Will These Smash-and-Grab Thieves Steal Items From Bait Car?

[@ak47marx16]

1 broken window, 0 thieves caught, 2 days wasted. Mission accomplished.

[@RoyerMZ]

And that man's 40 bucks unless they give him back the speaker

[@RedLineShortFilms]

I mean, they did it for the story. And they got some decent footage. It would have been a waste of time if no one broke into the car lol

[@jroc4321]

@@RoyerMZ it looks like they removed the actual speakers from the speaker to make space for the gps tracker. so i hope they gave that man his $40 back lol

[@kleingreenlee]

good use of resources.. lol

[@Sacred_Fire]

Yeah, but she said the mayor of San Francisco is blah blah blah 😂

[@OatmealPancake-ej8ky]

I’m so tired of these inside edition investigations- they always let the thieves get away with the stolen merchandise it’s soooo annoying. At least have police on standby with you!

[@harrybaals2549]

you realize this is San Francisco. The police aren't coming! HAHAHAHHA

[@Sa.d.bo26]

The police don't give a damn bro

[@buttbuttson737]

Even if the police caught them, they'd just let them go.

[@micah2936]

It’s California, stealing is legal

[@nidarshak2415]

Yes.. they just want a story to show... that's all. And at the end she's saying "mission accomplished". What did they accomplish?????? Just showing the faces of innocent, probably homeless people who have done a purchase, with their own money.... What did they really accomplish?????? 🤔

[@justclassicglam]

"Advanced GPS systems" (literally 20 seconds later) "So we lost the GPS signal" 😂😂

[@jayko23]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂 California is a joke .

[@radicalrick9587]

*they should have just gotten a cheap Airtag, at least it will work at all times.*

[@babyclown]

LMAO

[@Waterbottlewithagun]

@@radicalrick9587 AirTags suck

[@ljeans531]

This whole situation is proof that poverty, is a driving factor in theft If we had more social services, theft would decrease SO much. Past due rent, this person turned to a life of crime to keep a roof over their heads☹️ And it's not even working as we can see.

[@herbderbler1585]

"Who would be brass enough to do that?" Literally anyone in a town where the authorities love to punish law abiding citizens for the most minor infractions while utterly ignoring criminals.

[@horaceball5418]

William Scott, Police Chief will solve it!

[@skatelisa]

Yep

[@fynkozari9271]

No way, it's America the greatest country.

[@SuperMrgentleman]

Oye, we got a call you was misgendering some of zurs residents!

[@D.VA_00]

Look again as he gets away 😂

[@leopard3473]

“we installed advanced GPS tracker” them:we lost the signal

[@KCC22211]

How can that be mission accomplished if the perp who stole it is still out there?

[@h.d.5194]

inside edition just being useless as usual. "Say mission accomplished as if it did something." I thought they would have at least enter the guys apartment and confront him or tell the police.

[@hangten1904]

I think their mission was to get the bait stolen for the show 😅

[@williamkazak469]

Not wise to knock on apartment door without police.

[@Blu3Dope]

Easy, their mission was to retrieve the speaker😭

[@nedluda3436]

Mission accomplished means they have caught the suspects on camera 😂 that's what the journalist needs to say 😅

[@shipwreck8847]

You guys should work with police so you catch them. Instead of camera shaming them, which does nothing because they don't care. Criminals need to feel punishment in order for them to stop doing it. If every time I grabbed a cake sitting on a table outside and I got punched. Would I repeat it? No, it's general psychology, so if you make the laws more extreme like tripling sentencing times and implementing unreasonable fines. Then that will discourage that type of behavior. But it's been talked about for years and nobody is changing a thing!!!

[@BobSmith-vj5kz]

"camera shame" ...well, that's actually called REPORTING CRIME, OUTING CRIMINALS. especially since they took Cops off of the air, apparently certain delusional Americans forgot what criminals looked like and how they behave. and, it seems that in a lot of American cities it is now "racist" to arrest thieves.

[@godofnothing520]

More like liability issue, the media doesn't want conflict and lawsuit if they catch the wrong guy.

