Breakdown In Civil Order

[ZiprHead]

Target blamed theft and violence for 9 store closures. Crime is higher at locations it kept open nearby

Target blamed theft and violence when it closed 9 stores in New York, Seattle, San Francisco and Portland, but crime is worse at locations it kept open nearby.

www.cnbc.com

On Sept. 26, Target set off a national firestorm when it said it would close nine stores in four states because theft and organized retail crime had made them too dangerous to run.
On its face, Target’s announcement was evidence that retail crime was preventing one of the country’s most prominent retailers from operating stores profitably and safely. It challenged skeptics who believed that retailers had exaggerated the impact of organized retail crime and used it as an excuse for poor financial performance.

There was just one problem with the explanation Target gave for closing stores: The locations it shuttered generally saw fewer reported crimes than others it chose to keep open nearby, a monthslong CNBC investigation has found.

CNBC’s findings cast doubt on Target’s explanation and raise questions about whether the company’s announcement was designed to advance its legislative agenda — seeking a crackdown on organized retail crime — and to obscure poor financial performance at the stores as it grapples with sliding sales.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Target blamed theft and violence for 9 store closures. Crime is higher at locations it kept open nearby

Target blamed theft and violence when it closed 9 stores in New York, Seattle, San Francisco and Portland, but crime is worse at locations it kept open nearby.

www.cnbc.com

On Sept. 26, Target set off a national firestorm when it said it would close nine stores in four states because theft and organized retail crime had made them too dangerous to run.
On its face, Target’s announcement was evidence that retail crime was preventing one of the country’s most prominent retailers from operating stores profitably and safely. It challenged skeptics who believed that retailers had exaggerated the impact of organized retail crime and used it as an excuse for poor financial performance.

There was just one problem with the explanation Target gave for closing stores: The locations it shuttered generally saw fewer reported crimes than others it chose to keep open nearby, a monthslong CNBC investigation has found.

CNBC’s findings cast doubt on Target’s explanation and raise questions about whether the company’s announcement was designed to advance its legislative agenda — seeking a crackdown on organized retail crime — and to obscure poor financial performance at the stores as it grapples with sliding sales.

Theft vs revenue. It adjusts the marginal value of stores which can push a low-profit store into the negatives even when a high-profit store can survive the same theft loss.

 

[Politesse]

A California city’s transformation from ‘murder capital’ of the U.S. to zero homicides​

Sharifa Wilson, who was mayor in 1992, said she welcomed the police support at the time but stressed that it was “not the answer.”

“Part of the issue ... was a lack of economic opportunity,” the 73-year-old said. “We didn’t have access to capital to help establish ourselves.”

Thanks to the attention on East Palo Alto, she said, the city was able to get help from the state and move forward with the development of a shopping center — with a policy in place requiring all businesses to hire from the community.

“We don’t raise our kids to be drug dealers,” she said. “By creating opportunities for them to work, that had an impact.”

Wilson, who still lives in the city, also credited the community for the reduction in crime. At one point, residents formed a group called “Just Us” and would go to street corners and take pictures of the license plates of those driving in to buy drugs. From there, police sent letters to the registered owners notifying them that their cars had been seen in a high-drug, high-crime area. (Wilson said one of the letters went to a judge whose son was using the car to buy drugs.)

Local nonprofit and faith-based groups focused on engaging youth in after-school programs and activities that would steer them away from crime.

“It really is a testament to the commitment of the community to fix itself,” Wilson said. “East Palo Alto has always been a resilient community. People there are really concerned and care about the community where they live.

Encouraging story, with some good morals. It's surprising how much can be accomplished by a small handful of people who give a shit about their community and are willing to do the hard work necessary to improve it.

 

[ZiprHead]

This has become a big issue, and I've been neglectful of it. The  Killing of Jordan Neely -- I'll quote that article's first three paragraphs, because they seem like a good summary of the incident.

On May 1, 2023, around 2:30 p.m., Jordan Neely, a homeless 30-year-old black man, was killed by Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old white man, who placed him in a chokehold while they were riding the F train in Manhattan on the New York City Subway.[2][3][4] At least two others restrained Neely's limbs. Freelance journalist and witness Juan Alberto Vázquez recorded video of the incident.

