Inside the Theft Capital of America

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[@imwatchingyou9745]

yooo

[@balmyfn2329]

Tommy g the goat

[@Randomguy12773]

Dropped a San Francisco vid right after Tyler Oliviera did cool coincidence ig

[@MatthewMcBallin]

san francisco got skill issue?????????

[@WhyDnaNews]

You should go to more gangs like that Latin kings vid was really interesting and just mostly more Mexican content

[@Acaidia]

That ladies concern with stores closing due to theft wasn't that people lost their jobs but that now she has to go further away to steal. What a pitiful human.

[@jbmp1390]

Who cares about people having awful jobs that don't even pay a living wage?! And from corporations that are making RECORD PROFITS. Stop being a shill for corporations that don't give a damn about people.

[@Acaidia]

@@jbmp1390 Uhm probably the people that held those jobs..? How is being against theft and driving away business shilling for corporations?

[@b8IIin]

@@jbmp1390 what a nice life you must have, where you get to pick and choose whatever job you like in order to support yourself and family

[@sabotage151]

I bet her parents taught her to steal.

[@ChairmanTrip]

And people wonder why africa (and nw hoods) has food and store deserts 😂

[@user-ic9ol9tx4x]

The guy throwing trash in the street says everything about his character. Ty for making a point to pick it up

[@Wowowwubzzy]

Facts

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

I got a booster. Love that couple. They are serious. 1 time they stole 15k worth of goods and sold it to me for 3,500. I bail tqn out o jail if need be. U need a booster in your life

[@toddlauretteHabsFan]

@@RUTHLESSambition5 Me too Bro!

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

@@toddlauretteHabsFan everyone has a talent

[@ronstephens9620]

I'd rather see his dumbass laying in that corner than that bottle

[@Tara-cw6zu]

As someone who works for the excess carrier insurance business, please let me educate these people that think, oh insurance will cover it”. Yes, insurance will cover it for a while, but the premiums continue to rise at an exponential rate, based on every claim that is received, and the dollar amount of that claim. Eventually it gets to a point where the cost of the premium outweigh the benefit of keeping that store open and thus the closing of the store. Some carriers won’t insure certain locations now either because it’s cost prohibitive since claims are guaranteed to occur. To think that the theft is not the cause of stores closing is absurd!

[@wydellbirchwood9146]

It’s because most people have never owned or even been close to owning a business! They have no idea the actual cost of running a profitable company or store…

[@andrewdoster2905]

That dude was a complete idiot and has no idea how businesses work. Sad they don’t even know they’re harming their own community and will put themselves in a worse position.

[@pmccoy8924]

I truly couldn't care less. The corporations toe the line with wokeness so they're not cancelled at virtue signal. The people of the city who suffer voted for this. Is that it is.

[@Redditor6079]

​@@pmccoy8924yes, and those people then leave these cities eventually and spread to other cities where they are unable to or refuse to differentiate between the two cities so they begin the same shit they did over in the other city. Vote soft on crime DAs, buy into virtue signaling mayors, resent law enforcement, steal shit.

[@Horizon301.]

@@wydellbirchwood9146worse yet, they don’t even have car insurance or house. If they did they would know how it all works with excess fees and renewals

[@gerax16]

I’ve lived in the Bay my whole life and I was shaking my head throughout this whole video. The lack of remorse, empathy and responsibility I saw with the people in the video is eye opening.

[@videowatcher93]

100% lol i barely go into SF now and if it's a must, i go to places i trust. luckily, i have a friend who's a native and knows where the (rather) safe areas are

[@乂]

I feel bad for the normal citizens that live here. Must be terrifying to go shopping knowing all of this is happening.

[@Neilltheone]

It's not that bad if you don't walk in the city and look like a tourist, the trick is to make it look like you're a local and mind your own business. That is until someone decides to rob you then you can use a _________ to make it so they have zero chance to reoffend.

[@ProdByBorthWest]

Bot

[@Showtimesway__]

nah as someone who live here they whole life it norm

[@seawolf1990]

Well, they keep voting for the Democrats,they need a Ron desantis

[@papishampoo5235]

Yea facts I feel bad for the normal people who are just trying to make a living and you have these clowns terrorizing everyone.

[@e.cabrera1861]

“Their insurance will pay for it” such a smooth brain though. Insurances will pay up to a certain point, they are in it for the money, if they keep paying out they will drop the business as a client, that’s when stores close down and people loose their jobs and people without a vehicle loose access to basic necessities

[@davysmith8569]

once enough stores close, they will be coming for residents, for sho

[@purepanorama8484]

The costs of everybody's insurance goes up too. The more money the company has to pay out the more they are going to charge customers with their rates.

[@16945pie]

Yeah insurance is a for profit business. I worked corporate side for one, they're as cutthroat (often more) as any other industry. Once it becomes apparent a client is carrying unreasonable risk the insurance company is gonna hike rates through the roof or drop them as a client causing the retailer to pull out of the market. Insurance companies aren't just gonna hand out millions of merchandise by proxy by insuring businesses in areas that decide stealing isn't a crime anymore. This will hit a breaking point with the average joe feeling the lion's share of the consequences.

[@lostmusichits]

​@@purepanorama8484Ins propaganda. Profit margins are over 30%.

[@user-gp4rj3lc7t]

@@purepanorama8484and the total idiot in the red jacket goes on to say if they close down, it’s their fault because “their insurance is garbage” . What a total loser/moron

[@PTQ4Q4Q4Q4]

This is some good reporting and love your charity work, love to all from Australia.

[@lookadamvideos]

Bro was just chillin in the space void mystery, doin some science with his empty stroller 😭🙏🏼 that shit was different bruh

[@milkychanthefawn]

bros just off a blue

[@GroovyGabe]

7:33 - "the city is more concerned about ideology than practicality" Perfect way of describing it

[@lordcorporal4247]

absolutely

[@gadiantonrobber5692]

"Everything woke turns to sh*t." Gotta love the party that controls CA. Newsom 2024!!