[@princeoffduty6994]

Because of progressive DAs and a liberal, crime friendly justice system.

[@Danny-gs5dv]

@@godofnothing520 like approaching the thief with cameras won't be a liability issue, what if they attacked them once they realize why they're being interviewed.

[@godofnothing520]

@@Danny-gs5dv then they call the police?

[@Adnane_L]

They really went there and knocked. How did they expect that to go? "Sir, you stole our speaker" "Here lady, take it back" "Thank you sir, have a nice day" *_Mission accomplished_*

[@Cryptech1010]

It doesn't matter how they expected it to go, because it's still entertaining

[@Shawtygotpressure]

@Adnane_L Exactly😂

[@topwargear]

yes lol

[@kevind825]

Lucky, they did not meet with a 45 "hello"

[@joelwillems4081]

@@kevind825 The criminal wasn't a strong-arm thief, he was a little punk that broke windows.

[@You-Be-The-Judge]

To me the most amazing thing in this video is that San Francisco still has tourists.

[@tonyzuco6144]

Way to let the criminals get away!

[@henryhill3778]

You mean the Democrats!

[@SirReginald.]

😂 sorry I just had to laugh. What do you think would really happen to them? Stealing is pretty much not even a crime anymore. Even if they were arrested, they would be out the same night just to be back at stealing again.

[@BBFAN1676]

"We hid ADVANCED GPS trackers inside of everything" 2 minutes later "So we lost the GPS signal"

[@spicer6666]

Hahahaha 😅

[@TheCarpentersApprentice]

😂😂😂

[@islandgirl9479]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@averyintelligence]

"what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" - Kelly Clarkson 2006 💪

[@empirestate8791]

Probably took it underground.

[@JI7NKJ]

Carpenter of 40yrs, a few years ago I had my van rear door levered open and they never left me as much as a screwdriver, $12k+ of power tools gone in an instant, to this day I am still building up what I got stolen, really is a horrible feeling.

[@TPBGR]

Why did you not insure that expensive equipment?

[@TheStreetAngel]

I’m so sorry that happened to you

[@DequanBlackmanBeatzBLM]

@@TPBGR fr fr u right man, originl poster dont jnow what hes talking baout.. I mean u got peopl out here, with NOTHIN, no air jordands, no new car, and we out here working hustling the streets cu whe and got no choise? and this guy gos round tauntin his expesnive tools to everyone around him??? like fr man what u htink is gonna happen XD dis aint canada dawg, dis the hood and we dont play that way ouchea. FRFR. I make music that changes the game

[@aytviewer2421]

@@DequanBlackmanBeatzBLM I tried Google Translate with your comment and it failed to make any sense of your words.

[@kirbywaite1586]

But by no means put anyone in jail. Does the $900 limit on shoplifting also apply to car break-ins? If not, why not?

[@Jennifer-jf2gp]

More security cameras and so called new tools to combat these crimes won't solve this problem. It is a shame that tourists as well as people in CA don't feel safe. It is time to address this type of crime with real sentencing.

[@wheelmanstan]

yeah it's like when they said the southern border just needed technology... out elected officials act like they're trying, but this ain't rocket science, seems it's part of an agenda, Lindsay Lohan could run this country better

[@TheLexiechey]

People need to vote better, stop voting for leaders who allow this insanity.

[@fullcircleessentials]

Visited San Fran twice. Last trip was 2018 with an ex to see Alcatraz. Rented a car and stayed in a small hotel. Shopped at the mall and brought bags back to hotel room (never left in car). The homeless problem was still there but notice/see any crime. After seeing the major change with San Fran I won't be back, but glad I'm made the trip for a 2nd time yrs ago. San Fran is a beautiful place and the problems needs to be fixed to keep Tourist coming back & for locals.

[@NunYaBiz1313]

Gavin Newsome will have them out within the hr. Along with the mayor of San Francisco.

[@AndyPhu]

yup! The ONLY PROVEN way that works every time to combat theft let alone crime across the board, is simply improving the material conditions, education, infrastructure, and the living standards of your average low to middle income families.

