Businesses setting up booby traps to protect themselves in this blue city's drug haven

[seafoam1 2,805]

Another pedocrat run city...This time Philthadelphia...

https://www.foxnews.com/us/businesses-setting-up-booby-traps-protect-themselves-blue-citys-drug-haven-recovering-addict

Businesses ‘don’t last long’ in Philadelphia’s crime-ridden, open-air drug market

PHILADELPHIA – Poverty-stricken families living in Kensington, unable to flee the crime-ridden open-air drug market, are forced to find ways to hide their children from the neighborhood's in-your-face horrors, while businesses devise tricks to keep addicts and their oozing flesh wounds off their stoops, according to a recovering addict who managed to flee the community.

"The businesses don't last long. When they are put in the community, the community tends to tear them down," said Frank Rodriguez. "It's not a place for anything to thrive."

Kensington has gained international attention for its excessive public drug use and has become a focal point for high crime and poverty in the City of Brotherly Love. The neighborhood had among the worst violent and drug crime rates citywide over a 30-day period ending Aug. 14, according to data compiled by The Philadelphia Inquirer.

"I couldn't imagine the customers to my business having to come through all this chaos just to support my business," Rodriguez, a business owner himself, told Fox News. "Who wants to come down to this neighborhood … to shop here? Who wants to do that? Nobody." 

In Kensington, frail men and women slumped over stoops muster the strength to inject themselves for another fix. Others, half-clothed, stumble through the busy road or sprawl out on the sidewalk passed out from fentanyl or tranq — or both. Overdose kits, syringes and trash is perpetually scattered across Kensington Avenue.

The owners of Cantina La Martina, a James Beard Award-nominated Mexican spot in Kensington, recently highlighted obstacles their restaurant has faced because of the public drug consumption and large encampments. Co-owner Mariangeli Saez said nightly servings have dropped at least 60% and safety concerns has caused their food supply vendors to refuse to make deliveries, CBS News Philadelphia reported. 

Employees "have to come out every single day and clean up numerous times," Rodriguez said. "There's needles, vomit, feces, bodies." 

Rodriguez, who used to deal and use drugs in the neighborhood before getting sober, said the area's escalated substance abuse and crime has led some businesses to go the extra mile to keep their storefronts appealing to prospective customers. 

"They have to set up these crazy little hacks and booby traps just to keep people off of their stoops," he said. "There are businesses that set up sprinkler systems, so they can just be inside and hit a button and the sprinkler system goes off."

But Kensington is also home to many families with young kids. One lifelong Kensington resident, Rob, told Fox News he was bringing pizza home to his kids to avoid exposing them to the criminals and drug addicts littering the streets.

Residents "can't even shop in their own community," Rodriguez told Fox News.

Kensington's violent crime rate was around 30% higher than the rest of the city from 2012 to 2016, while the area's average income per capita was half the average citywide salary, according to a Drexel University study published in October 2019. The area also had more complaints about graffiti removal, illegal dumping, vacant houses and dangerous buildings than the city at large. 

"There's people that are literally just waiting for you to nod off so they can go in your bag, take your money, take your drugs, take the shoes off your feet," Rodriguez said. 

Rodriguez fled Kensington as part of his path to sobriety but goes back nearly every week to provide necessities and life advice to struggling drug users. But despite his efforts, the recovering heroin addict previously told Fox News that the neighborhood has continued to deteriorate. 

"It's 100% getting worse," he said. "And it's gonna get worse tomorrow, and the next day is gonna be even worse."

[Hardcore troubadour 14,964]

If only there were something that could be done. Oh well. 

[League Champion 1,896]

Pedocrat run City, but no correlation I'm sure. 

[Wade Garrett 155]

15 minutes ago, League Champion said:

Pedocrat run City, but no correlation I'm sure. 

Dude you have over 7k posts in 7 months.  Da phuk is wrong with your brain?  You post all day every day like it's your damn job.

Holy phuk get a freaking life FFS.

