The media doesn’t like to discuss it, but there’s a new form of left wing thuggery and burglary. Trains around Los Angeles have been an increasing target of theft and now Union Pacific is considering re-routing these trains because of the theft spike. If you’ve seen trains in California, you’ve undoubtably noticed that most, if not all are covered in gangbanger graffiti.
Union Pacific, the nation’s largest railroad franchise, is considering rerouting its trains around Los Angeles amid a spike in railcar thefts, according to a CBS News affiliate.
In the past year, Los Angeles County has seen a 160 percent jump in criminal rail theft, with October 2021 showing a 356 percent increase from the year before. Offenders have stolen from, assaulted, and even committed armed robbery of Union Pacific employees, amounting to “$5 million in claims, losses, and damages,” according to the company. The railroad is faulting L.A. County district attorney George Gascón’s (D.) “well-intended social justice goals,” such as no-cash bail, for the railway theft spike.
“Criminals are caught and arrested, turned over to local authorities for booking, arraigned before the local courts, charges are reduced to a misdemeanor or petty offense, and the criminal is released after paying a nominal fine,” Union Pacific general director of public affairs Adrian Guerrero wrote in a letter to Gascón. “In fact, criminals boast to our officers that charges will be pled down to simple trespassing—which bears no serious consequence.”