[@USSEnterprised]

My wife and I arrived in the city and went straight to the wharf. WIthin an hour of being in the city we already saw our first smash and grab. Then it was followed by a crazy person threatening another tourist with a knife. It feels like the city is out of control.

[@aicsynthesizer]

welcome to Cali.

[@YourGraceMyLady]

My aunties car got stolen in front of her house in broad day light with ppl around. It’s disgusting what is going on

[@alexflowers97]

They should put the ppl who stole it in jail.

[@Awonderfulberry3]

Obviously

[@codingvio7383]

for longer than 12 hours, rather than letting him out because he has been a good boy

[@ldIezz]

Soros DA say no

[@dustinredeagle9465]

No one was hurt, so lefties call it a "victimless" crime, regardless of how the victim feels.

[@willberg8599]

That's racist!

[@isntbogo]

my hope for humanity was as shattered as those windows 😭

[@jamalwilburn228]

Most of them aren't trying to feed their families. They know thefts aren't immediately taxes and Mayor London Breed is there inside person who will defend them

[@trevorjensen2706]

Most of humanity doesn't behave this way. Keep the faith.

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

I hope they reimbursed the homeless-looking guy for the $40.00.

[@finemLudum]

fr

[@incogspectator3042]

​@trevorjensen2706 Yes they do don't give him hope lol

[@chalexen2862]

4:47 “Mission accomplished?” You didn’t even do a citizen’s arrest on the suspect nor post a wanted poster of his face.

[@study7794]

What can they do with a police department that doesn’t even care

[@Frink108]

@@study7794 police don't care because judges just let them go days, if not hours, after they get arrested and prosecutors don't bother charging them.

[@jakefox3677]

@study7794 It’s the judicial system not the cops. Imagine if you were a cop there and anytime you arrested someone for a crime they were immediately let loose would you find a point in arresting them anymore no.

[@Blu3Dope]

The mission was to retrieve the speaker lol

[@chalexen2862]

@@Blu3Dope But Inside Edition along with experts were able to perform a sting operation before and arrest the king pin of bike theft. No excuses.

[@JacobGagoOfficial]

They need to just raise the consequences of being caught. Like a ridiculous indictment like 5 years imprisonment for the first offense.

[@stevelouie5928]

3 strikes law is the way to go. If you're doing it 3x, then clearly you will never learn your lesson.

[@JacobGagoOfficial]

Not for the guys at SF. They should be given 1x in the beginning.@@stevelouie5928

[@FreewayBrent]

I used to live in Redwood City and currently split time between the Sierra Nevada foothills and Lafayette (25 minutes east of San Francisco). This video epitomizes why I won't visit San Francisco anymore, except for work and only because I have a secured parking garage spot paid for by my client in the financial district. I go elsewhere in the Bay Area for food, drinks and entertainment. You just have to assume this will happen to your car after a few months of regularly parking your car on the street. Of course we won't lock up these guys, which is the real solution.

[@PurpleImpactStrategies]

Live in San Ramon..like you I only visit The City if necessary ...I use to go n hang out ...

[@auntiem873]

There is no way that couple had $40 to buy that speaker. The mayor can hire police and have them walk the beats. You can’t predict when a cop will come by and the cop can hear the window breaking and come running. Cops at the top of the hill and at the bottom just walking the square.

[@drm6007]

They may have traded drugs for it. In that area, that is likely what happened. There is a shortage of officers and property crime is low on the priority list.

[@jenniferbollinger5667]

Aws😊

[@mvte]

I had a stroke understanding this comment and I hope its not a me problem

[@auntiem873]

@@drm6007 - I didn’t thing about drugs. Yep, that is a high probability. I get that property crime is a low priority, especially when it comes to tourists. They can’t come back to testify in most cases. However, the city also rely on tourism for a lot of their money. During peek times - summer some holiday times, the city needs to put cops in the area on foot. Just a couple of random cops in the area can reduce crime. Catch a few in the act and the gang may be caught and put out of business.

