Inside the Theft Capital of America

I also call that a story that he can't believe that all over the country people are talking about crime in the Bay Area specifically in San Francisco. We are in the world of San Francisco St. Capill. It's getting crazy here. What's the biggest booty you've ever known? If they had called me the high speed specialist, we are moving away from Choppers. I swear to God you really look like the best right now. You are not your line. I swear to god. General

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in America appears to be dramatically on the rise and no city exemplifies this better than San Francisco, another brazen robbery at a San Francisco pharmacy has happened again Four women on the run after stealing $2 million worth of goods from CVS pharmacy suspected stolen from San Francisco every day in Bay Area News, you can read stories about car

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s in retail thefts, robberies and more San Francisco was once one of America's golden cities, but crime here It's so wild that newspapers and locals have started referring to this place as Gotham City.

Part of the reason this happens is policies like Prop 47, essentially what Prop 47 does is turn any theft under $950 into a misdemeanor in which the person who steals faces little to no consequences under the law current state. Stealing merchandise valued at less than $950 is considered a misdemeanor, in turn this has led to individuals making careers as professional thieves in the Bay Area these individuals are referred to. beepers boosters and billboards boosting is when someone enters a store and takes out all the merchandise they can and the billboards are the people who buy the stolen goods from the boosters and sell them on the black market the authorities say they are organized gangs of criminals who They sell the merchandise to a fencing operation, the result of which has been costly for San Francisco.

Retailers are retreating left and right in Union Square once a high-profile destination. 17 retailers have folded since 2020, this includes places like Nordstrom Office Depot. and Old Navy Starbucks alone has closed at least 19 locations in the San Francisco area, the impact of this is that thousands of people no longer have a place to work to take a closer look at this theft problem that we plunge into the underworld in This episode we explore the black markets and talk to beepers, fence reinforcements and heist guys, friends, an announcement you need to know about a live event in Milwaukee at the Oriental Theater on March 7 at 700 pm.

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We're about to meet a bunch of boosters that are outside of Macy's, so we'll see you there, one thing you'll notice is that there are a lot of places boarded up, a lot of businesses or no longer worth being in San Francisco, a lot of retail places They are closing because of all that was once the hustle and bustle of San Francisco. Downtown streets are still struggling to recover as retailers continue to flee. Many retailers have been pulling out of the city in recent weeks. Westfield announced it will give up its prominent location in the downtown shopping center, while AT&T revealed it will close its Flagship Storm. place where you don't want to leave valuables in your car we're looking at beeping and boosting oh my god is it crazy here?

It's pretty crazy, have you ever had your car windows? Me personally, no, you know how people had their car windows broken? Definitely, what do you think about that way of surviving here? I guess I mean, as long as you know what you're doing, keep it straight, know the right people, you should be good, someone breaks your car windows, seals your phone charger, your phone. your stuff, what should happen to that person if I can find a man, it's over for him, nothing with the police, hell no, they never involve the police, why won't they do anything anyway, how are you okay, glad to know you.

This place is full of police. I don't know how anyone is going to do this job. So many police would dissuade me. It would dissuade me. This is daring. I expected it to be much easier, but this actually seems kind. It's hard, I've never done any push before, but I'm looking at Macy's and there are security guards and police everywhere, it's that normal, absolutely, it seems like it's a high pressure situation, it doesn't seem as easy as I imagined. come in, take it and leave honestly in some situations, it depends, you know, it depends on what the boost style is, you know, some people are called gorilla boosters and they don't care, you know, they will beep on the way out.

So they'll just run in, grab it, and leave if I come out with a bunch of Patagonia jackets. Can anyone stop? They can stop you. You know, it depends on the persona that some people have, like how confident penises are. security, they might tell you something, they won't chase you to the door, this is like a small army of police, if I were The business of being a professional, I would say H, I think I'm going to put my In two weeks today I'll do something else, yes, that's attractive. You feel me, a lot of the boosters are also not very likely to like to hit it in the city like that, a lot of people jump, they get to the suburbs, yeah.