[@Nomadonthego]

Coming to a city near you that is run by the alt left who are too busy about who is more politically correct about gender identity💀

[@djhogan2119]

that guy is incredibly smart

[@ShiffySpiffy]

The lady in the blazer's response blew me away when you asked her how she felt about the employees of the companies leaving the city and losing their jobs. Her response was stating that she's inconvenienced that she'll have to travel further to steal more stuff. There couldn't have been a worse answer to that question and I think it sums up the mentality of most of these bippers. Absolutely no care for anyone else.

[@EricBCryptoFutures]

I was just about to comment that.. How would you feel if ppl who need this money to feed their family are impacted? Ahh yea that sucks id have to go a little further away to steal shit.. Not even comprehending that she could possibly give a f about someone else lol

[@naitranaitra8196]

she is not the sharpest tool, hiding her face but she's the only one going in with a damn dog.

[@oldsalt8011]

With a rack like that she could find a sugar daddy .

[@maryamn]

@@naitranaitra8196thats what i was thinking? she takes a unique looking king charles cavalier or whatever breed it is into these bipping missions and only covers her nose and mouth 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ even a blind persons gonna recognize her

[@BleedingOath]

all breasts, no brains lol @@maryamn

[@johnkennedy8759]

Im sick of hearing "you gotta do what you gotta do to make a living out here". Get a job like every other normal citizen would.

[@redlight3932]

things are hard i hope you never have to understand that

[@itherealykb1317]

@@redlight3932 it's only hard when you don't want to work, plenty of jobs everywhere

[@YairDeR]

@@redlight3932mcdonalds?

[@nicholemartin2846]

Get a job is a job itself and if it was so easy to get a job then do you think they would be doing it no i don’t think so so before u open ya mind to type think before you type it up

[@YairDeR]

@@nicholemartin2846 🤣 i’ve worked since i was 13 no excuses. Rather be tired then lazy

[@improga]

18:13 that hurt deep in my soul XD thx for picking it up!

[@jennaferknox5425]

The lack of empathy. “If I don’t see it then it doesn’t affect me”. The lack of empathy and compassion in this world now and days is just unbelievable to me

[@Koelle_nicolas]

The world/people never changed.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​Lol, i dont know why ppl don't see it isn't obvious ​@@Koelle_nicolas

[@bear532]

empathy and compassion only come from struggle. Only the hungry know what it means to be hungry.

[@kubabayaty6402]

This shit was not as common 40 years ago. The crack epidemic and lack of parenting definitely changed shit.

[@jenjoestar.]

@@bear532yet the people who are struggling and do this have neither...

[@TDBRICKS]

They can shoot the next Batman movie here

[@KPrendo]

yeah agreed mate

[@GAURAV25855ify]

Yes they can in san francisco just like they did in chicago

[@magical8013]

But batman would end up arrested,not the criminals.

[@BigWill007]

Nah… only Gotham NY

[@theoldgods8229]

Their cameras and gear would be stolen on the regular

[@paulhowell1198]

SF crazy, love the content T keep it real 🤜🏻🤛🏻🇬🇧

[@liammadden7572]

Ew a British person.

[@chocbear8394]

Tommy G great coverage man.

[@melvingibson4525]

The lady in the blue sport coat wasn't doing this to "eat". The signs of her being an addict are very obvious.

[@chrispoole8630]

She’s stacked tho.

[@TheElleAngeles]

I noticed that too

[@DrewLinds_]

For sure on drugs

[@343jwright5]

Girl need to be doing OF. OO 😮

[@goatpepperherbaltea7895]

Wow you are a very apart man

[@empirestate8791]

That professional thief you interviewed at 25:00 is truly the worst person in society. He's bragging about stealing money from hardworking people and says he doesn't even feel bad. He then gives the proceeds to other criminals in his neighborhood who probably don't have honest jobs and just prey on others for a living. Some of the thieves who don't care about stores closing (or that lady who felt bad that she couldn't steal from the closed store anymore) are truly awful. These aren't low-income people struggling with housing expenses or food - these are professional criminals who voulntarily chose a life of crime.

[@ingetnamn-de9fc]

They would do excellent as politicians.

[@San-yh4zi]

why should he feel bad? Do you feel bad for using things that have the blood of other humans in africa or asian on it? I hardly doubt it.

[@yourlocalmilkman6118]

@@San-yh4ziwhat a stupid take. This is America and we are supposed to have law and order, it’s the only way a society can function. Hence why everyone is moving away from San Francisco and if policies don’t change will become a ghost town

[@probe4682]

@@San-yh4zi 2 wrongs don't make a right lil bro

[@LucidDreamr463]

@@San-yh4ziBetter your damn self and don't blame others' shortcomings for your own arrogance. Kid.

[@peterrobbins2862]

You do really good balanced programs well researched, interesting and relevant well done keep up the good work

[@jessemitchem3880]

This is very common pattern in humanity. If you stop arresting and prosecuting criminals they will increase the amount of crime they do. They need to think that they will be caught, and if caught the prosecution has to outweigh the percieved benefit of the crime payout. This is simple. Not complex. Don't let anyone make you think otherwise.

[@xuimod]

Its cultural. Your view is only relevant to Judeo-Christian societies. In Confucian there isn't an epidemic of theft. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Vietnam.... theft isn't rampant in these Confucian countries. Your post is more proof Westerners in general know nothing about Confucianism. Most westerners aren't even aware of Confucianism's existence.

[@xuimod]

That's a generalization that's also inaccurate. Rampant theft doesn't have any Confucian countries like South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Vietnam. Your post is more proof westerners known almost nothing about Confucianism. most westerners aren't even aware that Confucianism exists.

