In-N-Out shutters Oakland location due to excessive crime claims

The company cities a rampant increase in crime as the reason In-N-Out has closed an Oakland location. NBC News' Dana Griffin explains that although the location was bringing in good revenue, they say the safety of employees and customers remained in danger.
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#Oakland #InNOut #Crime

[@Hikikomori_Gaming]

In-N-Out is now Shoot-Em-Now.

[@renderuntocaesarwhatiscaes2300]

There will be a lot more crime to come. Were telling people at the bottom of the wealth gap to follow the law dont do crime meanwhile a guy with 91 charges and 4 indictments is being allowed to waltz in and out of court disrespecting judges threats send to DA’s and being allowed to win state after state.. This is what folks are seeing nightly on the news. Soooo we wanna tell folks who have alot less than him “ o you have to follow the law and not commit crimes” How’s that working out so far????

[@scottcates]

I see what you did there.

[@finchman1]

I would make a correction to your video title: It should read "In-N-Out shutters Oakland location due to excessive crime." (PERIOD). The crime is real and off the hook!

[@smart-qr7mv]

Could have something to do with the Oakland A’s, raiders, and warriors who played near by all leaving the area the past few yrs. 😂

[@robertbirch5676]

Probably White supremacy

[@renderuntocaesarwhatiscaes2300]

There will be a lot more crime to come. Were telling people at the bottom of the wealth gap to follow the law dont do crime meanwhile a guy with 91 charges and 4 indictments is being allowed to waltz in and out of court disrespecting judges threats send to DA’s and being allowed to win state after state.. This is what folks are seeing nightly on the news. Soooo we wanna tell folks who have alot less than him “ o you have to follow the law and not commit crimes” How’s that working out so far????

[@Jimraynor45]

Well, they did the right thing. They just reporting the news and not making strong conclusions based on not having all the info. Its your job, as a viewer to connect the dots and draw your own conclusions.

[@themondoshow]

is it blacks and latinos?

[@dfjdskf9234j4fisd]

Criminals don’t deserve In-N-Out

[@watchinvidzwatchinvidz7691]

White collar ones too that do it everyday & never go to prison for it & are called elites. They are the ones owning cross & businesses. It hey keep us poor by their slave driving ways

[@pstuddy]

not just in n out, anything period!

[@renderuntocaesarwhatiscaes2300]

There will be a lot more crime to come. Were telling people at the bottom of the wealth gap to follow the law dont do crime meanwhile a guy with 91 charges and 4 indictments is being allowed to waltz in and out of court disrespecting judges threats send to DA’s and being allowed to win state after state.. This is what folks are seeing nightly on the news. Soooo we wanna tell folks who have alot less than him “ o you have to follow the law and not commit crimes” How’s that working out so far???

[@AKFF320]

Neither do Californians!

[@brycemedvin8765]

Let them eat McDissapointment

[@mattbehari5939]

Well what happens when people vote for politicians favoring criminals instead of keeping the citizens and businesses safe

[@Sidicas]

City full of criminals voted somebody in thats weak on crime. Democracy how it was intended to work, the politicians serve the criminals that voted them in.

[@Gr8Incarnate]

It's a much deeper problem than that. Just electing a different person won't fix the issue.

[@user-el5yw1er2j]

Crime rates are up everywhere. In fact, they rose A LOT under the last president. Just worth pointing out I think.

[@renderuntocaesarwhatiscaes2300]

There will be a lot more crime to come. Were telling people at the bottom of the wealth gap to follow the law dont do crime meanwhile a guy with 91 charges and 4 indictments is being allowed to waltz in and out of court disrespecting judges threats send to DA’s and being allowed to win state after state.. This is what folks are seeing nightly on the news. Soooo we wanna tell folks who have alot less than him “ o you have to follow the law and not commit crimes” How’s that working out so far???

[@MR-xc3sw]

​@@Gr8Incarnatecorrect electing a different Democrat will not solve the problem. Its a shame the voters are liberals that refuse to hold criminals accountable. The voters do not have the brains to fix this very very simple issue.

[@M.Mae.M]

Such a shame to see how some people destroy their own neighborhoods not thinking about how much harder of a life it creates for residents of the area.

[@malin7919]

This shows Joe Biden supporters are out of control. El Salvador proved mass incarceration reduced crimes and Oakland residences must demand that to protect the community.

[@mjg239]

Same can be said for all of the individuals who chose to storm the US capitol on January 6 and overturn a legal election -- intent upon destroying their own country and not thinking about how much it destroys the image of US democracy globally.

