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In-N-Out Owner Says “Absolutely Dangerous” Crime Rate In Oakland Forced First Permanent Closure EVER

The owner of fast-food franchise In-N-Out said the company was forced to close its Oakland restaurant due to a relentless crime wave.

Lynsi Snyder said the “absolutely dangerous” conditions, which saw 300 days of violence in a single year, forced the first permanent closure of an In-N-Out restaurant in the company’s 76-year history. The recessions 1949, 1953, 1958, 1960-61, 1969-70, 1973-75, 1980, 1981-82, early 1990s recession, early 2000s recession, 2008-09 global financial crisis, and COVID lockdowns didn’t kill off a single one of their stores – but liberal policies on crime did.

In an interview with PragerU, Snyder detailed the sheer scale of incidents surrounding the restaurant in the liberal-controlled city.

“There were car burglaries, violence, fights, theft – there was a lot,” Snyder said in the interview. “There was actually gun shots went through the store, stabbings – it was a lot.”

“Gun shots went through the store, stabbings… it was huge.”

“The amount of time it would take for the police to get there was alarming,” she added. “For the safety of our associates, it was just not okay.”

The closure came after police logged 1,335 criminal incidents in its location since 2019 alone.

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Many on social media agreed with Snyder’s remarks over crime in Oakland and California as a whole.

Others said that the liberal government in the state had been responsible for the crime wave.

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Oakland Mayor Blames “Radical Right-Wing Forces” For FBI Raid As Recall Petition Called

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has slammed “radical right-wing forces” in her first public remarks since an FBI raid on her home on Thursday, June 20.

Federal investigators were seen carrying 80 boxes out of her home as part of an investigation relating to “court-authorized law enforcement activity”. The search included the mayor’s residence and properties linked to California Waste Solutions – a company with ties to Thao through campaign contributions.

The raid came just days after campaigners amassed more than 40,000 signatures on a recall petition prompting a vote on election day in November.

At a press conference on Monday, June 23, Mayor Thao, who denies all wrongdoing, said: “I can tell you with confidence that this investigation is not about me. I have not been charged with a crime, and I am confident that I will not be charged with a crime because I am innocent.”

After claiming she was targeted due to her low-income upbringing, Mayor Thao said there were a “a lot of radical right-wing forces who know they’ll never win an election fair and square,” despite the city being overwhelmingly Democrat. No information was provided on who specifically from the “vast right wing conspiracy” was supposedly behind her downfall.

Mayor Thao – who is the first Hmong American mayor of a major U.S. city – has come under heavy criticism during her tenure since January 9, 2023.

Following her surprise press conference on Monday, Thao’s attorney withdrew her as counsel reportedly due to surprise at the media scrum.


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