{"id":2251783,"date":"2024-05-23T23:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T03:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/copper-and-robbers\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T00:02:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T04:02:29","slug":"copper-and-robbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/copper-and-robbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves Targeting Copper"},"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\">6<\/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%2Fcopper-and-robbers%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=2251783&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>Summary: The ban on teenagers at malls \u200cwithout supervision, the extensive use \u200bof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-workers-in-san-francisco-urged-to-work-from-home-due-to-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">crime<\/a>\/&#8221; title=&#8221;San Francisco federal workers advised to telecommute due to crime.&#8221;>surveillance \u2062cameras<\/a> in the streets, and the\u2062 need to \u2062take tacos to\u200b go to protect employees in California reflect the peculiar and\u200b alarming state of crime in the\u200c region. Criminals often\u2064 escape\u2062 justice, creating a unique and concerning environment. The restrictions on\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bakersfield-target-enforces-chaperone-policy-to-prevent-teen-thefts\/\" title=\"Bakersfield Target ensures chaperones to deter teen thefts.\">unsupervised teenagers<\/a> at \u2062malls, widespread street surveillance, and the\u200c requirement to take tacos to go for\u2064 employee safety in California mirror the unusual and\u2063 concerning crime \u2062landscape.\u200b Criminals frequently evade consequences, contributing to\u2062 a distinct and\u2064 worrisome setting in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Teenagers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/2886176\/mall-content-with-misdemeanors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"banned\">banned<\/a> from malls without chaperones. Streets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-your-land\/2948353\/caught-on-camera-cuffed-and-cut-loose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"banned\">flooded<\/a> with cameras to watch everyone while criminals go unprosecuted. People <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-your-land\/2917320\/tacos-to-go-only\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"forced\">forced<\/a> to take their tacos to go so employees don\u2019t get assaulted. California is a bastion of wacky crime stories.<\/p>\n<p>Each time one of these stories rolls by, it is hard to imagine it being topped. And then it is. So we go to Oakland, where, due to crime, Taco Bell has closed all but one dine-in location. That seems like a hard story to top, but Oakland found a way. The city has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/stop-signs-replace-some-oakland-traffic-lights-to-deter-copper-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"replaced\">replaced<\/a> the traffic lights for at least one intersection with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-handful-of-liberal-outlets-said-no-to-outdoor-masks-they-were-accused-of-trying-to-get-people-killed\/\" title=\"A Handful Of Liberal Outlets Said No To Outdoor Masks. They Were Accused Of Trying To Get People Killed\">stop signs<\/a>, hanging overhead as if they were traffic lights, because why?<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>(Illustration by Tatiana Lozano \/ Washington Examiner; Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Because criminals are stealing copper wires from the lights and homeless people are leeching electricity from the electric boxes for their own use. Apparently, city officials had even tried to put cement blocks on top of the boxes to prevent them from being tampered with, but people just dragged them off and continued their criminality.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can take the Raiders out of Oakland, but you can\u2019t take raiders out of Oakland, at least when you are handing control of the city to pro-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-going-on-minnesota-and-wisconsin-both-had-89-90-turnout-something-that-is-highly-unlikely\/\" title=\"What is Going On? Minnesota and Wisconsin BOTH had 89%-90% Turnout -- Something That Is Highly Unlikely\">criminal<\/a> \u201cleaders\u201d who would rather see restaurants closed and gas stations avoided than put a criminal in a jail cell. Oakland may well be the softest of California\u2019s big cities when it comes to crime, which explains why even the local chapter of the NAACP is pushing back on the pro-criminal policies that use race as a justification for their existence.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, we can all look forward to what wacky crime story California\u2019s cities can offer that can top Oakland\u2019s stop signs hanging from light poles. The ball is in your court now, Los Angeles. Or, at least, it is until it gets stolen like the copper wires at a traffic light.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teenagers must be accompanied in malls. Surveillance cameras dominate the streets, yet criminals evade punishment. Taco lovers grab takeout due to employee safety concerns. California&#8217;s crime tales are wildly eccentric. Each bizarre incident outdoes the last, leaving one to wonder what&#8217;s next<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2742,"featured_media":2251784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/your-land-copper-robbers-zachary-faria-052224B3-1024x591.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/your-land-copper-robbers-zachary-faria-052224B3-1024x591.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251783","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\/2742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}