'Moving all the Blacks out!': SF community outraged over plan to close Western Addition Safeway

[@rbass7674]

Safeway has been there 40 years. They didn’t abandon the community, the community abandoned them.

[@manofthepeople2165]

Noooo! The looters and rioters were paid by white people, they do not represent the black community!

[@tonimartin4828]

It’s because of so much theft from blacks in the community .

[@Cornbread-gi6kt]

It’s the community that kept Safeway there for over 40 years. Can’t maintain a business unless you have customers. 🙄🤔🤷🏼

[@NiceOCGuy1981]

​@@Cornbread-gi6ktexactly.

[@ja01975]

BLM😊

[@j.thomas7128]

Attn all community leaders: Your children are causing this! FIX THEM!

[@hjkjccdggjhvb]

u can't fix them no moe..

[@johnnypham2850]

@@hjkjccdggjhvbJust as you can’t fix the opioid addiction crisis amongst whites who are dying at alarming rates RIGHT

[@nick4088]

You can't fix what's not broken. Born like that.

[@mykehunt2430]

Almost hilarious when a communities systemic criminality let them to get on the news and bitch about racism😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

[@johnc1873]

They are hopeless and will never be fixed

[@wonkylife]

Accountability is nowhere in sight!

[@faithismespeaks6848]

@wonkylife, Especially in Washington DC, the district of criminals. I also blame the criminal media for perpetuating all this constant chaos and liberal BS.

[@adambomb138]

It never WILL be with them either. Watch this- "Who's dem??" Cries incoming.

[@markstewart4501]

@@faithismespeaks6848 I honestly don't get your type...this is a piece on local government, a community, and the situation...you got washington dc criminals, constant chaos, and liberal BS. YOU are bringing that CHAOS to this video clip. Seriously, check yourself. Keep your ideologies...that, ah, I think I might agree with a tiny bit, but about a grocery store? WTH, you have gone full side ways on reality on your comment. Do you know the difference between local and federal government?

[@markstewart4501]

@@adambomb138 You realize this is about a grocery store, people that live in the neighborhood, and...the other facts surrounding the F"king grocery store? Are you 5? Seriously, where in the hell are you coming from on this video?

[@Brett733]

Democrats have been telling them for years that they have no agency because they are "oppressed" and therefore there is no accountability when you can blame bad behavior on racism. At least the pendulum seems to be swinging back to reality, at least I hope.

[@sungkim742]

The lack of community self responsibility is mind boggling. Instead of blaming their friends and kids for shoplifting, they blame the companies.

[@mykehunt2430]

They can’t except their communities systemic criminality so of course they blame everyone else

[@duckmercy11]

The community isn't responsible for crime, individual thieves are.

[@Tom-p5u8s]

​@@duckmercy11why do they commit over half of all violent crime then? 🧐

[@Blingaling-qe2zw]

​@@duckmercy11 It starts at HOME

[@Reno420alex]

​@duckmercy11 those thieves became thieves because their parents were terrible parents 👍 it all starts somewhere

[@rhocke4590]

Don’t blame these businesses. Blame the shoplifters.

[@Reno420alex]

Yes the "shoplifters" aka all these mamas and grandmas complainings "kids and grandchildren" 😂 maybe they should have tryed being better parents.

[@blacksoldier.]

Tell that to Dylan Roof parents.

[@TimArcher-zl9sb]

Really? Tell Dylan Roofs parents to blame the shoplifters? Think before you type. ​@@blacksoldier.

[@Susan-k6m]

They never mention the a hum..residents who are looting stealing and causing problems stop wide...oh nooooo...never tell the truth..so they can claim victimhood....

[@barbara7611]

​@@blacksoldier.Blame someone else when nothing else. Blame some of your people.

[@richatlarge462]

It's time for them to take responsibility and admit that it's the behavior of "the community" that has driven yet another business out.

[@jeffder7143]

Doubt that will happen.

[@vincentvanmeow]

They literally don’t have the cognitive capacity to self reflect

[@richatlarge462]

@@PossumFlossum You're the problem. And thanks for introducing the part about black people being to blame. Meanwhile here's a thought: why doesn't "the community" contain some business owners who open their own small grocery stores to serve "the community"? Then no one needs Safeway, just as Safeway doesn't need them.

[@PossumFlossum]

@@richatlarge462 The Problem Your Hatred Other Human Beings Something You Are Far From. I Never Said Anything About Black Ppl Being The Blame You Inbred. Obviously You Don't Have Very Much Of A Life Bcoz If You Did You Wouldn't Be Strolling Social Media Site's Looking For Things To Express Your Racist Views. It's Ppl Like Those Who Build Their Businesses In Predominantly Black Communities So They Can Profit Off Of Them & As Soon As They've Enriched Themselves They Start Looking For Excuses As A Way Out So Another Wealthy Company & Come In & Buy Up the Property & Build Something Where Only White Ppl Will Be Hired.

[@dontworryaboutit5751]

White flight is innate. Depleting resources of Black communities has been part of your genocidal tendencies since the ratification of the 13th Amendment. This is eugenics in motion.

[@laidoffjournalist]

The NAACP should open a grocery store in The Philmore. Too many "leaders" are all talk and no action.

[@bartonpercival3216]

"Fillmore" 👍👍👍

[@JanWoods-d3p]

Great idea ❗️😂🤣😂👍

[@davebarkley8773]

Where are the black owned bidnesses?

[@bartonpercival3216]

@@davebarkley8773 If they are smart, they are leaving San Francisco & Oakland!!!!!!!! 👍

[@CharlesCurran-m9p]

In Albany NY they opened a “community” market supported by government grants and foundation donations. In 9 months the place was bankrupt and the guy in charge was suspected of embezzlement. Now the politicians are planning on doing it again with tax money. I wonder who will steal it this time.

[@TheOneZenith]

If you don't want businesses in your area to move or shut down, PROTECT THEM! Police your own community. Y'all likely know EXACTLY who it is robbing these places and y'all protect them instead. Well, these are the consequences of inaction. Learn from your mistakes.

