US Postal Service Suspends Delivery to Santa Monica after Carriers Attacked
Meanwhile, campaign to recall LA County DA George Gascón gains momentum.
The United States Postal Services boasts, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
However, criminal activity has done what Mother Nature could not.
The United States Postal Service suspended delivery service in a Santa Monica neighborhood after several mail carriers were assaulted over the past few months.
The attacks occurred along a stretch of 14th Street near Santa Monica Boulevard and involved three different mail carriers during separate incidents, according to the US Postal Service.
“For the safety of our employees, we have had to temporarily suspend delivery of mail to these customers,” Natashi Garvins, a spokesperson for USPS, told The Post on Monday. “This is an unusual, but necessary step to protect our employees.”
The Santa Monica police have not received any official reports about the specific assaults from the Postal Service, though the department did have one case on file.
A Santa Monica Police Department lieutenant told KTLA the agency only found one crime report involving a USPS letter carrier in the 1300 block of 14th Street.
The incident, which was reported on Jan. 19, involved a resident who assaulted a USPS mail carrier with a broomstick, according to Santa Monica Police Lt. Erika Aklufi. The victim sustained a minor injury to his arm and did not require medical attention.
The resident lives in the area and “is known to our officers and also to the mail carrier he attacked,” Aklufi said in an email. The mail carrier declined prosecution for the incident, according to police.
“If there were other incidents of USPS mail carriers being attacked, we were unable to locate additional reports,” the police spokeswoman said.
Meanwhile, driven by the surge in crime in the Los Angeles area, the second attempt to recall the County’s District Attorney George Gascon is much better than the first.
Organizers of the second effort to recall embattled Los Angeles County DA George Gascón said they have gained momentum after collecting more than 200,000 signatures– with plenty of time to still hit their goal to get on the November ballot.
Campaign officials said they also have raised more than $4 million — already four times the money raised compared to last year’s recall efforts, which fizzled in September after failing to secure less than half of the approximately 500,000 signatures needed from LA County voters.
“We are continuing to deploy our resources, and we are definitely going in the right trajectory,” recall spokesperson Tim Lineberger told The Post. “There is just a lot more support this time around since people are more aware that what’s been happening in Los Angeles County, especially crime increasing, and is tied to George Gascón’s policies.”
While last year’s campaign garnered just 200,000 votes by the October 2021 deadline, the campaign this year has already collected more votes with still three months left before the deadline.
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Newman only wanted Hawaii. California was never on his wish list. He was onto something.
A mail carrier is attacked with a broomstick and the postal service takes action by suspending delivery.
We’ve had to deal with ghost guns and ghost broomsticks. It’s time now to deal with the apparition haunting the White House who appears from time to time and reads off a teleprompter—the infamous ghost president.
The latest news conference shows the Biden reaching out to shake hands with a ghost.
“Campaign officials said they also have raised more than $4 million — already four times the money raised compared to last year’s recall efforts, which fizzled in September after failing to secure less than half of the approximately 500,000 signatures needed from LA County voters.”
It’s a shame to waste such a prodigious effort just to put the question in front of the inevitable brain-dead voters.
We went without mail delivery for a week last February, and they don’t deliver any time we have freezing precip.
During the 1920’s, there were several periods when the US Marines guarded mail deliveries against gangsters. Their Rules of Engagement were shoot-to-kill and no surrender.
“When our Corps goes in as guards over the mail, that mail must be delivered, or there must be a Marine dead at the post of duty. “
Those ROE would never go down nowadays. The courts would call them “obviously illegal”, and any marine who acted on them would be prosecuted.
What happened to all those new millions of dollars for “postal security”?
Yes, things are crazy here in my hometown of Santa Monica. I grew up on these mean streets. Grew up tough and feeling deprived in a house that now goes for about $15 million. Don’t mess with me!