Cash app founder murdered walking in San Francisco

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to the local news site sfgate.com, he was in Rincon Hill which is a neighborhood south of Market St. Honestly, that’s not a part of town I’d have been comfortable walking around late at night. There are condos and such, but it’s not an area with a lot of nightlife and there’s more industrial areas right around it.

My DD lives and works in Rincon. The are has businesses and highrises. It was a very safe white neighborhood until about 2 years ago when SF decided to set up a sort of homeless sanctioned encampment. People had bought condos for over $1M right before the city set up the tented encampment. Now, and especially with this murder, no one can sell.

They set up the city's biggest homeless shelter and center in that neighborhood--the Embarcadero Navigation Center, in 2020. I think that's what you are referring to? There is a big shelter but also services and places where people set up tents.

[Anonymous]

Hard to believe that anyone is criticizing this poor man for being in SF or being where he was at the hour when he was there.

I hope they find the nut who killed him.
SF relies a lot on tourist $$$$. These kind of stories make people reconsider going there.

They really need to get things cleaned up there. And, they can start by finding this criminal.

And, where is Gavin Newsom at this time? Has he said anything about this killing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to the local news site sfgate.com, he was in Rincon Hill which is a neighborhood south of Market St. Honestly, that’s not a part of town I’d have been comfortable walking around late at night. There are condos and such, but it’s not an area with a lot of nightlife and there’s more industrial areas right around it.

My DD lives and works in Rincon. The are has businesses and highrises. It was a very safe white neighborhood until about 2 years ago when SF decided to set up a sort of homeless sanctioned encampment. People had bought condos for over $1M right before the city set up the tented encampment. Now, and especially with this murder, no one can sell.

They set up the city's biggest homeless shelter and center in that neighborhood--the Embarcadero Navigation Center, in 2020. I think that's what you are referring to? There is a big shelter but also services and places where people set up tents.

Yes, and soon after it was set up, a young woman living in a luxury building was assaulted by a homeless person there. The US really needs to do more about the homeless problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They set up the city's biggest homeless shelter and center in that neighborhood--the Embarcadero Navigation Center, in 2020. I think that's what you are referring to? There is a big shelter but also services and places where people set up tents.

That's actually south of the bridge in South Beach, not in Rincon Hill. It's close by, but a different neighborhood and pretty stark contrast. Downtown SF is that way. Not to suggest that you don't need to watch your back anywhere at 2 am, but Rincon Hill and South Beach are two different animals.

It doesn't really matter, though. This was a horrific crime and a terrible loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I blame the woke. Ever since Trump the left has gone bonkers with it's policies.

Also he tried to get help from 2 cars and they both sped off.

How charming that someone thinks that SF's policies started in 2016. Please do try to get out of Ohio on occasion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I blame the woke. Ever since Trump the left has gone bonkers with it's policies.

Also he tried to get help from 2 cars and they both sped off.

How charming that someone thinks that SF's policies started in 2016. Please do try to get out of Ohio on occasion.

DC native born and bred. The anti cop anti law enforcement brigade began during the Trump years and before he was elected. I remember BLM started around that time and all that anti cop hate was aggravated in these lib cities. Libs started electing people who were the wokest of the woke and were lax on people with lengthy criminal histories that shouldn't be out on the street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So weird he had his wallet and phone, so not a mugging. A homeless guy basically just ran up and stabbed him twice??

Not that random anymore. Look at what's been happening in NYC--people on the subway or street just being randomly punched, stabbed, shoved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hard to believe that anyone is criticizing this poor man for being in SF or being where he was at the hour when he was there.

I hope they find the nut who killed him.
SF relies a lot on tourist $$$$. These kind of stories make people reconsider going there.

They really need to get things cleaned up there. And, they can start by finding this criminal.

And, where is Gavin Newsom at this time? Has he said anything about this killing?