[@xuimod]

That's a generalization that's also inaccurate. Rampant theft doesn't have any Confucian countries like South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Vietnam. Your post is more proof westerners known almost nothing about Confucianism. most westerners aren't even aware that Confucianism exists.

[@mrsandta]

These people blindly steal at such a rate that stores local to them are forced to close. Then they turn around and complain about how far they have to go to get food, clothing, medicines. Complete comics.

[@anthonyaliano6974]

Yup, but they r the victims remember? N they all have something in common..

[@smokenmonkeyco6201]

​@@anthonyaliano6974 pattern recognition is one of our finest evolutionary traits. You clearly see the pattern

[@michaelm3505]

These people?! Wadda ya mean, THESE PEOPLE?!

[@Awakenedhearts47]

@@michaelm3505black people

[@yaboiwi9759]

​@anthonyaliano6974 you see in the video its all races and mostly your kind ese 😂

[@hausandhues573]

The most astounding thing about this is this woman responding at 9:44. She cannot even remotely consider someone else being impacted. that’s a wild respond.

[@isalie-kh2vl]

I thought I misunderstood the question when she answered like that.

[@ionymous6733]

there were a few cuts in the video there. I wonder if that was even the answer she gave to the question

[@nunyadambiznes675]

Not there yet but if they don't care who they hurt then why should I care about them or if they are hurt? Why shouldn't Walgreens employ mercenaries to protect their property?

[@shawnp2706]

She was yeah that would suck cause I’d have to drive further to steal 😂

[@420proof]

i was just going to say... shes like.. well id have to go further outside the city and area i know... ROFL

[@imperatornoinga3646]

Im so glad the "new Americans" are so entrepreneurial! Stunning and brave!

[@joefer5360]

Fine work their doing.

[@erand1564]

Love how you picked up dude's litter. I respect that Tommy G! I'm the exact same.

[@Shadow__133]

Nice. I also like to do polite things and then boast about it online.

[@romeshgajanayake322]

@@Shadow__133I mean he had to pick it up bro . What kind of animal throws shit on the floor

[@Shadow__133]

@@romeshgajanayake322 Exactly! 👍🏼

[@honeymontano9913]

That's disgusting how that stolen merchandise is sold openly like a flea market and the cops standing around.

[@EconomicWarfare]

😂😂😂 Insanity

[@k.kaiser3997]

how Pelosi and other radical lefties are advocate to steal rather to work and generate such an extreme injustice for all honest people, more than sad.

[@TheGhost2612000]

If I was in charge I would start by taking a finger for every time you steal something. That's what they used to do many many years ago. Can't steal if you don't have any fingers.

[@k.kaiser3997]

​@@TheGhost2612000what happen after 10 times they caught?

[@TreyAnderson528]

prove it was stolen though

[@joshuad1716]

That’s crazy, you asked Nikki how she felt about putting businesses out and people losing their full time jobs and being unable to provide for their family and her answer was “then I’d have to go further out of town to steal” She absolutely could not care about anyone or anything but herself and her rat dog. These people are beyond redemption. They’re sick.

[@lostmusichits]

Amazon did that, not shoplifters.

[@joshuad1716]

@@lostmusichits congratulations on having the stupidest comment of the day 🥇

[@mikepaulo4774]

i was thinking the same exact thing

[@mycrazylife408]

hey what did the dog do to you

[@fleekwoodmatt4316]

Her response had nothing to do with the question, she either misinterpreted the question or didn't hear/comprehend it.

[@DFontaine7]

This video will DEFINITELY fuel more crime and get people who never thought about doing crime to think its an option. This video makes crime look cool, like it pays well, like there is no consequences and like everyone is doing it so might as well.

[@eligarcia6748]

I worked in retail for well over 10 years and we had to deal with boosters constantly. What’s frustrating is their lack of knowledge on how insurance works and how it effects the store and its employees. Stores are effected immediately because that product isn’t replaced right away. So with lack of inventory we miss sales and hours as a result.

[@TylerOliveira]

Can’t take my momma to San Fran anymore for fear of her getting bipped

[@viravit]

Ayy that’s what’s up, Creators supporting one another 🤝

[@5GTrevor]

quite cringe @@viravit

[@alexdonnelly9821]

Y’all need to colab!!

[@d4v1djh]

Why you and Tommy ain’t link?? We need it!!!

[@olawuyioladokun9105]

When’s the Tyler and Tommy collab coming????

[@dontbestupid6664]

Wow these are the scummiest people you have interviewed to date. This lady isn’t worried about people losing their job and that she won’t be able to steal as much because she would have to travel. That’s how much she thinks of your neighbors.

[@swanginfleet]

Agree. Straight bums. No sympathy for taking from hard working people but cry about "making a living".

[@Prod.DJEvil]

She’s a drug fiend, at that point I don’t even think she cares.

[@greenelephant1231]

Why pick on the lady when the guy at the end doesn't care either? Misogynistic much?

[@gazzy9136]

@@greenelephant1231 Because she was just straight up talking shit through her teeth. Lies and lies. She pretended like she cares about the people she's affecting. Let's not bring gender into this. Always one of your kind in the comments trying to defend some scum bag woman with the victim mindset

[@jelly7310]

​@@greenelephant1231how does misogyny calculate into this situation? A fkn thief is a fkn thief, NO MATTER WHAT. GOOFY

[@Zackiepoooo]

“If you wanna eat, you gotta do what you gotta do” apparently that doesn’t include getting a job

[@aidantadlock6435]

21:51 is right on hyde and mcallister street, those shiny windows is to a brand new college apartment complex with 2 court rooms in the basements, UC hasting SF, worked construction for 8 months there and holy shit that was the craziest life i’ve been submerged in.

