Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishA sickening video captured the moment a toddler leisurely made her way through a dystopian open-air drug market in San Francisco. The clip, posted to X on Monday by the three-year-old’s father Andrés Wiken, showed the little girl scootering down a sidewalk as homeless people and drug addicts infested the area. As Wiken recorded his child, he showed her trying to make her way down the block while also turning the camera directly at vagrants – one of whom appeared to have drug paraphernalia in his hand. ‘Go baby,’ a woman was heard saying to the girl, who appeared hesitant at times. Wilken then told his daughter: ‘Keep going, you’re good!’ Wiken called on the San Francisco Police Department, Mayor Daniel Lurie, and District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder to check out the clip, while also branding them ‘not serious people’ in reference to the nightmarish conditions he and his family have witnessed. ‘My 3 year old baby,’ Wiken said. ‘We just got back to SF after 2 weeks in Guadalajara, I did not want to return.’This is where we live! Where is @SFPD @SFPDChief @DanielLurie @JackieFielder_. Our politicians are not serious people. Lock these drug dealers up and mandate jail or rehab NOW,’ the father added. Her father, Andres Wiken, posted the controversial clip to X on Monday as one man (far left) appeared to be holding drug paraphernalia in his hand while his daughter rode past In late March, Wiken posted a video of himself outside his home while a man laid on the ground, surrounded by paramedicsCommenters quickly dashed to his post and questioned why he would put his child in that situation in the first place. ‘This is awful – but surely there are much better places in the area to take a toddler to ride her scooter,’ one user told Wiken. He then defended himself, stating this is where his family lives and what ‘real life’ looks like in the Bay Area. ‘This is our front porch, our sidewalk, we can’t leave, we live here. Are [we] supposed to go where richer liberals live? ‘This is real life in SF and these drug addicts need to be arrested and forced into treatment or face jail time. Another wrote: ‘And you just got her walking the streets, not holding her hand all so you can get a video. Worst parenting I’ve ever seen.’ To that, Wiken responded: ‘We are horrible parents for walking our daughter to the nearby park and escorting her while riding a scooter? Sorry that showing our reality makes you hate us.’ ‘Pick your kid up bro,’ another told him, but Wiken said ‘kids have a right to play outside.’ A three-year-old girl was seen scootering down a sidewalk consumed by drug addicts and homeless people in San Francisco, California As Wíken recorded his child, he showed her trying to make her way down the block while also turning the camera directly at vagrants Commenters quickly dashed to his post and questioned why he would even have his child over there in the first place’I tried but she cried cause she wanted to ride her scooter bro. This is our block, we live above this. Kids have the right to play outside!’Another suggested that Wiken’s toddler sensed fear in that situation more than he did. ‘Your 3 year old had more sense of fear than you did, stop filming, pick up your child, and run home,’ they insisted. ‘Run home and stay locked in our apartments? I prefer to face fear and look it in the face and show people like you that it’s OK to show these junkies we aren’t afraid of them. That’s why they thrive because SF residents are f***ing scaredy cats with no pride,’ he replied. ‘While it’s important to raise awareness, the content is not worth the safety of your child,’ another said. Despite many people judging the father for letting his daughter play on the same sidewalk as drug addicts, others sided with him and agreed more needs to be done to stop the growing trend in the city. ‘Anyone who lives in the homeless, drug and dealing rotation zip codes knows nothing is being done. It’s sad that some residents think things are getting better when they’re not,’ a user said. Someone else wrote: ‘That is awful, I’m so sorry. Not sure what you do for a living, but I’d get out of there. Anywhere. It seems SF doesn’t have the will to change this.’ Wiken then replied, stating he ‘loves SF so much,’ adding: ‘We can leave and we do, we just come back to give SF another shot every other year and it’s just worse tbh (to be honest) and the older I get the more I realize how pathetic our leaders are.’ ‘What a horrific embarrassment San Francisco is,’ said another. This is not the first time Wiken has taken to social media to document the terrifying scenes right outside his house, as he posted a video of several children hanging on the sidewalk earlier this month. Young children sat along the sidewalk, and one was seen enjoying a popsicle as Wiken zoomed on a large group of drifters just feet away. ‘This is how we protest. Sorry for the poverty porn,’ he captioned the post. In late March, he posted a video of himself outside his home while a man laid on the ground, surrounded by paramedics. Wiken, who frequently posts about the conditions outside his home, is seen with his family Drug addicts are seen camped out on a street corner in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco on March 26, 2025 ‘Happened out in front of my house. All day everyday! SF government don’t give a f***,’ he said as he showed the man on the pavement while emergency personnel helped him out. ‘Letting these fools die – that’s how it goes.’ DailyMail.com contacted Wiken for comment but did not immediately hear back. Certain parts of the city, including the troubled Tenderloin district, have become known for their squalor and misery, getting so bad that local businesses unable to recruit staff and residents have up and left. The crisis has heavily impacted San Francisco’s retail scene, with the once-bustling Union Square being forced to close several stores due to theft.A huge Macy’s store which had been a fixture in the square since 1947 said last year that it would be shuttering its doors alongside 150 other ‘unproductive’ stores.Employees of the beleaguered store had said an average of 12 people were apprehended each shift for suspected theft.
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