{"id":1058059,"date":"2021-11-26T19:44:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T00:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1058059"},"modified":"2021-11-26T19:44:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T00:44:15","slug":"former-philly-pd-commissioner-california-looting-spree-wont-be-stopped-will-spread-across-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-philly-pd-commissioner-california-looting-spree-wont-be-stopped-will-spread-across-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Philly PD Commissioner: California Looting Spree Won\u2019t Be Stopped, Will Spread Across The Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-philly-pd-commissioner-california-looting-spree-wont-be-stopped-will-spread-across-the-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1058059&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said that the recent epidemic of \u201cflash mob\u201d thievery going on in California will inevitably spread around the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something now that I really unfortunately think is going to spread,\u201d Ramsey told CNN on Thursday, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/flash-mob-robberies-spread-country-police-commissioner-1653585\">Newsweek<\/a>. \u201cRight now it\u2019s in California, but it will spread, there\u2019s no question about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey\u2019s comments come after another theft took place Wednesday. Four individuals, believed to be between the ages of 14 and 18, stole $20,000 worth of merchandise from an Apple store in the Santa Rosa Plaza, about 50 miles from San Francisco, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/thieves-hit-california-apple-store-make-off-with-20000-worth-of-loot-in-brazen-daytime-robbery\">reported<\/a>. \u201cIn a brazen daytime burglary in front of customers and staff, the suspects grabbed over $20,000 worth of merchandise from the store and fled the area in an unknown vehicle,\u201d Santa Rosa police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>A mob of five also sacked a Nordstrom luxury outlet in Canoga Park, a town in the Los Angeles area, Wednesday evening. The looters, one of them wearing an orange wig, attacked a security guard with \u201csome kind of chemical\u201d and stole at least seven luxury handbags, The Daily Wire reported.<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco Bay Area has been the epicenter of the looting sprees in recent days. The Daily Wire reported that a mob of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dozens-of-looters-storm-a-california-nordstrom-employees-pepper-sprayed-physically-assaulted\">about 80 people<\/a> attacked another Nordstrom outlet in Walnut Creek, about 30 minutes outside of San Francisco, pepper spraying an employee and physically assaulting two others. Three people were arrested in connection with the robberies, according to local news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The Walnut Creek robbery was one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mobs-rob-three-san-francisco-area-stores-in-three-days\">three major incidents<\/a> that took place last weekend. The Daily Wire reported that a mob of people, some of whom were armed with hammers, looted a jewelry store in the city of Hayward, about 35 miles from San Francisco, on Sunday evening. Another mob looted a Louis Vuitton outlet in San Francisco on Friday night, breaking windows and \u201cemptied out\u201d the store. Newsweek reported that a Burberry and Yves Saint Laurent outlet were also robbed last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Several factors are to blame for the looting spree. Local officials have blamed the spike on California\u2019s Proposition 47, which lessened penalties for shoplifting and raised the threshold for felony shoplifting from $400 to $950. Law enforcement officials told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10241805\/LA-Nordstrom-robbed-looting-gang.html\">Daily Mail<\/a> that the mobs are recruited for up to $1,000 to steal the goods and sell them over the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey told CNN that he saw the same thing during his tenure as Philadelphia Police commissioner. Groups of up to 20 individuals, mostly young adults, would rush into stores like Macy\u2019s and take what they could before fleeing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really, really difficult to get a handle on it,\u201d said Ramsey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we found was, one, it was being organized through social media. So one of the things we started doing is paying close attention to social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey said that just as Philadelphia Police struggled to contain the outbreak of looting in their city, so too would the stores, and California police, struggle to stop further attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s driving all this, but it is of concern and it will continue,\u201d Ramsey said. \u201cIt is not going to stop anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not shoplifting, this is something far worse than shoplifting,\u201d Ramsey added. \u201cSo, there\u2019s a lot that has to be done if we want to get a handle on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said that the recent epidemic of \u201cflash mob\u201d thievery going on in California will inevitably spread around the country.\u201cThis is something now that I really unfortunately think is going to spread,\u201d Ramsey told CNN on Thursday, via Newsweek. \u201cRight now it\u2019s in California, but it will spread, there\u2019s no question about it.\u201dRamsey\u2019s comments come after another theft took place Wednesday. Four individuals, believed to be between the ages of 14 and 18, stole $20,000 worth of merchandise from an Apple store in the Santa Rosa Plaza, about 50 miles from San Francisco, The Daily Wire reported. \u201cIn a brazen daytime burglary in front of customers and staff, the suspects grabbed over $20,000 worth of merchandise from the store and fled the area in an unknown vehicle,\u201d Santa Rosa police said in a statement.A mob of five also sacked a Nordstrom luxury outlet in Canoga Park, a town in the Los Angeles area, Wednesday evening. The looters, one of them wearing an orange wig, attacked a security guard with \u201csome kind of chemical\u201d and stole at least seven luxury handbags, The Daily Wire reported.The San Francisco Bay Area has been the epicenter of the looting sprees in recent days. The Daily Wire reported that a mob of about 80 people attacked another Nordstrom outlet in Walnut Creek, about 30 minutes outside of San Francisco, pepper spraying an employee and physically assaulting two others. Three people were arrested in connection with the robberies, according to local news outlets.The Walnut Creek robbery was one of three major incidents that took place last weekend. The Daily Wire reported that a mob of people, some of whom were armed with hammers, looted a jewelry store in the city of Hayward, about 35 miles from San Francisco, on Sunday evening. Another mob looted a Louis Vuitton outlet in San Francisco on Friday night, breaking windows and \u201cemptied out\u201d the store. Newsweek reported that a Burberry and Yves Saint Laurent outlet were also robbed last Friday.Several factors are to blame for the looting spree. Local officials have blamed the spike on California\u2019s Proposition 47, which lessened penalties for shoplifting and raised the threshold for felony shoplifting from $400 to $950. Law enforcement officials told the Daily Mail that the mobs are recruited for up to $1,000 to steal the goods and sell them over the internet.Ramsey told CNN that he saw the same thing during his tenure as Philadelphia Police commissioner. Groups of up to 20 individuals, mostly young adults, would rush into stores like Macy\u2019s and take what they could before fleeing.\u201cIt was really, really difficult to get a handle on it,\u201d said Ramsey.\u201cWhat we found was, one, it was being organized through social media. So one of the things we started doing is paying close attention to social media.\u201dRamsey said that just as Philadelphia Police struggled to contain the outbreak of looting in their city, so too would the stores, and California police, struggle to stop further attacks.\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s driving all this, but it is of concern and it will continue,\u201d Ramsey said. \u201cIt is not going to stop anytime soon.\u201d\u201cThis is not shoplifting, this is something far worse than shoplifting,\u201d Ramsey added. \u201cSo, there\u2019s a lot that has to be done if we want to get a handle on it.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1058059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}