[@MrBlessed70]

This IS an absolute degradation of morality

[@SafeEffective-ls2pl]

It's progressive

[@theoldgods8229]

This is the near final form of a Progressive City, its just missing the final breakdown of law and warlords taking over.

[@idontcare-ct7jm]

This is what happens when you're taught that you're a "victim" your whole life.

[@thelaurens1996]

@@SafeEffective-ls2pl "regressive"

[@paulbroatch6419]

@@thelaurens1996 progressive ? Like in ‘progressive liberal’ or woke lefty . Either way America got a big problem here. The poorest of the poor will suffer first and suffer the most from woke lefty nonsense.

[@paulyp7854]

I think doing a documentary on Dolton, IL and their mayor situation would be an interesting video

[@YouCanHasAccount]

Wow he took your advice! Good suggestion, that was a crazy story.

[@luvr69xxx]

@@YouCanHasAccountwhich video is it?

[@johnmkryan2751]

What you do is amazing brother keep it up

[@Esiddik]

Damnnnnn !!!! Mad respect Tommy when you picked up the cup he threw ❤❤❤ just wow!

[@sumo-ninja]

Here in Georgia we have a "habitual offender" law where if you commit the same misdemeanor 3 or more times they charge you with felonies and in some cases they can give you life.

[@420MEMES1]

Yeah the big difference is Georgia is a state ran by people who believe in law enforcement California could care less

[@sumo-ninja]

@@420MEMES1 yup and here in Gwinnett county where I live (15 minutes north of Atlanta) our cops dont treat everyone like threats because we don't give them a reason to think that. If GCPD is treating you like shit/holding you at gunpoint, you gave them a reason to.. I was arrested once when I was a stupid you kid/man and I deserved it. I didn't resist, I did my time and handled everything I was supposed to and I'm still here alive and well... California is a freaking fever dream on both sides of the law

[@bear532]

While I fully support that, the root to this problem is mass illegal immigration and drug trafficking. The fencers/gangs are immigrants who give the money back home and these fencers get their products from druggies who will do anything to get high. Close the border, stop the drug trafficking, and imprison drug dealers for a looooong time. That's how you fix this issue. No drugs, less incentive for petty theft. Close the borders and deport all these criminals. As a legal immigrant who had to go through the difficult and lengthy process of immigrating to this country 23 years ago, I am furious with this open border. These scumbags give immigrants a bad rep and how dare they have such an "easy" migration while receiving tens of thousandths of dollars from the government while the rest of us legal immigrants had to endure through the process and I got nothing and wanted nothing from the government. It's despicable what the government is allowing.

[@Ripper65189]

I live in Wisconsin and I think we have the same law with drunk driving but I don’t know about other laws

[@Shadow__133]

Except for Atlanta. I lived in that shit hole and law is completely absent.

[@OHydroTsunamiO]

big difference between “im going to steal to survive” and “im going to learn a skill that benefits others and work hard at it to survive”

[@user-vb9mv3nm3f]

Sin is sin, stealing is a sin. There is no honor in a robinhood, if you murder a man, its all the same to God.

[@cbaileychamp]

​@@user-vb9mv3nm3fbullshit. There exists ethical theft. But not this. This is for personal gain not survival.

[@kalinmir]

@@user-vb9mv3nm3f do you claim to know the mind of God?

[@perfaf]

#TommyG love you're content. Keep up the good work👍🙏

[@KyRoGyRo]

yo littering is one of my biggest pet peeves toooo😭😭😭THANK YOU

[@B3Band]

Theft is mine. But I guess that's not a problem lol

[@user-kr2yr9dc4t]

@@B3Band she was just commenting on something that annoyed her. we'd all probably agree that theft is wrong too, calm down

[@KyRoGyRo]

@@user-kr2yr9dc4t it’s cool i forgot i even commented on this😭💀

[@tylerbarbaree7007]

When hairspray Hitler removed the garbage cans, I think that was 2008 or 9... The city was already garbage.. The Exodus of real humans who are not mentally ill was well underway... Of course this is what it decay to, didn't happen overnight.. Is literally the result of voting for Democrats in every city and every town at every time in history and the future

[@MxSpikeSpiegelxM]

9:36 girl literally didn't care about the people losing their jobs. She just cared that she would have to travel further to boost...

[@tbcstuff3634]

Good, cause no one cares about her either so its even.

[@lostmusichits]

Amazon literally didn't care about putting these stores out of business. Shoplifting didn't do it.

[@michaelbradley7621]

​@@lostmusichitsUnrelated and incorrect. I can pretty much guarantee that those shops in that specific area are far more affected by local thieves being given an open season pass to rob them than Amazon and it just shows your willfull blindness and bias that you would suggest otherwise. Imagine just 10 addicts coming in to your store per day and stealing up to "the legal limit", wow that sounds ridiculous to type, in a day. By the end of the year, you would have lost almost 4 million in merchandise AT JUST THAT ONE STORE. I'll bet that most of these stores deal with ten per hour not per day too.

[@lana_6336]

@@tbcstuff3634she’s trash so why would they

[@BobBob-cx9wm]

She is a junkie 304, she will end up dead or in prison.

[@iwasntlooking87]

One of the many problems here, if these stores (and they are) keep weighing the cost of employing people versus letting a few things get stolen. This catches on, and the few things getting stolen turns into every day theft, which is what we're seeing. It's easy pickings because they won't defend themselves. Even the workers in some situations are getting tired of this but can't do anything because they'll be fired.