[@auntiem873]

@@mvte - maybe you need to broaden your vocabulary. Cops on the beat means cops in the area, in this case walking around the few block the crime is happening in. Since it’s a hill the cops don’t have to always walk up and down the hill but parallel with it. They can look up and down the street, hear glass breaking something that is hard to do in a patrol car. A cop standing on the corner can go un noticed or they can be in plain clothes. It seems the criminals don’t mind being watched. They can call for back up, they can chase one down and arrest them. Maybe they can even find out who’s behind it all and arrest everyone involved. However they can’t do that if the city doesn’t spend the energy and rely on the public to do the job for them. Cause as we can see in this video, the camera didn’t get a license plate, didn’t get a face or a feature, didn’t zoom in on anything or anyone to help the cops identify anyone. Did that help with your stroke?

[@StefunnyStrange]

So basically this segment proved that it was happening… which those who live there and have visited there like me already know. Thanks, inside Edition!

[@kendallsmith1458]

"WOW!"

[@MyNokiaN73ME]

Once in a while thieves get caught and they're let go right away, that's how you motivate criminals to keep on going, and people to become criminals.

[@harrisonhanson2998]

No, it’s really now tho.

[@mannyfresh1545]

It’s been two years and my stuff is sitting in evidence because the criminal keeps skipping out on bail and court. Still a victim waiting for California to wake up and fix the process.

[@87teggy]

Yup, that's how the revolving door of the criminal justice system works.

[@lane8a]

Anyone remember it's like 8 guys doing most of the crime over and over.

[@lalkitab1952]

police in california is more busy in giving tickets to public for traffic violation and make money for the state rather than handling crime 😢

[@Godschild49]

I don’t leave ANYTHING in my vehicle don’t care if I’m just running in the gas station for 2 min 🤪

[@vortrexion]

I can attest, I was driving my Honda Pilot there this summer in 2023. I literally parked on the exact street where that van was broken into, went to go do some sightseeing, came back a few hours later to a mess of glass. They broke my trunk glass and stole a black duffle bag (which literally had a jack and tools to fix a tire lmao). Now for the best part: the glass being shattered somehow damaged the frame of the trunk, and after trying 2 third party and going to a certified Honda dealership, they all suggested to replace my rear trunk. For the cost? $8921.65 Most expensive roadtrip of my life.

[@AsoftDolphinn]

9k fo a trunk? Na 9k on a new car

[@fatespiker]

Thats when you go to somone who actually can fix things not an insurance body shop.@@AsoftDolphinn

[@donaldvonglitchenberger4108]

please tell me you didn’t spend 9k on a honda trunk

[@vortrexion]

For people wondering why I didn't go through insurance, it's because I recently just lost my home insurance due to the amount of claims I've made on repairs

[@lorenperry3726]

@@vortrexionyou have a hatchback and they broke the glass on your hatch? Took me a minute. I’ve never heard it called trunk glass. Anyway I hope you got it fixed.

[@jasonlucas2328]

Sadly, the mayor has no solution. Since she took the office, things have become much worse.

[@8eeable]

And DA Pamela Price must go! Turning a blind eye...

[@ropeysubstance1719]

if the mayor wasn't the mayor, she'd be down there looting cars too. that's what her folk do.

[@britishroyalfamilyvideos]

Keep voting blue

[@linhv4792]

One thing they still vote for her and garvin newsom

[@williamdraken6018]

Women in power destroy societies.

[@Vertex_vortex]

I hate how inside edition does nothing to stop him😂

[@owenator]

And risk one's life?

[@HP_line_cook]

Most of those thugs have guns or knifes. Do you really think a news person will do something against a person like that?

[@Americarunsonduncan]

same as the cops...

[@Le_Critic]

It’s not like they couldn’t have called a cop to the scene for a stake out and whenever the thieves committed the crime the cops would have already be there to arrest them

[@Blu3Dope]

​@@Le_Critic I think they have to go through a whole other legal process to do that lol

[@jaydox3836]

Inside Edition really just gave a smash and grabber $40 and called it a day lol

[@davidcruz2346]

Give them a job in prison 5 to 10 years

[@ironsword7]

"When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong."

