Looters Strike at Macy’s and the Heart of Manhattan as City Reels. The mayhem in the central business district — long an emblem of New York’s stature — was a new blow to a city already weakened by the virus outbreak.

New York Times ^ | June 2, 2020 | Christina Goldbaum, Liam Stack and Alex Traub

[who_would_fardels_bear]

We love stories about police officers who go after criminals who harmed or killed other police officers. We thrill at how determined they were to hunt down the perpetrators and bring them to justice.

We are not so moved when we see police officers standing around while shops are being vandalized and looted and business owners are sent into bankruptcy.

[Miss Didi]

Fear not, Rose! Trump Tower is heavily protected and has been since 2016.

[gcparent]

Purses, shoes, electronics, phones.

[gcparent]

I thought there is NM on Hudson yards.

[CaptainK]

There is a Neiman Marus between 11th and 10th Ave in the Hudson Yards.

https://www.neimanmarcus.com/stores/new%20york/ny/hudson%20yards?geoLocation=10018&prev=strSearch

[coaster123]

Protecting a tower. You double down on an amusement. Man.

[Miss Didi]

Way over on 10th Avenue—too far.

[Miss Didi]

It’s brand new and very far west.

[ransomnote]

AMO are pilots/mariners  of the Customs and Border Patrol.

 

[CaptainK]

To far for the looters. Macy’s is centrally located with a subway stop right at the corner and a few blocks to a tunnel out of Manhattan.

[Miss Didi]

Since it’s so new and already filing for bankruptcy, I’d doubt it’s on the looters list—I even forgot about it and I’m an excellent shopper. LOL! Most of the high end boutiques in Midtown were stripped of their display merchandise and boarded up before we went into lockdown. The train stations in the 34th St. area always have Guard presence as I imagine will be the case in other stations. Curfew starts soon and I can already hear the helicopters flying overhead.

[Tucker39]

Agreed on the Mayor. But don’t give the Governor a pass. Forcing convalescent homes to take in Corona-infected patients, and kill off thousands of elderly, is HIS brainchild. And he seems to be PROUD of it! PA Gov. Wolf did something similar, AFTER his transvestite Health Secretary REMOVED “his” mother from a Home.

[PghBaldy]

Are you kidding? They would be lynched.

[RoseofTexas]

😁

[PghBaldy]

Rachel Olding
@rachelolding

It was like Mario Kart on the streets too. Dozens of $200k Mercs racing each other, nearly hitting people, only stopping to load up with bags of stolen stuff and speed on to the next spot.
11:48 PM · Jun 1, 2020·Twitter for Android
970 Retweets 1.8K Likes

https://twitter.com/rachelolding/status/1267664332638339073

[Keyhopper]

Popcorn here, get your popcorn.

[usafa92]

Herald Square is not that great of an area. Everyone comes into Penn and does their business in the city, but walk a few blocks East and South from Herald Square and you find yourself walking a little quicker after dark. It’s not a surprise that they are having problems there.

[mass55th]

Cuomo’s blaming de Blasio and the NYPD for not doing their job.

[mass55th]

Have they named the F’ers in the vehicle yet?

[P.O.E.]

Reminds me of the early days of Mugabe’s Zimbabwe.