Authorities Thursday were seeking two men who robbed customers at gunpoint in the sidewalk dining area of Le Cr-me Cafe in the Fairfax District this week.
The crime occurred about 4:55 p.m. Tuesday in the 7300 block of Melrose Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
No injuries were reported, according to the LAPD.
Security video shows the suspects in hoodies, one armed with a gun, as they approached the diners and took various items from them, including a purse, a watch and a cell phone. No suspect descriptions were available.
“I’ve been here for nine years,” the restaurant owner, identified as Stoli, told KTLA5. “For the last, let’s say, half a year, I never saw so much crime on this street. A lot of visitors and tourists (are) gonna stop coming here. When they stop coming here, more and more merchants and business owners … they’re gonna go to somewhere safer, and this street’s gonna die.”
Anyone with information on the case was urged to call 877-LAPD-247.
[…] WATCH: Armed robbery on Melrose Ave. – Sept. 9 […]
the conversation here is nothing but racism, not all blacks are robbers, I am sure aint one. crime does not discriminate. I was a victim of crime by white and black criminals , but there are good ones too
BLACK LIVES MATTER!!!
Except when they’re shooting each other up, then it’s just fair game to exterminate each other.
Nice racist talking point but, people of color are and have been MORE likely to be killed or injured by white racists including those in law enforcement then their petty infighting. Though ANY infighting is unacceptable and personal responsibility should be exercised to avoid it, it’s the product of systemic white supremacy that created the conditions for its existence. The gun producers (civilian sector of the military industrial complex) benefits the most from a domestic civilian arms race.
NOT EVEN CLOSE! YOUR FIGURES ARE WAAAAAY OFF!
ONLY in YOUR wishful thinking, that’s why its got you completely triggered❗🤣
I am triggered by lies as big as the stats you presented when the truth is more like the reverse of what you say.
More like you are triggered because you accept misguided prejudice as truth simply because it validates you personally.
I’m going by law enforcement and government statistics that are easily found. Your post is so wrong to the point of being absurd.
This will be meaningless to you, Cy, and you will find ways to discount this data, but I invite you to present credible data to refute it.
https://www.prageru.com/video/are-the-police-racist
PragerU is NOT a University and certainly not a credible source on much of anything. It’s funded by an oil company, they are a hyper-partisan right category of a bias 501(c)(3) non-profit media company with little reliability. PragerU consistently get their Science & just about everything else completely wrong ❗
A long time ago I checked out your sources for their reliability and credibility and found they were neither reliable nor credible. They were, in fact, ridiculous!
Rather than to present credible data of your own to refute what I presented you resorted to attacking my sources, which is exactly what I predicted you would do.
You have yet to cite a source that could be used in a research paper in College or Law School!🤣
Good lord, Cy, you are determined to get in the last word.
I have provided info that is irrefutable, so it actually is the result of professional level research. You just don’t like what it reveals so you are doing exactly what I predicted; you discredit it.
You are using sources that exist only to make money off of the prejudice of undereducated racists!
Okay, Cy, if that makes you feel better.
A large-scale analysis of racial disparities in police stops across the United States. (Source: Nature a top peer-reviewed research journal) Enormous study of nearly 100,000,000 traffic stops conducted across America. Analysis finds the bar for searching Black and Latinx drivers’ cars is significantly lower than the bar for white drivers.
Confirmation bias.
You are just repeating what GreenEyedGuy said about YOUR posts on other pages!🤣
Did he? I missed it.
The more of them we get rid of the better.
what does that mean????
BLACK LIVES MATTER ✊🏽 is a defiant statement made in the face of a system that has historically and does currently NOT value the lives of Black People and, is even in contempt of their very well being & existence. It is also the ultimate statement to Black People that we care about them and their struggle❗
Black Lives Matter is simply a Marxist organization whose leaders could not care less about black lives. They use black people as a vehicle to get themselves the power to gain control of as much as they can.
Like sheep to the slaughter!
If only Marxists☭ could be that capable ❗ Clearly the overwhelming majority of people of color including myself and Black people see it in their interest to rebel against against systemic racism that has and is violently oppressing them.
Why do you choose to live in a country where you are so oppressed? You clearly prefer Marxism, and there are countries where you would fit right in. I have a feeling you would be happy living in a Marxist country only if you could be one of the Marxist leaders who make the rules, like Che Guevara, a likely hero of yours; not one of the peons who have to live under the authority of … you.
