Everyone knows about the car theft here, and the retail theft. I won't sound alarmist bells, but when a mob capable of overpowering a police force comes, en mass to a retail location and proceeds to grab things and leave... To me that borders on terrorism because essentially? You are acting against the state and taking on the state agency used to protect consumers... The cops are not capable of stopping these groups.
But even that is not as bad as the latest act of car theft. Not talking smashing windows, taking things out, I am talking about stealing catalytic converters. One of my people I manage has an old Honda. Told me that on one night about 5 carloads of people descended on a working class area and took most cars catalyctic converters... Now heres the thing: One of those averages over a thousand dollars to replace. How are people who depend on their cars for their livlihood supposed to afford a part of this cost?
Basically you destroy a person's ability to earn an income. The state of course will fine anyone without a converter on sight. I literally had to arrainge a situation where my friend purchased an old Honda for the same price of the converter. I will have him put it up on our rural property to canabilize for parts... So at least he gets something for the purchase.
This stealing is an act of sabatoge. It should be dealt with severly because it has the potential to destroy lives... one of the ring leaders for the smash and grab gangs was allowed to post bail by the way... California has no problem, especially the Bay Area, ticketing and towing people with no CC on their vehicles... This is an outrage.
During the storms, someone tried to nail my son's off his truck BTW. We were lucky... You catch someone doing this act of sabotage? and you break their skull, guess who goes to jail?
But even that is not as bad as the latest act of car theft. Not talking smashing windows, taking things out, I am talking about stealing catalytic converters. One of my people I manage has an old Honda. Told me that on one night about 5 carloads of people descended on a working class area and took most cars catalyctic converters... Now heres the thing: One of those averages over a thousand dollars to replace. How are people who depend on their cars for their livlihood supposed to afford a part of this cost?
Basically you destroy a person's ability to earn an income. The state of course will fine anyone without a converter on sight. I literally had to arrainge a situation where my friend purchased an old Honda for the same price of the converter. I will have him put it up on our rural property to canabilize for parts... So at least he gets something for the purchase.
This stealing is an act of sabatoge. It should be dealt with severly because it has the potential to destroy lives... one of the ring leaders for the smash and grab gangs was allowed to post bail by the way... California has no problem, especially the Bay Area, ticketing and towing people with no CC on their vehicles... This is an outrage.
During the storms, someone tried to nail my son's off his truck BTW. We were lucky... You catch someone doing this act of sabotage? and you break their skull, guess who goes to jail?
Mike_b
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