Gun Free Zone

I think Miguel and I are on the same page about this, machetes are horrific weapons.

A machete fight in New York City, the police slow to respond, and bodega owners scared shitless.  This is what de Blasio’s and Cuomo’s mismanagement of New York as wrought.

Of course, this can happen because bodega owners in New York are disarmed due to the hyper-restrictive gun laws in the city.

One of the things mentioned in this news story is the Safe Haven Bodega Program.

I had to look that up.  Apparently, the police thought it was a good idea to equip bodegas with better cameras, alarms, and magnetic door locks, because people being attacked will often duck into a bodega for safety, but the bodega doesn’t provide any.  So the idea is if someone is attacked and ducks into a bodega, the owner can push a button, lock the door from behind the counter, and set off alarms and record video of the attacker.

This costs bodega owners $4,000 instead of the city giving them to bodegas while expecting bodegas to act as public safety centers.

As a result, all this does is turn bodegas into machete fight arenas with owners caught in the middle.

No cops, no legally armed citizens, and bodega owners force into harm’s way.  Just another nail in the coffin for New York City.

Try having a machete fight in a bodega in Miami and you will find yourself ventilated by some old Cuban who is not going to put up with your shit.

From the New York Post:

Stealing Soho: Luxury retailers terrorized by shoplifting mobs

Bands of shoplifters are terrorizing Soho’s high-end boutiques, lifting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of designer merchandise, and in some cases, threatening security guards to keep quiet — or be labeled racist, The Post has learned.

The disturbing pattern began in late May during the riots that rocked the city in the wake of the George Floyd police custody death. High-end Celine was looted of $1.5 million in merchandise then, and the blatant thievery continues “every week” in ritzy stores such as Prada, Moncler, Dior and Balenciaga, one plugged-in local said.

“This is happening every week. Walk around Soho on Wooster Street and Greene Street, Mercer Street. … You have huge bouncers out there trying to deter hit-and-run activity,” the source, a restaurateur, said.

But in some cases, the thieves are given carte blanche to steal.

“If they [store personnel] stop them and say anything in the store before they’ve left the building then it often gets turned into a racial accusation,” the source said.

“The brands … tell their employees to walk away,” the insider added. “They don’t want to be the next Instagram video claiming they are a racist brand.”

This is what happens when companies show that they are willing to cower before the mob and give in to cancel culture.

In the latest incident, thieves twice plundered Moncler on Prince Street — which sells down jackets for nearly $2,000 — on Thursday, Oct. 1, according to the sources.

In the first incident, two individuals grabbed nearly two dozen down jackets, the businessperson told The Post. A few hours later, at 6 p.m., thieves snatched “more than $50,000” in merchandise and sped off in a white Jaguar and a black Audi, the law enforcement source said.

These are not poor people stealing what they need to survive – not that, that idea justifies it, only that has been a Leftist talking point on the topic of looting.

These are professional thieves running a racial extortion racket.

“We’re going to steal whatever we want or we will post video online accusing you of racism and destroying your brand and business.”

This could be used to engage in any form of theft.

A really bold criminal could take a car on a joy test drive and just take it home, claiming that they should be able to keep it because stolen property is reparations, and if they dealer calls the cops, that’s racist because they value property over black lives, and they will get their Twitter followers to attack the dealer until they lose their franchise.

Give the mob an inch and they will take everything that you own and threaten to cancel you into bankruptcy if you don’t let them do it.

Had corporate America stood up to cancel culture instead of participating in it, they would not be paying the price now in Danegeld.

One of the most egregious aspects of the COVID outbreak was the response by governments to ban funerals and memorial services.

So many people in this country died alone and in isolation, just to be buried without the family being able to have a proper funeral and say goodbye.

That is unless you are a famous Democrat like John Lewis or Ruth Bater Ginsburg, where your funeral can be turned into a DNC campaign rally.

The New York City government took that to new Antisemitic extremes by welding the gates to a Jewish cemetery closed because a respected Rabbi had died.

https://twitter.com/TrumpJew/status/1315792302909128711

https://twitter.com/TrumpJew/status/1315697064387514368

This summer, New York City welded the gates of parks in Orthodox neighborhoods closed so children couldn’t play.

People could sunbathe in Central Park, but Jewish children couldn’t use a swingset.

I am not a fan of seafood but for two things: Calamari and octopus. Damned video has both plus a ton of other stuff I am sure it will make you suffer on this Tuesday.

I need to find me some fresh octopus.

Pulpo a la Gallega

That warm feeling you have right now is the knowledge that this person will not be receiving your tax dollars to tell you what sort of piece of shit you are.

Yes, no kidding.

Before the end of the year, the drive to a high school that Trayvon Martin attended should include a reminder of his name.
Miami-Dade commissioners this week approved adding Martin’s name to the part of Northeast 16th Avenue that leads to Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High, where Martin was in 11th grade when he was fatally shot in 2012 while on a visit with his father in Sanford. He was 17, unarmed, and walking back from a convenience store with candy, and shot by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer.

The road outside Trayvon Martin’s high school in Miami-Dade will soon carry his name

Thanks to the good work of Miami Dade County Commissioners, the city of Miami Gardens has almost no problems and their time can consumed by wasting time in naming about 2 -3 blocks of road on a punk that learned the hard way you just can’t beat on people without consequences.

Here is a 6 month description of the local crime around the school.

If instead of being woke, the commissioners would work with the city in reducing crime…but that would be racist.

Hat Tip to the multiple readers that sent me the story.

There is an outage of some sort in my area. I am doing this with my phone… and J.Kb, you can stop laughing now, young man.

I’ll be back when this crap is fixed…How can anybody blog from a frigging phone?