Jun 2, 2020
In New York, riot police squared off with protesters throughout Monday night. Even though city officials placed 11 p.m. curfews to minimize damages, it failed to prevent looting and destruction of property.
WATCH: POLICE DETAIN SHOPKEEPERS WHILE LOOTERS ESCAPE
Disturbing incident captured during live news broadcast
6/2/2020
Police have detained store owners who used firearms to defend their premises from alleged looters in Los Angeles. The dramatic incident was caught in a live broadcast by a local news crew.
The tense standoff at the city’s Van Nuys neighborhood was filmed by a FOX 11 news crew.
According to the reporter at the scene, several vehicles drove up to a gold store, and a group of apparent looters attempted to enter the premises.
The people, identified by the reporter as the store’s owners, were heard yelling: “We’re closed, bro.” When the police arrived, several men had fled the scene, and were chased down by the officers.
The police handcuffed and detained the people that had come out of the shop, prompting the reporter to shout: “They’re the store owners! They’re protecting the store!”
Los Angeles is among the several major US cities that have seen massive protests, triggered by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, during an attempted arrest by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin.
Chauvin was fired from the police force, arrested, and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The news did not quell the protests, though. Many of the marches and rallies were peaceful. However, intense rioting, looting, and clashes with police occurred in many places as well, mostly during the afternoon and night.
WATCH: COUPLE CASUALLY LOOTS CORONAVIRUS SUPPLIES FROM SAN FRANCISCO WALGREENS
‘I hope you overdose,’ man filming tells looters
By Adan Salazar – March 24, 2020
A man and a woman casually looted items from a local Walgreens pharmacy in San Francisco, as customers and workers helplessly looked on.
The couple was filmed looting last week at a Walgreens on Drumm Street, near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
“I hope the drugs are good,” one worker tells the pair, as they continue to fill reusable shopping bags with various items.
“Pieces of shit,” another man filming says, adding, “I hope you overdose.”
A similar incident was documented at another San Francisco-area Walgreens store earlier this month.
Thieves have taken to openly pilfering merchandise since the state’s passage of Proposition 47, which reduces theft of up to $950 in merchandise to a mere misdemeanor crime, but criminals appear more emboldened in the wake of coronavirus panic-buys.
Similarly, police in Philadelphia have announced they will no longer prosecute thefts or other nonviolent crimes ostensibly to keep coronavirus from spreading in jails.
“Instead, they’ll briefly detain the suspect to confirm identity and fill out arrest warrant paperwork, then release the suspect,” reports Reason.com. “The arrest warrant will be served at a later time when the coronavirus risk has faded.”
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