Store Burglaries Up 75% in NYC as Business Prepare for Possible Civil Unrest
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The NYPD has seen a 75% increase in reports of burglaries of commercial establishments from March 12, when New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency, to March 31, police officials said. The NYPD recorded 254 burglaries of businesses during that time period this year compared with 145 for the same period last year, the officials said.
NYC Fox News outlet described the scene: – A growing scene for those who venture out into the streets of Manhattan these days is boarded up storefronts. From luxury retailers to small bars, establishments that have no idea when they are going to be allowed to reopen are putting up protection over their glass doors and windows.
Mark Caserta, executive director of the Park Slope business improvement district gave an interesting perspective to the WSJ regarding the trend of business boarding up their storefronts,” It brings up this idea of rioting and collapse of society,” Mr. Caserta said. “This is way too much, and it sends the wrong signal.”
Burglaries have drastically increased while other crimes have dropped. Thus far NYC has not experienced major violnce on the streets, but many predict things can become worse the longer the shelter-in-place and general shutdowns remain in place.
The biggest reason business are concerned : Fox5 pointed out on Thursday, 6,498 uniformed members of the NYPD were on the sick report which accounts for 18% of the Department’s uniformed workforce. 1,354 uniformed members and 169 civilian members have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The increase in commercial burglaries comes as major crimes across the city fell during the pandemic. From March 12 through March 31, major felonies, such as rapes, murders and assaults, fell by nearly 20% when compared with the same period in 2019, dropping to 3,740 such crimes from 4,670 a year earlier.
“We knew with the closing of many stores that we could see an increase and, unfortunately, we are,” said NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri to the WSJ
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Keep your powder dry New Yorkers .... oh wait ..... is powder legal in NYC?
Peruvian Marching Powder...?
i've been locked and loaded for years, and i'm guessing you as well. And Fish has a cool arsenal from what he's showed.
Lets just say my house is probably not the best one to try and loot but i do feel for folks with more "stringent" gun laws. I hope New Yorkers find a safe way to protect there's and their own.
The most fundamental of rights in the USA.
We are in Washington now, but all of our firearms were bough in California. And I'm a liberal who wants more regulations. Someone who thinks liberals are easy targets might be surprised.
You mean there are not enough common sense gun laws already?
Well, as a law abiding citizen i tend to not think of any of my fellow Americans as targets. Unless of course they are trying to hurt me or mine and then all bets are off.
This by and large is how most legal gun owners i know feel and why like me they don't necessarily think we need more gun regulations but rather simply better enforcement of the ones we already have.
But c'est la vie .....
Qualifications are a common internet preface to a position. I for example, am 7’3”, 385 pounds, Marine, did five tours in ‘Nam, own 47 rifles, 87 pistols, three suppressors and I think we need more gun laws.
Well that explains why you have no problem promoting the latest Trump lie.
You can go to any comment I've made about guns and certain family members from back in the days of the msnbc boards, before newsvine or newstalkers to understand my opinion on guns and why they are in my house. But I understand when you follow the Trump model you are required to leave all semblance of consistency and honesty behind, therefore you always expect others to do the same and lie.
Is it true that anyone can purchase a gun at a gun show without any sort of background check? or have they changed that?
Varies from state to state.
In Michigan i believe it’s now required for hand gun purchases but not long guns.
However, if the seller is a FFL holder it’s required for both.
I really couldn’t say for sure though. I tend to stay away from gun shows.
Lol .... what a bunch of hateful, ignorant nonsense.
And you wonder why reasonable people don’t take it seriously.
This article is a good example of the misuse of statistics
The headline "75% increase" portends civil unrest. Well, not really.
The time period is 20 days, March 12 to 31st. Last year there were roughly 7 burglaries in NYC per day for those 20 days, 145/20, (seemingly a remarkably low number considering the size of New York City) and this year , during the coronavirus, there were roughly 13 burglaries per day (254/20). So in the middle of this crisis and chaos, there were six additional burglaries per day compared to last year, in a city of 8 million people.
It doesnt sound like civil unrest, it sounds like relative calm.
So, the rate doubled.
when you are talking about small numbers, the "doubling" means next to nothing.
Small numbers? Seven burglaries among 8.3 to 23 million people, (depending on how you grind it) is small. In my human experience it so small that it is a huge fucking lie - be it at the beat or administration level, it’s PC bullshit.
254 - 145 = 109
109/145 = .7517
75.17% INCREASE
and?
145/20 =7.25
254/20 = 12. 7
12.7-7.25 = 5.45
5.45/7.25 =.751 or 75.1%
were you trying to say something?
Don't you mean something more like this
8,000,000/254=. 003175%
Geeze, I'm terrified.
I find it somewhat enlightening that our conservative members choose to comment on, not the underwhelming statistic, but on what kind of firepower they have.
Residential burglaries have to be down, though, right? Everybody’s at home.
There was a restaurant owner here who had two different establishments next to each other. A couple of aholes broke in and got away with a shit load of money and other things. Why in the world did the owner have so much cash and not secure it in a safe?
There was a restaurant owner here who had two different establishments next to each other. A couple of aholes broke in and got away with a shit load of money and other things. Why in the world did the owner have so much cash and not secure it in a safe?
Well if he owned a few firearms that never would've happened!
Sounds like an inside job to me.