{"id":2015471,"date":"2023-08-29T13:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-crews-report-on-armed-robberies-goes-wrong-after-3-men-wearing-ski-masks-approach-them\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T13:22:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:22:04","slug":"news-crews-report-on-armed-robberies-goes-wrong-after-3-men-wearing-ski-masks-approach-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-crews-report-on-armed-robberies-goes-wrong-after-3-men-wearing-ski-masks-approach-them\/","title":{"rendered":"News crew&#8217;s report on armed robberies goes awry as three ski mask-clad men approach them."},"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%2Fnews-crews-report-on-armed-robberies-goes-wrong-after-3-men-wearing-ski-masks-approach-them%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=2015471&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--><h2>News Crew&#8217;s \u200dReport on\u2063 Armed Robberies Goes Wrong\u200d After 3 Men\u2064 Wearing Ski\u200b Masks Approach Them<\/h2>\n<p>Well, that\u2019s certainly <em>one way<\/em> to dramatize a serious news \u2063issue.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2023\/08\/28\/tv-news-crew-robbed-in-wicker-park-while-reporting-on-spike-in-armed-robberies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Block Club Chicago<\/a>, a local Spanish-language outlet in the Windy\u2062 City \u200cwere victims \u200cof an armed robbery in\u2062 the early hours of Monday morning after a group\u200c of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-crews-report-on-armed-robberies-goes-wrong-after-3-men-wearing-ski-masks-approach-them\/\" title=\"News crew's report on armed robberies goes awry as three ski mask-clad men approach them.\">men wearing \u200bski\u200b masks pulled<\/a> up to the setup for \u200da live shot and took the broadcast\u200d journalists\u2019 gear before getting away.<\/p>\n<p>And what were the reporters covering? A crime surge in the surrounding neighborhood, \u2063including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/suspect-chicago-attempts-robbery-florida-goes-wrong-runs-armed-clerk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">armed robberies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Block Club Chicago reported the attack happened\u200d at roughly 4:30 a.m., as the Univision \u200cChicago crew were setting up for a \u200clive shot.<\/p>\n<p>Then, \u201ca black SUV and a grey sedan pulled up to them,\u201d a police \u200drepresentative and the reporter\u200d said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree men\u2064 \u2018wearing ski masks and displaying firearms\u2019 got \u2064out of the \u200dvehicles and took numerous belongings from the news crew \u2062before fleeing, police said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reporter, who requested anonymity, called the incident \u201ctotal irony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to\u200b the \u200breporter, he and a photographer \u2064had been preparing for live shots in the Wicker Park\u200d neighborhood, which has \u2062emerged as an \u2064unusually bleak spot in a city where crime is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chicago-crime-spiked-40-percent-lori-lightfoot-thinks-deserves-raise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already pretty darn\u2063 bleak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Would you feel safe in Chicago?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earlier this year, for instance, \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/armed-robbery-chicago-crime-news-police\/13280635\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WLS-TV<\/a> reported that just one group conducted nine\u200c robberies in five neighborhoods, including Wicker Park, within\u200c the\u200b space of an hour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/chicago-news\/string-of-crimes-near-wicker-park-leave-residents-alderman-looking-for-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WGN-TV<\/a> noted in a Jan. 4 report that \u201c[a]t least a half-dozen armed robberies \u2063and\u2064 two New Years Eve\u200b shootings \u2062near the \u2064Wicker Park neighborhood \u200bare leaving residents concerned over the safety of the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Armed robbery\u200d spree \u2062hits Bucktown, Wicker Park,\u2063 West Town this morning \u2013 CWB \u2063Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uAEkhJk3ZI\">https:\/\/t.co\/uAEkhJk3ZI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secure Options (@secureoptions) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/secureoptions\/status\/1629843873995399168?\">February 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Armed robbery and \u200dcarjacking wave rolls through\u2062 Bucktown and\u200b Wicker Park: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YnkzydMsdW\">https:\/\/t.co\/YnkzydMsdW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leroy Green (@leroygreen) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leroygreen\/status\/1577009569792151552?\">October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo far in 2023, Chicago\u2019s 1st Ward, which includes parts of Wicker Park, West Town and Logan Square \u2014 and the street where the news crew was robbed \u200d\u2014 has seen at least 164 robberies. That\u2019s \u200cup from 126 in 2022 and 94 \u200cin 2021, \u2062year-to-date,\u201d Block Club Chicago reported.<\/p>\n<p>However, this is\u2062 usually something that gets reported on, not something that \u2064affects \u200breporters directly.