[@incognitosan2681]

I feel you, but this report didn't mention that theft had anything to do with the decision to sell. Despite that businesses have to act in a way that's most beneficial to themselves not any random neighborhood/ community.

[@jamesphelps1531]

Perfectly said!

[@bf-696]

@@incognitosan2681Yeah "this report". But other reports do.

[@antrinh5525]

the report doesn't need to mention , we all know it's SF, heaven for criminals and crack heads.@@incognitosan2681

[@Danny451]

Snitches get stiches.

[@crazycris29]

Fascinating that everybody gets blamed for this closure except for the actual people who steal from it.

[@alexmendez3681]

I disagree. Blame the California voter for voting in these politicians that increased the stealing threshold. Blame the California Voter that was chanting to defund the police and forcing them to get the jab. Now you don’t have enough Police. Blame the voter for this mess.

[@alexmendez3681]

Blame the California voter for voting in these politicians that increased the stealing threshold. Blame the California Voter that was chanting to defund the police and forcing them to get the jab. Now you don’t have enough Police. Blame the voter for this mess.

[@mocheen4837]

Maybe the parents can teach their children not to steal. I knew this was coming.

[@MrTweetyhack]

@@mocheen4837 haha! that was funny!

[@fredgervinm.p.3315]

And it ain't gonna stop...

[@bigfatdavebigfatdave7395]

Why do they act so shocked and offended when they absolutely know why the store is closing?

[@Mstr.Nobody]

Well because that would mean being accountable...

[@CaptainBuggyTheClown]

"They" hope you know people like me goo through comments like this and if you have any public domain info connecting anything to yourself we exploit it and make sure your friends family coworkers know ur a racist piece of shit.

[@V0YAG3R]

Because that’s the pathological sociopath’s modus operandi and modus vivendi, how black gringo’s operate daily, 24/7, 365 non-stop against anyone and everyone who doesn’t look like them including us foreigners, minorities, Latinos, Asians, Jews, Indians, Whites… etc. It’s all about purposely engaging in psychological projection and deflection, they know what they’re doing! It’s digitally and physically impossible to deny in such a world today with so much access to information and news in real time by anyone, it’s impossible to deny the fact that their racial comrades and co-religionists are the ones behind these daily, systematic terror that shuts down stores and makes non-blacks flee(the white flight term is incorrect, it’s not only whites it’s everyone who is not black that flees) across the US, they know, they project and deflect, they don’t care, rinse and repeat! Their projective blood-libel against their victims is the cherry on top of the sociopathic ‘cake’ of their making!

[@V0YAG3R]

@@Mstr.Nobody They know, they don’t care! Black gringos either play dumb or they think they can outsmart others with their smooth talk, sweet talking, play-pretending, blood-libels, calumny, slander, defamation, psychological projection, revisionism and deflection, that they have nothing to do with such when they’re responsible 100% everywhere of the time in these such matters and especially in places where they know their criminal, terror actions have no consequences like California, Chicago and New York! They think they can fool everyone on Earth with their constant, permanent blatant 🐂💩, including us foreigners, minorities, Latinos, Asians, Jews, Indians, Whites…. etc.

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

Well they believe they deserve everything.

[@daviddearmond4553]

Question: how is black folks robbing stores into foreclosures somehow forcing black folks out of the neighborhood?

[@UncleNiikii]

And if they can just leave how come they didn't leave years ago? And why would they want to stay? Go somewhere safe, and prosperous! Don't wait for fortune to knock on your door go find it.

[@tired7140]

It's called Black Math.

[@alexhegedus2588]

Did you not hear the end of the report? They will have to travel over a mile to steal Thats how they are pushing them out

[@_Dg242]

It ain’t black “folks” it’s the homeless and junkies

[@paulscountry456]

Its always racism, pull that card first to shift blame and confuse.

[@stuartmcsweeney4440]

Stop stealing

[@williamkane6155]

Maybe people would not feel the need if things were not overpriced.

[@wesleyp3024]

they people who steal are not complaining, its all the people who dont steal that are complaining.

[@eastbaykidd8574]

@@williamkane6155 Maybe they wouldn't need to steal if they learned some marketable job skills?

[@TheDieseldiet]

I love how there is no food deserts in middle eastern, Asian, white and Hispanic neighborhoods. It's nice to know that not all ethnic groups justify bad behavior by playing victim. ​@williamkane6155

[@neonnoir9692]

​@williamkane6155 irrelevant. We're all paying higher prices, they're not special.

[@UnstoppableYaris]

Why would a business leave a place where it is losing money and its employees abused? How dare they!

[@JohnSmith-ft4fz]

Lol. To be fair tho, that's not why they said it was closing.

[@JerryThomas-fg9ms]

because these entitled "community" members believe businesses are there to serve them vs being there to make a profit. they think they can keep stealing and that businesses will still stay. clearly they dont understand how the world works.

[@markdibble8840]

And then they'll be called racist for doing so.

[@johnnypham2850]

Really refuse to accept reality and inject your own biased narrative in lieu of the presentation

[@UnstoppableYaris]

@@johnnypham2850 Oh Johnny, my grasp of reality is better than yours. Keep denying the root causes of failure in black neighborhoods. Businesses are not obligated to lose money… Capitalism baby, what’s the whining about then?

[@kimmarquis2354]

The lack of accountability for the community robbing the store to closing is mind blowing.

[@lightfighter685]

It is mind blowing. When I speak on this I’m called a sellout.

[@billyvon666]

@@lightfighter685 I feel bad for you my friend. It's different in the white community. when we see crimes of whites or any other race we turn them in not hide or protect their crimes..

[@MushroomKing001]

well when they children get old enough to stop momma's free money, they still gotta eat

[@Marylee-rw3mz]

Hispanics Asians and Pacific ilanders are the thieves in that area.

[@darkgardener9577]

Is it REALLY though??? That a bunch of leftist who's entire ideology and culture is about avoiding accountability for ones behavior/actions and blaming the system/white males/het-cis scum and other hated groups like the "white enough" Asian and Jewish communities for all their woes and problems in the world...... are doing exactly that? AGAIN?? This is an continuous ongoing thing......and anyone who points it out is WACIST!! SF deserves everything it voted for, including this.

