‘This sh*t has got to end!’: Furious San Fran deli owner has a huge cut across his head and a black eye after being punched in the face by a ‘homeless man’ who urinates on his trash
A sandwich shop owner in San Francisco has revealed he was punched in the face by a homeless person who urinated on his trash — all while begging officials to stop crime in the city.
Peterson Harter, 39, posted a furious rant on Instagram with cuts to his head and a black eye, after being attacked by the suspect he posted a photo of.
He claimed the suspect punched him in the face on Wednesday when he confronted him outside Sandy’s Muffulettas in the city’s Upper Haight neighborhood.
Harter seemed shocked and lost for words as he explained what had just happened to him.
“I just got punched in the face by a guy who was p***ing on the street – and I’m really f***ing p****d off now,” he began.
San Francisco sandwich shop owner Peterson Harter, 39, was punched in the face by a homeless person who urinated on trash outside his store
Harter later posted a photo of who he thought was the suspect who attacked him
“I can’t believe I live in a city where people just pee on the street, come and punch you in the face and get away with it,” he continued.
‘The man ran away. They probably won’t find him. I’m tired of this damn town. I can’t just run a business outside without getting slapped in the face.
‘I need to get some air. I have to figure out what to do. This is f****d up. It shouldn’t be like that at all. This is not how our city should be. I hope they find that son of a bitch,” said Harter, who opened his deli only three months ago.
In a video, Harter appeared shocked and angry, with cuts to his head and a black eye from the unprovoked attack
Harter opened his sandwich shop in the Upper Haight neighborhood of the city just three months ago
Harter’s business is one of countless others in the city to suffer the effects of petty crime, vandalism, shoplifting and anti-social behavior.
“At what point is it too much that you can’t be out on the street telling a man to stop pissing and get punched in the face?”
This sh*t has got to end. What’s the plan?’ he wrote in a caption to his video tagging San Francisco Mayor London Breed.
Harter later posted a photo of the alleged suspect carrying a can of beer.
Harter’s business is one of countless others in the city to suffer the effects of petty crime, vandalism, shoplifting and anti-social behavior.
Shoplifting has gotten so bad in San Francisco that some stores are now padlocking their freezers and tying metal chains to ensure the doors stay closed at night
Almost every item is behind closed perspex shelves
A local Walgreens branch is completely boarded up, although it is still open
Earlier this week, DailyMail.com reported how theft has gotten so bad in San Francisco that some stores are now padlocking their freezers and tying metal chains to ensure the doors stay closed at night.
Video shot by a potential customer at a local Walgreens in the city shows aisle after aisle of product locked behind perspex and glass, out of reach of thieves.
Even lower value items such as toothpaste and tissues are kept under lock and key, like the rampant theft that has taken place in many of the city’s pharmacies and supermarkets.
At one particular location, on 16th Street and Geary Blvd, the freezer doors are completely chained, with concerned staff, thieves will enter the store at night to empty the contents.
Store employees have already reported a problem with thieves entering the store up to 20 times a day to fill their bags with products, including items that need to be kept at a cool temperature, such as frozen pizzas and ice cream.
Theft is up 12.5 percent in San Francisco, while overall crime is down 5.9 percent compared to 2022 numbers
With rents rising as fast as crime rates, San Francisco, known for its liberal views and relaxed lifestyle, has become a haven for drug dealers and addicts
Many California cities have experienced high crime rates and homelessness as liberal policies have done little to solve the problems.
That has caused people to leave the state and hurt economic activities in some city centers, including San Francisco.
San Francisco has been hit hard by big companies packing their bags after the streets have been taken over by the homeless and drug addicts, fueling crime.
Tourism is down 16 percent from pre-pandemic levels, workers have left their offices to work from home and stores are emptying. Instead, about 7,000 homeless people have settled in downtown and tourist traps.
San Francisco’s once bustling Union Square and downtown area is a shadow of its former self: rows of empty stores, sparse crowds even on busy weekend shopping days, and nearby hotels — including a massive Hilton — unable to pay their mortgage payments.