The Great Train Robberies . . . today

[Ale-8(1)]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos-show-la-train-lines-113712470.html

Videos show LA train lines strewn with thousands of looted packages as thieves raid unattended containers

"Thousands of empty, looted packages strewn along Los Angeles railway lines have been caught on video, highlighting what appears to be chronic theft from cargo containers."

"There's looted packages as far as the eye can see," he wrote. He reported having found packages from UPS and Amazon strewn across the tracks."

 

[contender]

Imagine that.

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Makes ya wonder how anything gets delivered. :roll:

 

[Johnnu2]

The liberals here in NY are speculating that it was merely a citizen looking for a lost Amazon package and certainly NOT thievery.

J

 

[Rick Courtright]

Hi,

Much as I hate to admit it, I must be getting older: I recall a time when messing with the railroad police wasn't the best way to spend one's day.

That mess looks like the RR police, local city police, county Sheriffs, and National Guard all combined would have a hard time keeping up with all those perps.

Rick C

 

[JPGLSG1234]

So that's what has happened to my missing package from china....guess I'd better reorder.

 

[ProfessorWes]

Wonder why your Amazon shipment didn't show up? It probably got stolen right out of the cargo container coming out of LA on the Union Pacific. The tracks are littered for miles with opened packages and unwanted loot.

https://gunfreezone.net/time-to-bring-back-the-pinkertons/

Like all the other LEOs, the railroad cops are undermanned, overworked, and if they manage to catch any of the thieves the Soros prosecutor probably won't bother to indict, and the leftist judges likely wouldn't convict anyway.

Not just LA, either. There's video out of Chicago available elsewhere showing a mob of diversity breaking into a railroad-car container and running off with armloads of TVs and other consumer electronics.

 

[GunnyGene]

Memphis also, last Oct. Basically any rail yard is a target. Might be time to hire some shotgun riders.

 

[wheelgun1958]

Memphis also, last Oct. Basically any rail yard is a target. Might be time to hire some shotgun riders.

Only to be tried and convicted if they do their job, while the thugs and looters go free. It truly is anarchy out there.

 

[GunnyGene]

Memphis also, last Oct. Basically any rail yard is a target. Might be time to hire some shotgun riders.

Only to be tried and convicted if they do their job, while the thugs and looters go free. It truly is anarchy out there.

Yep. I see on the news y'all have a hostage situation at a synagogue near Ft. Worth today.

And folks wonder why people are arming up. :roll:

 

[ProfessorWes]

Well, this will help both the supply chain crisis and the backlog at the Port of Los Angeles: "Last month Union Pacific (Railroad) sent LA DA George Gascon a letter about the mass looting of their trains & expressed frustration with Gascon's soft on crime policies. 100+ arrests; most suspects released within 24 hours on zero bail. UP now considering avoiding LA County."

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/497705/

Just insane. :roll:

 

[Rick Courtright]

Well, this will help both the supply chain crisis and the backlog at the Port of Los Angeles: "Last month Union Pacific (Railroad) sent LA DA George Gascon a letter about the mass looting of their trains & expressed frustration with Gascon's soft on crime policies.

Hi,

Wouldn't crime involving trains have a little bit of Federal back up?

A Los Angeles police officer was murdered last week. Four serious gang bangers were arrested, and LAPD asked for the Feds to handle the case. They didn't want cop killers just getting a slap on the wrist from the likes of Gascon. I understand the Feds obliged. One of the news stations mentioned someone from the City was upset about being upstaged, and one of the Feds reminded him State law and Federal law are separate things, so he could bring his own cases at the City level if so desired. Haven't heard much since then.

Maybe UP should be talking to people who carry a bigger stick...

Rick C

 

[Ray Newman]

Rck C: had to chuckle when you mentioned the RR Police. Back-In-The-Day running afoul of the RR Police was like dealing with the US Postal Inspectors....

 

[Paul B]

I'm not sure but interfering with interstate commerce a federal offense? Why isn't the FBIdiots doing their job?
Paul B.