[@CUMBICA1970]

I've been living in Japan for 26 years and never got robbed. In any way, shape or form. Then the flipside is you forget this is not the norm but an absolute exception (last time I went back to my home-country Brazil I got mugged right away at gunpoint.) I'm not sure I can ever go back living outside Japan (then at some point I have to.)

[@rakijr9176]

That's because Japan is mostly Japanese people who tend to be respectful and polite. I'm guessing the people who mugged you in Brazil have very similar physical characteristics to the thieves in this video.

[@Aiden-ke8ht]

😂@@rakijr9176

[@Slenderslayer351]

You can leave your stuff in public, fall asleep in public and nothing will happen.

[@mmx2731]

Japan also does have the double edged sword imo that it’s so respectful that it gets lonely

[@nopasanadax3]

​@@rakijr9176so you're saying white people don't steal?

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

This is why I always take my backpack with me as I have a laptop in it and I am afraid to people to steal! even if I did put a tracker it wouldnt deter the thieves!

[@ooXChrissieXoo]

they dont look like they got $40 to spare lol

[@phototristan]

Police departments need to use bait cars more and more.

[@mcdragon0123]

So you're telling me, they found the guys place, but didn't call the cops? 🤔

[@Shastasnow]

Well, they got his face on camera for all to see. But that does not stop criminals, and neither does arresting them. What a shameful City

[@Xane_Dragon]

They had Lisa 😂

[@drm6007]

SFPD won't bother with that, trust me.

[@limpwhale]

It would be a misdemeanor since it’s bellow $1000. They would only get ticketed

[@kevinJ6665]

He’s black. It’s 2023 they have all the privileges now. Everyone is terrified of being called racist.

[@redneck94chevy]

Its a matter of time before the citizens start taking actions in to their own hands. I would've placed fireworks in a bag with a remote control fuse. They hop in the car and all sudden you get to watch a fireworks show as they're driving down the road 😂

[@dd___dc]

And a couple dye packs like the bank uses

[@ameirgamble7859]

For real

[@bunnyluver2176]

The shameful thing is ppl have to replace those broken windows too. Adding insult to injury. Im sure sometimes the stuff they steal costs less than the window.

[@stevenread5473]

That's why they should add that on to the costs of the things stolen and charge them with grand theft.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

Just have the speaker play 'THIS SPEAKER HAS BEEN STOLEN!' on maximum volume when you get near it. Comedy.

[@jamiehobson6336]

This is what happens when crime has no punishment. This is what happens when theft only puts you behind bars for day - week

[@Kat00000]

Why would you decriminalize looting and then bait them? You can't have it both ways. Should have thought about these repercussions when you started allowing it.

[@BobSmith-vj5kz]

for entertainment. duh.

[@vblic]

Tools. They need to give them let's say 10 years mandatory. To start making a dent in this type of crime. Yes. They need a drastic change for a drastic result. In my opinion.

[@fatespiker]

Increased sentencing does little to stop crime statistically. It is rectivism, community engagement and enforcement that solves this. Increased sentencing just means a few people randomly have the book thrown at them. It doesnt get the police off their ass documenting crime and ahead of it preventing it in t he first place.

[@Rokomarn]

​@@fatespikerthey can't grab again if that ain't got no hands. Chop chop

[@jaysonovo4778]

@fatespiker cops don't even care to catch these people due to current laws. Why would it matter if the cops caught, let's say, 80% of these criminals? 100% of that 80% caught wouldn't see a day in prison, and would simply continue doing it, the sane night, after being released after a few hours. Blaming poor policing is a bit of a joke when the sentencing for such crimes is so extremely weak, that it makes it worth it to be a thief. Stealing anything around about $1k in Cali is basically decriminalized.

[@Moellmoell]

There is no way in hell that those people came up with $40 to buy that speaker smh

[@boostedmaniac]

Dude SF pays homeless people. They basically subsidize the problem.