Che Guevara was a Medical Doctor but, never head of state! But he had many really great ideas and, we should have a portrait or statue of him in West Hollywood❗
The last person who should be memorialized in West Hollywood is Che Guevara. He was a mass murderer who particularly hated gays. He tortured gay men before brutally murdering them.
No, I’m not going to do the research for you; YOU look it up!
Noticed YOU didn’t leave a link because many of those right-wing libertarian outlets that put out that misinformation are one click away from claiming LGBTQ+ pedophile conspiracies. NO Che was NOT homophobic, is homophobia a serious problem throughout Latin America including Cuba? YES, with conservative churches largely to blame!
The ultimate act of homophobia is the mass murder of gay men which Che did.
This back and forth with you is just silly and tiring.
Turn the page!
I don’t need to leave links. I just know stuff. I don’t care enough about these issues to take the time to research and find links. Both of us can find whatever we want to support our bias, because there’s a lot out there to choose from. As I said before, I have taken the time to check out your sources and found them to be very radical, anti-American and pro-Marxism. They lie! By the way, I’m not responding to you in an attempt to change your mind because I know there’s no chance of that happening. I counter you… Read more »
Welcome to Far Left DEMOCRAT Hell! This is their policy in EVERY city they run in this country. THAT…is a FACT!
Completely untrue ❗ It’s conservative small town USA that is turning into a series of ghost towns do to right-wing policy failures and, cities that adopted Left Wing policies are now booming successes. Democratic-voting areas fuel a whopping two-thirds of the American economy. The republican-led parts of the United States, on the other hand, are remarkably unproductive. I don’t see you leaving the LA area for rural Kentucky ❓
I left LA for the Carolina’s and I know the difference between ‘do’ and ‘due’. Literacy, it’s a thing.
“Due to” is often misspelled “do to.” That’s about the ONLY thing the Carolina’s get right!🤣
Thank the heavens
NOT WEST HOLLYWOOD.
The Push Poll is correct. 60 % of West Hollywood residents don’t feel safe. Many live within short walking distance of where the holdup happened. West Hollywood borders Los Angeles. You are on the LA border if you live on Havenhurst, Crescent Heights, Laurel, or Hayworth north of Fountain – and so is most of WEHO. So you can decide to walk to the Griddle Cafe on Sunset and hope not to get shot while eating a waffle. We are lucky to have LA County services. If you call the sheriff, ambulance, or fire, they are here in 5 minutes. … Read more »
Do you know your neighborhood? The Griddle Cafe has been permanently closed for over a year.
Hopefully it will reopen. I would have used Greenblatt’s but they were killed by the Gov Nuisance lockdown and the BLM happenings hosted by the Laugh Factory and the USA Communist Rev Party.
I recommend Crave. Have been going there since it opened. At 8000 Sunset. Convenient to the neighborhood. Next to Trader Joe’s. The other restaurants are now open in the complex. You avoid eating a waffle on the sidewalk and the smell of homeless nightly urination.
“Gov. Nuisance”??
STFU.
You STFU. Lowlife.
The Lockdowns were based on sound Epidemiological advise ⚕ and, our Great Governor Gavin Newsom beat a recall attempt by antivaxxers in a landslide affirming this policy. Non-pharmaceutical interventions on the COVID-19 Pandemic☣ in Europe including Lockdowns likely saved Millions of Lives, and the overwhelming evidence shows that our Lockdowns saved numerous lives in California ❗
The lockdowns only work in rigged models and weren’t based on any epidemiological facts or don’t you remember the ‘masks not needed’, ‘wear a mask’, ‘wear two’, etc. Before you go saying they lied to save masks for the more important medical class of worker bees understand they didn’t even believe it could be airborne which is why we were told to wash our hands 57 times a day when that really isn’t necessary.
NONSENSE ❗ Links provided to credible Medical Science sources were provided as opposed to internet conspiracy rumors.
No because it’s posted by a right-wing troll who likely has never been to West Hollywood❗
A Push Poll is a deceptive marketing technique where an individual or organization attempts to manipulate or alter prospective voters’ views under the guise of conducting an opinion poll, NOT at all a reliable source of information ❗
It’s nice to believe that all cultures add to the mosaic, and we’re a land of immigrants, and one culture doesn’t commit a majority of the crimes, then there’s reality. The breakdown of the black family structure, has given us a generation of thugs and thieves, who are being egged on by the liberals, to hate this country, and hate whites.
Yup, generations of thugs and thieves who are easily exploited by the entertainment industry who by the way, endlessly exploit guns and violence. Hello Dick Wolf and assorted colleagues! Where are your delinquent dues for social responsibility?