 

[ProfessorWes]

Well, this will help both the supply chain crisis and the backlog at the Port of Los Angeles: "Last month Union Pacific (Railroad) sent LA DA George Gascon a letter about the mass looting of their trains & expressed frustration with Gascon's soft on crime policies.

Hi,

Wouldn't crime involving trains have a little bit of Federal back up?

A Los Angeles police officer was murdered last week. Four serious gang bangers were arrested, and LAPD asked for the Feds to handle the case. They didn't want cop killers just getting a slap on the wrist from the likes of Gascon. I understand the Feds obliged. One of the news stations mentioned someone from the City was upset about being upstaged, and one of the Feds reminded him State law and Federal law are separate things, so he could bring his own cases at the City level if so desired. Haven't heard much since then.

Maybe UP should be talking to people who carry a bigger stick...

Rick C

You'd think so, Rick, but it seems the feds are too busy chasing MAGA grandmas and parents who dared to talk back to their local school boards to worry about things like the organized looting of freight trains. Or, for that matter, a known foreign jihadist who flew into the country, went straight to a suburban Dallas synagogue and took hostages at gunpoint.

 

[JPGLSG1234]

"went straight to a suburban Dallas synagogue and took hostages at gunpoint."

I'd like to hear how this turd got his hands on a gun so fast.

 

[Jeepnik]

In Los Angeles County the D A refuses to prosecute property crimes. So even if caught there is no downside.

 

[Jimbo357mag]

I hate thieves of any political stripe.

 

[Mobuck]

Nothing more than feral animals.

 

[jimd441]

I hate thieves of any political stripe.. Good point - so do I.

Jim

 

[Rick Courtright]

I hate thieves of any political stripe.

Hi,

As aside on thieves,from several years ago. I was teaching a night class and we had a guest student (classes were arranged to try to fit people's schedules.) The parking lot was a bit sketchy so I advised all the students to park as close up to the lighted building as possible.

At the end of the evening, one of the ladies went out, and came back in to use the phone, to call the police (pre-cell phone days.) Her car had been stolen. While we waited for the PD to arrive, I got talking to my guest student, who had offered the lady a ride if necessary. He had a bit of an accent,

He told us in his country, thieves are prosecuted more vigorously than murderers. I asked why that was, and he explained one could kill someone by accident: a fight, perhaps, someone falls and hits their head, etc. Theft, however, was always a "planned" crime and you could back out at any time before committing the crime, so nobody running down those tracks with a TV in their hands got it "by accident."

It was an interesting point. His home country was Turkey, and I guess they don't have a high theft rate. We have some things to learn here.

Rick C

 

[RSIno1]

Wouldn't crime involving trains have a little bit of Federal back up?

A Los Angeles police officer was murdered last week. Four serious gang bangers were arrested, and LAPD asked for the Feds to handle the case.

Theft from interstate shipment is a Federal crime. The Grand Jury process drags it out beyond what's practical for small amounts. The total theft amount is big but when you've got 100+ perps to track down it's hard to nail an individual to a specific item. Each case has to be presented to a Grand Jury for an indictment. Then the very slow federal court process starts. If crooks were smart they wouldn't let their lawyers talk them into waving their right to a quick and speedy trial. The courts would be overwhelmed and most smaller cases would be thrown out..... but then the attorneys wouldn't be able to run up their bill.

Times have changed in the 80s we indicted a guy in LA for killing ya DEA agent. The feds set the indictment aside and handed the case over to the LA DA since CA had the death penalty and the feds didn't.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

Jeepnik {In Los Angeles County the D A refuses to prosecute property crimes. So even if caught there is no downside.}

Mobuck {Nothing more than feral animals.}

And the animals (many of whom were released from prison to do the democrats work) have been told they will NOT be held responsible and they can do anything they want. Keep people scared (sound familiar) and keep them from saying anything because they are afraid these feral animals will come to their homes. No wonder people are arming up. More people should do it.