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The owner, and immigrant from Yemen, said that even in his third world country there is at least law and order.
"There is nothing like this. I was afraid to defend my business, because I have been told I would go to prison."

It's good to know that police are mere hours away from responding to 911 calls.

No word on the physical description of the looters yet.

Mob of nearly 100 looters ransacks Oakland gas station as store owner says police took hours to respond: ‘Back to square one’ (msn.com)

A mob of looters ransacked an Oakland gas station convenience store and caused thousands of dollars in damage as the frustrated store manager claimed police took nine hours to respond to his plea for help.Owner Sam Mardaie estimated approximately 80 to 100 people broke through his store’s front door and grabbed everything they could get their hands on.“Shelves were ripped apart, all the grocery items were torn or stepped on or vandalized,” Mardaie told the outlet.Video surveillance obtained by the outlet showed the looters snatching drinks from the fridges, food items off the shelves, boxes and baskets belonging to the store and a television.
Some climbed over the register and looted items from underneath the counter.The mob was reportedly upset they weren’t allowed inside the store as the business was only offering window service, a normal occurrence for the 24/7 shop during the overnight hours.Approximately $25,000 in cash was taken from the store’s register and ATM, but the looters couldn’t grab the safe.
Two employees inside the store were threatened during the mass pillaging, which lasted around 40 minutes.
A call was placed to Oakland police but the dispatcher informed the caller the crime was listed as a Priority 2, adding it could be reported online.It was only after a video of the mass looting was shared with the department that it was raised to a Priority 1 and an officer was sent to the store nine hours after the robbery began.
Oakland’s recent spike in crime forced several restaurant chains to close their stores in the area .In February, a Texas attorney offered a $10,000 reward after her son, who had been refueling his rental car, was robbed at gunpoint at the same gas station.
“It’s crazy. I mean it’s a daily thing. It hasn’t been a day since we opened in August that we don’t have an incident,” Mardaie told the outlet at the time.“I come from Yemen, a third world country, and we don’t have those incidents in a third world country where there’s no law and order.”