{"id":1086845,"date":"2021-12-05T14:43:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T19:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1086845"},"modified":"2021-12-05T14:43:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T19:43:31","slug":"newspaper-photographer-working-in-san-francisco-robbed-at-gunpoint-incredibly-troubling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newspaper-photographer-working-in-san-francisco-robbed-at-gunpoint-incredibly-troubling\/","title":{"rendered":"Newspaper Photographer Working in San Francisco Robbed at Gunpoint: &#039;Incredibly Troubling&#039;"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fnewspaper-photographer-working-in-san-francisco-robbed-at-gunpoint-incredibly-troubling%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=1086845&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1169071737-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A newspaper photographer working in the San Francisco Bay Area was recently robbed at gunpoint, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/san-francisco-chronicle-journalist-robbed-at-gunpoint-on-assignment\">reported<\/a> Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cThe photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle was robbed of two cameras around 3:30 p.m. Friday in the 1400 block of Fifth Street in West Oakland, according to the newspaper, citing an Oakland police spokesperson,\u201d the outlet said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Several suspects fled the area in a vehicle but the photographer was not hurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny incident in which a person is robbed of their possessions at gunpoint is incredibly troubling,\u201d <em>Chronicle<\/em> Editor-in-Chief Emilio Garcia-Ruiz noted in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are relieved that our colleague was not physically injured. We are a part of this community, and we will not retreat from providing the news and information it needs,\u201d Garcia-Ruiz added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In a social media post on Saturday, <em>Chronicle<\/em> reporter J.K. Dineen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFjkdineen\/status\/1467175345333833730\">said<\/a> the photographer was taking pictures of a vacant lot \u201cfor a story about how the Oakland City Council had blocked 222 housing units there\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.6551724137931\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Chronicle photographer robbed at gunpoint in West Oakland yesterday was taking pictures of a vacant lot 1369 5th St. for a story about how the Oakland City Council had blocked 222 housing units there. Heartbreaking. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oh5dnHzm5Q\">https:\/\/t.co\/oh5dnHzm5Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Dineen (@SFjkdineen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFjkdineen\/status\/1467175345333833730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident took place while the area was still recovering after the death of an armed security guard who was shot and killed protecting a news crew reporting on a smash and grab robbery.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Nishita, who was a former policeman working as a guard for Star Protection Agency, was shot in his abdomen during an attempted robbery of KRON\u2019s camera equipment near downtown Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>He passed away due to his injuries a few days after the incident.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.434628975265\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: The victim is Kevin Nishita. He leaves behind a wife, two children and three grandchildren. He worked as an armed guard for Star Protection Agency and is a former Police officer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kiNB1tiL6n\">https:\/\/t.co\/kiNB1tiL6n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bOX8y4LxC2\">pic.twitter.com\/bOX8y4LxC2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KRON4 News (@kron4news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kron4news\/status\/1464628524703043594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A $32,500 reward was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/11\/27\/video-security-guard-shot-while-protecting-california-news-crew-dies\/\">offered<\/a> for more information leading to an arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The KRON crew was covering a story about a robbery where 12 alleged thieves raided a clothing store in the 300 block of 14th Street.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDowngraded shoplifting laws in California have made theft of goods $950 or less only considered a misdemeanor,\u201d Fox\u2019s Sunday report continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>San Francisco\u2019s progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin is facing a second recall effort, as at least two prosecutors have resigned from his officer, citing his lack of commitment to prosecuting violent crime.&nbsp;Law enforcement in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California have also blamed the state\u2019s zero bail policy, as repeat offenders arrested in shoplifting incidents are often let back on the streets.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nishita\u2019s family members voiced another plea recently for persons who might have recorded the shooting on a cellphone to come forward and give the footage to the Oakland Police Department, the Fox report said.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kevin Nishita&#039;s family pleas for justice\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nr8XdHwynTU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t deserve this. He was retired. He was just looking to stay busy and we just wish he can come home,\u201d Enrique Serrano, Nishita\u2019s son, told KRON.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newspaper photographer working in the San Francisco Bay Area was recently robbed at gunpoint, Fox News reported Sunday. \u201cThe photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle was robbed of two &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"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-1086845","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\/1086845","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\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1086845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086845\/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=1086845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1086845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1086845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}