[@peterschmidt1453]

That shop leaving is not "gutting" the community, the community already gutted the shop.

[@razzledingle]

Safeway owes these people nothing. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Safeway is a business, and it needs to take care of ITS BUSINESS, which it is doing by unloading this money pit.

[@williamkane6155]

Safeway price gouges and that is the business they are in.

[@jimmyjames8377]

U got that right...word gets around and zero businesses will be willing to move sf

[@BOBMAN1980]

@@williamkane6155 If they're 'price gouging' then you should be HAPPY to see this Safeway closing, and take your issue to the people who're complaining about it for being corporate shills.

[@darlenecoleman70]

"... these people ... "??? HAHAHAHAHA! What a throwback!! MAGA much?

[@paulskopic5844]

The community is angry that their favorite shoplifting venue is closing.

[@jimmyjames8377]

Sad ain't it that the community is being brainwashed again by liberal media and liberal local government.

[@monimon-g9c]

Safeway is a business and not a charity or a free-for-all. The community should take responsibility for chasing them out and realize businesses need to turn a profit to stay open.

[@manofthepeople2165]

The looters are not black people!! They are paid actors who are trying to sabogate the reputation of black people in order to justify relocating them.

[@johnxgalt8312]

Even if it was a charity they would steal from it too.

[@MikeBulu]

The black community are the shoplifters that's why their blaming the mayor and Safeway

[@michaeltabanao8092]

Hopefully with the Reperations checks, folks can open a Trader Joe's

[@Chordonblue]

@@michaeltabanao8092 ...or a Banana Republic, since that's where this country is headed anyway.

[@leemarie414]

It's not Safeway's fault. It's a fact that the shoplifting is out of control and the law isn't doing anything to help. Same thing is happening all over the Bay area. Stealing eventually has a rippling effect on everyone.

[@randicook8991]

The fake shoplifting was the plan all along. I was an excuse for this situation to happen. Who wants to live in an apartment and pay 2500+ for a 1 bedroom apartment?

[@markstewart4501]

You went full dum dum. It LITERALLY doesn't mention any shoplifting...its a REAL ESTATE deal/SITUATION. Oh, you heard of theft somewhere else, so you thought it wise to paint a real estate development deal as "shoplifting"...hmm, a real estate deal where everything is going to get stolen. Seriously, you dum dum galore. You need to check out reality sometime. It isn't just you "knowing the truth", and everyone else is stupid. pssst, you went dum dum on this one.

[@Pantera-wu9ty]

Blame the liberal DA for not prosecuting shoplifting !!!!

[@0IIIIII]

Can you explain what the “liberal DA” did that you don’t like? As well, do you believe conservative DAs would do better? Based on what?

[@michaelkeenan3437]

Everything!!..

[@thelton100]

DA IS NOT liberal.

[@konos-p8842]

​@0IIIIII They're not prosecuting crime, so there's no punishment. People don't even try to hide their face when they steal anymore because they know they'll won't be punished for it

[@0IIIIII]

@@konos-p8842 proof? Do you have evidence? Act like you’re writing a paper in high school.

[@exxodas]

Black communities act all surprised when retailers leave after years of rampant shoplifting. 🤷

[@MrTweetyhack]

don't say that. they might not steal from your store anymore

[@Dimythios]

They won't change. They will continue to vote the way they vote.

[@karelglasner2673]

Legalized crime 😂 thanks Biden adm F for Failure

[@marksongbird7534]

Until the decent black community calls out the degenerate black community, it's going to continue, and get even worse.

[@adambraun8290]

You act like every one of them shoplifts. Because you believe that everyone is created equally.

[@themoviebay]

Years ago I was a grocery manager. In Philadelphia PA in north Philly to be exact. And when I tell you the theft of merchandise is unreal please believe me. They steal anything that's not nailed down many stores close due high theft both internal and external. It's really a shame when the stores close because they can't absorb the loss any longer they blame the mayor city council the company that took thousands maybe millions in losses.

[@stevenphillips3466]

Was it those Amish looters again ?

[@themoviebay]

@@stevenphillips3466 actually no it was the people in the neighborhood. It was a mixed race area so it was people of different racial backgrounds. Nice try WS

[@lawren-hollienelson9948]

Those Amish looters are pretty crafty. If you don't hear the "clop,clop " of the horses hooves they gotcha.

[@kommisar.]

@@themoviebay I'm sure you got thieves of different backgrounds, but most were of one background and none were Oriental or Indian.

[@JYDIVISN]

That Pathmark in North Philly was nuts.

[@RS-ui7pr]

Sounds like Safeway is moving to a safer neighbourhood.

[@chanhyupark6353]

it wasnt safe enough them, mate

[@tvviewer4500]

Once that building goes up there will be a Whole Foods a block away

[@scott83gmail]

Where is your proof

[@kek3908]

@@scott83gmail You Tube, bahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[@noonehere0987]

@@scott83gmailThanks, bot.

[@letmelive2006]

Never ever take accountability for their actions. It's amazing to see

[@JustMe-vz3wd]

Yes. I would like to take twelve photos of their unaccountability in each months and make a calander with it "unaccountability through the seasons".

[@Dave17101]

Look at all the community leaders steeping up to blame Safeway for leaving. Where were they when there was organized shoplifting going on by their own community? Where were they when the employess were threatened by groups of shoplifters? Hypocrites through and through expecting Safeway to be their food bank and just suck it up as a cost of doing business?

[@Awscer]

Let's see their sons "who would never hurt a fly" pick up their groceries or medicine at a location more than 5 miles away

[@Bbcream342]

I said the same thing!!!! Where were they when people had picnics on the side of the store? I saw all races doing that!! Picnics with stolen food and they left empty containers and trash for Safeway to clean up

[@TonyW-z9w]

Let crimes take over and the legitimate businesses have very little choice but to close up or move out.

[@asshat23871]

they like to feed the victim/race narrative

[@TerrenceSanders-c1s]

They are encouraging the lawlessness. They were too stupid to realize what the ramifications would be.

