Warning: Looters will be Shot on Site"?

OK. That's a good point.

 

[Drop Dead Fred]

They'll have stores people can go to and buy things though.

States with those Soros DAs will not. Stores will close.

People will lose jobs, manufacturing jobs will be lost, too.

It's not rocket surgery to see where that's going to go.

 

[Drop Dead Fred]

Why would you respect stupid decisions and an ignorant electorate?

Because I don't live there, and it makes for great entertainment.

 

[Drop Dead Fred]

Even though the next supermarket was just reachable on foot.

Food deserts are caused by looting and shoplifting.

Sources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20201121054539/https://old.post-gazette.com/pg/08358/937017-85.stm

Minneapolis neighborhoods face food desert after looting closes multiple stores

www.startribune.com

In Chicagoâs Poorest Areas, Recovery May Be Long, If It Comes At All

The city’s looting hit retail chains in low-income neighborhoods especially hard. It’s far from clear how many will rebuild and reopen.

web.archive.org

Emails reveal frustration with city led to SoDo food desert

A KIRO 7 investigation reveals frustration with the city’s response to crime and homelessness that led to the closing of SoDo’s only low-cost, full-service grocery store.

www.kiro7.com

Those 'Food Deserts' May Become Food Wastelands

www.ipi.org

A Minneapolis school asked people to donate food for students after looting closed stores. ‘Miles of cars’ lined up.

“The donations just kept coming, and coming, and coming,” said the middle school principal.

webcache.googleusercontent.com

SODO's only grocery store to close amid crime

After dealing with nearby homeless camps, used needles, shoplifting, theft and in-store assaults, the SoDo Grocery Outlet will close when its lease ends in February. The closure is significant for several reasons. While corporate officials downplay crime and homelessness as factors in the...

komonews.com

Looting forces Germantown stores to close, leaving residents with limited access to food

The part of the city residents have referred to as a “food desert” has been left without access to some of their already few food and drug stores.

www.fox29.com

Chicago's South Side Left With Few Food Options After Weekend Violence

"Now you have to go out of your way to get this stuff. People that don't have a car. People that do not have family and friends."

chicago.cbslocal.com

Black Girls Break Bread Steps In As Looting Leaves Food Deserts Even Worse Off

First with the coronavirus and now with looting, it is harder than ever before for some families in Chicago to get food.

chicago.cbslocal.com

Chicago residents left scrambling for medications and essentials as looted pharmacies, grocery stores remain closed

Residents, already hit hard by the Governor's stay-at-home order are now having a difficult time meeting their most basic needs.

abc7chicago.com

Chicago Food Deserts Grow on City’s South Side Due to Looting During Recent Protests - The Source

What happens when a “Food Desert” is looted and has nothing left for those who live there? Well, some South Side, Chicago communities have even fewer choices for groceries after violence during the protests for George Floyd’s death. For local residents, it’s a reality that is hitting home hard...

thesource.com

Walgreens to close 5 more S.F. stores, citing rising costs of retail crime

After next month’s closures, Walgreens will have closed at least 22 stores in San...

www.sfchronicle.com

Walgreens closes five more stores in San Francisco due to thefts

Officials with the nation's second-largest drug store say they have closed 10 stores in San Francisco since 2019.

www.cbsnews.com

Walgreens closing 5 more San Francisco stores due to organized shoplifting

Last year, Walgreens closed one store in the city where the chain said it was losing $1,000 a day to thefts.

www.usatoday.com

Looters Leave More Food Deserts In Black Communities - BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

Because of a number of looters, Black communities have been left with more food deserts than ever. Residents have to trave nowl for fresh food

blackdoctor.org

San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge

Friday: The mundane crime of shoplifting has spun out of control in San Francisco, forcing some chain stores to close.

web.archive.org

Neighborhoods become food deserts overnight

And on top of that: Many stores are still closed because of the pandemic.

www.marketplace.org

 

[Drop Dead Fred]

Actually red states are seeing their populations increase, while people are fleeing places like Cali

A lot of corporate headquarters have also fled from blue states to red states.

 

[Bleipriester]

Food deserts are caused by looting and shoplifting.

Sources:

I saw one of the cases here and they talked about the "food desert" when the next supermarket was about 2 miles away.

