{"id":2129683,"date":"2023-12-20T10:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-target-resorts-to-drastic-move-to-combat-teen-misbehavior\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T10:08:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:08:42","slug":"california-target-resorts-to-drastic-move-to-combat-teen-misbehavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-target-resorts-to-drastic-move-to-combat-teen-misbehavior\/","title":{"rendered":"California resorts take drastic measures to address teenage misbehavior"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fcalifornia-target-resorts-to-drastic-move-to-combat-teen-misbehavior%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=2129683&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>California Target Resorts to Drastic \u2063Move to Combat\u2062 Teen Misbehavior<\/h2>\n<p>Democrat-run California has devolved\u2062 into a crime-infested mecca for shoplifters in the wake of\u200d the Black Lives\u200d Matters\u2019 \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement and liberals\u2019 soft-on-crime policies.<\/p>\n<p>To combat\u200b the \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/target-announces-closure-9-stores-democrat-strongholds-due-theft-organized-retail-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mass theft<\/a> that has metastasized during the \u2064past three\u2064 years, retail giant Target \u2062is enforcing a chaperone policy for teenagers in the run-up to Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the final week of holiday shopping gets underway\u200b in Bakersfield, the \u200dTarget store\u200d at the Valley Plaza Mall is \u2064enacting \u200bits policy \u2014 \u2018No teens allowed unaccompanied in the store after 4 p.m.,&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/target-at-valley-plaza-sets-no-teens-unaccompanied-after-4pm-policy-during-holidays-christmas-bakersfield-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KBAK-TV<\/a> reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A sign in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-graham-time-magazine-champions-gender-expansive-teens\/\" title=\"Tim Graham: Time Magazine Champions \u201cGender-expansive\u201d Teens\">red capital letters<\/a> that\u200d reads, \u201cAfter \u200b4 \u2064p.m.,\u2062 all guests under the age of 18 \u200dmust \u200bbe accompanied by an adult at this Target\u200d store,\u201d \u2062was posted\u200c on \u200cthe front \u200bdoor this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As the\u2062 final week \u2062of holiday shopping gets underway in Bakersfield, the Target store at the Valley Plaza Mall is enacting its policy \u2013\u2062 \u201d No teens\u200b allowed unaccompanied in \u200cthe \u2062store after\u200d 4 p.m.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vUzMyNpiRN\">https:\/\/t.co\/vUzMyNpiRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BakersfieldNow (@bakersfieldnow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bakersfieldnow\/status\/1736999641793937494?\">December 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The retailer first enacted the \u201cteen ban\u201d policy \u2062in August following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/target-dramatically-shortens-hours-san-francisco-locations-due-alarming-rise-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slew of\u200d thefts<\/a>, fights and reports of teens\u2063 harassing customers.<\/p>\n<p>The store is legally allowed to \u2063profile customers\u2064 who look underage to prevent the risk of \u200cthefts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/news\/local-news\/target-at-valley-plaza-mall-to-enforce-chaperone-policy-for-teens-after-4-p-m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KGET-TV<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<h3>Is crime a problem in your area?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s a sad commentary on the squalid state of our \u200dsociety that such a policy is necessary. But considering the countless\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lapd-asks-publics-help-flash-mob-takes-entire-intersection-ransacks-store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shoplifting \u201cflash mob\u201d<\/a> videos we\u2019ve \u200dseen recently, it\u2019s understandable.<\/p>\n<p>Youth crime has spiraled out of \u200ccontrol since 2020 in Democrat-controlled\u200d California, \u2063which has deteriorated \u2064into\u200d a lawless abyss where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/looting-craze-spreads-beyond-california-heartland-state-stores-blitzed-mobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flash mob-style organized theft<\/a> \u200c has run\u2062 rampant.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2018Flash Mob\u2019 Looters Ransack Convenient Store after Street \u2062Takeover<\/p>\n<p>On August 15 around 12:40am a street takeover initiated at\u200b Figueroa and El Segundo. The spectators then formed a \u2018flash \u200bmob\u2019 of \u2063looters and rushed a nearby 7-Eleven.<\/p>\n<p>News Release: \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3IZOBqk0H6\">https:\/\/t.co\/3IZOBqk0H6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ti0SNqc9Jr\">pic.twitter.com\/ti0SNqc9Jr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAPDHQ\/status\/1560387842873757697?\">August 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One notable incident that occurred in Beverly Hills on\u200c Dec. 23, 2021, was promoted by\u2062 local Black Lives Matter \u200cgroups, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/blm-smash-and-grab-protest-rodeo-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Post Millennial<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The official Los Angeles chapter of\u2063 Black Lives Matter is promoting \u200ca \u200d\u201cSmash and Grab\u201d event on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills at 4 pm on 23 Dec. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s4L2Z2A62w\">pic.twitter.com\/s4L2Z2A62w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4  (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1474173931284221958?\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise that crime\u2063 has skyrocketed in the wake of the toxic \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement that disempowered law enforcement and emboldened thuggery.<\/p>\n<p>Why would anyone, especially an unruly teen, \u200cobey laws when there\u2019s no punishment for breaking them?<\/p>\n<p>Exacerbating this dangerous trend is the\u2063 Democrats\u2019 promotion of \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyc-thief-thanks-dems-bail-reform-release-139th-arrest-cant-stopped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soft-on-crime policies<\/a> that don\u2019t\u200c hold criminals accountable\u2064 for their\u2063 lawless behavior.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Charles Barry has been \u2064arrested 138 times. He has a long history of pickpocketing straphangers. He\u2019s\u2062 even \u200cdressed up \u2063as \u2064an MTA worker to steal cash.