They come to Emoryville Dublin Richmond, you know all these different places that are in Oakland and they go and do it like this and then they hit the crust, they come back and then they go to the market and they're there. Do you ever feel bad when you're pushing? Do you ever feel like this is not the right thing to do? I'm not the driver, I'm the fence, I'm the one who buys it, you know, and then flips it, there's a lot of retail stores. shut down in San Francisco right now, obviously the city knows what's going on and there's some kind of economy that's working for them, the city would be afraid to shut down the drive completely for all the different people because then they'd be worried that The civilians got attacked, you know, stole the cars, submerged those things like that, that's why they have the market spinning like that, so basically, if people can steal like Dick Sporting Goods, it's a lot less dangerous than robbing individuals, the idea is that yes, they are getting that insurance for those lost products, uh lost, Dick Sporting Good closes when Walmart closes like you saw this in Chicago, there were only two thefts and now the people who depend on that place for their purchases are out of luck , what do you think about that?

That is extremely unfortunate. I think other things are happening. I don't think that's just shutting down just because of the death numbers, because then if that's the case, your insurance is garbage. I like the man with the mustache I'm working on. You'll get there too one day brother, you know Mor, is it wrong? Yes, you know it's wrong. There are a lot of things happening in the world that are morally wrong if you look at the world today and believe the world is morally right. or morally wrong challenges is more morally wrong? Are you familiar with the term bipping?

Yeah, what does that mean to you? Breaking a car window and taking things out of the car. It's a problem in the city, in particular areas that you just don't know about. don't park your car and hope to be safe have you ever been biped before yes what was going through your head after that why do i have to deal with this i live in one of the richest cities in the world what should happen to swift beepers and short punishment The reason it's a problem is that there are no consequences. Do you feel like the people in charge in San Francisco are doing a good job?

I would say no, the people in charge of San Francisco are captured by ideology rather than what is actually practical. Beneficial to city residents we headed to an underground parking lot to talk to a lady who is a full-time backup to learn more about her and her operation. This is what we discovered. I have to say this is not what I expected running into you you look like you could be just going to lunch from your office job and for a walk with your dog yeah tell me a little about yourself and how you came into the world of impulse to Life's Been just.

It has been difficult for us. I've had two jobs and they just weren't very good. When you say you are talking about you and the dog, yes, yes, she is my little pet, she comes with me everywhere and she comes to work. yo, she boosts with you, yes, she is always part of the cover a little, she is my psychic, yes, no, she is a very important thing that has to run and play before I can take her in, otherwise she will start to complain and get a little angry. I'm anxious, usually when I walk in there she's passed out and what I do is I take my time, she'll be sleeping and I take it in the changing room and then that's where I do my thing when she walks in. changing rooms I take everything out and fold it as flat as I can and put her bed on top, the only thing that's a little scary sometimes is like she's sitting from here and suddenly she's a little high, but I don't think they'll notice counts because there's so many things in there that are a little bit up, so what do you look for when you're pushing, like it's a certain dollar?

Quantity is a certain type of product, if you bought something that cost 50 dollars, you would probably sell it for $5, $10, what's the biggest haul you've ever had? um, oh, maybe a little more than a couple grand actually, and what was that, what were they? cashmere items cost around $2 $300 Michael Cores 56 $700 handbags and stuff like that, which leads you to do this because I imagine this is a high pressure job and clothing, yeah, honestly, surviving so you can eat and feed my dog ​​if you want to eat you have to do what you have to do there really is a domino effect that's how I know there are a lot of retail stores in San Francisco and there are people there that depend on that money full time for their family if Someone lost their job because a place had to close because of boosting, how do you feel about that?

