In-N-Out Burger called it quits in Oakland due to exploding crime

As crime soars in Oakland, the only In-N-Out Burger franchise there has decided to close because it's too dangerous for employees and customers.

The beloved burger joint made the announcement Sunday after the a series of attacks have taken place putting their customers and those who work for them at risk.

“Annual crime statistics released by the Oakland Police Department show that burglaries in the area increased 38 percent between 2022 and 2023, while robberies increased 23 percent, according to a report by The Mercury News . The location that is closing is only a couple of miles from Oakland International Airport,” he said daily thread reported

“Despite taking repeated steps to create safer conditions, our customers and associates are regularly victims of car break-ins, property damage, burglaries and armed robberies,” Chief Operating Officer Denny Warnick said in a communicated

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“The fast food chain has a total of 286 restaurants in the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Texas. He said he has made the decision to close the Oakland store, despite various measures to make restaurants safer for staff and customers,” Newsweek reported

The crime rate was so bad at the fast food restaurant that security guards claimed they were taking more robbery reports there than anywhere else they patrolled, according to the Daily Wire. They said they saw five entries at In-N-Out Burder on a “normal” day.

The restaurant will be closing up shop on Sunday, March 24, 2024.

“We are grateful to the local community, which has supported us for more than 18 years, and we recognize that this closure negatively affects our associates and their families,” Warnick said sadly in his announcement. “Furthermore, this location remains busy and profitable for the company, but our highest priority must be the safety and well-being of our customers and associates; we cannot ask them to visit or work in an unsafe environment.” .

In-N-Out is closing its Oakland location due to out-of-control crime. “Our customers and associates are regularly victims of car break-ins, property damage, burglaries and armed robberies,” the company said.

This is Gavin Newsom's “model of the nation.”

— Kevin Kiley (@KevinKileyCA) January 21, 2024

He went on to say that the company will try to relocate the employees, but if they can't, they will be offered severance pay.

“In-N-Out Burger has a history of supporting the Oakland community through charitable giving that predates the opening of our location there,” the company's statement concluded. “While we will no longer be doing business there, we will continue to support local Oakland charities through our In-N-Out Burger Foundation and the Slave 2 Nothing Foundation.”

Crime rates have skyrocketed since the pandemic in Oakland. The city branch of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) wrote a letter to city leaders last July asking them to address “our intolerable public safety crisis that overwhelmingly affects minority communities.”

The letter detailed “murders, shootings, violent armed robberieshome invasions, carjackings, sideshows and highway shootings” that have become “a pervasive fixture of life in Oakland.”

In-n-Out Burger dumps Democrat-infested Oakland.

“Our customers and associates are regularly victims of car break-ins, property damage, burglaries and armed robberies,” the company said.

Thank you, Gavin Newsom, for once again degrading a lovely California town. pic.twitter.com/oIVfkUz4Co

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 22, 2024

According to Newsweek, “The California city has a crime rate of 81 per 1,000 residents, with a 1 in 12 chance of becoming a victim of violent or property crime. Oakland's crime rates are higher than most other communities in California.”

Considering the third-world status of several of California's largest cities, that's quite an achievement.

“The chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime in Oakland is 1 in 65, while for California as a whole it is 1 in 200. The latest data, updated to 2022, says that the city had 121 murders, 331 cases. of rapes, 2,772 robberies and 3,355 cases of assault in that year,” Newsweek noted.

Terresa Monroe-Hamilton is a constitutional conservative who researches and writes extensively on politics and current affairs.

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