Incels, gonna be the downfall of this country...SMH

[RLLD 4,145]

The approach is typical misplaced and faux "empathy".  Liberals think that pretending they care by not holding people accountable is a virtue.  Whereas actual virtue would be not simply allowing, but instead fostering punitive actions for bad behaviors and rewards for good. 

[League Champion 1,896]

12 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

Holy phuk get a freaking life FFS.

YET HERE YOU ARE BOYO

[seafoam1 2,805]

13 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

Dude you have over 7k posts in 7 months.  Da phuk is wrong with your brain?  You post all day every day like it's your damn job.

Holy phuk get a freaking life FFS.

Incels, gonna be the downfall of this country...SMH

Typical pedocrat voter response.  When faced with the reality of what they support.

[JustinCharge 2,397]

35 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

If only there were something that could be done. Oh well. 

Look the real problem in that state is the amish.  If only theyd open their culture up to the world and to places like kensington avenue, they could be turned into slaves as well and thats good news for elites.

[JustinCharge 2,397]

Just now, seafoam1 said:

Typical pedocrat voter response.  When faced with the reality of what they support.

Yup liberal bots with personal attacks 1001111010 beep boop

[League Champion 1,896]

19 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

Incels, gonna be the downfall of this country...SMH

And what Democratic shizzhole do you live in??? 

[Wade Garrett 155]

1 minute ago, League Champion said:

And what Democratic shizzhole do you live in??? 

I'm not gonna respond to you anymore after this.

Your online existence here is pathetic and I don't want to contribute to your self masterbatory machine gun posting here.

You incels are like ticking time bombs.

 

[League Champion 1,896]

4 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

I'm not gonna respond to you anymore after this.

THANK GOD

GO F YOURSELF BOYO! 

[seafoam1 2,805]

4 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

I'm not gonna respond to you anymore after this.

Your online existence here is pathetic and I don't want to contribute to your self masterbatory machine gun posting here.

You incels are like ticking time bombs.

 

On no. That's really going to hurt his feelings I bet. 

[MDC 7,151]

I’d vote for anyone who could actually fix this problem. But the libs have bad solutions and cons have no solutions. The state doesn’t want to assuming responsibility for the housing and medical / mental healthcare if tens of thousands of junkies indefinitely. 

[seafoam1 2,805]

1 minute ago, MDC said:

I’d vote for anyone who could actually fix this problem. But the libs have bad solutions and cons have no solutions. The state doesn’t want to assuming responsibility for the housing and medical / mental healthcare if tens of thousands of junkies indefinitely. 

Maybe fetterman can fix it. 

[TheNewGirl 1,357]

4 minutes ago, MDC said:

 The state doesn’t want to assuming responsibility for the housing and medical / mental healthcare if tens of thousands of junkies indefinitely. 

Of course not,  and why would they want to do it indefinitely? 

A solution would be to help them, get jobs, get sober/clean, whatever. There's also very little money in this. CA keeps throwing millions/billions to the homeless population. And it's just getting bigger, so they just keep throwing money at it without ANY solutions. "Put them in the office buildings that no one uses..." okay, so those can become basically crap hotels? Create tiny homes for them to live in. They just TRASH everything. 

[League Champion 1,896]

10 minutes ago, MDC said:

The state doesn’t want to assuming responsibility for the housing and medical / mental healthcare if tens of thousands of junkies indefinitely. 

So the answer is free needles and narcan? You get arrested for doing/possessing drugs where I'm from. Not rewarded. 

[The Real timschochet 6,468]

It’s a bad neighborhood. 

But the title of the thread implies that government  liberal policies contribute to the situation. I challenge that. 

[TheNewGirl 1,357]

5 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

It’s a bad neighborhood. 

But the title of the thread implies that government  liberal policies contribute to the situation. I challenge that. 

They do. 

Liberal policies call for open air drug use and encampment on sidewalks. In larger city areas where businesses try and thrive, they are predominately BLUE. Drug use and homeless brings crime. How else do they get money to buy their drugs? The voters vote BLUE across the board and the local governments are the ones that are OKAY with this. 

 

[lod001 1,344]

3 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

Dude you have over 7k posts in 7 months.  Da phuk is wrong with your brain?  You post all day every day like it's your damn job.