It definitely sucks. You would have to go out of town, that takes a little more time, it takes up a lot of time out of the day and you can't do everything you really want to do. Are there any consequences for doing this? There's kind of an open season where you can get away with anything. There is a maximum of up to $950 before going to jail, so you generally try to take. To be honest, below that amount, I don't really pay attention, how many days a week are you going to do this? You know San Francisco is pretty expensive here so sometimes every day alright guys I think it's time to hit the streets and go to the black market I'll meet you there then we talk to a kid named tip he's a local San Francisco and takes us through the black market to show us the ins and outs, this is what we discovered, they are organized criminal gangs that sell the merchandise to a fencing operation, so we are about three four blocks from 16th and Mission, which is one of the main black market areas in San Francisco, we're going to go out on the street and show them what we consider good for See you, how you doing man, everything good, I'm just going to show you all the details of what it's like out here, It's very hot right now, although it's usually like Mission 16, they already migrated here, as you can see, the police just took over. everyone out, so there was just a sweep right before we came here, right now, let's go see where everything was before the cops came and migrated everyone away, here you see what a lot of the Spanish speaking guys look like. or the guys that run this thing over here, yeah, don't talk, everyone that comes here, that didn't steal something and got something, they come right here, this dude, setting the stage, whatever you need, so if I want to get a Patagonia jacket, Nike. this is the place to come see everything it was all laid out on the floor until the couches arrived like 5 minutes sit me down you'll manage tomorrow whatever you need directly so how easy is it to find things around here? like you're looking to go Christmas shopping for the whole family, this is the place to look, you have to come, like, come the day before, tell us what you need, get an order for you, bring it, sometimes you get lucky and you'll come here and there will be things that you would normally put in stockings or give as a small gift maybe even sometimes they will be a big gift tell me the difference between the retail price and what I can get here they pay 30% so let's say a bag with like 300 It's out of the store at most $70 for it.

Wow, it's a competitive market because they buy it, they put it in a storage unit and then they go to a flea market and sell it for You know more, it's easier for us to put it online, but a lot of people use drugs and it's more easy to dothat way. There are a few steps in the chain. There's the reinforcement. Fender. Is there another part of the chain too? That's what I'm saying really, would you say it's a risky business or is it in San Francisco? It is easy? It's definitely risky because you're definitely building a bad experience.

You know what I am saying? Boosting and stuff like that. I'm trying to get a cheap bag, that's good for me, but as the guy who works at Dick Boarding Goods 40 hours a week and feeds his family things are disappearing, just like the retail scene is disappearing around here, getting fired because the more things disappear, the fewer employees you need, a lot of people around here don't understand that there are gangs around here that collect taxes. All these people sell themselves here too, if you don't pay them the money for the tax they ask for, they attack you and take your things.

Certain areas are gang territory when you look at the black market and drug trafficking. We are talking about multi-million dollar revenue streams and these are not run by petty criminals, they are run by sophisticated criminal organisations. The two main ones that the locals told us about were the Mexicans and the Hondurans and in fact business has been very good for the Hondurans there has been a big push for immigration to San Francisco to live there and if they visit Honduras it is likely that you find little kids running around in San Francisco 49er jerseys and also in Steph Curry jerseys, what percentage of the people doing the push would you say? are supporting their habit 80% 80 to 90 people who are not sitting here pushing drug money is like those who are young, like children, who do it for The Rush and for the money because it's quick and easy, they don't have to get a job.

Christmas lights inventory, what do these cost for three dollars? I mean yeah this would be a great place to go Christmas shopping look at that camera because like I said there are a lot of gang members in this area and if they see you with a camera here it might not be wise to take it out you feel like I'm keeping Be alert for that, you have the inclination, that is one of the signs, there it is, you simply pass by and come into contact with it. This is the corner we had to pee in. 2 minutes ago it's easy to notice some of the bigger effects of theft, like retail stores being kicked out, but some of the minor things I noticed is that it's almost impossible to find a bathroom to pee in in San Francisco, business owners just don't They want to deal. with homeless people going to their bathrooms and doing God knows what and the result of this is that I almost peed my pants a couple of times in San Francisco.

If there's a place in San Francisco with a public bathroom, it's behind a keyboard because that's what's incomplete. continues in the bathroom so it's a hard place to go about your business because the McDonald's didn't have a place I could walk in the whole alley could be full with nothing else to do I'm corner wide all the alley human dangerous human human surely It's not a dog, send your kids to school and they're walking, I mean yeah, they have to walk past everyone and it's crazy because like school programs, they bring their kids through everything like if they would like it, you know, there are some people that will come and tell them the kids come and put it on, put it on, we don't give the kids to come, they still smoke, it might get high contact like you never knew, it You know, it's sad, really, it's sad, it makes sense that The Robbery Capital of America would also be a hot spot for drugs because I think it's really interconnected.

There are all types of thieves, they are thieves who try to get high to support their habit. There are thieves who actually get money and do something with it. Then there are only thieves who steal for their own personal use, like people walking into a grocery store and walking around fine. I know this because I will be stealing. Hey, stealing, I'm stealing. One of them even took the time to explain. why didn't he just pay San Francisco, bro, the police could just recover the items and take them away from you, even if you're stealing over $1,000, it almost makes it a game like, okay, I'm going in.