[@ronkonkoma4223]

Juveniles and the oppressed people lack values.

[@Gr8Incarnate]

You can't fix blk.

[@DoobieDeb]

To stupidno education no respect no moral NO NOTHING AND WHO RAISES THEM

[@toditron]

Wow! Crime hurts business? Who could have predicted that?

[@halbleavy9900]

Slavery and Jim Crow hurts people as well.

[@bengolfs1]

Wanna guess the majority demographic in that area? Anyone?

[@gimne]

Thugs

[@68-And-I-Owe-You-NONE]

🥷🏿

[@whateveryo4470]

Basketball Americans

[@jonw999999]

The B in BIPOC

[@Aaron-sv3uv]

@UnklRico Now that’s funny right there

[@zhaneranger]

It’s not just “claims” it’s real. The last time I was there the car next to mine was broken into. And they didn’t get there until after me, so it was literally within minutes.

[@mmakotal4388]

that just for legal reasons how u not know that that why wendy always says allegedly after every line

[@DanMarinodolphins]

I've experienced the same thing

[@ineedya123]

It's a "persons of color" problem. It will always be "claims" for far left media (basically all media).

[@ZapataE]

You get what you vote for Oakland !!! When my sister was an “All Star” with In-N- Out Burger they sent her to this location to open the new store and help train people. Her car was broken into the first week she was there . Mind you this was when they first opened the store 20 years ago!!!

[@johnwilliams7931]

Yeah that word claims is what got me

[@user-if8xm5zf1b]

A community reaps what it sows.

[@johnpatz8395]

Yeah, it’s almost like their are consequences for voting for leftists and allow them to push their insane agendas

[@markmark123412341]

NOW how can you plant a cow in the ground and grow more ground beef? I mean cows can't grow out of the ground! You can't REAP COWS out of the ground now can you? In and out burger has ground beef cows that they serve!

[@Xilladan093]

​@@markmark123412341 hes talking bout the brack robbers

[@AbortYurfetuses]

He's talking about basketball Americans and their crime farms.

[@halbleavy9900]

So, there will be a harsh judgment dealt to America for it's role in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

[@RicoLC85]

Well. I don't blame them for closing. Blame the thugs that society hates.

[@MR-xc3sw]

Democrats protect the criminals they don't hate them they hate cops.

[@Aaron-sv3uv]

No blame the dumbacrats that created them and this mess.

[@thorick590]

We said that we wanted it 'animal style' but we didn't mean like THAT !

[@spcvonhamm8857]

When I worked in Central America we would go to fast food places and they literally had guards at the front door with rifles. Even one posted at the bathrooms. Is that where we’re headed?

[@MrStringybark]

Yep!

[@user-on7iu3ie4i]

We have that in our Grocery Store 's I.E SAFEWAY FAREWAY 🛒🛒

[@Aaron-sv3uv]

Not in liberal California. They would pee their way back to their safe space if they saw that.

[@TruthSetsUfree100]

Democrats consider criminals a protected race , so yes we are heading in that direction😢

[@annb.2106]

Yes because we can't close the boarder

[@hoapres]

Oakland solved its retail crime problem because there are no retailers left in Oakland.

[@danpakoman]

Recall Sheng Thao, Nikki Bas, Pamela Price and every other inept Oakland official.

[@jepperjep84]

ABSOLUTELY

[@grdpder]

for every person that wants what you stated, there's 10 that still gonna vote foe these progressive woke politicians unfortunately. This will not change until they themselves experience being a victim.

[@Nurse_Diesel]

Congratulations Oakland! Being so pathetic that InOut leaves the city.

[@rogerm3708]

Down vote for calling it 'crime claims'

[@Aaron-sv3uv]

NBC propaganda network

[@plusorminusandtime]

WOW, it seems like they care about their employees. Good for them.

[@slothmarathonpromotions2470]

Oakland following the footsteps of Detroit. Nice work people.

[@jonw999999]

Except Detroit has turned around haha, Oakland continues to plunge off the deep end

[@charlesfrisby8090]

Weak prosecution means no fear of law enforcement, city and state officials need to be replaced.

[@59fiftycap]

aka democrats and extreme liberals

[@rogueamerican20]

Did you even hear what he said. He wants private security because cops aren’t doing their job because they’re useless.

