Apparently illegal street vendors are such a huge issue in San Bernardino that the city’s police department needs to brag on Twitter when it goes after guys selling fresh fruit and flowers:
Community policing specialists crackdown on illegal street vendors pic.twitter.com/iNv0cEAKwl
— San Bernardino PD (@SanBernardinoPD) August 15, 2015
Another illegal street vendor taken off the street pic.twitter.com/GDLk7sPzUs
— San Bernardino PD (@SanBernardinoPD) August 15, 2015
Another great job by our community policing specialists. pic.twitter.com/LWTDihQ11K
— San Bernardino PD (@SanBernardinoPD) August 15, 2015
Outstanding job supporting our community by cracking down on illegal businesses. pic.twitter.com/HU3xWllG9k
— San Bernardino PD (@SanBernardinoPD) August 15, 2015
San Bernardino, which famously declared bankruptcy in 2012, is still struggling to recover. The city’s violent crime rate is more than double the U.S. average and poverty is huge problem. Here’s a report on how bad things are in San Bernardino from a few weeks ago in the Los Angeles Times:
The children here pay no attention to the meth merchants on the sidewalks. To the emaciated woman who furiously paces the upper deck, naked. To the men in nice cars who drive slowly through their makeshift play area scanning the doorways for prostitutes.
And they arrested the guy selling fruit?
As you might imagine, the SBPD isn’t winning many fans over these tweets. Some examples:
wow i feel so much safer now thx!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/m98jmsLYR6
— miku (@mzzystar) August 16, 2015
Thank god, someone might have made an independent living selling fresh food. Good work. https://t.co/gGFYgHF7k8
— Adam Jacobi (@Adam_Jacobi) August 16, 2015
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https://twitter.com/pegaita/status/633012064106123264
I feel so much safer now that these fruit vendors are off the streets. https://t.co/vLMCN2JchU
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) August 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/flowerxmouth/status/633025423253762050
Way to get those flowers and fruits off the streets https://t.co/OcJZc1drlB
— indistinct chatter (@ktciyh) August 16, 2015
Arn't those are flowers? Sorry, i thought that by illegal businesses u meant something like crack or so, guess not? https://t.co/HNAvDmMINa
— Jerson♤ (@JersonOfficial_) August 16, 2015
This pisses me off on so many levels. People begging is okay but people working so hard to make ends meet isn't. https://t.co/ey1bQZn1bv
— kiki ? (@kianalexa) August 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/riclaflare/status/632821601763901441
They gave up on real crimes https://t.co/nT5O6IMj4r
— ethan (@ethan_v3) August 16, 2015
? Police crack down ?
? a few dozen roses ?
? "Outstanding job" ?
? Expectations met ?
https://t.co/TDwWCBXg1h— opendna ⚙️ (@opendna) August 16, 2015
And we’ll end it with this:
this is why san bern. has high crime rates + is the 2nd most bankrupt city in the US. YALL FOCUS ON THE WRONG THINGS https://t.co/0QuBHpr09U
— t (@JXETA) August 16, 2015
Yep.
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