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Chicago, I \u2063guess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a journalist, you never \u200dwant to be the story, right? You\u2019re reporting on\u2064 the story but you never think\u2064 that\u2062 you can become the \u200dstory. That\u2019s not why we do this,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-reporter-victimized-san-franciscos-rampant-crime-shortly-arriving-city-issues-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporter<\/a> told\u200d Block Club Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo \u2063I guess it\u2019s another \u2063reminder of how important it \u200bis to keep doing these \u200cstories and to keep pressure on our \u200dlocal authorities to \u200btry to prevent more events\u2062 like \u200dthat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could happen \u200cto anybody. \u200bSo\u2063 it\u2019s \u2063an eye \u200bopener, for\u200d anyone that works\u2064 in \u200dnews\u200b that this could happen,\u201d he\u2064 added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt happened to me early in the morning, but I \u2062think it could literally happen any time \u200dof day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At \u2063the very least, neither the journalist nor the photographer\u200c were injured, and the journalist said \u200cthe only valuable\u2062 item the\u200b crooks got away\u200b with was\u200c their video camera.<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uc-berkeley-spends-25-million-a-year-on-diversity-and-inclusion\/\" title=\"UC Berkeley Spends  Million A Year On \u2018Diversity And Inclusion\u2019\">make things worse<\/a>, this\u2064 isn\u2019t even the first\u2062 armed\u2063 robbery \u2063to hit a TV \u200djournalist in\u200b Chicago this month, with Windy City \u2064crime-patrol news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/cwbchicago.com\/2023\/08\/chicago-tv-news-photographer-mugged-abc7-west-side.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CWB Chicago<\/a> noting that the\u2064 WLS-TV reporter was mugged on\u200d the city\u2019s West Side while preparing to cover a news conference on Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having\u200c some of \u2064the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bulletproof-backpack-makers-retailers-slam-new-york-confiscation-legislation\/\" title=\"Bulletproof Backpack Makers,\u00a0Retailers\u00a0Slam New York Confiscation Legislation\">strictest gun laws<\/a>\u2062 in the nation, Chicago continues to be plagued by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/letts-chicago-mayors-lame-word-games-cant-cover-big-crime-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">higher-than-average rates of violent crimes<\/a>,\u2063 including those committed by\u200d guns. Local officials may\u200d try to \u2064shift the \u2063blame to looser gun \u200blaws elsewhere\u200c \u2014 but,\u200d as gun-centric outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/bearingarms.com\/camedwards\/2023\/08\/28\/chicago-news-crew-robbed-at-gunpoint-while-covering-armed-robbery-n74218#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bearing \u200cArms<\/a> noted, that\u2019s hardly the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne big reason for the increase\u2063 in these types of crimes is \u200dthat the perpetrators have little fear or concern about being caught,\u201d the outlet reported after the Univision robbery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording \u2062to the most\u200d recent annual report by the \u2063Chicago Police Department, in 2021 \u200bpolice made arrests in just 28 percent of reported robberies, and last year that already anemic \u2064number plunged even lower \u200bto 20 percent. Out of 8,973 reported incidents, arrests were made \u2062in only\u200c 1,807. \u2064That 20 percent clearance rate is higher than the 13 percent clearance rate for burglaries\u2063 and an \u200calmost unbelievable 4 percent \u200dclearance\u2062 rate \u200cfor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/crime-ridden-dem-city-blames-automakers-stolen-car-crisis-major-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-lawmaker-wants-to-ban-grand-theft-auto-claiming-its-responsible-for-increased-carjackings\/\" title=\"Illinois Lawmaker Wants To Ban \u2018Grand Theft Auto,\u2019 Claiming It\u2019s Responsible For Increased Carjackings\">motor vehicle theft<\/a><\/a>,\u2063 but it still \u200bmeans that the vast majority of\u2062 the\u2064 time armed robbers are getting away with their crime and their victim\u2019s belongings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As\u2064 for the Univision case? \u200cDid the perps get dragged\u2064 into\u2062 court?\u200d Are there\u200d any promising leads or \u200binfo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chicago-police-officers-shot-ambush-attack-suspect-custody\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the police<\/a> are sharing? Uh, not quite. According to a Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/news-crew-robbed-univision-reporter-photographer-carjackings-robberies\/13712384\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WLS<\/a> report, \u201cThe incident remains under investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What a shocker.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news-crews-report-armed-robberies-goes-wrong-3-men-wearing-ski-masks-approach\/\">News\u2062 Crew&#8217;s Report on Armed Robberies\u2064 Goes Wrong After 3 Men Wearing Ski Masks Approach Them<\/a> appeared \u2062first \u2062on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u200cWestern Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Block Club Chicago, a local Spanish outlet in Chicago fell victim to an armed robbery. Men wearing ski masks approached the live shot setup in the early hours of Monday morning and stole from them. 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