There has been a lot of talk about the massive rise in crime over the last two years, particularly in Democrat controlled cities like Los Angeles.
But have you heard that train robbery has made a comeback?
Thieves are targeting cargo cars as they slow down or stop before entering the city.
Take a look at the stunning videos below:
Keep hearing of train burglaries in LA on the scanner so went to #LincolnHeights to see it all. And… there’s looted packages as far as the eye can see. Amazon packages, @UPS boxes, unused Covid tests, fishing lures, epi pens. Cargo containers left busted open on trains. @CBSLA pic.twitter.com/JvNF4UVy2K
— John Schreiber (@johnschreiber) January 13, 2022
I’m told by law enforcement these @UPS bags are especially sought after by thieves opening cargo containers… they are often full of boxes with merchandise bound for residential addresses. More valuable than say, a cargo container full of low value bulky items like toilet paper. pic.twitter.com/Tj5bQNIeby
— John Schreiber (@johnschreiber) January 13, 2022
As you can see, trains frequently slow or stop in this area as they get worked into the @UnionPacific Intermodal facility near Downtown LA. The thieves use this opportunity to break open containers and take what’s inside. I’d say every 4th or 5th rail car had opened containers. pic.twitter.com/PHpujyB84M
— John Schreiber (@johnschreiber) January 13, 2022
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Even California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom has admitted that this looks like the third world.
The Hill reports:
Newsom vows crackdown: Rail car looting like ‘third world country’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) visited the site of a recent wave of freight train looting and said it “looked like a third world country,” according to reports.
“It looked like a third world country, these images, the drone images that were on the nightly news,” Newsom said on Thursday as the tracks were being cleared, Reuters reported.
“This is not a one-off. This is organized theft. They’re organized groups of folks that move from site to site,” Newsom added in a video shared by the wire service.
Newsom visited Union Pacific train tracks in the city to “highlight a multiagency effort to clean up the railway,” combat theft and hold the perpetrators responsible, NewsNation reported.
Union Pacific issued a statement on Sunday saying the thefts involve “criminals trespassing on Union Pacific property, climbing aboard trains and breaking into customers’ containers loaded with cargo, packages and merchandise destined to warehouse facilities around the country.”
It is sad to see what progressive policies have done to a once beautiful state.
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