According to police, witnesses said Neely was acting in a "hostile and erratic" manner, yelling that he was hungry and thirsty,[4] that he would hurt anyone on the train, that he did not mind "going to jail or getting life in prison" and was "ready to die."[5] Vázquez said that Neely did not physically attack anyone,[6] but other witnesses reported him throwing trash at passengers.[7] Penny approached Neely from behind, placing him in a chokehold.[8] According to Vázquez the chokehold lasted for 15 minutes, three minutes of which he recorded on video.[9][10][11] An onlooker alerted Penny that Neely had defecated,[12] a warning sign he was dying; the onlooker then said "You're gonna kill him."[13] He was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital, where he was pronounced dead; according to some sources, he died on the subway car's floor.[14]

Police questioned Penny after the incident but released him without charges a few hours later.[15] Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg began an investigation.[16] On May 3, the medical examiner's office determined the manner of death to be homicide,[17] stating that Neely died from "compression of neck (chokehold)".[1] On May 5, it was reported a grand jury would meet to determine if charges should be pressed against Penny.[18] On May 11, it was announced that Penny would be charged with second-degree manslaughter.[19] If convicted, Penny would face up to 15 years in prison.[20]

Judge denies Daniel Penny’s request to dismiss Jordan Neely subway chokehold death case

The Marine veteran pleaded not guilty in June to second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the May 1 death of Neely, a Black subway rider.

www.nbcnews.com

A New York City judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss the case against Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who placed a Black subway rider, Jordan Neely, in a fatal chokehold last year.

Penny, 25, pleaded not guilty in June after a grand jury indicted him on charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the May 1 death of Neely, 30, a known subway busker who performed dance routines in costume as Michael Jackson.


Penny and Neely were riding the F train in Manhattan when the latter began a "somewhat aggressive speech" about how he was thirsty and hungry, witness Juan Alberto Vazquez has told NBC New York. Vazquez caught some of the altercation on camera.

The video showed Penny on the ground holding Neely in a chokehold while two other subway passengers helped restrain him. Vazquez said the chokehold lasted about 15 minutes.

 

[EricH]

The very same. I got shot as well, but I'm walking it off.

You must have been shot with a 22LR round. There's an an old saying that goes you shouldn't shoot someone with a 22LR round because they are likely to get upset if they find out they've been shot.

 

[ZiprHead]

The very same. I got shot as well, but I'm walking it off.

You must have been shot with a 22LR round. There's an an old saying that goes you shouldn't shoot someone with a 22LR round because they are likely to get upset if they find out they've been shot.

Heh heh.

I do remember we had a guy in the ER got shot with a small caliber gun. He was shout in the arm and the bullet bounced off the bone, went through the shoulder socket and pierced his heart. Yes, he died.

 

[EricH]

The very same. I got shot as well, but I'm walking it off.

You must have been shot with a 22LR round. There's an an old saying that goes you shouldn't shoot someone with a 22LR round because they are likely to get upset if they find out they've been shot.

Heh heh.

I do remember we had a guy in the ER got shot with a small caliber gun. He was shout in the arm and the bullet bounced off the bone, went through the shoulder socket and pierced his heart. Yes, he died.

Were you an ER doctor or nurse?

 

[ZiprHead]

The very same. I got shot as well, but I'm walking it off.

You must have been shot with a 22LR round. There's an an old saying that goes you shouldn't shoot someone with a 22LR round because they are likely to get upset if they find out they've been shot.

Heh heh.

I do remember we had a guy in the ER got shot with a small caliber gun. He was shout in the arm and the bullet bounced off the bone, went through the shoulder socket and pierced his heart. Yes, he died.

Were you an ER doctor or nurse?

Nope. Lab assistant running blood from the blood bank to the ER.

 

[repoman]

Kaiser Permanente in Oakland urging employees to not go out to eat lunch...



Arrest, convict and imprison criminals even if blacks do most of it.

Imprison the criminals or the noncriminals. There is a choice.

 

[Derec]

12 and 13 year old brothers arrested for armed carjacking.
Video shows police chase, arrest 12, 13-year-old boys wanted in North Seattle carjackings
Since it's Seattle, they will probably get away with a slap on the wrist, and will be out to commit more carjackings soon enough.

