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S.F. city attorney shuts down ‘brazen’ illegal nightclub, gambling dens
Three illegal gambling dens and two illegal nightclubs, including one that kept Mission Street neighbors up at night for weeks, were closed.
@MLNow I always wonder about the way this works. You could, say, be running an illegal bar/performance area in the 20th and mission area, selling booze without a license, etc. and survive for years. Or you can run one of these places and survive for a few months. What's the difference? Is it which cops you bribe? Is it because some have neighbors and some don't? There's no consistency.
@tito_swineflu @MLNow tenderloin you can sell booze after hours pretty openly.
@tito_swineflu One place in Seattle existed for a few years by keeping clientele small. A lot of people knew about it, but on any one night it was never more than a dozen people. Cops knew about it. It only got shut down when another investigation into drug dealing implicated the proprietor. I don't think he made much money running the speakeasy at low volume. It was a way to build up his drug selling customer base.
@kingrat 20 years ago, i knew people who paid the cops $200 a week to keep shows going (no booze) on mission st. Meanwhile a place down the block had a full on bar with large shows weekly, no idea what or if they had to pay. No one cares until they do.