[@s7evinkelevras]

aint no worker in their right mind going to go and get into it with a theif, its not their job and the compnay probably dont respect them enough that they should ever considering doing something like that, its not their shit and its not their problem, report it and ring the next paying customer out and only stay at that job until you get a better one, or finish school or whatever the case. eventually there will be far less employees involved in the retail aspect of business anyways, the products if any will be some kind of hologram or tv display that will be delivered or you will pick it up out of a chute somewhere, or an android will walk over to you and hand it to you

[@liammadden7572]

@@s7evinkelevras Or, we can keep people having honest jobs instead of being criminals, and let society function and gain our communities respect.

[@joefer5360]

@@liammadden7572 But the androids, hologram displays, and the chutes are going to take all of the "honest" jobs anyway. What then? UBI?

[@soulfulsunflower4328]

I don't know how I've never heard of you before, but after seeing you go and pick up that dude's cup while you're out walking around with criminals, I'm subbing! I think I like you just as much as Andrew with Channel 5.

[@everydaywrld7306]

I literally just finished the Tyler Oliveria video on the same thing wtf 😂😂😂😂

[@monsieursoze4859]

same here wtf

[@tayjahgraham6437]

Same

[@opp6548]

Same here

[@spacedust117]

same bru

[@graysonmueller7872]

thank u for reminding me bout him watchin his new shii

[@Adiudicium-1776]

this is difficult to watch. For someone who started on the bottom with absolute minimum income and worked its way up, I have zero sympathy for"life is tough." It's tough for everyone but the rest of us work hard and none of us have ever thought about storming a store and stealing. Hearing the guy in the $1k black Canada Goose jacket complain and not feel bad about what he does infuriates me. These people need to be locked up.

[@blkstrrecords]

Naw they need to quit being a waste of oxygen

[@Adiudicium-1776]

@@blkstrrecords 😂

[@B3Band]

We do it different ways. I never stole, but I used fake bills to "buy" plenty of things at stores. I called all my credit card companies to got myself up to like $30k in credit, spend 9 months buying groceries and paying bills with cash advances, then filed bankruptcy once I was working again. You gotta do what it takes to survive. I learned to code and became a Software Engineer, but not everybody can do that.

[@user-yf4tz1hu1r]

​@@B3Bandwhat you buy falsh money?dark?

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@B3Band you did it in the shadow like the government

[@tanyachef]

Its sad seeing the Mall. I remember when it opened. I was a kid (im 5th gen NorCal and my kids are 6th being born in SF) and saw it on the news. It has a circular escalator and at the time, that was a big deal. If you look at the 18:30 mark you can see how the light shaft is oval and not square. You could take the escalator up each floor and it felt like you were gliding. Now, it looks like a ghost town and is a shell of its former self.

[@joefer5360]

Good for you. All of the people who are looting it, because you and your family buy everything on Amazon, never got to go there and make those "memories". Probably didn't have the transportation or disposable income.

[@tanyachef]

@@joefer5360 You have NO idea what I have done for SF. The politicians and their horrible policies like rent control and the highest minimum wage in the USA did SF in. Study economics. SERIOUSLY. I have worked/volunteered EVERY Tues at Martin De Porres Hospitality House, cooking for ppl FOR YEARS. I also went to MANY city council meetings circa 2011-2017 and the decline was already evident enough for my family to sell our beautiful home (it was small 2bd/1bth but we WERE happy) and get out of SF. I wish I could meet you in person bc I would be able to discuss/debate the issues that SF has and hopefully enlighten you. It does NO good for you to lash out with made up anger at strangers.

[@joefer5360]

@@tanyachef Go pound sound.

[@jarrettward]

Intros so sick with it

[@memphisraines8118]

Ended our road trip in sf. Had no idea how bad it was. Downtown is a ghost town. Homeless people fighting and getting loud at all hours of the day/night. People have signs inside their cars stating they have no valuables inside. Its nuts. Don't know why people live there.

[@tanyachef]

I have a friend that has lived in downtown SF for the last 25 yrs. He used to have an old van he used to drive out of the city to visit friends and family in SJ. 1967 dodge van that looked like the mystery mobile from Scooby Doo. He NEVER kept ANYTHING valuable in it, even in the beginning. Then the homeless starting doing drugs and having sex in it. He thought it was gross and dangerous enough that he had to wear thick gloves to clean it out of used condoms and needles. The final straw was when they all starting using it as a bathroom and actually taking dumps in the vehicle. THEN he finally sold it and now rents a car for just a day.

[@s7evinkelevras]

@@tanyachefwhy would u keep anything valuable in a vehicle in the beginning? what does that have to do with anything? you should never leave anything in your vehicle of value at any time, it got glass windows and some of the time they are see thru, the trunk can be opened from inside of most vehicles so thats not a safe spot either. if you leave something of value in your car, it is something someone wants, even change in the cup holder, dont even leave your registration in the car, insurance either if your not doing digital. he thought it was gross and dangerous that he only started to wear thick gloves? lol, one would argue that he should feel more violated with what was happening in his vehicle than if someone were to have simply broken in and stolen valuable shit, just going into your vehicle knowing that other people have been in there for extended periods of time and you got no clue where they have beenmell would be enough to get rid of the vehicle without ever wanting to go back inside of it again, finding condoms, needles, cigarettes and whatever else he the first time this happened he should have done something different if he was going to keep the vehicle, the worst part is, no one is surprised that they were taking dumps in there, not one bit, the question that i always wonder is, how they can do that and not wipe their ass after? its not like they are prepared carrying toilet paper with them or else they would have planned to take their shit some where else. sounds like your friend went through a whole bunch of nastyness (which is not particulary his fault) besides the fact that he didnt decide to do something sooner lol

[@phillybilly]

What kills me is the fact that the girl with the dog in the cart is self snitching eventually all the stores that she boost at are going to be on the lookout for her

[@Melissa-gh6wg]

right

[@totaldeparture7848]

And admits she's stolen several thousand dollar hauls when $950 is the misdemeanour limit

[@G__Mason]

I was thinking the same thing but then again, doesn’t seem like they care or even try to stop it so it probably won’t matter much unfortunately.

