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Conservative filmmaker Benny Johnson and his crew were robbed in the Bay Area on Wednesday while filming a piece about California's rise in crime.

Johnson and his team were shooting a video about In-N-Out Burger, one of America's most famous burger joints, shutting down its Oakland location due to over 1,000 documented reports of customers getting robbed there.

Ironically, the Oakland location the only In-N-Out to ever close down the company's history.

“I was in the car when it happened,” Johnson's producer ALX said. “The rest of the team was probably about 20 feet away. A car pulled up, someone jumped out, smashed the window and tried to take a bag, I had to rip it from his hands and told him to 'f*ck off.' Oakland is a third world country.”

The incident unfolded around 2 pm near the recently closed burger joint in Oakland, as reported by Johnson, who uploaded a video detailing the robbery on X.

Johnson said in his post, “The reason California has descended into a third-world hellhole is because of Democrats soft-on-crime policies that defund the police and view the criminals as the victim and not the taxpaying citizen.”

He explained, “speaking of being a victim, we were literally robbed while filming this video.”

The footage depicts a vehicle with smashed windows and a police officer responding to the scene. However, Johnson did not disclose what had been stolen from the car.

In-N-Out Burger announced back in January of this year that it would be closing its “first location ever in Oakland near the airport.”

“This decision has been made due to the high crime activity and car break-ins,” the company said in a released statement posted on X.

“We have made the decision to close our In-N-Out Burger location in Oakland, California, due to ongoing issues with crime. Despite taking repeated steps to create safer conditions, our Customers and Associates are regularly victimized by car break-ins, property damage, theft, and armed robberies,” In-N-Out Burger Chief Operating Officer Denny Warnick said in a press release.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported earlier this year that Oakland has experienced a notable uptick in property crime and robberies citywide.

Warnick said at the time the company had taken “repeated steps to create safer conditions our Customers and Associates are regularly victimized.”

“We feel the frequency and severity of the crimes being encountered by our customers and associates leave us no alternative,” he added, explained why the company would be leaving the area.

Police notably had documented 1,335 incidents in the vicinity of the restaurant on Oakport Street — surpassing any other location in Oakland since 2019.

The figure encompasses nine robberies, two commercial burglaries, four domestic violence incidents, and a staggering 1,174 car break-ins, as per Oakland police data disclosed to the Chronicle.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao directly confronted mounting concerns, openly acknowledging the allocation of additional police personnel to the troubled area.

She underscored the imperative for continued and intensified efforts to effectively tackle the persistent security challenges facing the community.

“As mayor, I have prioritized this critical gateway to Oakland,” Thao said, adding that Oakland police have three cameras placed to monitor the area.