[@defaultui9625]

They most likely traded drugs for it.

[@jmor-_-.656]

​​@@defaultui9625that was my first thought. Another giveaway was the lady trying to explain why they had it. Guilty people usually have elaborate stories to attempt to make it believable.😂

[@daghetto101]

Oh, they do@@James__Smith

[@SamizzleFrizzly]

They most likely paid 10 bucks for it. The thief just wanted a hit of crack

[@mofomoco]

Until people start fighting back this will never end

[@jakckt]

This type of crime is not new in San Francisco. I visited San Fransisco for one day in the 1980s and while having dinner at a nice restaurant in a nice part of town, someone smashed my car window and stole my car radio. I never went back to San Francisco, ever. I left nothing in my car to steal, but back then the big thing was stealing car radios and selling them. After that I bought one of those radios that you could slide in and out easily so you could slide it out and carry it with you so no one would break your window just to steal the radio.

[@jamalwilburn228]

It's much worse lately when SF went from "about the people" liberal to corporate liberalism

[@abab9622]

Righttttt…that’s what Californians say to rationalize the surrounding chaos due to poor leadership that they validate 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@jking-]

Wat kind of radio you can slip in and out?? Wats it called??

[@alexandermase8622]

You remember what restaurant It was. Or the location. 🙂😃

[@Kitty8791]

​@@jking- They're talking about removable or detachable (typically aftermarket) head units. In the 1980's & 1990's these were often nicer/more expensive than the standard stereo. JVC & Kenwood were popular brands back then. Even in the early aughts near Massachusetts Avenue & Melnea Cass Boulevard in South Boston, near the methadone clinic, this was a common occurrence. They broke into my friend's car & left behind bloody fingerprints and the broken blade from their knife (used & then stole my friend's tools as well). We took the evidence to the cops; they didn't care about b&e (breaking & entering), if someone wasn't seriously injured.

[@jackb348]

This is what happens when you don’t prosecute criminals. Visit SF at your own risk.

[@crunknavajo]

same with Albuquerque, catch and release

[@Yeti573]

Yep, I have a cousin who lives in Albuquerque, NM. The crime is outrageous there. I know of another person who lived in Albuquerque, NM and moved primarily because of the crime. It's sad.......... @@crunknavajo

[@fatespiker]

its more that they dont bother to catch them. Police lazyness will always be the issue. They track down the distributers of stolen items and put em out of business this would be done for. They dont bother.

[@jaysonovo4778]

@fatespiker police laziness? Lmao. If the police do catch them, THEN WHAT? That is the problem. Why would an officer bother to catch any of them when they know they'll be out in 3 hours doing the same thing again? Change the laws. Blaming cops is stupid AF.

[@xOzymandias]

I grew up in the hood and was surprised when I visited SF couple years ago. As soon as I checked in to hotel, the front desk talked to me about locking my car and not leaving anything inside when touring the city. Ive traveled around and have never heard this before, not even in my neighborhood which is ghetto AF

[@MR.B1004.]

This has been going on in San Francisco for over 20 something years! I think it's becoming a problem now simply because it's affecting the tourist industry!

[@cody7674]

It’s hard to believe that being soft on crime actually makes it worse

[@henryhill3778]

Yep... Keep voting Blue! They're out to screw you!

[@harrymu148]

Can't be effective if the courts keep letting them off.

[@C3T1C]

My friend fell victim to smash and grab when he was in san fransisco in late 2021, as a result, he cancelled the rest of the trip, I still feel bad for him to this very date. (EDIT: Im seeing racist replies to my comment, that's sad)

[@thanosianthemadtitanic]

that's what he gets for being so foolish to visit such a place

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

@@thanosianthemadtitanicis this your way of making the world better?

[@arjunaggarwal4033]

sorry that bIm ruined your friend’s trip

[@thanosianthemadtitanic]

@colorbugoriginals4457 the hardest choices require the strongest wills. I do what I _must_ dear child

[@adrenalineadrian4166]

Where did you friend visit from ? I hate to see CA get a bad rep.