+1. I don't understand the whole "well he shouldn't have been out at 2:30am!" sentiment. He was a young guy with friends in the city. Isn't there an important point to be made here if he can't be out on the street without being stabbed to death?! Are we now at the point with SF, NYC, Chicago, etc., that we should now EXPECT this?! Maybe we should be focusing a bit more on the damn nutjob who did this. And of course, Newsom is nowhere to be found.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard to believe that anyone is criticizing this poor man for being in SF or being where he was at the hour when he was there.

I hope they find the nut who killed him.
SF relies a lot on tourist $$$$. These kind of stories make people reconsider going there.

They really need to get things cleaned up there. And, they can start by finding this criminal.

And, where is Gavin Newsom at this time? Has he said anything about this killing?

+1. I don't understand the whole "well he shouldn't have been out at 2:30am!" sentiment. He was a young guy with friends in the city. Isn't there an important point to be made here if he can't be out on the street without being stabbed to death?! Are we now at the point with SF, NYC, Chicago, etc., that we should now EXPECT this?! Maybe we should be focusing a bit more on the damn nutjob who did this. And of course, Newsom is nowhere to be found.

Uh, yes, we are at the point that one should expect this. That’s the problem. Go walk around late if you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard to believe that anyone is criticizing this poor man for being in SF or being where he was at the hour when he was there.

I hope they find the nut who killed him.
SF relies a lot on tourist $$$$. These kind of stories make people reconsider going there.

They really need to get things cleaned up there. And, they can start by finding this criminal.

And, where is Gavin Newsom at this time? Has he said anything about this killing?

+1. I don't understand the whole "well he shouldn't have been out at 2:30am!" sentiment. He was a young guy with friends in the city. Isn't there an important point to be made here if he can't be out on the street without being stabbed to death?! Are we now at the point with SF, NYC, Chicago, etc., that we should now EXPECT this?! Maybe we should be focusing a bit more on the damn nutjob who did this. And of course, Newsom is nowhere to be found.

He was a father of two out at 2 am on deserted downtown city streets in a city he had moved away from claiming it was too dangerous.

That’s why the “motorcycle without a helmet” analogy comes into play — it’s not illegal, lots of people do it and live to tell the tale, but when it goes sideways you do wonder “if only..l

[Anonymous]

It’s becoming obvious that this was a target hit, probably something dicey with crypto.

What multi-millionaire sells his family home his kids grew up with, and then moved to Miami with his dad?

He knew there were dark forces against him, maybe trying to raise cash to pay them off, but he moved away to keep his kids safe from this kind of attack.

https://nypost.com/2023/04/05/cash-apps-bob-lee-sold-his-bay-area-home-months-before-death/

[Anonymous]

Is it so uncommon to be out at 2:30 am? In my 20s and early 30s that was bar closing time and then we’d go to Adams Morgan for pizza slices and hail cabs and go home. I’m in my 40s now but my daughter is 22 and she seems to be out shutting down the bars in Navy Yard at that time. I think it’s pretty extreme to say it’s unsafe to be out that late. What is this, the purge?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it so uncommon to be out at 2:30 am? In my 20s and early 30s that was bar closing time and then we’d go to Adams Morgan for pizza slices and hail cabs and go home. I’m in my 40s now but my daughter is 22 and she seems to be out shutting down the bars in Navy Yard at that time. I think it’s pretty extreme to say it’s unsafe to be out that late. What is this, the purge?

You, your daughter and anyone else can be out as late as you want. Jog. Close down bars. Go to the grocery store. Is it safe? No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it so uncommon to be out at 2:30 am? In my 20s and early 30s that was bar closing time and then we’d go to Adams Morgan for pizza slices and hail cabs and go home. I’m in my 40s now but my daughter is 22 and she seems to be out shutting down the bars in Navy Yard at that time. I think it’s pretty extreme to say it’s unsafe to be out that late. What is this, the purge?

She’s ALONE? At 2am in Navy Yard??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s becoming obvious that this was a target hit, probably something dicey with crypto.

+1

NP here, but why did it take so long for someone to say this? That was one of my first thoughts when I heard about this guy dying. I believe it was a crypto-related assassination, personally, and Lee wasn't dealing as straightforwardly as people want to believe.