NYC bodegas install panic buttons amid rise in attacks

Several bodegas across NYC are installing panic buttons in the wake of a rise in attacks against owners and workers. FOX 5 NY's Briella Tomassetti has the details.
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[@amyjade65]

Buttons won't save you! Arm yourself!

[@SIKE01]

store owner. gun owner. the two goes hand in hand, especially for a NYC bodega owner.

[@martinalarcon3108]

A loaded shotgun 😮😢

[@dustymcdust825]

@@SIKE01It’s NYC, I’m originally from Harlem and only criminals are allowed guns. Allow law abiding citizens to have them you create a financial balance (I trade futures). There must always be an imbalance for anyone to make money. If we say that the Venezuelans are the bears because they seem to have a real edge in the market. You just want to make it home from work and they see you as the neighborhood liquidity . I mean how can you go up when they came in and shorted your community. Every loss of yours is a win for them on a short. They have power too just like Anyone connected to investment banks like Citadel. His name is Joe Biden . They get locked up because they got caught mugging people Biden pays for legal fees and translators. The Venezuelans came in shorted the market and the free market is about to do a margin call on the taxpayer that just wants to work and go home, maybe bbq on Saturday.

[@jonesy19691]

Exactly

[@amandad6104]

Exactly

[@charleerichter9622]

The thing about panic buttons is no one is supposed to know you have one.

[@Kmac223]

Lol circle K workers use these😂 all they gotta do is coax them near & their necklace is gone, especially cuz they wear them on the outside of their shirts 🤦‍♂️

[@krystingrant6292]

Exactly 😂😂😂

[@Destiny-xk6oq]

Or where it’s located.

[@ToxcynArcade]

Thats not going to do anything except dial 911 automatically.

[@Destiny-xk6oq]

And that takes time.

[@charlespiper9291]

Don’t worry Alvin the Bragger is already arranging for the victim to go to prison. Also a 30,000 dollar thank you check for the criminal

[@deltafire12]

They should install panic buttons at street intersections too.

[@DJDAVINCI]

All the crazies of NYC are from the Bronx.

[@TheSkorpioprince]

you damn right they are..or brooklyn as well.

[@CommanderRick]

I like the idea of panic buttons as long as tax payers aren't footing the bill for these private businesses.

[@martinalarcon3108]

A panic button like in the flinstones 😮😢

[@Ms.ZachiaJohnson-Moses1992]

That what open borders get you!

[@martinalarcon3108]

How many panic buttons u need to install in the border 😮😢

[@donduckensen441]

Cops should be there on 3 hrs

[@Desertfox14]

Thanks to the democrats defund police nonsense.

[@SIKE01]

@@donduckensen441 2A is quicker than 911

[@Destiny-xk6oq]

I worked in a couple of stores that had panic buttons and you have to know that the Police don’t come right away and by the time the Police get there the damage is done. So, what’s the use.

[@melmcnulty1727]

Panic button won't work if police don't show up for over 1 hour

[@user-ts7ns7bt2v]

Yeah so? I thought police were the problem. Now you want cops everywhere. That’s terrifying and they’ll hurt bread shoppers

[@GenghistopG]

Customer service reps in plenty of these establishments be playing too many games depending on who the customer is instead of just doing their jobs.

[@SIKE01]

2A is quicker than 911

[@sabrinalecrivainmediaTM]

I remember that store on Jamaica Ave. Damn. They hooked it up in there. 😊. So sorry about the fatal incident that happened. 😢

[@guitarnemesis93]

Means no difference. Good look with NYPD responding to the panic button at all. They don’t protect mom and pop businesses they protect Lexington Ave and midtown.

[@AmusingPlayer]

Really? 3000 a year for a panic button. I can make one cost 600 a year just with a simple API and python script with wifi. Someone is getting rich with 3000 a year

[@amandad6104]

Like that will help?

[@jacktran7024]

"jenny from the bronx..."

[@Rl082992]

You get who you voted for! Deal with it!

[@junaidisalam5718]

a small price to pay when you live and do business in a Self Proclaimed "the greatest country in the world" Greatest B S.. ever ...

[@losfrancisco4858]

Why aren't these owner's arming themselves?

[@johngriff914]

Because the city has made it virtually impossible for any of us to do so

[@losfrancisco4858]

@@johngriff914 unbelievable. That is sad.

[@johngriff914]

@@losfrancisco4858 ultra progressive policies for you. But this dumb ass city keeps voting for more of it, so they get what they asked for

[@johngriff914]

Of course KZbin deleted my last comment blaming progressive policies

[@whokilledkenny4586]

lol not every attacker is always caught? Caught and released is the current trend.

[@lilspeth]

Don't make me laugh. Actually, the city should retire and pay every Bodega worker 3M + . Voters then can decide to put real cops not plastic buttons on duty.

[@jamelwilliams808]

🗽

[@jonesy19691]

They should be able to have firearms, because when seconds count, police are only minutes away. 🇺🇸🤔

[@eroildocortes4973]

Ahorita. Biden y el alcalde lo mandaran a un Hotel de 5 Estrellas 🌟

[@eroildocortes4973]

Biden dejó abiertas las Fronteras no tenemos seguridad 😮

[@thedisgruntleddyslexic7806]

Guns

[@shiningforce9033]

More like they need Panic Rooms

[@MrMo3big]

Bidens America .

[@Froz718]

simple stop voting dem

[@serenitychozen]

SAD THAT IT HAD TO COME TO THE POINT WHERE THESE MEASURES ARE BECOMING NECCESSARY. BUT ITS ABOUT TIME THAT THE BODEGA WORKERS GET BETTER PROTECTIONS AND UNION BENEFITS. IT MAY NOT BE ONE COMPANY BUT ITS TIME THAT ALL BODEGAS HAVE THE SAME PROTECTIONS UNDER ONE UMBRELLA OF BODEGA SECURITY MEASURES!!! WHERE WOULD ANY MAJOR CITY OR SMALL TOWN BE WITHOUT A BODEGA, PAPI STORE, CHINESE STORE, DOLLAR STORE RESTERAUNT AND GROCERY STORE??? THESE BUSINESSES ARE APART OF THE LIFE BLOOD OF OUR NATION. WE'D STARVE WITHOUT THEM!!!

[@NkNk-vg8fc]

Not really. They SELL JUNK N JUNK FOOD. Cigarettes, Chips, Cookies. JUNK......

[@earth7814]

​@@NkNk-vg8fcAre we ignoring the grill?

[@user-os9ge2we2b]

They should just open up in towns that are safe. Too many welfare recipients and public sector unions are voting for these people for more free stuff. There is no enforcement and it's the same few crazy people being released because they want to destroy the city. They hate America.

[@donfutura1]

Tough LAW is better than Lawless ACTS