 

[Markle]

Food deserts are caused by looting and shoplifting.

Sources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20201121054539/https://old.post-gazette.com/pg/08358/937017-85.stm

Minneapolis neighborhoods face food desert after looting closes multiple stores

www.startribune.com

In Chicagoâs Poorest Areas, Recovery May Be Long, If It Comes At All

The city’s looting hit retail chains in low-income neighborhoods especially hard. It’s far from clear how many will rebuild and reopen.

web.archive.org

Emails reveal frustration with city led to SoDo food desert

A KIRO 7 investigation reveals frustration with the city’s response to crime and homelessness that led to the closing of SoDo’s only low-cost, full-service grocery store.

www.kiro7.com

Those 'Food Deserts' May Become Food Wastelands

www.ipi.org

A Minneapolis school asked people to donate food for students after looting closed stores. ‘Miles of cars’ lined up.

“The donations just kept coming, and coming, and coming,” said the middle school principal.

webcache.googleusercontent.com

SODO's only grocery store to close amid crime

After dealing with nearby homeless camps, used needles, shoplifting, theft and in-store assaults, the SoDo Grocery Outlet will close when its lease ends in February. The closure is significant for several reasons. While corporate officials downplay crime and homelessness as factors in the...

komonews.com

Looting forces Germantown stores to close, leaving residents with limited access to food

The part of the city residents have referred to as a “food desert” has been left without access to some of their already few food and drug stores.

www.fox29.com

Chicago's South Side Left With Few Food Options After Weekend Violence

"Now you have to go out of your way to get this stuff. People that don't have a car. People that do not have family and friends."

chicago.cbslocal.com

Black Girls Break Bread Steps In As Looting Leaves Food Deserts Even Worse Off

First with the coronavirus and now with looting, it is harder than ever before for some families in Chicago to get food.

chicago.cbslocal.com

Chicago residents left scrambling for medications and essentials as looted pharmacies, grocery stores remain closed

Residents, already hit hard by the Governor's stay-at-home order are now having a difficult time meeting their most basic needs.

abc7chicago.com

Chicago Food Deserts Grow on City’s South Side Due to Looting During Recent Protests - The Source

What happens when a “Food Desert” is looted and has nothing left for those who live there? Well, some South Side, Chicago communities have even fewer choices for groceries after violence during the protests for George Floyd’s death. For local residents, it’s a reality that is hitting home hard...

thesource.com

Walgreens to close 5 more S.F. stores, citing rising costs of retail crime

After next month’s closures, Walgreens will have closed at least 22 stores in San...

www.sfchronicle.com

Walgreens closes five more stores in San Francisco due to thefts

Officials with the nation's second-largest drug store say they have closed 10 stores in San Francisco since 2019.

www.cbsnews.com

Walgreens closing 5 more San Francisco stores due to organized shoplifting

Last year, Walgreens closed one store in the city where the chain said it was losing $1,000 a day to thefts.

www.usatoday.com

Looters Leave More Food Deserts In Black Communities - BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

Because of a number of looters, Black communities have been left with more food deserts than ever. Residents have to trave nowl for fresh food

blackdoctor.org

San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge

Friday: The mundane crime of shoplifting has spun out of control in San Francisco, forcing some chain stores to close.

web.archive.org

Neighborhoods become food deserts overnight

And on top of that: Many stores are still closed because of the pandemic.

www.marketplace.org

100% TRUE.

BUT, as we all know, there are a few of our good friends here (IM2 maybe) who will swear that is the fault of blacks having been slaves, six or seven generations ago.

 

[Markle]

I saw one of the cases here and they talked about the "food desert" when the next supermarket was about 2 miles away.

Good for you!

 

[Catsnmeters]

This is from the Washington Post:

Analysis | Trump keeps claiming that the most dangerous cities in America are all run by Democrats. They aren’t.

Even if they were, it wouldn't necessarily mean what Trump suggests it means.

webcache.googleusercontent.com

Among the 20 cities with the most violent crime per capita, one isn’t a Democrat: the independent mayor of Springfield, Mo.

Cities are not states.

 

[struth]

Cities are not states.

true, but they are within states, and many run by Dems, within red states...which just highlights that even dem policies within a smaller geographic area within a state, can negatively impact the entire state.