[@jaymeez]

The mayor fired the chief of police!! And there has not been a new permanent chief installed. Why not wait to fire the guy until you had a replacement in mind

[@dougfredricks2017]

Memphis PD Chief Davis:" Hold my 🍻beer" 😂

[@DontLetTheOldManIn]

Democrats cling to a common trait: "Never think things through."

[@rogueamerican20]

What does that have to do with anything? The cops aren’t going anything in the first place that’s why the guy said he wanted a tax credit so they can hire private security.

[@PR-qo5cn]

The basketball people did it to themselves and will then turn around and scream gentrification

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

Gentrification can only happen when the Basketball-Americans are moved (or chased, lol) out. And half of them live wherever the gubmint tells them to.

[@ryankramer8779]

Go back to the Confederacy, mayo boy

[@kyshac81]

There is no reduction in crime in that area.

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

Move in some of Joe Biden’s “migrants.” They’ll turn the hood into the barrio with the swiftness.

[@BAYAREA_PizzaParty]

Setting all types of records now Oakland will have the first closed down In N Out in three quarters of a century. That place is a wasteland now.

[@robtriton]

This is what occurs when you cater to a specific culture group.

[@randomsh-t917]

Some people just can't have nice things

[@Khalidestroyer]

I love how the Democrats in Oakland and our President Biden has managed the country.

[@fly1ngpapaya]

Good job black Americans. Top notch work! Don't agree with my statement? Look up crime by race for Oakland California. Have a good day 😁

[@whateveryo4470]

Look it up in every state and it’s the same basically. Can’t expect animals to function like humans.

[@fly1ngpapaya]

@@whateveryo4470 basically 13/60. But even that's not right because 13% is the entire black population in America which includes young, old and male, female. So the number is actually even smaller.

[@RicePho]

Blame one demographic of race.

[@kyshac81]

Hispanics and Asians? Because they are the main ones doing it now.

[@ThePurelutz]

lol you act like this all matters in the grand scheme of things. bro the earth could crash into the sun and explode tomorrow....

[@Viper42104]

​@@ThePurelutzlet's hope it does.

[@jinov191]

@@ThePurelutz In the mean time and until that happens the violence does matter, that isn't the only effect on communities that these pos criminals have

[@georgejetson3648]

​@@ThePurelutz you are lost.

[@seadweller386]

Skeptics huh? Well, the article says In n Out never closed a restaurant before.

[@Viper42104]

That's because the Schnyder family never did. Until now, in Oakland.

[@mikem.8487]

Definitely, Oakland is making a name for itself​.@Viper42104

[@techman8817]

Oakland could be amazing if it were managed properly. It’s better situated than SF. Instead, they do an amazingly awful job.

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

They can't manage Oakland properly. Because managing Oakland properly would mean that you have to fight crime. And fighting crime is "racist" against black people. Remember? They burned down half of America over it from 2020 and 2021.

[@Ballsy_]

Reported crime vs non reported crime shouldn’t be used, sometimes people don’t have time to wait 2-3 hours for a cop to show up and report the crime

[@countquackula8539]

Oakland and Detroit have one thing in common.

[@landor7610]

they have the same demographics as Atlanta?

[@apro5674]

Just enjoyed my in an Out burger with no car break ins. Feels good to have people care about their own neighborhood.

[@JustBree716]

Right! I'm surrounding by all kinds of shopping and restaurants. Oakland sounds dreadful

[@Aaron-sv3uv]

Yes, because you don’t live in California. Probably in a safe red state

[@Turtle3000]

That’s pretty wild if your city sucks so much people leave.

[@stache1954]

Look at Detroit.

[@MR-kt2zv]

Only if they don't vote the same way when they move. Even worse

[@choysum9030]

Does anyone know what these trouble makers look like?

[@68-And-I-Owe-You-NONE]

🥷🏿

[@whateveryo4470]

They all look the same I know that much

[@phillipkalaveras1725]

I at first laughed at " due to excessive crime claims" but after receiving a warning from YT I understand what is going on.

[@A1Kira]

13%

[@awdrifter3394]

50%

[@MichaelChengSanJose]

Yes, we all know about Oakland’s drive-through break-in spot.

[@starcruze328]

Would the last person to leave that pit known as Oakland please turn out the lights?

[@stebstebanesier6205]

The lights are already out...someone has stolen the copper wiring.

[@starcruze328]

@@stebstebanesier6205 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Congratulations, you have just won the Internet with that response!