[@nz6241]

Safeway is not there to help the community, they are there to make a profit.

[@albeit1]

Just like shoppers aren’t there to help Safeway. They’re there to get what they need. Free mutual exchange, destroyed by thieves.

[@shyphyre]

Thus them working with shoplifters to close down their store in an underserved area, profit at any cost and you support that type of bigoty and sociopathy.

[@SL-eo5pz]

They also provide employment, but you’ll only realize that when they are gone

[@bobroberts2371]

@@shyphyre Any chance you can open a store? Seems that you would have an instant customer base.

[@MrDarthvis]

If the mayor wanted to help the community, she could open a government operated grocery store. But we know whenever anything is maintained by government…

[@ChiveDumpling]

When your community refuses to accept any accountability and just plays the victim card lol

[@alexmendez3681]

Thats part of it. Blame the California voter for voting in these politicians that increased the stealing threshold. Blame the California Voter that was chanting to defund the police and forcing them to get the jab. Now you don’t have enough Police. Blame the voter for this mess.

[@alexmendez3681]

@markholtdorf56 Yea that true. It’s in the genetic make up of the California voter to not be able to think more than two steps ahead. I’ll say it again, blame the voter.

[@mocheen4837]

Always the victim and never accepting responsibility for their actions. What other outcome is there?

[@alexmendez3681]

@@mocheen4837 I agree. California Voters never accept responsibility for their voting actions or their “defund the police” protests. I have never seen a Californian accept responsibility for their actions. True true.

[@LemmeHoldaDollarMan]

Simple lack of evolution.@markholtdorf56

[@darkgardener9577]

Maybe they should have thought about that before pillaging it...... can't run a business if the "community" is actively destroying it.

[@hi-line8195]

the lack of personal responsibility in these communities is astounding

[@AV-xm5ln]

what communities?

[@2stroke438]

@@AV-xm5ln the worse kinds.

[@AV-xm5ln]

@@2stroke438 give an example.

[@morrismonet3554]

@@2stroke438 don't take the bait. He's trying to get you to say something racist to get you banned.

[@2stroke438]

@@morrismonet3554 true, its easier than showing any accountability for your people's shortcomings.

[@rbzsfg]

Oh no. You mean the community is paying the consequences of the community's actions? If the community didn't shoplift, the community would still have a grocery store. And it didn't have to be mentioned. Pictures speak a thousand words. And pictures of rows and rows of products being locked up is enough evidence for us. Zero sympathy for a community that raises, and makes excuses for thievery.

[@jcasetnl]

It's not the community. Places like SF and Oakland are so soft on crime, criminals literally go there to commit crimes. It's true. On the rare chance they actually catch them, they're nearly always from an hour away or more.

[@kspice1005]

I call BS on the shoplifting, these store are self sabotaging in order to close and create food deserts. Another punishment for black people not voting democrat and demanding reparations.

[@MrLivewire1970]

​@@jcasetnlsomebody should tell these people we live in the West, not China. They won't find a Government owned grocery store here.

[@mattsmith4589]

YOU RACIST BITCH! Don’t you ever disrespect the elderly!

[@HicSvntDracones]

Yeah.. one little issue that destroys your entire argument, nobody is shoplifting here, beyond a candybar down the pants. The store has one way in, one way out, with multiple armed, and armored security at that entrance. You cant even get to the exit without going through a register and you can't sneak between registers, they have it blocked, and it has been that way for a while. People DON'T shoplift here. Someone simply offered the owner a LOT more that they paid for it.

[@xmajesticfaithx5587]

dont blame the company for their decisions....blame the shoplifters that made the neighborhood worse

[@shyphyre]

The companies pay shoplifters to do their dirty work. It is a tax write off and gives them an easy out to divest out of a minority neighborhood.

[@trollhunter8842]

You mean their kids and relatives.

[@scott83gmail]

Where is your proof

[@sp-wj6ef]

I always avoid that area. Never feel safe. I feel sorry for those who were impacted by this. But shitty neighborhood....

[@toddpoppleton5303]

Their life story. Blame everything on everyone else. While your people and culture just fall lower and lower

[@gothicwilderness]

I believe there is an American saying that decribes this situation quite aptly - fuck around and find out. It appears they did the first part and now are experiencing the second. Who would have thought actions have consequences.

[@nitegoat1369]

The ”Black Community”, has only themselves to blame, for the store closure.

[@aloyisiuspeters8913]

Well, the absence of law enforcement plays a major role. Soros and his minions are also to blame.

[@nitegoat1369]

@@aloyisiuspeters8913it’s the absence of a DA, and judges, who don’t punish the criminals. But the fault of the crime lies solely on those who commit said crime, and their “community”, who unfortunately have made it culturally acceptable.

[@FlynnWilson-uy3kt]

True but people. Of all. Race. Steals

[@angeladavis2010]

AMEN!!!!!

[@meep2253]

@@aloyisiuspeters8913 you don’t need law enforcement everywhere to do the right thing and demonstrate integrity. The cops are only present once the crime is committed.

[@grant8917]

I hope this is a wake up call to the black community and realize that changes need to be made.

[@wealthintruth6227]

Obama's Change is taking effect....

[@angelwings7930]

Like that’s been obvious forever. But dumbness prevails.

[@mikepalmer1971]

Nope they will blame the “evil” white amen as usual. They will never take responsibility.

[@lightfighter685]

There are two types of Black folks. The lazy ones feed the beast and fuel that vicious victim nonsense. The other group is always shouted down and called sellouts. We stay silent and work hard without excuses, hoping the other group destroy themselves because we know there’s no hope for them.

[@davidjohnson4184]

Here’s one suggestion for a change…stop playing the victim!

[@MatthewMorgan25]

Communities destroying their own businesses is what this story should be about. No company wants to be in a community when they constantly get robbed. It’s their choice…

[@roshelltannen9698]

They refuse to accept that no one wants to invest in their non-sense.

[@scott83gmail]

Where is your proof

[@bobroberts2371]

The community activists need to open their own store and see how long that lasts.

[@kek3908]

@@scott83gmail You Tube, bahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[@noonehere0987]

@@scott83gmail The news and the store.