How do these WOKE addicts know you are white without a DNA test? Sepi Shyne claims she’s a POC. Unfortunately, she comes from Iran, the seat of Ayranism. Persia or later Iran had very close ties to Nazi Germany. They wanted the Russians and British out of their country. Who can blame them? So the POC malarky is just label used mostly by people with no color, like Lindsey Horvath. The Mayor of West Hollywood who has made it one of the most dangerous cities in California. And she wants to be LA County Board of Supervisor. One plus… if… Read more »
“The breakdown of the black family structure” Installed with barbaric concentration camps, rape, murder and abuse for almost 400 years by, GUESS WHO?
Followed up with 150 years of Jim Crow segregation the was an economic and societal Slavery until as recently as the last 20 years. Hollywood BREATHED Jim Crow until a few years ago.
So, ask yourself, is this all about that “one” group you insinuated against? They are owed TRILLIONS of inherited wealth stolen from them from the labor of their ancestors that built the economic foundation of this nation!
And what are you owed, surely your a victim too. Your people had to leave your failed countries, to come to the U.S. shouldn’t you at least receive travel expenses ?
NOT sorry to be a NIMBY but this will get worse if we have subway stations in West Hollywood. Look at Cookies. Just at our border on Melrose.
Is that code for “Negro”??
What does Cookies the dispensary have to do with subway stations?
That makes literally no sense.
SHAME on the racist posters for using this tragedy to promote their hate ❗ I could be wrong but, the 2 punks appear to be white and could of easily been overpowered by the male victim (who courageously did the right thing) if not for their gun. This happened beyond the bounds of West Hollywood so let’s hear about the problems posters have with the LA City Council. GUN CONTROL would mean the 2 losers would NEVER be able to have firearms again and, could seriously have prevented this in the first place.
Calling others racist while ignoring the attacks against Larry Elder? Shameful.
Yes, if Larry Elder were campaigning as a Democrat that attack on him would have been national news and there would be demonstrations all over the country.
For you readers who don’t know what happened, Larry Elder, a black Republican running for governor, had eggs and racist slurs thrown at him by a white woman wearing a monkey mask. She wasn’t alone. There was a group with her who were all white and threatened violence against Elder’s white supporters.
He blocked me on twitter because I cited sources both credible peer reviewed Science Journals and, Law Review Articles that showed his arguments to be completely untrue. The claims made on his radio show are routinely been debunked but, he is a slick attorney using his 1st Amendment Right to spew complete nonsense in the guise of entertainment.
No, he blocked you because you are argumentative even when you are 100% wrong and therefore, annoying. You make good points on occasion but you are incapable of nuance and that makes you lose the argument most of the time.
Yeah, you are probably wrong, would you like to bet on it ?
Get real about West hollywood. It’s a 1.5 mile strip mall plus the sunset strip and portions of Melrose plus Cedar Sinai. Bordered by Los Angeles except on the Westside. It’s all apple and oranges now. It’s rampant with crime. As for your saying the guy could overpower them LOL Maybe the West Hollywood safety patrol, you know trained in gender studies by DR Erickson, could talk the two guys out of robbing them.
You should seriously consider visiting West Hollywood instead of just writing nonsense about it where even you are❗
If it became against the law to have guns criminals would still have guns because criminals don’t obey the law. That’s what makes them criminals!
They were described on local radio news as two black men.
You might feel better about Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Sentences. Examination of federal data indicates Black Americans spend about 10% more time in prison when compared to comparable Whites who commit the same crimes. Additionally, Black arrestees are 75% more likely to be charged with a crime carrying a mandatory minimum sentence.
Prosecutors contribute massively to this undeniable racial bias.
Comrad Husain – LAPD has a different description than you do:
https://melroseaction.org/melrosedaytimerobberyseries/
As a result, additional investigative leads have been developed and Robbery Homicide Division detectives are attempting to identify additional suspects.
Suspect I: M/Blk, No further information
Suspect 2: M/Blk, No further information
Suspect 3: Wilson, Quioness M/Blk Booking No. 6244803
(Suspect Wilson was the driver)
I’m sure the klan or LAPD does!
Gun control only keeps honest people from owning guns, not the fine Norwegian gentlemen that committed this crime.
The good guy with a gun myth has never worked and, causes way more problems. Those who carry guns often have their own guns used against them. And a civilian with a gun is more likely to be killed than to kill an attacker. Even worse they can end up becoming the very type of criminal they are seeking to defend against❗
I have an idea, why don’t all the angry right wing commenters on here pack it up and move to Texas. You’ll be much happier, and so will we.
