San Francisco is pretty safe. Violent crime in SF compared to other parts of the country is not high. The property crime like this though is rampant and unchecked. Drug use, drug trafficking and commercial sex trafficking is at record highs. It’s for a number of reasons.
1. No prosecution. More and more district attorneys are setting policies that don’t prosecute for misdemeanors. Partly due to inundation and partly due to political motivations. For example, in Oakland, the DA has said that if someone steels but the items stolen are things they “need” then they refuse to prosecute. So there are retail theft rings where a dozen people raid Walmart or target because they know there is zero chance they’ll face charges even if caught.
2. Lack of motivation from police. SFPD and Oakland pd are famous in law enforcement for being some of the worst places to work. Officers in those agencies are afraid to be proactive, make stops or quickly get to these kinds of thefts. Officers are afraid they’ll get fired, sued or disciplined no matter what they do. Now, I know most redditors will say that all police are racists and they should quit if they can’t do the job respectfully and justly. Trust me when I say that any officer at those agencies that could leave, have already left. They’ve gone to work at other agencies. The ones that remain can’t leave. No one will hire them. They’re either too old, or just don’t test well, or not super star candidates. So the ones that are left, are doing anything except being report takers.
3. Drug use. One study I remember reading stated 80-90 percent of property crime is drug related. As drug use and addiction are soaring high, property crime goes up. Addicts burn all their bridges and run out money. Only place left to get money and food is to steal from stores or steel stuff.
Remember when the Reagan’s put everyone in jail for smoking weed to the point where the prison system was over-run….. Why don’t we start doing this with thieves. Zero tolerance and lock them up.
Sick of seeing these losers get airtime.
A problem with Andrew Callaghan’s approach is that he turns despicable people into memes. Half of the people in his comments section are calling those low-life thieves swell guys, as though their bravado is praiseworthy.
Haters gonna hate. Has he been convicted of anything? Did he go to jail? No. Then let the man do his thing. He seems to have been sexually aggressive but has changed his ways. You all must be angels yourselves to judge someone permanently
I have a friend that lives in SF and she said she’s literally scared to go outside – her car has been broken into like a half dozen times.
It’s crazy, idk what is going on out in California, but I’m surprised it’s not talked about hardly.
EDIT: Hilarious I’m getting downvoted for daring to slander California on this site.
You just put the word “Texas” in the title of your post and it get 2k+ upvotes, when it has nothing to do with the state.
But say something factual about California…
Is this new? Andrew’s back at it?
That guy likes the use the N word doesn’t he
San Francisco is pretty safe. Violent crime in SF compared to other parts of the country is not high. The property crime like this though is rampant and unchecked. Drug use, drug trafficking and commercial sex trafficking is at record highs. It’s for a number of reasons.
1. No prosecution. More and more district attorneys are setting policies that don’t prosecute for misdemeanors. Partly due to inundation and partly due to political motivations. For example, in Oakland, the DA has said that if someone steels but the items stolen are things they “need” then they refuse to prosecute. So there are retail theft rings where a dozen people raid Walmart or target because they know there is zero chance they’ll face charges even if caught.
2. Lack of motivation from police. SFPD and Oakland pd are famous in law enforcement for being some of the worst places to work. Officers in those agencies are afraid to be proactive, make stops or quickly get to these kinds of thefts. Officers are afraid they’ll get fired, sued or disciplined no matter what they do. Now, I know most redditors will say that all police are racists and they should quit if they can’t do the job respectfully and justly. Trust me when I say that any officer at those agencies that could leave, have already left. They’ve gone to work at other agencies. The ones that remain can’t leave. No one will hire them. They’re either too old, or just don’t test well, or not super star candidates. So the ones that are left, are doing anything except being report takers.
3. Drug use. One study I remember reading stated 80-90 percent of property crime is drug related. As drug use and addiction are soaring high, property crime goes up. Addicts burn all their bridges and run out money. Only place left to get money and food is to steal from stores or steel stuff.
It’s sad.
This obsession of designer brands by the poor has got to stop.
I say this as someone who came from and identifies with that community.
Remember when the Reagan’s put everyone in jail for smoking weed to the point where the prison system was over-run….. Why don’t we start doing this with thieves. Zero tolerance and lock them up.
Sick of seeing these losers get airtime.
So brave of the rapist to get back out there and make content for us <3…..
What a couple of douchebags!
Stole $15,000 of goods or $40 of materials?
Bay area seems like i nice place – Hope to visit one day
Best regards from Türkiye
Sex offender interviews burglars… nice
So glad Andrew is back. The content of his journalism is exceptional and raw, which is hard to find.
They sound like they’re from Stockton.
I just wanted to drop in here to remind everyone that the MCU’s San Francisco superhero is a thief
A problem with Andrew Callaghan’s approach is that he turns despicable people into memes. Half of the people in his comments section are calling those low-life thieves swell guys, as though their bravado is praiseworthy.
Why are people still watching this guy?
Isn’t the host a fucking predator?
Downvoted.
Not watching videos from a fucking rapist.
Stop trying to bring this rapist back in the spotlight
Haters gonna hate. Has he been convicted of anything? Did he go to jail? No. Then let the man do his thing. He seems to have been sexually aggressive but has changed his ways. You all must be angels yourselves to judge someone permanently
This is Trailer Park Boys material.
This is what a city and a society in decline look like.
White guys dropping the n bomb.
Trash video
Word salad of nothingness from these two. I’m okay with being old enough to be annoyed af when they drag air across their vocal cords to speak.