[@pandp5489]

I think the people of Oakland is taking pride in this

[@evanmurphey]

Oh they’re taking PRIDE in a lot of things!!! Which will ultimately be all of their downfall

[@dongiano]

The thugs definitely are. They like to spread fear, even if it's in their own. They feed on this

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

California needs to do a better job. As a black man, I get it: far too often, we've been unjustly incarcerated. And I'm not saying it's just black people committing the crime. But there's a large percentage that are and the pendulum has swung too far the other way. If I were a business owner in California, I'd be closing my business too.

[@themondoshow]

its black and latinos

[@TruthSetsUfree100]

Newsome will blame Trump for this😅

[@monica93304]

And the A's are gone as well

[@phill2]

Can't imagine being from Oakland and seeing all your sports teams leave the city. And businesses that are supposed to typically do well close down

[@RM_VFX]

When we moved to the bay, we looked at a place in North Oakland that was nice enough. Then we drove downhill back to the freeway. At the light, there was a collapsed building to the right, a crack motel to the left, and a house on fire. I stomped on the gas and we never looked back.

[@rogue1112002]

New mayor and DA are requested in Oakland. Time for change!

[@GH-oi2jf]

Street crime is rampant in Oakland, and brazen. Car breakins in broad daylight. It only takes a few seconds to break a car window to grab something.

[@ll2323]

What are criminals going to turn to when all the stores are closed? Their neighbors house?

[@kreatingsound4946]

congratulations to the "greatest" self-proclaimed culture (13/60)!

[@mbishop5954]

Is anyone really surprised? The place is not safe.

[@patbateman6729]

Good for In&out for putting their employees and customers before profits.

[@stevo196two9]

Too many blocks in the neighborhood, huh?

[@Dwn2Race]

Democrat Utopia…. This is Oakland…

[@sammyhooligan803]

Criminals using it as a trap.

[@JC-kb2qg]

Oakland is-will be the new Detroit

[@InspireMe819]

its worse than detroit

[@InspireMe819]

always has been

[@jonw999999]

Detroit turned around. They even have a new Gucci store downtown

[@danlove12k]

First sports teams now in and out. Oakland just doesn’t get it act together 😅

[@Digimonisbetterthanpokemon]

Why is it so hard for people to realize that their voting habits have consequences?

[@diegothephotographer2036]

Surveillance won't do anything. They need actual cops and security to he present to slow down crime, and also, the laws need to be harsher.

[@RyneMcKinney]

Im grateful it's a more recently opened location and not a historic one that's shutting down

[@doriangray4937]

We owe a big thank you to the Democrat party elected officials in the city of Oakland and the entire state of California. And don't expect anything to change as long as you keep electing these people. It's just that simple.

[@Hproawesome]

oakland is liberal. SF is liberal. CA is liberal. Noticed what all have one thing in common? Crime problem with weak prosecution.

[@jinov191]

They are not liberal, they are decidedly leftist.

[@DarkstarDarth]

I got two in and outs within 2 miles from me, life is good.😀🤘🏼

[@Viper42104]

Same! But 3!

[@troyingram716]

You can not have legitimate business in prison communities.

[@edwardsmith9403]

Why the mayor wants to close all businesses? Just follow the money

[@RealLifeProduct]

How those social workers, working out?

[@Crismodin]

They're private businesses, they can do whatever they want.

[@AdventureHorseRidinginNYS]

Safety concerns is a huge priority and I did see the stats on In-N-Out Burger at that location and it's pretty scary. But they will spin it differently I'm sure

[@beelikemizu604]

If people get hurt on their property, they could be sued for it too which is not fair to them. Best decision for them was to leave before people started blaming them & playing the lawsuit lottery.

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

@@beelikemizu604But now there is a burger desert. 🤣

[@44zeex]

Question. Why have the police not started using bait cars?

[@ThoughtAbout-vm8sv]

Would you stop crime if it paid your bills?

[@wildamerican2771]

Oakland just slashed the police budget by 18 million.

[@Phlegethon]

Who’s committing the crimes that made it shut down?

[@DanMarinodolphins]

Yep, the Mayor has failed the community

[@Wtiberon]

Of course, NBC has to try and gaslight, "cRiME rEaLLy ISnT hiGH!!"

[@kenlovesMurica]

3:04 The depiction of the thief on that sign is the wrong race of the perpetuators at that In-N-Out

[@mjg239]

You went out of your way to make a racist comment. Way to go!

