It\u2019s would be beyond brazen \u2014 if it hadn\u2019t already happened before.<\/p>\n
According to a news release from the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department, Dec. 17 robbery at the Chanel store in the upscale DCCityCenter was carried out by a gang armed with a fire extinguisher.<\/p>\n
The release stated that \u201cat approximately 5:30 p.m., five suspects entered a retail store\u201d and set off the fire extinguisher as a distraction.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the suspects discharged a fire extinguisher multiple times with its contents striking a Special Police Officer while the other suspects took merchandise from the store,\u201d the release<\/a> stated.<\/p>\n \u201cThe suspects then fled the scene\u201d in a white sedan.<\/p>\n According to Fox News<\/a>, the gang made off with roughly $250,000 worth of merchandise from the luxury retailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gang of thieves hit Chanel store in Washington DC, set off fire extinguisher, and proceed to steal $250,000 worth of merchandise. pic.twitter.com\/OUVWJb984f<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mike Sington (@MikeSington) December 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n A security officer fired a shot at the thieves as they were leaving, WRC-TV<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n \u201cThat round did not take effect. At this time, we do not have any property damage, nor do we have any reported injuries,\u201d MPD Commander Tatjana Savoy told the station.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have our internal affairs on scene and they\u2019re combing through, of course, interviews and video footage.\u201d<\/p>\n And \u2014 would you believe it? \u2014 this isn\u2019t the first time that the same store has been robbed in the same way.<\/p>\n \u201cThe same Chanel was robbed back in February,\u201d WRC<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n \u201cA flash mob in that incident also set off a fire extinguisher to create a distraction.\u201d<\/p>\n The case remains \u201can ongoing investigation,\u201d according to WTTG-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n One normally associates smash-and-grab robberies with California<\/a>, which \u2014 thanks to lax law enforcement and generous laws regarding theft of any sort \u2014 has become the state synonymous with the act.<\/p>\n San Francisco Chinatown camera shop targeted in a smash & grab along Grant Avenue.<\/p>\n The shop owner was pepper-sprayed and an employee at the store next-door was hit with a metal rod. Several cameras taken. \u2014 Dion Lim (@DionLimTV) March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n California Nordstrom ransacked in huge \u2018flash mob\u2019 smash-and-grab, $60K to $100K in goods taken: policehttps:\/\/t.co\/fnd9V4allW<\/a> \u2014 Sierra1bushcraft (@coapann) August 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n Chicago, too, is another popular scene for the crime:<\/p>\n Another video-Looters hit @LouisVuitton<\/a> and other Union Square luxury stores in wild rampage#LouisVuitton<\/a> stores in #Chicago<\/a> and #SanFrancisco<\/a> hit in smash-and-grab thefts.<\/p>\n More than a dozen people involved in both cases, with mulitple arrests already made.#Robbery<\/a> #looting<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/QhYa7RbZED<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Chaudhary Parvez Ahmed (@ChParvezAhmed) November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n Didn\u2019t know if I should post this or not. Friend sent me from the smash and grab robbery downtown near Loyola Water Tower yesterday in Chicago. Two guys broke through glass in broad daylight and stole 2 watches worth over a million dollars each. pic.twitter.com\/SeHXd3Rx8t<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dante (@DanteTheDon) December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n In 2021, then-Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot<\/a> knew where the blame for this rash of robberies lay: With the stores, of course.<\/p>\n\n \u201cI\u2019m disappointed that [retailers] are not doing more to take safety and make it a priority,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cFor example, we still have retailers that won\u2019t institute plans like having security officers in their stores. Making sure that they\u2019ve got cameras that are actually operational.\u201d<\/p>\n Blaming the thieves \u2014 and only<\/em> the thieves \u2014 apparently wasn\u2019t an option.<\/p>\n Chicagoans rightly had enough of Lightfoot for a variety of reasons \u2014 including sky-high crime rates \u2014 and voted her out in 2023. Not that current Mayor Brandon Johnson is much better<\/a>, but at least they had the common sense to throw her out.<\/p>\n As for Washington, D.C., Muriel Bowser has been mayor since 2015 and things don\u2019t seem to be improving, at least as of late. According to the Washington Business Journal<\/a>, violent and property crime are up 40 percent and 25 percent year-over-year in 2023, respectively.<\/p>\n Now that this smash-and-grab is getting a smidgen of national attention, perhaps Bowser can pull a Lightfoot and blame a lack of fire extinguisher control laws for the District\u2019s woes.<\/p>\n Whether that saves her from residents\u2019 wrath, however, is anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n This article appeared originally on The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Video Shows Fire Extinguisher-Aided Robbery of High-End Store, Police Ask Public for Help<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s would be beyond brazen \u2014 if it hadn\u2019t already happened before. 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\n(1\/3) #SanFrancisco<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8I8eFvvLED<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis is what happens when
\nyou don\u2019t enforce the law weak DA\u2019s. How long before Nordstrom leaves Los Angeles, like they did in San Francisco?<\/p>\n