[@Plague_Doc22]

"dont leave valuables in the car" signs....OR they could actually tackle the issue.

[@Reconseal4050]

Imagine if you put a fake car, fake LV bag, and fake speaker there? 😂

[@drowe2]

I live 45 min away, and I will not go to SF for any reason. I even missed watching my son’s team play there. The city is in huge trouble as their tax base is shrinking and crime keeps getting worse. They will need a bailout in 2-3 years.

[@petergamache5368]

Problem solved: I left California in the 90's, when it was a land of high taxes, high crime rates, obscene rent and fuel prices, and self-aggrandizing buffoons in local government. In the decades since, it has only gotten worse. They don't need to "implement new tools" by building a bigger surveillance state! They need to do actual policing, with cops on the streets.

[@dbdnrbdb]

Cops aren't the problem though. The DA is..

[@eightlights4939]

Hope you didnt keep voting Blue after you left that cesspool. Otherwise, please return to get more of exactly what you voted for.

[@dbdnrbdb]

@@eightlights4939 I'd never vote blue.

[@samuellopez1957]

​@@eightlights4939Red Would Be Much Worst. With A President As 🦧🤡👹🍊

[@suzukisentinel9570]

I went there for Telecom training in 2020 & it was crazy. A country boy from Arkansas watching people slam dope in broad daylight and take a dump on the sidewalk in front of little kids was a shock.

[@Vertex_vortex]

They should have police on there team while chasing these theifs

[@STzl7tu]

$40 for the speaker but the damage to the car is over $500

[@NeitouSama]

You lost the signal yeah right, more like you started getting into a very dangerous area and the more you encroached on it, the more you began to realize how much your lives may be at risk.

[@ralphw3636]

I will never visit San Francisco

[@codingvio7383]

Is it just me? Or is there something every smash and grabbers have in common? I Just can't tell...

[@dukeishaan1669]

Black…

[@codingvio7383]

@@dukeishaan1669 oh right, that's it!!!

[@SoraFan23]

What can I say the crime rate in California has gotten so bad.

[@RetroFreak35]

It’s been happening for awhile especially in the eighties.

[@Iowa21]

Liberal policies along with being weak on crime

[@walkinthewoods981]

"You expect it in a bad neighborhood." I hate this type of thinking. This shouldn't happen anywhere.

[@Andy132]

Mission accomplished? You let a thief rob an innocent person for $40, encouraging them to continue to steal

[@chardonnay3873]

There's no way they spent $40 on that speaker.. they were going to trade that for $40 worth of something that's not cash

[@PepperoniSlacks]

Wow you guys really accomplished a lot with this, good job.

[@eponymousIme]

😂

[@warnpeace1992]

😂

[@apumpkinsmom]

I grew up in the bay area. My mother worked in SF, and my brother and I would go to the city with her when we had time off from school. We would spend the day wandering from the pier at Aquatic Park, to Ghirardelli Square, to Fisherman's Wharf, to Pier 39. We would jump on a cable car to Union Square or Chinatown. I have great memories from those days, and loved the city so much. But, no more. After the last couple of trips I made to the city (We now live out-of-state), I have no plans on ever returning. My heart is broken for what the city has turned into.

[@sweet_amir]

This mission is so stupid on so many levels.

[@googleuser2426]

Why not charged the owner of the car with all counts of theft and robbery??? Most of these caught the plates of these vehicles.

[@MarianaEscutia-y8c]

The fact that they just stood there and recorded. 😢

[@salraygoza5124]

The city needs to be billed for every single car and items stolen.

[@catecurl3790]

Another good idea

[@hogant.551]

That's a great idea.

[@slowpoke1]

My buddies and I would of loved going there if we were 20 yrs younger. I remember sitting up all nightvwaiting for thieves to steal my buddies toolbox after they broke into his shop a day earlier. We would never let them get away and safe to say after we were done they would never be able to steal even if they wanted to for a very long time.

[@bthomson]

Sign in a store window " We wait in here all night with a gun three nights a week - guess which three?"

