'Relentless wave' of robberies is forcing Houston business owners to sleep in their businesses with guns

The Blaze ^ | January 19, 2023 | Carlos Garcia

[Twotone]

Business owners in Houston, Texas, say that a crime spree described as a "relentless wave" of robberies is forcing them to sleep at their businesses overnight armed with guns.

Coaches Pub owner Robert Curry told KHOU-TV that he saved up money for many years and moved to Houston to purchase a bar and accomplish his dream.

“I lived in my RV for the first four months that I was here in Houston to get it started,” Curry said. “And honestly, it was my baby.”

But just eight months later, he says that a string of robberies might put him out of business. He's even gotten to know the favorite drink of one of the robbers caught on surveillance.

“Weirdly enough, he likes amaretto, so there’s a bottle that he just can’t resist,” Curry said. “And I mean he will shop. He would pick them up and set them on the cooler across, and then come back and take what he wanted.”

And he's not the only one. A report from KHOU documented complaints from bar and other business owners who told the Houston City Council that robberies are going to force them to close down.

"That is the biggest problem right now, me and plenty of other bar owners are sleeping in our bars armed,” said Sean Fitzmaurice, the owner of Reserve 101.

"We are all getting broken into and things in bars are getting stolen," said Marin Slanina, the owner of Star Sailor.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Shoot one of them and YOU'LL go to jail.

Anarcho-tyranny is the dehumanizing state of affairs whereby the state refuses to prosecute violent crime, yet vigorously enforces the law against victims who successfully defend themselves against the violent criminals they love so much.

[TexasGator]

“Yes it is. It is the codification of the castle doctrine under the penal code. “

No it isn’t. The doctrine applies only to your habitat, not other properties.

[thegagline]

So you don’t believe me, a Texas attorney, and you don’t believe the Official State of Texas Law Library?

Being an intransigent, petulant child is no way to go through life. Be gone.

[Wayne07]

“to prevent the other’s imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime”

As a lawyer, do you read that as:

burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery - any time of day

theft, criminal mischief - night time only

?

[thegagline]

The Texas Penal Code clearly states “nighttime.” “ commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime

[StAnDeliver]

"Katrina"

Katrina and the mass forced migraton of NOLA Amish to inner and south Houston, did ensure the open-air drug market had a permanent supply chain. There were a lot, like a lot a lot, of hoodoos that refused to expand outside of NOLA until Katrina forced their hand.

Now though, los pendejos have have taken over South Houston, Pasadena ( Amish paradise! ), around Hobby, where are the Amish gonna go? Spring? The Woodlands?! CONROE! LOFL.

[Wayne07]

Not what I asked, but thanks. You aren’t charging for this, are you?

[LouAvul]

America is awake. And the architects behind this treason know exactly what they're doing. The entire political establishment is stabbing us ...... in the eye. We're watching America being destroyed, and every pimp in DC is in on it. And they're laughing at our impotence and pain.

[Ronald77]

Less we forget it is the demon-rats agenda to destroy all small businesses in order to reach their stated “you will own nothing and lease everything from the government on a needed basis (as determined by the government)” and be happy. Biden target date 2035.

[Falconspeed]

“The voters booted them...” Rather, the voters had their votes stolen.

[Charles Martel]

Katrina and the mass forced migraton of NOLA Amish to inner and south Houston, did ensure the open-air drug market had a permanent supply chain. There were a lot, like a lot a lot, of hoodoos that refused to expand outside of NOLA until Katrina forced their hand.

Back then, the drug gangs in New Orleans were not affiliated with the west coast "super gangs". Instead, they were entirely identified with public housing "turf", the various housing projects around the city. The crews from the Desire Projects, Fischer Projects, Magnolia, B.W. Cooper, Melpomene or wherever... they were each formidable enough that the Bloods and Crips didn't even attempt to show their colors in New Orleans. Only the Latin Kings had a foothold in Kenner, Louisiana - a western suburb out by the New Orleans airport (and then the largest hispanic population in the state, though in 2005 that was actually declining).

So yes, it is true that the New Orleans drug gangs didn't want to operate outside of the city. It was bad enough when renovation of one or another of the housing projects was planned - the city would move residents from one project into vacant apartments in another project. Result: instant bloody gang clashes. Crabs in a bucket.

I'm not sure what the gang picture in New Orleans is these days, though I suspect that some of the multi-state groups are now active there. I'm also not sure how the big picture of Houston crime can still be neatly blamed on Katrina. Pre-2005, Houston did already have a thriving, even vibrant ghetto thug culture, complete with lots of drug-related shootings and other fun activities for those dazzling urbanites. The die was already cast.