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2 journalists visiting SF for APEC robbed at gunpoint in North Beach
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Nov 16, 2023, 3:32:04 PM11/16/23
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robbed-18489328.php
Two Czech television journalists visiting San Francisco to cover the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation summit were robbed at gunpoint in North
Beach, according to officials and multiple media reports.
The San Francisco Police Department said it responded to a report of the
robbery near Broadway and Columbus Avenue, in front of the famous City
Lights Bookstore, just before 5 p.m. Sunday. The journalists told police
that three individuals with firearms exited a car and approached them,
SFPD spokesperson Allison Maxie said in an emailed statement. The
individuals demanded that the production crew hand over their equipment
and then fled the scene in their car, Maxie said.
The San Francisco Chronicle, which was the first media outlet to cover the
story, reported that the journalists' equipment was worth $18,000. (SFGATE
and the San Francisco Chronicle are both owned by Hearst but operate
independently of one another)
Mayor London Breed said on KCBS radio that she met with the journalists in
person and said they are still happy to be in the city and are continuing
with their work. SF-based media outlets have stepped up and provided the
journalists with equipment so they continue to do their work, she said.
"We don’t want anyone in San Francisco to be a victim of any crime,
whether they are a visitor or a resident," Parisa Safarzadeh, a
spokesperson for the mayor's office, wrote to SFGATE in an email. "SFPD is
actively investigating this case, and we know that when an arrest is made,
our District Attorney has taken a strong position of aggressively
prosecuting crimes like these."
San Francisco is in the spotlight this week during APEC, which is bringing
world leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi
Jinping, together downtown for meetings.
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robbed-18489328.php
Two Czech television journalists visiting San Francisco to cover the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation summit were robbed at gunpoint in North
Beach, according to officials and multiple media reports.
The San Francisco Police Department said it responded to a report of the
robbery near Broadway and Columbus Avenue, in front of the famous City
Lights Bookstore, just before 5 p.m. Sunday. The journalists told police
that three individuals with firearms exited a car and approached them,
SFPD spokesperson Allison Maxie said in an emailed statement. The
individuals demanded that the production crew hand over their equipment
and then fled the scene in their car, Maxie said.
The San Francisco Chronicle, which was the first media outlet to cover the
story, reported that the journalists' equipment was worth $18,000. (SFGATE
and the San Francisco Chronicle are both owned by Hearst but operate
independently of one another)
Mayor London Breed said on KCBS radio that she met with the journalists in
person and said they are still happy to be in the city and are continuing
with their work. SF-based media outlets have stepped up and provided the
journalists with equipment so they continue to do their work, she said.
"We don’t want anyone in San Francisco to be a victim of any crime,
whether they are a visitor or a resident," Parisa Safarzadeh, a
spokesperson for the mayor's office, wrote to SFGATE in an email. "SFPD is
actively investigating this case, and we know that when an arrest is made,
our District Attorney has taken a strong position of aggressively
prosecuting crimes like these."
San Francisco is in the spotlight this week during APEC, which is bringing
world leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi
Jinping, together downtown for meetings.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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