[@Leaveblank62]

😂🤣 I love how the lady says they hid a high tech gps tracking system in everything and then later is like, “we lost the gps signal.” Wow. So much for a quality gps system LOLOL.

[@Stimul8_]

these people got sum bad karma coming

[@cannibalmilkshake8923]

okay. TAKE THE TRACKER AND GIVE THEM BACK THE SPEAKER 😭😭😭

[@snokespraetorianguard]

It was a fake speaker

[@Elbown]

I hope they let the dude at the end keep that speaker

[@thebruhnetwork]

Fr

[@radiorob7543]

I don't make enough money to get by. I'm moving to San Francisco, to take advantage of the easy, and lucrative business of theft.

[@oak415]

if you’re one of them. How do you live with yourself? Seriously

[@dreb1846]

Thieves everywhere

[@howardwilburn9066]

Even if they're arrested, which is doubtful, the courts will just put them back on the streets.

[@miguel92996]

Hmm they all have a similar thing in common .

[@bartdrennon1764]

What is the point of more bait cars and surveillance cameras if no one ever goes to jail or forced to make restitution?

[@bertooo1358]

Guy who flipped over the car had to feel like a straight idiot 😂😂😂

[@tauenjoyer305]

Smashing a window for 40$....

[@traysee2523]

You couldn’t pay me to go to California.

[@uniquethoughtss4985]

poor guy, already struggling and he bought a fake speaker. Hope they paid him back.

[@nikkoblazi3216]

He stole it 😂😂

[@24pavlo]

lol no way he paid $40 for it

[@woozy607]

@@24pavlomy thoughts exactly

[@rayedrama]

Lmfaoo

[@granularSodacan]

They're drug addicts, undoubtedly thieves too

[@josefonseca4007]

😂 so you gave away an expensive purse tried to follow the thief, you lost him then took back the speakers from someone who spent 40 dollars on it ? 😂

[@checkerslane]

How did that homeless couple afford to pay $40 for that speaker?

[@JustinGone]

It’s so sad what’s happened to this city.

[@stephenmystery8313]

I was a frequent visitor there back in the 80's. It was always like this.

[@SamSGSDUMA]

I can't believe people would just leave their purse in the car in the open

[@islambary2menkom]

The car was broke ,the items stolen and sold and the clown said mission accomplished ,lol

[@Avigadro]

To fix this problem, start by replacing the incompetent SF mayor and DA.

[@kevinfernando3167]

Absolutely nothing got accomplished here.

[@atiger7439]

This is what I call good reporting

[@_FromTheIsland]

"Smash and grab capital of America" That's so sad. 😭😭😭

[@Detroit_Dawg]

All that and the guy still gets away! Mission: *FAIL*

[@jpcoleman3408]

They always say enough is enough, while the thieves steal more.

[@BlazingShackles]

"had no idea it had been stolen". Uh hello, EVERYTHING sold on the street is stolen.

[@hajime9958]

And this is why me and my parent bring all of our stuff with us at all times or don't bring anything at all that's how scary it is in the Bay Area to leave your car locked or unlocked my mom's car got attacked twice one in a Safeway and one in our apartment complex. Because this is not only happening in San Francisco it's happening almost everywhere in the California area and this has been happening since the 1980's

[@None_yu]

This is happening anywhere there is a car parked, my sisters' cars were broken into around 6 times this year alone I'm nowhere near California

[@hajime9958]

@@None_yu I know it's happening everywhere around the states & world but since the video is taking place in San Francisco, California but, our state of California has the worst Theft in the state at Least in the top 10.

[@Enlil-vo3nt]

Im sure i saw a sign that reads, 'Don't make the black kids angry' ☠️

[@usnmsc1801]

Sadly this seems like a smash/grab so someone can go get high, but I was amazed to see the sophistication of the criminal organization that deals in stolen electronics...the couple shown in the video from their home lost an iPad that had the "Find my iPad" setting enabled...within 48 hours of it being stolen, it was in Thailand...