Police Warn Motorists to Hide Valuables, Lock Cars

This is indicative of increased heroin and meth use by the illegal alien gangsters in our community.

Our county needs to start constricting their liberal use of taxpayer money while they wring their collective "feel good" hands.

The problem is, no one will step up to the plate and hold anyone accountable for the free giveaway that "progressives" have grown accustomed to.

They continue to turn a blind eye at WIC stores whose customers are pulling up and parking Escalades and other material possessions made possible only because we finance their welfare.

These people, with the nurturing assistance of good ol SB liberalism are working the system to the bone. No wonder we need Hillary or Obama in office. Otherwise, where will they get their next new car?

For those who thought I digressed, I did not. If you are the intellect you profess to be you see the nexus.

The city needs to start shipping out the scourge that infects our community.

For those of you who think that this is stereotyping. It is not. It is the truth and until you grow up and face it, we will continue our celebration and embracing of illegal alien gangsters under the mantra of diversity....Gitter done, and SB will be safer from the crime we are wailing about.

Get it done!

90% of the burglars are Hispanic. Go Figure.

Y'all remember a great line from 'Full Metal Jacket'?

"Jesus H. Christ. Private Pyle, why is your footlocker unlocked?...If it weren't for dickheads like you, there wouldn't be any thievery in this world, would there?"

That's the point of the article. Don't leave valuables in plain sight in your car, don't leave your car unlocked, don't be a... well, you know what Gunney Hartman said.

Hispanics and Latinos? Puh-leeeze!

Please, just for me, cite some facts which support your bold claims; news reports, census figures, police reports.

Otherwise you both seem kind of bigoted.

I was one of the thirty victims this january. one of my housemates was another. I live on the oceanside of the 101 near turnpike exit. the guy stole my ipod and radio transmitter for it. i am still on the lookout for this guy. the article is right. i was an idiot for leaving my ipod in plain sight. i thought my car was safe at home. we have since installed a motion sensor security light over our driveway. take my story as a learning experience.

Illegal Alien Gangsters - yeah right. More like white trash meth freaks. There are tons of those in SB.

Right you are, but those freaks are more into swiping your mail for ID theft than popping car windows for stereos.

"popping car windows for stereos"

What are you, stuck in the 80's?

iPods, Laptops, Cameras, Purses and Wallets were also there. Think Latinos are the only ones who want these things?

Students at Santa Barbara High know this: the white students are the ones who, while at a house party and especially when the party is in Montecito, will walk through the house and steal CDs, jewelry, any item of value-- yet the Latinos are the first suspects, and the least likely to steal. Just like meth and cocaine, the white kids are the users, but because of their skin color and that they may be in an AP class, they are never considered criminals.

Young white kids, the one on skateboards and surfboards, are very adept at stealing things, and moreso than you think.

If only a group of white kids were considered a gang when they get in fights, steal from a grocery store, trespass into various pools and hot tubs at the hotels and Country Clubs... Ah, but then parents wold hoot and holler that someone dare compare their kids to the brown-skinned criminals, those dirty, uneducated, violent criminals.

Group of Latinos committing a crime equals gang. Group of whites committing a crime-- unless they're Hell's Angels or some White Supremacist group, white gangs don't ever seem to exist, so they're just people having fun, or need a slap on the wrist.

Valid point.

Just like when the blacks attack hispanics in LA, it's refered to as racial unrest, rather than the blatant racism that it is. Look I don't disagree with you. There's plenty of thief blame to spread around. I am backing off of my prior statement. Maybe we should both change the subject until someone posts some numbers, then re engage.

azure, I agree with that... I'll tone it down, as I should.

I like when things are called what they are though-- whether it be racist, criminal, or just stupid.

But you're right-- we should try to keep it more civil until someone *cough* *independent* *cough* shows us some numbers.

Good comments, all of you and thanks for committing to an argument based on facts. One of my friends was one of the robbed and he learned a valuable lesson in locking up, too.

I agree with much of what you have to say, eight, and I always think of the notion that, "a lock, even a small, trivially bypassed one, may help an honest man stay honest. "

Considering the fact that the vast majority of motorists in S.B. have little regard for the speed limit and basic courtesy, and also the fact that they almost never get ticketed, is it any wonder that we see crime exploding here?

When kids grow up seeing this sort of behavior going unpunished, it sets an example for them.