Los Angeles mail package train thefts

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Thieves in the Los Angeles urban area for last 3 months have been attacking trains containing shipped packages at one local zone of tracks. The extent of this carnage in below link's images is utterly ridiculous. Link says the Union Pacific railroad has been taking action but obviously whoever in their management controls that ought be immediately fired. Note in this case the LA police can't be blamed because the UP security group has never contacted them. Imagine what people due packages have been wondering happened?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...kages-LA-train-tracks-left-cargo-looters.html

Ok, so here is another facet of that news that starkly shows how many of our newspapers and news media have been manipulated by those with political agendas. The Los Angeles Times is one of our nations largest and most prominent newspapers. Yet searching on Google News with say "train mail thefts" shows they as well as LA TV station news have apparently totally ignored any of this outrageous news.
 

From Irwin's link above:

Union Pacific said in its letter that in the last three months of the year it made over 100 arrests of "active criminals vandalizing our trains" in partnership with the LA police department and Los Angeles Sheriff department. But Union Pacific, which has its own police department with jurisdiction over the 32,000 miles of tracks it owns, said that even as it has expanded its security resources and partnered more closely with local law enforcement, the problem isn't going away. After being arrested individuals are released from custody within 24 hours, it said.​

Sigh.
 
Devi said:
From Irwin's link above:

Union Pacific said in its letter that in the last three months of the year it made over 100 arrests of "active criminals vandalizing our trains" in partnership with the LA police department and Los Angeles Sheriff department. But Union Pacific, which has its own police department with jurisdiction over the 32,000 miles of tracks it owns, said that even as it has expanded its security resources and partnered more closely with local law enforcement, the problem isn't going away. After being arrested individuals are released from custody within 24 hours, it said.​

Sigh.
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yes far too many prosecutors have decided to not pursue these crimes they deem petty
I guess telling a whole group ..... Just keep doing it.
People are defending their own almost every day you hear or see homeowners/ business owners and even a lyft driver pulling there own guns to take care of it themselves... criminals will end up dead ....

NOT a police issue but the recent idea of no FOLLOW through on crimes.....
 
I saw this last evening on FOX. I go back and forth with CNN when I watch news in the evening. I couldn't even believe what I was seeing. This is insane. The cars aren't locked? I haven't ordered from Amazon in a long time but just placed a book order last evening. I'm in N. Cali, hope I get it.
 
Interesting reflection on the workings of news media in this era, how days now after my OP post, a ton of other news media including those in Los Angeles, are now suddenly showing stories despite the fact the train robberies have been ongoing for 3 months.
 
Another story with a bit more detail than what is in the CNN article reported that the thieves are using bolt-cutters to cut the locks off the boxcar doors. If that's all it takes to access the cargo, perhaps Union Pacific isn't all that interested in protecting our stuff.

Why don't they use bolt-cutter-proof locks on the boxcars? I use one similar to this on my storage unit:
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Hmmm.... maybe Union Pacific ordered some from Amazon but the thieves stole them. :unsure:

Regarding laws not being enforced encouraging more crime, or at least not acting as a deterrent, that applies to all levels of commerce. Corporations commit fraud all the time and just settle out of court or are fined an amount far less that what they swindled their victims out of. There was a story not that long ago, I can't remember the guy's name, but he created a fake university and grifted enrollees out of millions of dollars. He only had to pay back a small percentage of his profits. That kind of thing happens all the time, so focusing so heavily on poor people stealing packages from trains just shows the bias of the MSM.
 
Irwin said:
Corporations commit fraud all the time and just settle out of court or are fined an amount far less that what they swindled their victims out of. There was a story not that long ago, I can't remember the guy's name, but he created a fake university and grifted enrollees out of millions of dollars. He only had to pay back a small percentage of his profits. That kind of thing happens all the time, so focusing so heavily on poor people stealing packages from trains just shows the bias of the MSM.
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That's an excellent point.

But as for poor people stealing packages, these are obviously organized crimes, and I have no doubt the organizers live well above the poverty line. Those are the people who should be prosecuted to the fullest extent no matter how poor the guys doing the dirty work are.
 
Is it just me or does it seem like the UK Daily Mail has more of a lock on some of our news than our own news outlets do here in the U.S.? This train vandalism stuff is madness. I agree that not pursuing these cases will further encourage more of the same. What a world we live in now! A friend of mine says she doesn't even go into L.A. anymore, it's gotten so bad.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Is it just me or does it seem like the UK Daily Mail has more of a lock on some of our news than our own news outlets do here in the U.S.? This train vandalism stuff is madness. I agree that not pursuing these cases will further encourage more of the same. What a world we live in now! A friend of mine says she doesn't even go into L.A. anymore, it's gotten so bad.
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The DM seems to get on top of a story faster if nothing else. They get it out before it even has time to be spun or editorialized. Sometimes they get it wrong or have a sensational headline but they get the story out there.

I have to wonder if the debris all over the place from the thefts contributed to that recent derailment. Or worst case vandalism.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Is it just me or does it seem like the UK Daily Mail has more of a lock on some of our news than our own news outlets do here in the U.S.? This train vandalism stuff is madness. I agree that not pursuing these cases will further encourage more of the same. What a world we live in now! A friend of mine says she doesn't even go into L.A. anymore, it's gotten so bad.
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News covered in the US seems to be ONE TOPIC a day ... anyway, that's how our local news is!
I miss Walter Cronkite! ... and actual news stories.
 
JUst saw a story on today's news. The LA DA has decided not to prosecute individuals who happen to be arrested in the act of robbing the trains. If they are brought in, they are immediately released to return to pursue thier endeavors.
 
HarryHawk said:
JUst saw a story on today's news. The LA DA has decided not to prosecute individuals who happen to be arrested in the act of robbing the trains. If they are brought in, they are immediately released to return to pursue thier endeavors.
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It's a sad and disturbing policy, even sadder that it's being publicized.

Why not allow these same people to come up to us on the street and take our money, our cars, move into our homes.

It's time to wake up, America!
 

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