May 6, 2008
Reporter Becomes Story After Western Addition Smash-and-Grab Attack
While doing a story on smash-and-grab robberies in the Western Addition, NBC 11 reporter Cheryl Hurd herself became a victim of a smash-and-grab theft. (Cue Morissette.) While waiting in her NBC 11 van, with a laptop on her lap, three dicks opened the door to the van and snatched the computer right off of Hurd's lap. Mean! We like us some Cheryl Hurd!
Anyway, smash-and-grabs are popular in the WA--well, crime in general is red hot over there. And San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarim is all sorts of shades of angry about it, claiming that "the city is not doing enough, and that he expects more from officials and law enforcement to help resolve what he called a crisis." SFPD, however, whines that they're doing a "tremendous job." Hrumph.
Luckily, nothing else happened to Hurd, a Vallejo native who has been with the station for the last four and a half years. She goes on to report that items stolen via le smash-et-grab are typically "sold to buy guns, drugs, and other items that support gang activity."
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sounds like she was more a victim of
"open and take"
maybe her faith in humanity was smashed?
How peculiar! I can't imagine why that neighborhood would be prone to crimes like those. There's nothing remotely unique about the Western Addition; no difference at all between the people who live there and the people who live in other neighborhoods.
Blaming the police for how kids act is getting stale.
If only there were something Supervisor Ross could do about the problem.
That sort of thing would never happen if we called the neighborhood NoPa.
oh hillarious coincidences, how I love thee
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She goes on to report that items stolen via le smash-et-grab are typically "sold to buy guns, drugs, and other items that support gang activity."
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Cite! Where the hell did they get that from? The police? Did they do *any* investigative journalism before making a completely unsubstantiated claim like this?
Doesn't the TSA sell all the laptops that are actually terrorist bombs at some outlet mall in Alabama? Gotta get me some.
Two more news vans have been broken into around the area over the last couple of years. Rich details of city life can be found in the supporting documents filed with Herrera's gang injunctions.