Holy phuk get a freaking life FFS.

Incels, gonna be the downfall of this country...SMH

No comment on the topic. No surprise from a piece of sh1t like you.

[MDC 7,151]

16 minutes ago, TheNewGirl said:

Of course not,  and why would they want to do it indefinitely? 

A solution would be to help them, get jobs, get sober/clean, whatever. There's also very little money in this. CA keeps throwing millions/billions to the homeless population. And it's just getting bigger, so they just keep throwing money at it without ANY solutions. "Put them in the office buildings that no one uses..." okay, so those can become basically crap hotels? Create tiny homes for them to live in. They just TRASH everything. 

They wouldn’t want to do it indefinitely, but they’d basically have to given recidivism. The reason we don’t mass incarcerate junkies is that it’s incredibly expensive to the state and a massive liability. 

[lod001 1,344]

4 minutes ago, TheNewGirl said:

They do. 

Liberal policies call for open air drug use and encampment on sidewalks. In larger city areas where businesses try and thrive, they are predominately BLUE. Drug use and homeless brings crime. How else do they get money to buy their drugs? The voters vote BLUE across the board and the local governments are the ones that are OKAY with this. 

 

It's 100% because of libtard policies. I live in red areas. We ship this garbage to blue areas if it tries to start up camp.

[League Champion 1,896]

13 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

It’s a bad neighborhood. 

But the title of the thread implies that government  liberal policies contribute to the situation. I challenge that. 

This is happening in the high end districts as well, it's everywhere. There's no money in "bad neighborhoods". The criminals know that. 

[Wade Garrett 155]

3 minutes ago, lod001 said:

No comment on the topic. No surprise from a piece of sh1t like you.

LOLOLOL

Are you really directing your words to me?  You're a moron, CT cultist who thinks the 2020 election was stolen and believes that covid was fake and everyone vaxxed will day.

I'd get more out of arguing with a goldfish than you.

LOLOLOLOL

[League Champion 1,896]

1 minute ago, Wade Garrett said:

everyone vaxxed

That's right Boyo, Vax Up! 

[MDC 7,151]

24 minutes ago, League Champion said:

So the answer is free needles and narcan? You get arrested for doing/possessing drugs where I'm from. Not rewarded. 

No child that’s not the answer. 

[League Champion 1,896]

2 minutes ago, MDC said:

No child that’s not the answer. 

Less Police? 

That crap doesn't happen here, know why? Because we all carry and you'll get your ass shot if you F around. 

[TheNewGirl 1,357]

25 minutes ago, MDC said:

They wouldn’t want to do it indefinitely, but they’d basically have to given recidivism. The reason we don’t mass incarcerate junkies is that it’s incredibly expensive to the state and a massive liability. 

But we keep throwing money at the problem when they are out on the streets. 

Newsome announced in March that he is spending over $1 BILLION on homeless policies, but they aren't working. 

A local news station went to a camp and talked to them about services available, locations they can go to to get help, etc. They talked to 100 homeless people. ONE said they wanted help. ONE. 

[seafoam1 2,805]

1 minute ago, TheNewGirl said:

But we keep throwing money at the problem when they are out on the streets. 

Newsome announced in March that he is spending over $1 BILLION on homeless policies, but they aren't working. 

A local news station went to a camp and talked to them about services available, locations they can go to to get help, etc. They talked to 100 homeless people. ONE said they wanted help. ONE. 

That just flies over mdcack's head.

[MDC 7,151]

3 minutes ago, TheNewGirl said:

But we keep throwing money at the problem when they are out on the streets. 

Newsome announced in March that he is spending over $1 BILLION on homeless policies, but they aren't working. 

A local news station went to a camp and talked to them about services available, locations they can go to to get help, etc. They talked to 100 homeless people. ONE said they wanted help. ONE. 

I don’t think those are good solutions. Just saying, it’s not as simple as rounding all the junkies up and throwing them in prison. We spend a ridiculous amount of $ on our prison population without adding tens of thousands of junkies.

It’s a national health crisis and solutions need to come from the very top.