[@kenlovesMurica]

@@mjg239 making a correct observation is "racist"? 🤡

[@IamThePoo]

​@@mjg239 why so sensitive

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

@@mjg239U mad, bro? 😂 Specifically, what was racist about what OP said? Was it not factually correct?

[@strongbad2016]

​@@mjg239being racist is normal. It's hardwired in our human DNA to stereotype groups based on the repeated behaviors of those groups. Blacks do it all the time: "White people this Asian people that"

[@jonw999999]

Growing up in the 90s, my dad always made sure we locked our car doors driving through East Oakland past Eastmont Mall (where the anchor is a police station) on Hegenberger Rd to the airport

[@propblast82nd]

Seems like yesterday when the Democrats in Oakland were marching in the streets yelling defund the police 😱

[@randomeverything879]

Funny this doesn’t happen in less diverse areas.

[@landor7610]

is oakland diverse? I thought it was chock full of that "compassionate melanin."

[@e.gadd.1]

The media denying the crime is happening and blaming stores for leaving does nothing to help stop it. In fact it encourages more

[@RandomDude19868]

It's a privilege to have In-N-Out in your neighborhood.

[@jimmyday9536]

This is not fair to the criminals. Now they will have to travel further to steal stuff.

[@49ersrules32]

I hate these criminals they belong in jail.

[@brettrice4017]

“Claims” your network is ridiculous and shameful.

[@melaniewantsabeer243]

Let's vote for Governor Newsom again, right the world has lost its mind

[@justaskmeiknow5584]

Isn't newsom a top tier leader and he wants to be president, let that sink in

[@jakemoeller7850]

Newsom doesn't run Oakland.

[@justaskmeiknow5584]

@@jakemoeller7850 That's true but he did run SF and look at that mess, now he runs the state and not only is SF a mess but so is every large metropolitan area, Bay Area, LA, San Diego, Sacramento. He has absolutely zero integrity. You need open your eyes and SEE the problems (homelessness, illegals, infrastructure decay, crime), this just doesn't happen by chance, and stop listening to the rhetoric and understand that all of our problems are 100% policy driven. Newsom/every liberal puts their own agenda before the interests of the country. Newsom and his kind are sick...VERY SICK!!! This cockroach and his band of cohorts(state and federal) need to be dealt with and voted out. YESTERDAY!!!

[@melaniewantsabeer243]

@@jakemoeller7850 will look to the precious Nancy Pelosi then

[@Aaron-sv3uv]

@@jakemoeller7850 Just the whole state🙄

[@jacknasty6940]

Bail reform wasn’t supposed to be used for people who chronically get arrested

[@theTimHernandez]

people get the government they deserve. elections have consequences.

[@FoNgThOnG]

"Areas where stores were closed, saw fewer reported crimes" They really brought the geniuses out to figure out that criminals don't rob places that are closed and doesn't have money 😂

[@larryj1048]

I wonder who would do dat? Hmmm.

[@gozardsmooth]

Oakland is a giant fart.

[@billyjohnson9166]

TRUMP 2024

[@TickTock-jo4to]

T hugs.

[@topnotch97]

no one mentioned that Oakland Walmart, which is right across, CLOSED down in 2016 due to this rampant crime. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@jimmyglea]

Boy, am I glad there aren’t too many In-n-Outs where I live.

[@surviveunplugged]

Wow. Corporations care more now about human safety than the politicians. In-N-Out CEO is taking more action than the mayor and DA. That speaks volumes.

[@JamesJoyce12]

sometimes stereotypes are stereotypes for valid reasons

[@VegasGenxBox]

Feed everyone and give healthcare instead of more missiles tanks and jets, and you'll see crime drop 90%

[@VegasGenxBox]

@zackpack8 spoken like a MAGAt.. good job

[@jake-fp9my]

Neither a business or customers are going to go somewhere where they’re constantly robbed.

[@whateveryo4470]

Why would anyone place their business in this area full of animals?

[@mrwintboc]

This In-N-Out is located in an area of Oakland that was relatively safe not too long ago; right off the 880 and near the airport and A's stadium. Keep up the good work Democrats!

[@zicon-z6c]

It is the laws and politics that allow crime to be rampant

[@d.b.1176]

No burgers for you Travon.

[@emichin7010]

The irony of this video is that all the interviews are with black people.

[@gofastpulluphard7799]

Daaaaang. Looks like feelings are more important than facts

[@TucoJames]

Closed dining room during the pandemic, now closing dining room area due to blackdemic