Strong arm robbery on Stevenson alley near 6th street today, caught on video. You can see she fought back and almost won, but he got away. So if you see this person or know who it is, call the police. He got away with her wallet
update> LiveSoma has an update via a follow up on KRON who found out she's from out of town and they met in Union Square
this is also posted on KALW news and SF Citizen, NBC Bay Area, SFist, the Examiner, KGO TV and KTVU.......thanks!
One other note..She did say she lost her wallet, and she did call the cops and told them the same thing
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I think it has to do with the fact that they have it contained to this area. It's like that season of HBO's the Wire, where the cops let all the drug dealers form an open air drug market in a run down neighborhood, so long as they kept all of their dealings and doings in that area only. It was a way of containing the crime, which in turn makes the rest of the neighborhood's in the City happy.
I'm not saying that is 'right', but I think the reason they seem to turn their backs on Sixth Street and the Tenderloin is because nobody seems to pay attention to it in the media, and the rest of the City is happy that the problem isn't at their front door. I can only hope they found a way to stop this sort of stuff in the future though.
containment zones are perfectly fine for everybody except those who live inside of one. I completely understand the rational, but I really wish people would stop saying that we have a Constitutional right to equality
know what I'm saying?
Crimes occur very quickly and unless the police are there in under a minute there isn't much they're going to be able to do to stop it or arrest the perpetrator. Yet another reason why we need foot patrols. Not only does it give a deterrent effect, but when the police are close by to begin with it makes it a lot easier to get them there. Not as fast as in a car, but does it really matter when that car is blocks away to begin with?
Even though there's video it won't help. We know what this guy looks like and saw him doing it, but that would require someone who actually knows who he is. Without any way to easily determine that he'll get away with it. Even if he's later picked up for another crime in a few months what's the likelihood that this will actually be remembered enough to be solved? How hard are the police trying to solve it? I can answer that last one: not at all... when my girlfriend's purse was stolen we never even got a chance to speak to officer in charge and that was a case that lead to identity theft issues.
Criminals know this and realize that they're almost certain to get away with crimes. Even if there are security cameras.
-East Oakland Roy
We'd like to run something on the 11 o'clock news.