[MDC 7,151]

25 minutes ago, League Champion said:

Less Police? 

That crap doesn't happen here, know why? Because we all carry and you'll get your ass shot if you F around. 

Where do you live? This handle I mean. 

[Wade Garrett 155]

11 minutes ago, TheNewGirl said:

But we keep throwing money at the problem when they are out on the streets. 

Newsome announced in March that he is spending over $1 BILLION on homeless policies, but they aren't working. 

A local news station went to a camp and talked to them about services available, locations they can go to to get help, etc. They talked to 100 homeless people. ONE said they wanted help. ONE. 

So what's the solution?

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,856]

3 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

I'm not gonna respond to you anymore after this.

Your online existence here is pathetic and I don't want to contribute to your self masterbatory machine gun posting here.

You incels are like ticking time bombs.

 

Hah! Glory Hole Garrett pointing fingers at other posters for posting too much.

That's just absurd.  You post about 10000x more than he does, you f'n loser.  Go back to you glory hole.

[seafoam1 2,805]

5 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

So what's the solution?

Deaf, dumb, and blind. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,964]

7 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

So what's the solution?

None. Just let it be I guess. Too bad for those people but George Floyd got killed by a cop.  Can’t have that happen again 

[Engorgeous George 2,161]

21 hours ago, MDC said:

I’d vote for anyone who could actually fix this problem. But the libs have bad solutions and cons have no solutions. The state doesn’t want to assuming responsibility for the housing and medical / mental healthcare if tens of thousands of junkies indefinitely. 

We need to reinstitute bum fights, but with a more gladitorial slant.  Round them up, put them in an arena, arm them, and let them know that only one winner can emerge and recieve an award of their drug of choice.  Rinse and repeat as often as necessary to get the diopers off the streets.

As for the homeless, make it legal to hunt them.  This would be tricky as how do you tell the homeless from Dead heads.  Also there would need to be strict bag limits and size(age) limits.  You could take the bucks but not the does except in very overcrowded areas, fawns would be strictly off limits.

[JustinCharge 2,397]

On 8/16/2023 at 8:20 AM, MDC said:

I’d vote for anyone who could actually fix this problem. But the libs have bad solutions and cons have no solutions. The state doesn’t want to assuming responsibility for the housing and medical / mental healthcare if tens of thousands of junkies indefinitely. 

The GOP leadership has effectively  been cowed into compliance. If they actually try to fix it, the democrats will spin the GOP solution as an attack on the poor and the GOP will get swept out of office.  
 

as i repeatedly say, the fix begins by restoring freedom of the press. The GOP cant get its message out because the radical left own the press as a monopoly. 

[MDC 7,151]

9 minutes ago, JustinCharge said:

The GOP leadership has effectively  been cowed into compliance. If they actually try to fix it, the democrats will spin the GOP solution as an attack on the poor and the GOP will get swept out of office.  
 

as i repeatedly say, the fix begins by restoring freedom of the press. The GOP cant get its message out because the radical left own the press as a monopoly. 

From what I can tell, the Dems want to hand out food and housing and stop prosecuting drug offenses. The Reps want mass incarceration of addicts and the homeless. I don’t think either of these are good long term solutions. 

[JustinCharge 2,397]

2 minutes ago, MDC said:

From what I can tell, the Dems want to hand out food and housing and stop prosecuting drug offenses. The Reps want mass incarceration of addicts and the homeless. I don’t think either of these are good long term solutions. 

Well your gut instinct is focked then.  A normal view would be to realize that our urban centers are utterly out of control and we need to switch to the other party as democrats have owned these cities for a hundred years and run them into the ground.  Going further left has been a disaster.  Time to go right by a LOT.  Hold your nose and do it. We need change. 

[MDC 7,151]

5 minutes ago, JustinCharge said:

Well your gut instinct is focked then.  A normal view would be to realize that our urban centers are utterly out of control and we need to switch to the other party as democrats have owned these cities for a hundred years and run them into the ground.  Going further left has been a disaster.  Time to go right by a LOT.  Hold your nose and do it. We need change. 

That has nothing to do with what I said, at all.