<br \/> \u200bHe was arrested five times in\u200d 2020 \u2014 and freed after\u200d each bust thanks to New York\u2019s \u200dbail reform. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BwifhZXUnL\">https:\/\/t.co\/BwifhZXUnL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New\u200c York Daily\u200b News (@NYDailyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYDailyNews\/status\/1227922455454461957?\">February 13, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Organized theft by flash mobs has spread across the nation, especially in liberal cities such as Chicago and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/philadelphia-influencer-challenged-police-arrest-looting-cries-hit-6-felonies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Not much word on the impromptu looting\/flash mobs yesterday in the South Loop.<\/p>\n<p>Target, Home Depot and other stores were hit\u2064 with flash mobs who stole numerous items, jumped on cars and caused a disturbance up and down Roosevelt last night. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vjhr9h2C8d\">pic.twitter.com\/Vjhr9h2C8d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 16th &#038; 17th District Chicago Police Scanner \u200c(@CPD1617Scanner) \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPD1617Scanner\/status\/1684294484207583233?\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING:\u200c Instagram influencer DayJia livestreams herself looting stores in Philadelphia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ou7KUg2d3D\">pic.twitter.com\/Ou7KUg2d3D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Poso\u2063  (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1706885086799446079?\">September 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This happened 5 minutes from the Liberty Bell and right \u2064down the street from where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-noem-says-democrat-promotion-of-crt-is-all-about-power\/\" title=\"Gov. Noem says Democrat promotion of CRT is \u201call about power\u201d\">founding fathers signed<\/a>\u2063 the Declaration\u200d of Independence in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>This is what liberalism has done to our country <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GVt3ENzls1\">pic.twitter.com\/GVt3ENzls1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Travis (@Travis_in_Flint) \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Travis_in_Flint\/status\/1706849530480619797?\">September 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Around Aug. 27, video was recorded documenting a brazen \u200cgroup \u2064robbery of power\u2063 tools at a Home Depot in Signal Hill, Calif., \u2063near Long Beach. The masked males in hoodies made off with \u2062the expensive goods\u200c while people watched. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vHKb2vwMM8\">pic.twitter.com\/vHKb2vwMM8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4  (@MrAndyNgo) \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1697074855680626946?\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is a \u200ctragic reflection of the \u2062dark times we live in when you can\u2019t even go shopping for groceries or for Christmas gifts without worrying you might\u2062 get caught \u200cup in a \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/5-teens-arrested-brutal-school-beating-leaves-victim-fractured-skull\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violent crime<\/a> scene.<\/p>\n<p>A horrific pattern of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prominent-transgender-lgbt-activist-charged-horrifying-crimes-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawlessness<\/a> is metastasizing nationwide while\u200b the Biden administration allows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-aliens-tossing-1-million-per-month-free-food-citizens-contend-drastic-budget-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">daily border \u2064invasions<\/a> \u2062 and sends billions\u2062 of\u200b U.S. \u2063tax dollars to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theyre-coming-after-elon-because-he-committed-the-sin-of-allowing-us-to-speak\/\" title=\"Elon is targeted for enabling our freedom of speech.\">fund foreign wars<\/a>. Enough is enough.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-target-resorts-drastic-move-combat-teen-misbehavior\/\">California Target\u2064 Resorts to Drastic \u2063Move to Combat Teen Misbehavior<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the consequences faced by innocent law-abiding citizens due to the leniency towards criminals in California?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Of Independence. What a disgraceful sight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Todd Starnes  (@toddstarnes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddstarnes\/status\/1707326297198572032?\">October 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>California is in desperate need of \u2062tough-on-crime policies and strong law enforcement \u2062presence to restore order and ensure\u2064 the\u2064 safety of its \u200dresidents\u200b and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Until that happens, retailers like Target \u200bare forced to take matters \u200cinto their own hands\u200d and implement strict policies to protect\u2062 their stores and customers.<\/p>\n<p>It \u200cis a sad reality that teenagers cannot be trusted to \u2063behave responsibly and respectfully while shopping. But given \u2062the current state of affairs, this step is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it is innocent\u2064 law-abiding citizens who suffer the consequences of these\u2064 policies. They\u200d are inconvenienced and restricted from enjoying\u200d a\u200d peaceful shopping experience because of the actions\u2063 of a\u200c few unruly individuals.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that the current approach to crime in California is not working. The leniency\u2062 and lack of consequences for \u200dcriminals\u200b have only emboldened \u200dthem\u200b to commit even more brazen acts.<\/p>\n<p>The solution lies in restoring law and order, holding\u2064 criminals accountable for their actions, and providing a \u2063safe \u2062and secure environment for businesses and residents.<\/p>\n<p>California must reject the failed policies of\u2062 the past and embrace a new approach that prioritizes \u200cpublic safety and the well-being of its \u2064communities.<\/p>\n<p>Only\u200b then can we hope to see\u2062 a decline in crime and restore \u200cCalifornia to its former glory \u200das a prosperous\u2063 and safe state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California, under Democratic leadership, has become a crime-ridden hub for shoplifters due to the &#8220;defund the police&#8221; movement and lenient crime policies. 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