 

[Politesse]

And back they crawl:

Tech exec who bashed SF and moved to Florida has returned to the city​

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/tech-exec-bashed-sf-moved-florida-returned-18678315.php
Four years later, Rabois is spending a quarter of his time back in San Francisco and is even renovating his house here, the Wall Street Journal reported. And he's not alone: Several tech companies and their leaders who left the Bay Area for cities like Miami and Austin are at least partially making their way back to the Bay Area, along with droves of new workers involved in the city's recent AI boom. Included in those companies are startups Delphi and OpenStore, both of which were either funded or founded by Rabois; OpenStore still has most of its employees based in Florida, according to Rabois.

Turns out Florida sucks and the techne of money is all here.

 

[TSwizzle]

A beloved auto shop owner has been gunned down in his Oakland business, as the District Attorney and Mayor face calls to resign over soaring violence. Grandfather Aristeo Zambrano, 68, was nearing retirement when he was shot and killed in his auto shop, Bay City Alternators, in Oakland, on February 3. His death was the tenth homicide in the city this year - with two others reported since then - as District Attorney Pamela Price and Mayor Sheng Thao face pressure to resign over record violence and crime rates. Critics say violent crime has spiraled under their watch, up by almost 20 percent in 2023 compared to 2019, with businesses including In-N-Out shuttering in the city. Since Zambrano's murder, there have been two further homicides in the city, Wai Tsui - who was allegedly beaten to death by a neighbor - and an unidentified man according to Mercury News, taking the total to 12. Critics of District Attorney Price and Mayor Tao have launched recall campaigns for them both, pointing to the record homicide rates in their calls for them to resign.

Daily Mail

 

[thebeave]

And back they crawl:

Tech exec who bashed SF and moved to Florida has returned to the city​

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/tech-exec-bashed-sf-moved-florida-returned-18678315.php
Four years later, Rabois is spending a quarter of his time back in San Francisco and is even renovating his house here, the Wall Street Journal reported. And he's not alone: Several tech companies and their leaders who left the Bay Area for cities like Miami and Austin are at least partially making their way back to the Bay Area, along with droves of new workers involved in the city's recent AI boom. Included in those companies are startups Delphi and OpenStore, both of which were either funded or founded by Rabois; OpenStore still has most of its employees based in Florida, according to Rabois.

Turns out Florida sucks and the techne of money is all here.

I guess all the nostalgia of staggering junkies, sidewalk poop and shattered car window glass was too much for him to bear and he had to go back and relive it. I get those nostalgia feelings too, about crazy ex girlfriends, but fortunately I have the sense to not go back.

 

[TSwizzle]

I expect the Oakland A's, the Raiders and In and Out will eventually come crawling back too.

 

[Politesse]

I expect the Oakland A's, the Raiders and In and Out will eventually come crawling back too.

I was not aware that In-N-Out was miasing...

 

[thebeave]

I expect the Oakland A's, the Raiders and In and Out will eventually come crawling back too.

Nope. And sadly, that poor man who owned the alternators shop won't be crawling back. I saw a segment on TV about him right after he was killed. Horrible tragedy. He was a long term, beloved icon of the neighborhood.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I suppose the good news is, Oakland is just a 50% increase in crime rate away from being affordable to live in.

The other interesting aspect of Oakland is that the increase in crime isn't some alt-right delusion, which is a nice change of pace.

 

[Elixir]

I guess all the nostalgia of staggering junkies, sidewalk poop and shattered car window glass was too much for him to bear and he had to go back and relive it.

Do you feel at all insulated from all that blight in the South Bay? I was considering San Jose at one point.

 

[Politesse]

It's mostly smoke and mirrors to begin with.

You know I've been living in the Bay Area for fifteen years and never been a victim of a single crime? And neither have most of these billionaire tech bros who get on the news and holler about crime putting them out of business. They read the same news stories as everyone else, and freak out.

 

[TSwizzle]

Aristeo Zambrano was not a "billionaire tech bro". It is the Zambrano's of the area that face the brunt of the crime wave.