There’s been plenty of reportage over the last two years about the rise in crime, but did you know that even train robbery has made a comeback?
In Los Angeles, thieves have perfected the act of breaking into cargo cars when the trains make stops, and pulling out pretty much anything they can get their hands on.
John Schreiber of CBS News in Los Angeles recently posted a series of shocking videos on Twitter:
Here’s a report from CBS News in LA:
Thieves Raiding Cargo Containers, Stealing Packages On Downtown Section Of Union Pacific Train TracksA section of the Union Pacific train tracks in downtown Los Angeles has been littered with thousands of shredded boxes, packages stolen from cargo containers that stop in the area to unload.Thieves have been raiding the cargo containers, taking packages that belong to people from all over the country from retailers like Amazon, REI and others.The refuse left behind, like home COVID test kits, are items that the robbers did not want or did not think were valuable enough to take.Sources told CBSLA that the locks Union Pacific uses are easy to cut, and officials with the Los Angeles Police Department said they don’t respond to reports of a train robbery unless Union Pacific asks them for help, which they said is rare.While CBSLA was on the scene with cameras, one person was seen running off with a container used to hold smaller packages, and a Union Pacific officer was spotted chasing after two other people who appeared to be rifling through packages.
This has been going on for months. Back in August, CBS LA reported that homeless encampments along the tracks were discovered to be full of stolen goods.
Is there any wonder why people are fleeing California in droves?
Featured image via Twitter video.
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