CNN crew robbed whereas doing story on excessive crime in San Fran – HotAir

The irony on this story is sort of off of the charts. CNN correspondent Kyung Lah and her producer, Jason Kravarik, had been on the San Francisco Metropolis Corridor interviewing somebody concerning the metropolis’s skyrocketing crime charges. Realizing how harmful the streets are as of late, they took additional precautions by hiring private security to protect their car. However whereas they had been inside, in a matter of “underneath 4 seconds,” this happened. (Nationwide Evaluation)

Received robbed. Once more. @jasonkCNN & I had been at metropolis corridor in San Francisco to do an interview for @CNN. We had safety to observe our rental automobile + crew automobile. Thieves did this in underneath 4 seconds. Safety stopped the jerks from stealing different baggage. However seriously- that is ridiculous pic.twitter.com/3zcCzckavW

— Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) March 17, 2023

Members of a CNN crew had their baggage stolen out of their rental automobile whereas on task at San Francisco’s metropolis corridor for a narrative concerning the metropolis’s rampant crime.

“Received robbed. Once more,” CNN senior nationwide correspondent Kyung Lah wrote in a tweet on Friday.

Whereas she and CNN producer Jason Kravarik had been conducting an interview at metropolis corridor, thieves broke into their automobile and snatched their baggage “in underneath 4 seconds” regardless of the crew having employed non-public safety to maintain watch.

Don’t really feel too responsible in case you discovered your self laughing at this story as a result of fortunately no one was injured through the theft. And I’m certain CNN will cowl the price of no matter damages the rental firm desires to ring up. However there’s one thing simply too good about interviewing somebody about California’s excessive crime charges and having your automobile damaged into whereas doing so.

I additionally observed that Kyung Legislation included the phrase “Once more” in her tweet. Apparently, this has occurred earlier than. However what was happening with the safety crew they employed? Thieves had been in a position to smash out the again window, take away baggage from the car and run away with out being caught? One thing doesn’t sound correct about that.

The crew shouldn’t actually have been all that shocked to see this occur. A survey conducted in December confirmed that greater than half of all San Francisco residents have been victims of theft or larceny. These crimes included what was described as “a staggering variety of automobile break-ins.” They had been commonest in areas in style with vacationers.

The issue is so widespread that the San Francisco Chronicle arrange a “Car Break-In Tracker” to assist residents monitor the crime wave. There’s even a SF Car Breakins account on Twitter. The native CBS Information outlet recorded greater than 3,000 break-ins simply within the month of November final 12 months, concluding that the state of affairs had grown “uncontrolled.”

Nationwide Evaluation stories that there was a partial completely happy ending to this story, nonetheless. Kyung Legislation’s bag was later recovered by somebody from the San Francisco Workplace of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs. (Don’t ask me how that occurred.) Her producer’s bag was not recovered.