A San Francisco sandwich shop owner has revealed he was punched in the face by a homeless man urinating on his trash – as he begs officials to stop crime in the city.
Peterson Harter, 39, posted a furious rant on Instagram sporting cuts to his head and a black eye, having been assaulted by the suspect who he posted a picture of.
He claimed the suspect sucker-punched him in the face on Wednesday when he confronted him outside Sandy’s Muffulettas in the Upper Haight area of the city.
Harter appeared to be in shock and lost for words as he explained what had just happened to him.
‘I just got punched in the f***ing face right now by some guy that was p***ing on the street – and I’m really f***ing p****d off right now,’ he began.
Peterson Harter, 39, the owner of a sandwich shop in San Francisco was punched in the face by a homeless man who was urinating on trash outside his store
Harter later posted a photo of whom he believed to be the the suspect who assaulted him
‘I can’t believe I live in a city where people just p*** on the street, come punch you in the face and get away with it,’ he went on.
‘The guy ran off. They’re probably not going to find him. I’m f***ing fed up with this goddam city. I can’t just be outside running a business without getting punched in the face.
‘I need to vent. I gotta figure out what to do. This is f****d up. It shouldn’t be this way at all. This isn’t how our city should be. I hope they find the f***ing guy,’ Harter, who only opened his sandwich shop three months ago, said.
In a video, Harter appeared shocked and angry, showing cuts to his head and sporting a black eye from the unprovoked attack
Harter only opened his sandwich shop three months ago in the Upper Haight area of the city
Harter’s business is one of countless others in the city suffering from the effects of petty crime, vandalism, shoplifting, and antisocial behavior
‘At what point is it too much where you can’t be on the street to tell some guy to stop p***ing and get hit in the face?’
‘This sh*t needs to end. What’s the plan?’ he wrote in a caption accompanying his video online tagging San Francisco Mayor London Breed.
Harter later posted a photo of the alleged suspect who was carrying a can of beer with him.
Harter’s business is one of countless others in the city suffering from the effects of petty crime, vandalism, shoplifting, and antisocial behavior.
Shoplifting has become so bad in San Francisco that some stores are now padlocking shut their freezers and tying metal chains to ensure the doors remain closed overnight
Virtually every item is behind locked Perspex shelves
One local branch of Walgreens is completely boarded up, although it is still open
Earlier this week DailyMail.com reported how theft has become so bad in San Francisco that some stores are now padlocking shut their freezers and tying metal chains to ensure the doors remain closed overnight.
Video shot by one potential shopper at a local Walgreens in the city sees aisle after aisle of products locked away behind Perspex and glass, out of the reach of thieves.
Even lower value items such as toothpaste and tissues are kept under lock and key, such is the rampant theft that has been occurring in many of the city’s pharmacies and supermarkets.
At one particular location, on 16th Street and Geary Blvd, the freezer doors are entirely chained up, with staff concerned thieves will come into the store overnight to empty the contents.
Shop workers have already reported a problem with thieves coming in to the store as many as 20 times a day to fill their bags full of products including items that need to be kept at cool temperatures such as frozen pizza and ice cream.
Robbery is up 12.5 percent in San Francisco, while overall crime compared with 2022 figures is down 5.9 percent
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 cities in California have dealt with high-crime rates and homelessness as liberal policies have done little to stem the problems.
That has caused people to move out of the state and hurt economic activities in some downtowns, including San Francisco.
San Francisco has greatly been impacted by major businesses packing their bags after the streets have been overtaken by the homeless and drug-addicts, which has fueled crime.
Tourism is down by 16 percent from pre-pandemic levels and workers have abandoned their offices to work from home and stores are emptying out. In its place, some 7,000 homeless have descended on downtown areas 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 peak weekend shopping days and nearby hotels – including a huge Hilton – unable to cover their mortgage payments.
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