Amen to that!
There’s already one-party rule in California. Don’t be so fragile.
You’re referring to all the complainers as fragile, correct?
Because we want to be here just to celebrate when Nancy Pelosi finally is no longer in Congress. Having met her maker or forced to retire to a nursing home with gourmet Chocolate Ice Cream.
It’s amazing how sad you are.
So you’re going to live unhappily and complain just to see a congresswoman retire? Am I reading that right?
Why don’t you move somewhere where you’ll be happier and enjoy their politics more? Go to Florida, Michael Grace!
In the meantime, you will be used by every group on the left to destroy California, and since these groups hate folks like you, you’ll be the first person they get rid of. Wake up snowflake.
Your comment makes zero sense. Snowflake, really? The right are the most thin skinned babies ever.
Yet you are all about that inclusive ,California, love? Sorry “luv”, in your case because it’s not all there. Your ignorance and attachment to identity politics is just as dangerous as the far right wingers you rant about my dear.
A new shopping concept: “SMASH, GRAB & RUN” or “THREATEN, GRAB & RUN”…which seemed to go into overdrive after the Opening Preview on Melrose during the first BLM Demonstration at Pan Pacific Park. It was a virtual how to on whatever scale convenient.
One party rule in CA isn’t working.
And it hasn’t for a very, very long time. One party rule has destroyed this state. They can’t turn around and blame someone else for their failed policies. They’re the only ones in control. But I’m sure they’ll try.
Especially having VP Harris to pitch not recalling Gov, Nuisance. Notice the media never mentions that the Roman Catholic Arch Diocese backed her as San Francisco DA. So she would not prosecute any of the childd molestation lawsuits prepared by her DA predecessor who was a Romany Catholic. She sealed 100s of cases involving 1000s of boys and girl who had been buggered and raped by Bay Area priests. For seven years she did nothing. Same thing was AG of California. Elitist RC Democrat politicians, including Pelosi and Brown, favored it since many of their sons had attended the Catholic… Read more »
Glad to have voted NO on the recall. Too bad your candidate sucked and can hardly get a 25% of votes.
Please file your own lawsuit and stop peddling this information to the community. Its called gossip.
He copies and pastes the same comment about Kamala/Pelosi/Biden. It’s like the crazy old man on the street corner. Just ignore and move on.
Are you pedophile or a registered sex offender looking forward to Unisex toilets. Gossip? You could be anti-semite like Gossip who claims the Jewish News is lying.
kamala-harris-refused-to-prosecute-priests-sexual-abuse-after-churchs-lawyers-funded-her-campaign
Check your facts.
Never made any such claim.
Have never mentioned them.
Accusing one of being anti semitic is more than a stretch.
Dude, you are the one obsessed with toilets. It’s creepy and not healthy. I hope you get help.
Why would I file a lawsuit? I’m afraid it’s not gossip. Like Hunter is a crossdresser.
Harris was put in office by the pedophilia Roman Catholic Archdioces of San Francisco. It was covered in 2019 when Harris was running for the presidency. Which proved as popular as Hitler in Israel. Google it
kamala-harris-refused-to-prosecute-priests-sexual-abuse-after-churchs-lawyers-funded-her-campaign
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Gossip? This is from the Jewish Voice. But you are probably an again anti-semite and only accept news from the floundering LA Times and cable news.
Meltdowns like this cause people to post to themselves, next best thing to talking to oneself. Do you also get into a twitter on Twitter? Be careful, protect your health.
We need better leadership and Gov Newsom needs Obama-Harris-Biden photo ops and tv ads to stay in place. Pathetic.
And Larry Elder needs endorsements from Trump the LANDSLIDE LOSER of the 2020 election haha.
Of course the candidates are going to get help from other leaders in their party. How is that pathetic?
This guy is obsessed with Trump.
You don’t get it. No recall = nothing changes. Newsom just continues to sit on a throne.
Especially sitting on the unisex public toilet throne at the French Laundry.
You must have endured a particularly difficult potty training. Your manic obsession with public toilets has become a public joke. For your own benefit, get help.
How did Einstein define insanity? Doing the same thing 99 times and expecting something different the 100th try. How is this not the Democratic Party in California right now? I’m not saying the alternative is better but hey, if we don’t try something different we will all go insane by, at the very least, one really smart dead guys definition
It’s working for the criminals, scammers, and con men.