[@Dr.House92]

Their vanity and low IQ always betrays them!

[@AKA-Nana]

She could tell them as she walks out what she did and ain’t nothing gonna happen to her. I don’t think she even bothers hiding it tbh.

[@prairiepatriot2162]

9:38 - He asks about the people who lose their jobs because of theft and all she has to say is how inconvenient it is for her.

[@mattaustin8720]

Wild stuff

[@benjaminhoffman5239]

I’m 30 years old and I know the world was never perfect of course but I never thought I would see society get this bad. I grew up fearing the law and stealing anything was a real big deal it’s just crazy how it’s ass backwards now

[@davidclaussen9924]

This is what happens when you're soft on crime. Remember defund the police - you get what you ask for... fools.

[@Hforester777]

Jesus himself said that in the last days people would perceive good as evil and evil as good. Couldn’t be more true

[@shaneobrien148]

FJB

[@ConsensusX]

Maybe because social media didn't exist, so you weren't exposed to the realities of the world. How hard was it in the 90s to watch a video of someone getting un-alived.. compared to now? It doesn't mean it didn't happen, you just never saw it happening. The world is as dark as it was, we're just more aware/informed now.

[@SoggyFork]

​@@shaneobrien148 You're so ignorant, start with blaming the states

[@Iml0JR]

18:24 @Tommy G I seen him throw that and i was like no wayy bro and you picked the cup up 🤝 what a g

[@Pillpop]

Should have made buddy pick it up

[@khushilparikh585]

a lot of respect for Tommy G for that one

[@eric13731]

Fr mad respect

[@velocirshtr3756]

Yeah that kid was a total hard “R” n-werd for that. Not to mention stealing sprays of the cologne too. Ya total little hard-R

[@velocirshtr3756]

@@Pillpopif buddy had class (which obviously doesn’t), he would’ve grabbed it from TommyG’s hand after he picked up. But then again, why should he. Let the yt man do ur work for u since they the 1s holding them down in the first place

[@1nePercentJuice]

Last time I was in SF, Market st, I was robbed at noon, right in front of several people. Zero interest from everybody. I refuse to go back into that s***hole

[@shawnb2204]

That cvs at 0:45 is where my car got broken into and I was only away for like 1 minute and 20 seconds if that

[@ThatzKool_]

Yeah, as a local SF resident (high schooler), I see a lot of people my age doing this stuff. It's sad, really. It happened a couple times at my dad's business too. It's a horrible world we live in man.

[@AshCupric]

Good on you for not engaging in the same bad behavior as your peers! It’s so sad because it’s the everyday/ average citizens that are paying the price for this thievery. It’s why we are paying so much more at stores. Stay safe and wishing the best of luck to you and your family!

[@damonmelendez856]

Blacks are exactly like us, in every way, except for the color of their skin.

[@ThatzKool_]

tysm! you as well.@@AshCupric

[@Pradaluvscars]

Move to Texas

[@tanyachef]

@@Pradaluvscars or FL. Im 5th gen Norcal and my kids were born @ Kaiser on Geary, making them 6th gen. We left SF in 2020 and sold our home and biz. Im sure ur parents remember that Gavin Newsome was the Mayor of SF for 8 yrs. Then he FAILED UP in winning Gov of CA. 1st he ruined SF and now he has ruined CA.

[@xdKyouzen]

Getting "caught" stealing and saying "It's San Fransisco, bro." is crazy to me. 😂😂

[@karenmiller553]

How inconvenient for the lady and the dog that when all the stores close, she has to go out of the city and it takes time. They are so obvious out on the street selling the stolen goods and nobody thinks anything of it... Our society has degenerated into criminality. The law abiding citizen is the victim.😢

[@tanyachef]

@@karenmiller553 FR last time I rode BART (bay area rapid transport) there was a homeless guy sleeping on bags of trash/his stuff, used needles on the ground, pools of urine and human feces in between the seats (bc BART closed it public bathrooms bc so many ppl were ODing and making a huge mess inside). So, she is going to have to smell and be exposed to all that on her ride out to Walnut Creek to steal.

[@xyzmediaandentertainment8313]

It should be alarming and disgusting yo you. Not funny 😒

[@user-wd1oy2ej3q]

One of the best KZbinrs!

[@ZaraVal]

That’s so true!!! I almost peed my pants in San Fran when I was visiting because there was NO where to use the bathroom! I ended up going in a Starbucks but I had to buy coffee. Which is cool, I love a good Starbs on the west coast 😌

[@Tardxan]

Big respect for calling out the homie when he littered

[@supinthiam5741]

Lame. Who cares it's just trash

[@Hazy1050]

You're just trash@@supinthiam5741

[@Tardxan]

@@supinthiam5741 the environment is oppressed

[@supinthiam5741]

@@Tardxan impossible

[@martinbernard-vp6zv]

He’s got bright future

[@nuckchorris3054]

I'm born and raised in SF and grew up around 16th and mission. This shit's been going on for a long time, glad it's finally being documented

[@coolkid2093]

Channel 5 did a video abt SF a couple months ago its pretty good

[@sdottwal]

Man 16th is outta control sometimes too. Gotta hope it cleans up one day

[@650AFTERHOURSOC]

I lived a few blocks away on 14th and Guerrero

[@railroadforest30]

@@coolkid2093it’s not a bad video except he insert his political bias

[@np494609]

Great video, this is what Vice used to be like 10-12 years ago

[@21sadbish82]

20:23 this man at one point believed he had a purpose then just stopped. breaks my heart bro. Keep him in your prayers.

[@nemesisracing1]

These stores don’t have insurance. They are self insured which means they eat the cost. I work for a multi billion dollar corporation when you are that big you self insured.