[@jeffnoble9757]

There's consequences for shoplifting.I worked for a grocery store, once shrinkage gets high the store Will Closes and open in a neighborhood with low shrinkage(shoplifting)

[@zyrockdaddy7060]

Maybe if some people would start raising their kids right teaching them not to be thugs and criminals and harass their community ,stores like this would stay open

[@Reno420alex]

Yes 👍

[@only_2_genders]

Oh no they have to travel a mile to the nearest store to shoplift!

[@Marylee-rw3mz]

Like you raise your kids to shoot up schools?

[@gdavid2483]

D.B.Cooper ur welcome

[@NoName-cv1yp]

Folks you have gutted your own community

[@susanreeder3435]

Stores that have little crime DO NOT CLOSE!

[@TheRazorTongue]

Not true. Target claimed they were closing stores due to crime but when someone checked the stats the stores that closed weren’t the high crime ones.

[@sinistereleven9145]

@@TheRazorTongue "someone" "stats", sure you were not told what you want to hear to avoid conflict.

[@lesterpace5625]

Lies. It's employees who don't want to work there. There familys sreal.

[@mattts777]

@2:25 seeing everything locked behind glass doors pretty much says it all. Enacting progressive/liberal laws lessening punishments for crime has been a disaster.

[@johndellamano6975]

I used to shop at this Safeway. The last straw for me was when I went to get some lunch meat and a shoplifter took it all and said if I wanted some I could buy it outside for less. Community members should be pointing their fingers at rampant crime and homelessness in the city, not the mayor.

[@steveh5882]

All I hear is entitlement. They don't deserve a grocery store.

[@hjkjccdggjhvb]

they want their reparation check still 😂😂

[@symone3113]

The Jewish got reparations and so did the Japanese… so you believe the people that were enslaved for 409 years don’t deserve reparations? 😮

[@johnnypham2850]

@@hjkjccdggjhvbThey are getting their reparations if you would pay attention. Affirmative Action which benefited caucasian females is over and has been replaced with DEI so they will do to others what was done to them

[@johnnypham2850]

Who doesn’t deserve a grocery store? Bankruptcy filers?

[@Tom-p5u8s]

​@johnnypham2850 blatts😂

[@richardchorley1593]

Reaping what they've sown . Not hard to connect the dots

[@duckmercy11]

Who is they? And what did they sow?

[@ClawDaddy-s3b]

​@@duckmercy11 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ClawDaddy-s3b]

​@@duckmercy11 Thanks for the demonstration 🙂

[@duckmercy11]

@@ClawDaddy-s3b you're doing the demonstration...of how much of a 🤡 you are

[@Fashn4LaDieS]

Quit shop lifting, & teach your kids to stop stealing, then the stores will be able to afford to run a business there. No business can afford to give away food to $950. a day, per store, thieves. The $ has to come from somewhere. You brought this on yourselves, so I have no sympathy for you.

[@SylviaHolman-ef8fv]

I did notice all products were locked up. Not at my local stores, I can walk in and BUY whatever I need to buy, by myself, like a law abiding adult. Did this neighborhood fail to teach their community not to steal. I taught my child not to steal from stores and now he WORKS there, I am very proud of him!

[@scottmichaels12]

The entitled attitude of these “community members” is the problem. No business should be forced to lose money yet that’s exactly what they’re telling Safeway to do. The thieves have this same entitled attitude. Rather than getting mad at Safeway, teach your younger generations that they are not entitled to anything…they have to WORK for it.

[@kaijukojin4371]

Exaclty.

[@HalfBreedMix]

You lost them as soon as you mentioned "work".

[@MikeOShea-lx4tc]

Identical issue years ago on the Oakland/Berkeley border. Safeway got sued by ACLU and city to try to force them to stay. The court ruled you could not require a business to operate at a loss. They were losing money because of rampant shoplifting. IDENTICAL!

[@frankreynolds9418]

ACLU should open a chain of grocery stores in black neighborhoods all over the country. They could solve the problem all by themselves.

[@JohnSmith-dm1wo]

Oprah could do it but she would eat all the food.

[@ctwalston1565]

How about those who are taking from Safeway!? THEY are the ones responsible for the closure!

[@albeit1]

It’s the “very human cost” of letting thugs run wild.

[@jcasetnl]

SF and Oakland seem to labor under the delusion that criminals just didn't get enough afterschool programs and bedtime stories. Criminals just need a big hug to get on the straight and narrow, y'all! For some reason these same far left voters can understand the greed of billionaires but greed from "regular people" must 100 percent come from some sort of trauma or neglect, and the remedy for that is to simply stop arresting them. The bay area is learning about basic human nature the long and expensive way what most kids who didn't grow up in an affluent, helicopter parent bubble learned by age 10. The saddest thing is the bay area thinks its naivete is some sort of virtue. To be suckers, to be lambs to the slaughter is somehow proof of one's virtue. Anyone who doesn't gladly volunteer themselves to be victimized is privileged and racist.

[@HicSvntDracones]

Yeah, you've obviously never set foot in this store, they have swat members, not security. Thugs don't come near this place.

[@Jesus-The-Everlasting-Father]

@@HicSvntDracones How much do they pay for "swat members" ???

[@efunkyman6853]

Literally

[@d.fenestrator9529]

Well, someone's doing the stealing! Look at all those locked up aisles!@@HicSvntDracones

[@david1952000]

You cannot run a business when everything gets stolen day after day.

[@segalliongaming8925]

You can’t force a private entity to continue running a money-losing business in your neighborhood. If you want to keep business from moving out, much less attract new businesses, you need to clean up your own neighborhood.

[@MHWDWS]

It's always about someone helping them, or needing to do more for them. They are their own worst enemy.

[@quiltqueen4318]

The lack of accountability for RAMPANT SHOPLIFTING is astounding 🤔🤨🙄😒. I love how they immediately cry racism instead of addressing the ACTUAL ISSUE of rampant shoplifting.

[@thomasgirty6397]

I would like to check THEIR fridges for stolen goods. that food is going to someone.

