# news crew gets mugged covering the Kate Steinle shooting in San Francisco. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203 "2015-07-04T05:38:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203/41 "2015-08-10T18:59:24Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Pistol whipping is due for a comeback. What’d the pistols ever do to you? ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203/42 "2015-08-11T02:14:38Z")
I checked the map and found Pier 14 mentioned in the OP is just _across the street_ from the TV centre. No one even mentioned that earlier. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203/43 "2015-08-11T02:44:08Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I have no clue. Don’t particularly care. Anyone in California care how far it is from Little Rock to Texarkana? Little Rock to Memphis? Probably not. My local cities don’t get the national attention as those in California. Did you know Los Angeles is the 2nd largest city in the U.S.? To get the same population, add Little Rock and Texarkana together, multiply by by twelve and then add another million. And San Francisco is still a major financial center and often considered one of the great cities of the world. TL;DR: Your comparison is laughable. AFAICR I’ve never been to Arkansas but I [have heard of Little Rock](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4AfqbA9cwQ). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203/44 "2015-08-11T05:27:30Z")
Well you know, many news crews walk around acting like their immune to anything around them. What, they think they are just another bystander? They are standing there with cameras and microphones injecting themselves into a situation. This was bound to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203/45 "2015-08-11T21:17:19Z")
I can’t decide if aceplace57 is being deliberately surreal here or not. No, the “famous” Santa Monica Pier isn’t at all close to San Francisco’s Pier 14. Even San Francisco’s famous Pier 39 is 6 miles away, so a half hour drive (on a good day) and another hour to find parking. The theory about this being a drug cartel obtaining equipment to film their atrocities is good, but too complicated. The simplest explanation is that the muggers were disguised space aliens who want to record their conquest of Earth, but need local equipment because the camera they brought with them uses Beta tapes. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203/46 "2015-08-11T22:10:16Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > What’d the pistols ever do to you? By being [delicious](http://i.imgur.com/w7vRG6h.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203/47 "2015-08-12T14:17:37Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > I can’t decide if aceplace57 is being deliberately surreal here or not. No, the “famous” Santa Monica Pier isn’t at all close to San Francisco’s Pier 14. Even San Francisco’s famous Pier 39 is 6 miles away, so a half hour drive (on a good day) and another hour to find parking. > > The theory about this being a drug cartel obtaining equipment to film their atrocities is good, but too complicated. The simplest explanation is that the muggers were disguised space aliens who want to record their conquest of Earth, but need local equipment because the camera they brought with them uses Beta tapes. Drug cartel thing could totally be true. I saw something similar happen once on this documentary called Breaking Bad. Kudos to aceplace for having the solid grip on reality and geography to really drive this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203/48 "2015-08-13T04:15:52Z")
A suspect has been arrested in the mugging of the news crew. [Here’s the story.](http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Suspect-held-in-attacks-on-news-crews-along-6440839.php) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203/49 "2015-08-13T04:18:21Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Even San Francisco’s famous Pier 39 is 6 miles away. . . Actually, Pier 14 and Pier 39 are about a mile and a half apart. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203.md?page=2)