[@YoutubeLovesCowards]

Actually, the end consumer eats the cost. It all gets passed on to the hard working family. Which is why anyone who excuses this type of sh*t are just as much to blame. They say things like "why should I care about some million dollar company?". They're too stupid to even realize or care that, in the end, we are the ones footing the bill.

[@cbaileychamp]

​@@KZbinLovesCowardsyour already footing a bill. Do you not remember thhat milk was like 9 a gallon the second the pandemic hit? Before people started doing this at large? They fuck us. Once you realize that, you understand why these things happen.

[@Shellynn123]

I once parked a rented convertible on the street just outside the Westin Hotel for 10 minutes. I came out and the roof had been cut with a knife and they took the only thing that was in the car. A paperback book that was sitting on the backseat.

[@DreamDrivenMediax2]

Do a video in Memphis Tennessee ‼️

[@BRAINCELL44]

The editing keeps improving it's been top notch but each video surprises me even more

[@aFoundingYouTuber]

Born and live in San Francisco. Where I'm at atop Nob Hill there used to be curbs filled with Vespa and other brand name scooters. Myself, I used to park my scooter all the time. From about 2017 forward I had three scooters stolen. Insurance would pay the claim, I'd buy another scooter, that one would get stolen. End result, I no longer own a scooter. Something else I noticed a few months back, ALL THE SCOOTERS ATOP NOB HILL ARE GONE. There's one or two I see once in a while, but the numbers have gone down from about 50 to three. And I never see any of those $6,000 Vespa scooters any longer. One small example of how bad it is here in San Francisco.

[@minnethreat]

just think, you just made some KiaThug's life a little harder. You should be ashamed.

[@Delta-nl7pi]

Keep voting blue. This is what you get.

[@TRAVIESO_NA]

its not safe to be a like rich and doing what ever you want. that sucks. cant just vibe it and be safe. whats the point of living there? you should sell move to like mmm San Diego, much safer

[@TRAVIESO_NA]

@@Delta-nl7pi thats true.... wow agree. id never live in san fran. no reason too. im not a LGBTQ and Im not in the tech industry, only people that like San Fran

[@1jackvalley580]

Gotta Start Street Justice. Definitely Time To Just Leave Not Only San Francisco But The whole State Of California. Any Place That Has Zero Consequences Is Dangerous And Very Unfair To The Tax Players😡

[@zzzaaalll]

@08:30 The dog be like : i aint doing this crazy stuff 😂😂😂 my human drags me into this every day 😅😅😅

[@JoshMoney]

If you can’t “survive” or make a living in one of the most expensive cities, why not just leave and move to an affordable state

[@jacksontheodore7575]

Real shit picking up that cup bro

[@Dogslicer23]

Tip a lazy eye bum

[@FizzlGrizzL]

Ya couldnt believe it when he just fucked it in the corner like that 🤣 wouldve been easy for tommy to just leave it

[@exoticspoox8852]

The guy completely avoiding tommy g’s question when he asked if its cartel related😂

[@Josh-rf9wb]

Lmaooo he brung up the honduras quick asf

[@Dior444L]

Do you blame him…

[@lethalhotbox3778]

Have u seen what they do to people I wouldn't say nothing either😂

[@evanochs936]

I like that you picked that up Tommy got my subscribe 18:32

[@Showtime.2x]

When u come to Hartford bro let me give u a tour around the city 🌆 i been watching your videos and like what u do

[@santiagopaulino9753]

Somebody needs to humble that little boy and show him respect. Everybody gangster till the real OGs pop out.

[@greenelephant1231]

Um, he's like 25, a part of the problem is that people like you treat 25 year old(s) as "little kids," and they end up doing stuff like boosting, bipping, etc. without consequence.

[@General_Junkie]

Yep. Then they curl up in the fetal position crying for their mommy and apologize for causing problems. Facts.

[@Jake-mv7yo]

haha yeah 25 is middle age in gangster years @@greenelephant1231

[@sealislandgeeksn823]

Theres one detail that shows that he actually acts childish even if hes 25 and thats when he threw hes drink on the street,and Tommy took it up because he knows better and no matter how Gangster a person are or something like that it does not look good to throw thrash ! A proffesional criminal would never throw thrash like that, because of attention avoidance and never leave no traces or finger prints anywhere. But anyways theres obviously something wrong in a country when theres so much suffering,if theres street children and street dogs in a country it shows that theres something that needs to be changed,a country that can't take care of the childrens and pets are almost not a country anymore...

[@moneyinthemakin7108]

Everybody gangster until citizens take matters into their own hands.

[@shouganailife]

Great video man, very eye opening

[@tumuch8936]

As someone who grew up in the city since the 80’s, I fucking hate what’s happened to it since.

[@owenlien1593]

It’s crazy to me that we even let it get this bad than some people have the nerve to blame the stores

[@scrubbyz3763]

Love how your talking about fentanyl. An outbreak happened today at my school and 4 people including our SRO officer was hugely impacted by it all because it was laced. Thank you for getting the word out and showing people it really can happen🙏🏻

[@Jake-mv7yo]

This is the main reason we should legalize drugs. People need to know what they are putting in their body and if these drugs were pure and properly labeled the overdoses would go away except for the intentional ones.

[@TraversyMedia]

@@Jake-mv7yoso true. The fact that people don’t understand this is baffling. There is no more old school heroin. Its stuff that is 1000x worse

[@ccm4250]

Now you need to worry about N-desethyl isotonitazene. It's 20x more potent than fentanyl AND narcan is not effective reversing its effects. They're lacing everything even weed. Be vigilant, there are test strips for both fentanyl and this new synthetic opiod.

