Posted on 11/01/2020 1:06:17 AM PDT by thecodont
Downtown San Francisco storefronts are boarding up ahead of Election Day in anticipation of looting and rioting.
Landlords are preparing for potential unrest only months after people flooded streets to protest the killing of George Floyd. Most marched peacefully, but some opportunistic vandals engaged in violent activity and looting in Union Square.
The hope is similar lawlessness won't flare up after the election, but just in case, buildings along Market Street, from the Salesforce Tower to San Francisco Centre, are covered in massive pieces of plywood.
On Friday afternoon, Macy's on Union Square was already fully covered and a crew was working on Neiman Marcus.
Carlos Garcia, the manager of Men's Wearhouse on Market Street, said the store decided to cover windows with boards when others on the block started to do so, but he's hopeful the extra protection is unnecessary. "I feel like regardless of the results of the election Californians are smart enough to know it's counter-intuitive to riot," Garcia said. "I'm really hopeful that there will be no unrest in San Francisco."
The Union Square Business Improvement District told the San Francisco Chronicle it expects 75% of businesses to board up.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
So they’re predicting a Trump win? Cool!
Because these businesses are Trump supporters?
Shouldn’t they be putting hoses out to allow passerbys to flush the curbs?
Not very hopeful, libs, where's your faith in humanity? Mmm hmm.
Why not just give the inventory away to the communist and anarchist rioters and take a tax deduction/loss on them?
/SARCCCCCC
Isn’t it a shame it’s come to this?
I’m staying on Staten Island and not going to brooklyn or manhattan nearly as much as I used to...and I have business in Brooklyn.
Those BLM marches get tense sometimes and I’ve run into about 5 of them.
Some just came out of nowhere.
SF = Nicaragua
So they’re predicting a Trump win?
Well of course.
SanFranNan Nancy Pelosi wants her Democrat Storm Troopers to riot.
Funny.
No one here in North Texas boarding up.
Maybe we have adults here and not babiies who throw tantrums.
Things that make you say “hmmmmmmmmm.”
Rat infested cities once again under attack by thier own. where will they dare to go when there is no more to rob and loot? Some will take a chance and regret it
I can’t believe how staggeringly stupid the left has been the past year. They created a panic and then become place themselves in the position of profiting from that panic.
They didn’t catch that people were going to notice and target them for starting this?
What’s to board up? I thought the stores there were having continual sales. Free for any amount totaling under $1,000, and I bet they haven’t adhered to that for a while.
In North Texas and all across the fruited plain, they’re not boarding up, they’re locking & loading up.
Rioters, looters, and arsonists forfeit their right to be regarded as human. Killing them should engender no more remorse than exterminating any other kind of vermin.
IF people in San Fran could have guns-— maybe they would NOT be boarding up.
??? Are they using that Metric system thingy ? 12.192 DM x 24.384 DM. Or really powerful glasses ?
The mediascum can't just report things. Always gotta super fluff it all for dramatic (d)effect.
Deciding on the best location for the Tripod and stacking Ammo Cans.
yeah, must be 12 footers
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.