[@Marylee-rw3mz]

I will be so happy when Jose becomes your boss. ​@@thomasgirty6397

[@Marylee-rw3mz]

​@@thomasgirty6397that area is White Asian and Hispanic and Pacific ilanders, they are the ones stealing them dry!

[@jumperstartful]

Crying RACISM has gotten them a free Obama Phone and paychecks. Lyndon Johnson was right!! Notice how they took one of their biggest THUGS AND MADE A HERO OUT OF HIM!!!

[@stpierreforjesusthesavior984]

Everything is "recisigm" for them. Can't blame safeway. They're done withe shoplifting!

[@marilyndee969]

They went down an aisle. All the items were totally behind locked glass windows on both sides. i wonder why? And they are blaming the mayor the Safeway closing down. How did she cause it? This is all very puzzling. A Safeway just leaving a neighborhood with deserving, honest, happy people. I can't understand this at all.

[@ClawDaddy-s3b]

The mayor is supposed to hold the owners at gunpoint and force them into slavery to serve the blacks so they can continue to steal 😂

[@berner]

I guess the higher ups at Safeway were thinking: "You know, we're just making way too much money. We don't need to keep that store around. Let's just pull that location away and let that source of income dry up".

[@swaters5127]

All the woke celebrities along with rappers and athletes should open grocery stores in these poor neighborhoods.

[@JosePerez-wl2tq]

What will assure that they won't get shop lyfted???

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

They know what will happen. They are hypocrites.

[@Pwl47]

Best idea I have heard here. Come Libs...put up or shut up.

[@owlcu]

You want a store to stay in your neighborhood? Stop stealing from it. Tell your "Brothers and Sisters" to have some class. The elephant in the room, my god.

[@Impozalla]

It's idiotic that these people will blame the business for leaving the area. These people need to look at themselves and understand that they actively contribute to why businesses are shutting down in the Fillmore district. They need to tell their people to stop doing this rampant retail theft crime that is impacting everyone in the city. It has got so bad that they are even robbing restaurants in the Japan town center area. It's just crazy!!

[@Marylee-rw3mz]

Hispanics, Asians and Pacific ilanders are the thieves in that area. And a few whites.

[@paulmartinson875]

Too stupid

[@hoodboyzAtl]

That a damn lie

[@jumperstartful]

Too busy grieving the "Plantation Life" they didn't have to suffer!

[@vusitwala5575]

These people

[@historylover1679]

You can’t blame companies for saying they’re giving up. They can’t stay in business where they are losing more money from shoplifting than they’re bringing in.

[@Marylee-rw3mz]

In my town they closed 2 stores due to Hispanics stealing them dry. How convenient they interview 2 Black women. Y'all believe anything.

[@Marylee-rw3mz]

Hispanics Asians and Pacific ilanders are the thieves in that area.

[@darkgardener9577]

That's racist capitalist MAGA fascist talk!!! LOL

[@judierenfrow8073]

No

[@mightylonesome9426]

The "community" brought this on themselves. Attempting to run an honest business with dishonest people stealing you blind simply doesnt wok.

[@P2055516]

Funny how Bookstores seem to be immune to shoplifting

[@lesterpace5625]

That's done in the library.

[@David-ve8pk]

What did these people expect! 😲 A continuous beat down from their younger generation who thinks Safeway is a government giveaway! 🤭 Sheesh 🙄

[@Chr0n]

They destroy these businesses and get mad when they leave.

[@SusScrofaa]

The people who are destroying these businesses and the people who are angry about this store's closure are not the same people.

[@rabidsminions2079]

The community needs to open their own supermarket.

[@thomastherriault8632]

They want Safeway to be their community food shelf, where they don't have to pay. A community store will never survive the ravages of the neighborhood. 👍

[@Bob-hi2xh]

It won't last a month. This community is only looking for free stuff

[@thomastherriault8632]

@@ericstandefer9138 Don't you know what the NFL stands for, it's "Not For Long" 🤷

[@patrickh619]

Never happen. They are too smart to steal from themselves.

[@Markwaltonn5860]

They would steal themselves out of business in a week😂😂😂

[@Wild_Western]

It's called economics and urban renewal and progress. I am sorry, but no one or company owes anyone a thing...that's what's wrong with today's society, everyone feels they're entitled to a living or otherwise, handout.

[@jacksonlee3771]

Don't shoplift. Even birds do not poop in their own nests

[@Bakedea87]

Exactly even some animals are smarter than that.

[@User-54631]

I have a idea, crazy one, just hear me out. If you want stores to not close, don’t steal from them, don’t rob them, and let the employees feel safe coming to work. Just a idea.

[@beth3535]

Jam-packed with ideas, I’d say.

[@Chordonblue]

That's so... BRILLIANT! Wow! Mind blown...

[@johnnelson8956]

If you don't want stores closing in your neighborhood, then stop stealing from them. Retail stores do in fact serve the public, but never forget they are a business and must turn a profit in order to operate. When they stop making money then they have no other choice but to close and relocate. The people are to blame not the businesses.

[@michaelpasina3528]

Perfectly said

[@HicSvntDracones]

Yeah, I call complete BS on your comment, just another idiot running his mouth online who has no idea of the area or situation,. This isn't a high crime store, they have what look like multiple armed swat members at all the doors. This store has no problems with theft. Take that crap elsewhere.

[@goddess3274]

Absolutely 💯 correct and people are just too dumb to get it.

[@HicSvntDracones]

@@set-up_the_artist While they do have pretty good deals, no one is walking out of that store with free stuff. It is literally one of the most secured grocery stores I have ever been in

[@TerrenceSanders-c1s]

You are a liar. Get out of here.@@HicSvntDracones

[@thomasvarley380]

So they basically want somewhere to shoplift that WON'T punish them . They should be speaking to their children , not the news .

[@MrRidleyDog]

Imagine being part of a "community" that causes stores to lock up all their merchandise and then complaining when those stores leave time. Raise your kids better and businesses will stay and take your money.

[@anotheryoutubechannel4809]

💯

[@scott83gmail]

Where is your proof

[@FungalBunghole]

​@@scott83gmailtake your meds

[@TonyW-z9w]

Seen it happen in Detroit, Vallejo, Stockton. These cities had filed for bankruptcy before.