There I am getting $950 and I literally think people are counting it and adding it up. I know this personally, so can you go home and feel good like I did my job or is it like I have my money, but? I feel a little bad about it, the truth is that I got my money. I don't feel very good about it. The other me is that I am happy. You know, I got my money. I don't care what I did. to get my money i bought it $15 15 15 so this is a boosted perfume so what is it for?

He wants 15 in the store, you know, it's 100 and up, sure, let me do it right. OG, hey, hey, do it right, hey, no. Don't do that, we just walked past a guy who had a boosted cologne. I just got fresh for free now be like this and be like that cross your street there's a little inside this is like when the dippers is this when they're going to hit when B, you get a maternal passport, or I'm saying anything, some papers with them, already he's laughing, he's just shuffling around like there's a lot more people, jeels, shampoo, soap, Tylen pill for back pain, this is a medical center, I'm eight and a half feet tall.

Let's go to our next guy who will take us a little deeper. I swear to God, you really look like a cop right now. You are not lying. I swear to God when I saw them all across the street looking I thought. the N, I say, oh no, God, Tommy G I can't forget Tommy G, how can you tell who's a backup and who's not? They're going to have a big bag, the real reinforcements, The Insider, they're going to have 10 for you in their bag, so when you go out and if it has a beep, there's no point with the 10 for p running out of a Safeway with a bag of garbage full of tiod you could get 500 from a Safeway so now they're going to make another Safeway another bag of garbage $500 you just made $1,000 in less than an hour your store security can't do they can't touch you they can't say anything it's him huh who who W that's one of my favorites that's one of my favorites Peev, we have a clean Earth guys, we have a better one, this is a common place to push, sure don't hit every B, he has all those floors Up there they are dark like they used to be, not even when people say boost no.

I don't have a price, well this is one of the prices that it is simply too expensive to do business at. The sad reality is that there are many full-time employees who do not have a place to work. There are no more real gases from everywhere. nash, they could run into your worst enemy in this too rolling look, that's what we call a story, he doesn't believe it when you think of Rox, or you think like a rich businessman or a rapper and when you see just an average guy hanging around that's kind of crazy, like the little ones that just walk by, probably got 20 30 40,000 somewhere in high school, like you're in San Francisco with no money and no movement.

It's just that you can't just walk in and open it because if you did. There would be 10 of them running to get everything in front of this straight out the door. Right there you notice that many of these stores invest in security guards, but it doesn't seem to stop theft. Here are a couple of reasons why it can be said that it is cheaper to let them steal some things than to pay for more force to protect them. The other thing to keep in mind is the store's liability if they stop someone and there's an altercation, a fight, someone gets shot, it's just not worth it. and from the employee's point of view, if CVS pays you4 $1 an hour and the guy robbing you might have a gun, is it really worth trying to stop him?

He probably won't be our next contact. The big blow takes us deeper into the spine and wants to present us. to his Mexican friends, the Migos, who ran over delighted to meet you, how are you doing, great, this is so watered down bro, they just cleaned up all the doin and all the Hondos G and ping. I wish you had a more accurate idea of ​​what's happening in the cities, especially since the fat comes from China. I thought it would be good for you to see you like 100 doin, bro, stolen, just selling it, trying to give it to the Friends and the Friends, just buying it, they send it home and the Friends are The Mexicans are fine and it's this Cel, we have al Honduran, that's a whole other story, I definitely feel like we're fighting some cartel, but we talk about Mexicans not, Hondurans are here with the family just chilling in space, empty mystery, doing some science, doing some science .

Yeah, my guy is here pushing a stroller with nothing in it, he probably got lost, you probably just feel me smoking that or I have some fat, no P, he's most likely right to the right of us, there's like 15 or 20 people smoking right now. Now, for sure, actively, they are different territories here, like the Hondurans, the Hondurans got their little area, the blacks got theirs and then you have the Mexicans and then you have the aaps here, brother, you have the Asians, they are so smart they become. for free and sell it and that aluminum foil is supplied by non-profit organizations exactly that's crazy to me, crazy that's what I'm saying, you think it's a bad move that taxpayers money is hell, yeah, that's why I would never get a job, look at this young man. lady, she plays, she plays with our age, sh, there we go, we're about to meet another P who really runs the market, the famous Mexican Tommy, everyone knows Tommy, you, you're going to blow our faces off, hey, wait, what happened to the camera? wait no no let's watch the documentary no I know I bought you from my YouTuber look guys have a good day you've known me since I was young.