[@JohnnyVirus]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJu6YmOLrbeZbNEsi=WJiJ44_v_sw6Lmfp the tl theme

[@frantzpierre8303]

"Aye put me on TikTok" while committing a crime is crazy

[@TheRealMerkinSeason]

Bro said “if im looking to Christmas shop for the whole family would this be a good spot”?? 😂😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@MiguelGonzalez-jp9ee]

I'm defiantly going to SF to purchase some goodies 😅😅

[@barnabykent6698]

Incredible documentary as always. Please keep them coming. Much love from the UK

[@davidwillis5016]

Thanks again for the work you do

[@DC9848]

In some countries not that long ago, a captured thief would loose a finger every time. Instead of prison sentence, they eventually run out of fingers and that is one strong deterrent for others.

[@TheRealFrankadelic]

Growing up in this city, I remember being 12 and every kid in every school would compete on how much merch they could boost from Westfield

I've really wanted Tommy and Tyler to do a collab for a while now!

[@uhnrealv1403]

Bro Your productions are getting better with every upload. So much emotion. Truly insipriational. Insane animations and FPV drone shots and the detail gave me goosebumps. Love you guys and can't wait for the NEXT!! :)

[@TheRealConMan98]

The saddest part of this whole situation is even if they changed every law they could to try and turn things around, there’s no way things recover in less than a decade. It’s gonna take 20 years to correct the damage done in 4 years.

[@8sixtyrula]

when you goin drop that connecticut video bro

[@video_edit268]

I'm from Germany and can't believe what's going on with you. everything is going down the drain, wtf man

[@Mike_B622]

Joe Biden's America...

[@robertp457]

@@Mike_B622 This was happening before Biden....Trump had four years to fix the country and poor people were still poor when he left. We can't wait for politicians to fix the country it's up to all of us.

[@nikko.lottsahcocc6917]

Ehh, I wouldn’t endorse Biden but this shit has been going on since big daddy Bush Sr. was in office and technically stealing or thievery may actually be the world’s oldest profession but “boosting” from mid to high end retail has been a serious thing throughout California since the 90s.. nowadays you have these stupid kids doing it because they saw it on the internets and the tik toks and etc.. it LOOKS like a free for all but the FBI has a new approach to organized retail theft that is to ALLOW THEM TO RACK UP ENOUGH FELONIES TO BUILD AIR TIGHT CASES AND GUARANTEED PRISON TIME (FBI Organized Retail Theft Task Force) they are watching All of this 24/7 and once they are on your ass it’s over and done.. these vids aren’t going to show THAT part because truthfully it’s mostly SENSATIONALIST HYPE CONTENT.. taking a microcosm aspect and blowing it out of proportion..

[@user-tx4wj7qk4t]

Germany is just as bad

[@swish6143]

I am from Frankfurt, lets just take care that the same policies dont produce the same outcomes.

[@Pocket-Sized-Shorts]

Incredible documentary as always. Please keep them coming.

[@TubersAndPotatoes]

Damn, you've built quite the rapport in the crime world.

[@joshlopez7764]

I was a heroin addict from 18 to 28 on and off, clean now thank god but lost a lot of friends, if u ever do a drug episode I’d be happy to do an interview, Iam a New Yorker btw but zoom and stuff is good. Idk just putting it out there from stuff I’ve seen n did you can find a lot of crazy stories from users out here. Anyway good stuff bro thanks for the video, stay safe my dude.

[@BlackBSolz]

Congrats on being clean man looking to clean up myself, may the universe continue to bring you blessings 🙏🏾 glad ur life is turned around

[@S-K69]

It’s abundantly clear to me that all these people who say “Oh they have insurance, the stolen goods are covered” have absolutely no clue how it actually works. The fact they think theft isn’t the primary factor for stores closing down is absolutely bonkers. Profitable businesses don’t just permanently close

[@lostmusichits]

Amazon killed those stores not theft.

[@swish6143]

Thats true, but the reason they are poor is beyond other things thats bankers stole from them, devalued their money and houses and insurance covered it even with government money.

[@eshenkiru8541]

Tommy G u should come to Vancouver/Victoria BC the fent/drug problems were bad here before anywhere else, we're the main port for that shit lmaoooo

[@Nefelibatacomingthrough]

Very interesting situation you got over there.. Try to stay strong America! +1+1+1+1

[@Syrupyraptor]

As a loss prevention lead at a retail store in SoCal, I can personally tell you this shit sucks and it bad watching the people who pay for stuff seeing others run through the exits with more then they are buying.

[@snipingpyro]

the government is the problem.

[@velocirshtr3756]

What can YOUR retail store do as a loss prevention lead.

[@B3Band]

Why do you still have a job then? If you can't prevent loss, don't cash your paycheck.

[@user-tx4wj7qk4t]

​@@B3Bandbecause if you even upset a thief in a Democrat city your life is over. They have all the rights, you can't touch them especially if they're not white

[@tanyachef]

@@B3Band All he or she can do is what they are hired to AND its is the responsibility of the authorities and ultimately the court system to REALLY stop retail theft. As this video shows, there are many "cogs" in the wheel of a crime like retail theft. If he or she could do it 100% on their own, they would and not worry about cashing checks but rather yacht management bc they would have so much $ from their miraculous product/program.

[@df7242]

Tommy and Tyler highlighting how run down San Fran is in one day. Nice

[@lilsmurf7829]

FACT

[@DirtyGuerrilla]

Tyler’s video was cheeks, don’t do Tommy like that

[@lilsmurf7829]

@@DirtyGuerrilla deff wasn’t don’t be a meat rider

[@fpsmilly]

no it wasnt dont be a lame@@DirtyGuerrilla

[@lostmusichits]

That's a few streets. It's not like LA. He went to the TL and 16th & Mission. Two drug dens. Been that way for decades. Most of that city is way better than any city around.