[@jamieson88]

So lumping these hardworking people in with shoplifters isn’t racist at all? I don’t understand how you think other people are supposed to train the children of others.

[@timboslice1979]

Good for these businesses for getting the hell outta there.

[@thompson7271]

I remember going here a few times and each time I saw a Hispanic or or Asian or even black store employee confront the shoplifters and guess what all of the people that came to their defense were black. If anything its like they wanted this store to be shoplifted till it dried up thinking that Safeway corporation would pay for it. Doesn't work that way boo

[@ovniusa15]

Yeah Boo honey

[@HicSvntDracones]

I don't know when, unless it was years ago. I have been shopping here for a while, literally, go in daily after my jog, I've seen one attempted theft, a guy in a wheelchair taking some candy. This store is secured to all hell, heavily armed security, one way only entrances, no one shoplifts here.

[@ctgal9698]

Yeah ok you' keep seeing all these shoplifters at the store sounds like you're one yourself

[@franciscofranco5739]

@@HicSvntDraconesyah heavily armed security…..that isn’t allowed to intervene LMFAO.

[@HicSvntDracones]

@@franciscofranco5739 Yeah they are, I have seen them stop people, just saw them stop a guy in a wheelchair scooting himself towards the door like Fred Flintstone with a stolen candy bar a few weeks ago, was hilarious

[@AlbertBormant]

Black America: Offended by everything and ashamed of nothing

[@Takastand]

Well said 👉🏾

[@cory5197]

Thank the community shoplifters. The community did this to their own community. Now they cry.

[@LikeLikeLikeLikeLi]

Ok I’ll thank them (I didn’t want safeway to be there)

[@mjphoto45]

BLM

[@DebbieJ1234]

B.ame it on youself

[@chibui9055]

I blame the government officials and their policy of soft on crime.

[@firedriver8367]

EXACTLY!! Politicians soft on crime and State minimum wage plus regulations and Taxes !! It's very difficult to do business in Commifornia.

[@BaddieWithCats]

This comment should be pinned !

[@JustMe-vz3wd]

yup. thieves just doing what thieves are supposed to do, you cant blame them, but you have to correct them. Now the justice system/politicians are NOT doing what they are supposed to do, they are NOT keeping society safe...

[@Housemusic86]

The media knows the answer but is too scared to ask the tough questions.

[@_ArsNova]

Crazy how this never happened to any of the businesses by the white neighborhood I grew up in.

[@randyb620]

I don’t know why I’m still amazed and shocked at the stupidity of people when it comes to blame and accountability.

[@Xgenerati]

You mean of black people?

[@Iamhuman2ithink]

They never take responsibility. It's always somebody else's fault.

[@symone3113]

Stop using the word “they”….You never take responsibility.

[@johnnypham2850]

Just like those filing Bankruptcy after buying things they can I’ll afford and living in a mortgaged home they could never pay off

[@SeanOptimoa]

@@symone3113 No, it's they. The black community NEVER takes responsibility for their actions and expect handouts.

[@tonyrobles9755]

More anti-poor bullshit. Lets talk about corporate responsibility. Oh, what's that mean?

[@duckmercy11]

​@@johnnypham2850 FACTS

[@FoNgThOnG]

The community has nobody to blame but themselves.

[@threestarsandasling]

Same thing happened to two Walmarts that closed in Chicago; the community was up in arms and were angry because they deserve convenience, a nearby pharmacy and employment, but did nothing about the rampant theft the very same community was committing. Their leaders, the ones they voted for, were screaming 'racism' and the stores were looted before they finally closed. lol.

[@betsykeller9096]

I've been saying this for a while, that the crime and homelessness will continue to drive out businesses. Every teenage, or young adult criminal, is affecting their Moms and Grannies by committing theft at these stores. If they would prosecute theft and give people some real consequences, stores would have incentive to stay in the communities. I feel for the older citizens who have a harder time getting around, and who are now going to struggle to eat. I hope the Mayor finds a solution quickly. I can't blame the Safeway for wanting to get out of a bad situation.

[@ArtComMusic]

It's not just younger people. Older people are shoplifting too and teaching the new generation to follow their footsteps. My Asian grandma was attacked and mugged by a teen girl, who along with 2 other teen girls, was being taught to be racist and commit hate crimes by an adult woman. Chances are those girls are now parents themselves and teaching the same to their own kids. And the cycle continues. smh

[@TheoneGodfather]

They just don’t care man, likely never will.

[@JohnSmith-ft4fz]

I totally agree, but that's not why the video / news said the store was closing.

[@jasoncoomer1226]

​@@JohnSmith-ft4fzAre you just spamming this response on every post? *Of course the store didnt say that's why they closed, they didnt want their other stores burnt down* EVERYONE knows why and you do too but your politics require you to pretend ignorance.

[@JohnSmith-ft4fz]

@@jasoncoomer1226 No, I only posted it twice. Two comments close together both stated that incorrectly, as are you.

[@feliatene757]

The community need to hold themselves accountable. They need to take back their community from the bad elements of their community.

[@frankreynolds9418]

Their community needs to stop being called a community and start being called an infestation.

[@Knordsman]

I’d pull out of that neighborhood if I was Safeway. I have been there a lot. I witnessed shoplifting each time I was there. If you don’t allow people to protect their property, why would you expect them to stay in business?

[@americafirst9144]

Why didn't you teach your kids not to steal?

[@sal19967]

10% of the population 90% of the problem, strait out common sense.

[@Mike-di3mo]

You told a lie. It should be 9 percent of the world's population, causing 90% of all the world's problems.

[@sal19967]

@@Mike-di3mo oh my bad, 1% of trans population of the world, 99% of the world headaches.

[@thomascrum185]

Blame the community for recording the shoplifting and not reporting it!

[@toddpoppleton5303]

Report to who? The even worse thugs who run your city? Your police? Your media?