I was young, like running around SP snatching phones and coming to sell them. For them, have you ever felt bad after hitting someone? I'm not going to lie, no, what if you're a single mom and you can't afford to fix her windows? I would know if she is a single mother or not as long as I don't I don't see it I wouldn't feel it you don't feel me I can't I can't feel no way if I just see the car with his person there I'm taking it he's just trying not to think about who exactly it could be man, hey, that's crazy, that guy is sick, he's here trying to sell his little game.

I just bought it for some weed. There is? I probably should have calmed him down a bit. Hey? I wasn't going to calm him down on this last one. In the segment we interview Jerry, a professional thief who has committed a variety of savage crimes, from robberies to obtaining ATMs and robbing other criminal organizations. This guy gives us an inside look at the mentality of pulling off a heist. Is there a code name like Jerry? pass or yes pass by Jerry so I'm here with Jerry what kind of things do you get into? literally drive up to a bank and grab the ATM, not from the bank, you go to gas stations and stuff, or like an apartment, you hook a chain on it and you just take it out, what's the most you've ever gotten from an ATM?

Play 15,000 10,000 off one Every few nights you do like five of them, tell me about the warehouse heist, you go to a warehouse, you take valuable things, you take a lot of valuable things, you take marijuana, anything that makes you money, so California has many grow houses even though it is legal. I can steal everything and sell it on the black market or you, how does that work? I got buyers for them everywhere out of state 500 thousand pieces PS will all be sold the next day. I came across a watch here in Richard Millie Bay. I sold it immediately for 80,000 in broad daylight.

I'm sure that man worked hard for the Richard Millie of him. Is there any way you feel about taking that away? No, I don't feel bad for anyone, how do you feel at the end of the day? After I do one of your jobs, I feel great, I feel the blood pumping, I feel the money in my pocket, I go back to all my blackouts, I give some money, I go get some money for my grandmother and stuff, make sure that all the good guys in the neighborhood are dangerous. oh, it's really dangerous, a lot of people got shot.

Is there a story you have about a situation that went wrong or came close? We mess with the police a lot. High speeds. They call me the high speed specialist. It's okay, every time. High speed. I'm in, we get in the way, it doesn't matter if we get in the way from Chopper, do the police chase them at high speeds or is there a certain speed limit for them to stop chasing you depending on what city you are in, what city ​​has the weakest police? reputation Oakland really Oakland San Francisco because the impression I get from a lot of people who do this kind of thing is that it's almost open season like there are very few consequences and it's easy to escape a BPP with minimal consequences unless you get into a BPP and you really hurt someone in the beep machion.

Do you know people who were injured by beeping like the perar defender himself or who were shot behind or in front of their car? Yes, one of my little ones was on a beeping mission and the person toThe one who stung started shooting at him and it didn't go well. You know what I'm saying, did you ever get nervous before doing this? I never get nervous, I never get nervous, I never got nervous in my life, really, I mean, I lost a lot. of people I'm cold blooded I don't have any remorse for anyone would you consider yourself a sociopath n I really don't mean but you know you have to do what you have to do to make a living here while there's money in this I'm in this what's the play Biggest play you've ever made The biggest play I actually made was half a million dollars That's an incredible amount of money What kind of play is a $500,000 play Marijuana play I found some cash on some marijuana I'm the one design everything I am everyone visualize where the camera is where to enter where to exit how to enter you know what not what to do and what not to do W and what's going on in your head while you're doing this I'm thinking about how good the money will look on my pocket Many people in California think that law enforcement no longer has power.

What do you think about that? I think it is true. I don't really do what is the longest that chase has ever lasted for you 30 40 minutes You seem to enjoy your profession of course I enjoy it so you look forward to the days when you are about to do it yeah okay where? You see yourself on the scale of Good and Evil. I'm really evil so I might as well be a good person to the people who are good to me thanks bro and stay safe on those streets okay guys , so you just entered. Look at the steal

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