[@alexmendez3681]

I disagree. Blame the California voter for voting in these politicians that increased the stealing threshold. Blame the California Voter that was chanting to defund the police and forcing them to get the jab. Now you don’t have enough Police. Blame the voter for this mess.

[@TerrenceSanders-c1s]

You must enjoy being an idiot. @@bennyskim

[@quality_contentmydude6965]

@@bennyskim suddenly all of the other comments you've made in this comment section make sense. you're a scumbag

[@richatlarge462]

@@bennyskim And now they're gone and you can't steal from them.

[@BruisedWater]

Think of the poor shoplifters that can't shoplift anymore! Oh, the humanity! /s

[@mjphoto45]

They will just steal from another community

[@VictorSanchez-ji3wu]

That's good👋👋👋👋

[@jeffw1267]

​@bennyschmidt_ I think Safeway charges too much also. Therefore, I don't shop there at all, and I don't resort to illegal theft. Of course, I'm a white person. That's how WE roll.

[@TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

"Community members and those with the NAACP are speaking out, saying if this plan goes through, this will negatively impact the city's Black community...". It's their own people forcing the stores to close. Not one word about that.

[@kgraham5820]

Safeway should be allowed to do whatever they want. They’re a grocery, in it for profit, not the community center. And only a mile to the next grocery.

[@Nothing-fp7jg]

Safeway is a business and they have right to close that location if they wish, you can't force them to stay open.

[@alhkcblack9617]

Last i heard Safeway wasn't running a charity. Stop crying about it. The community comlaining caused ALL of this.

[@bobayagga2233]

But all the stolen merchandise is being sold on Mission street or china town by Latinos or Asians. Make it make sense

[@J---d]

one hundred percent... and the political leaders/judges not punishing the criminals.. and the rap music saying 'dont be a snitch' which keeps the criminal and the crime in the hood

[@kcMan7938]

The people being interviewed and the news team reporting on it both believe it’s racism , and not a business decision based on lack of profits due to theft is disgusting . What about those mom n pop convenient stores that close because they don’t support local businesses . They close and go away , because the neighbors are criminals

[@Anon1mous]

It’s like they’re surprised that Safeway closed due to crime.

[@MoonDog991]

Stop shoplifting. If you're reading this it's probably not you. Go on, be offended I made a stereotype that turns out to be true.

[@eatabowlofshit]

B l a x . . .

[@Zzues]

Blame shoplifters, not your mayor or who ever the heck.

[@jacoby1303]

People can’t afford rent and food. Blame the fat cats that destroyed the American middle class.

[@NoName-ux7ot]

And who do you think has implemented policies that allow for thieves to run rampant? The mayor is part of the problem, and so is Gavin. She is at fault, just as much as the thieves are.

[@Fleshlight_Reviewer]

They moved themselves out 😂

[@yayarea2415]

Yup , who’s really gutting the neighborhood?

[@Bbcream342]

Exactly! Safeway is the true victim.

[@ladariussanders4278]

As a black man and a member of the black community it’s honestly quite embarrassing like bro y’all need to blaming businesses for not being able make actual profit in your community with theft and crime stop blaming others for our own bad behavioral choices

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

BTW, as an african american who pays each and every time I go ANYWHERE, it pisses me off that the actions of others make it seem like it's the actions of ALL the community when i can assure you it's not. My mom would smack us shitless if we had EVER thought of walking out the store without paying lol.

[@buttofthejoke]

Of course, it's not everyone. But the problem is, when those actions are in fact committed by a few, no one from the black community speaks up. No BLM, no protests, only blaming everyone else. You can't have it both ways.

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

@@buttofthejoke too be quite honest, many black people don't like when our own steal. But sheading light on stealing means revealing who's doing it, which in our community unfortunately can be dangerous because people's pride is more important than taking responsibility for their actions and recognizing they're hurting the community. Same with gang violence and this sh*t music they play on the radio that basically "inspires" actions like these and what's being seen in Oakland, Richmond, and Antioch.

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

@@buttofthejoke 😂😂 and I can assure you there are those of us who want black lives to just be recognized, and there are those who want to hide amongst the crowd during protests to smash up places like union square and use police brutality as a motive to steal thousands 🙄.

[@shyphyre]

You can thank the gatekeepers of the free enterprise system for that dilemma. The media, far right politicians and greedy retailers profit off of presenting the worse in our community and keeping the public ignorant of the greed racism and corruption that allowed said communities to be isolated food deserts. Thus the hateful ignorant posts by the many commenters.

[@joeyjoey22]

I saw a news article in 2013, of black youths being disproportionately being NOT held accountable for their crimes despite accounting for 79% of teenage crimes. It’s the same a whole 10 years later. You can’t legislate or change this with policy. It’s cultural, and for a policy to call this out would be racist. The best place is to start addressing this is at home, within the black community. I don’t see how else this will change by itself

[@danieljw321]

They built a 2nd Safeway here in Mesa Arizona because we don’t have the shoplifting problem here.

[@longiusaescius2537]

Don't bring them here

[@davidisenberg125]

wait till diversity gets installed .... that will change things real quick

[@adambomb138]

Yeah, don't tell them. They'll be there soon.

[@longiusaescius2537]

@user-us3zg1vg4f Albanian

[@richardhead3211]

we are the black community and we are here to help says NO one EVER!

[@Cacowninja]

Pretty racist of you plus in a way communites don't exist. Only individuals responsible for their actions do. Nobody can speak for a community because nobody is an entire community. We're just individuals.

[@richardhead3211]

@@Cacowninja you are the racist. blacks are 13 percent of the population and commit 53 percent of the murders. the most racist people i know are black

[@richardhead3211]

@@Cacowninja Bwahahahahaha

[@Cacowninja]

@@richardhead3211 You're laughing at me yet this is basic "Don't be racist, judge people for their actions, hold people accountable for their actions.". Please don't claim the moral high ground if you're gonna be racist. It's really stupid and pointless.

[@johnnyboidam]

​@Cacowninja black people steal and the Asian people suffer. 14% of the population negatively affecting 3% of the population.

[@LunaticEdit]

2:25 - this is all you need to see to understand why the store is moving out. This is not the mayor's fault. This is the community's fault.