Seen in Print

[sleepmac]

Rufus, cute!

Dan Weinhold

[J. S. Bach]

Nice!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[robert.]

Wonder if this is really happening or if it is fluffed up ?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ugly-rail-th ... 25170.html

[HONDO74]

Nothing new. It has been going on for a few months now

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Union Pacific Official Blames L.A.’s Far-Left Policies for Massive Train Thefts, Considers Leaving L.A.
By Ryan Saavedra

•Jan 16, 2022 DailyWire.com

An official with Union Pacific (UP) revealed late last week that the organization believes that approximately 90 shipping containers are compromised by theives every day as images have gone viral in recent days showing the aftermath of the thieves stealing thousands of packages.

Adrian Guerrero, director of public affairs for UP, revealed the following in a letter to far-left L.A. District Attorney George Gascon:

“Since December 2020, UP has experienced an over 160% increase in criminal rail theft in Los Angeles County. In several months during that period, the increase from the previous year surpassed 200%. In October 2021 alone, the increase was 356% over compared to October 2020. Not only do these dramatic increases represent retail product thefts – they include increased assaults and armed robberies of UP employees performing their duties moving trains.”
Over the last three months, “over 90 containers [are] compromised per day.”
“This increased criminal activity over the past twelve months accounts for approximately $5 million in claims, losses and damages to UP. And that value does not include respective losses to our impacted customers.”
Guerrero then slammed the city’s far-left politics, saying that they are enabling the criminals who he says brag about being let off easy for their crimes.

“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,” Guerrero said. “These individuals are generally caught and released back onto the streets in less than twenty-four hours. Even with all the arrests made, the no-cash bail policy and extended timeframe for suspects to appear in court is causing re-victimization to UP by these same criminals. In fact, criminals boast to our officers that charges will be pied down to simple trespassing – which bears no serious consequence. Without any judicial deterrence or consequence, it is no surprise that over the past year UP has witnessed the significant increase in criminal rail theft described above.”

“While we understand the well-intended social justice goals of the policy, we need our justice system to support our partnership efforts with local law enforcement, hold these criminals accountable, and most important, help protect our employees and the critical local and national rail network,” Guerrero added.

Guerrero said that the problem is so bad that Union Pacific is now evaluating “serious changes to our operating plans to avoid Los Angeles County.”

One individual that The Los Angeles Times interviewed, who apparently steals things off the trains, said that he has found everything from a Louis Vuitton purse to a robotic arm worth tens of thousands of dollars. “We find things here and there, make some money off of it,” the man said.

The issue exploded onto the national news scene late last week after CBS Los Angeles photojournalist John Schreiber published a series of tweets that contained images of the mayhem on the train tracks.

“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,” Schreiber tweeted. “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.”

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,” Schreiber continued. “Missing a package? Shipment delayed? Maybe your package is among the thousands we found discarded along the tracks. This is but one area thieves have targeted trains. We were told this area was just cleaned up 30 days ago so what you see is all within the last month.”

Missing a package? Shipment delayed? Maybe your package is among the thousands we found discarded along the tracks. This is but one area thieves have targeted trains. We were told this area was just cleaned up 30 days ago so what you see is all within the last month. @CBSLA pic.twitter.com/43002DPyZa

— John Schreiber (@johnschreiber) January 13, 2022


“Responsibility for policing the railroad right of way falls on Union Pacific Police… not local agencies like LAPD,” he concluded. “We did see Union Pacific police chasing two people today off the tracks and keeping an eye on things.”

Related: Shocking Videos Show Massive Sea Of Stolen Packages Laying On Railroad Tracks In Los Angeles

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[Rufus T. Firefly]

Translation: It's not our fault that we're not competent at protecting our own trains, or the cargo that we get paid to carry, and it's someone else fault that this is happening and they should be doing our job for us. When did UP get taken over by millennials?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[v8vega]

Translation: It's not our fault that we're not competent at protecting our own trains, or the cargo that we get paid to carry, and it's someone else fault that this is happening and they should be doing our job for us. When did UP get taken over by millennials?

So it's OK with you for the districk attorney to alow criminals to do whateaver they want.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Translation: It's not our fault that we're not competent at protecting our own trains, or the cargo that we get paid to carry, and it's someone else fault that this is happening and they should be doing our job for us. When did UP get taken over by millennials?

So it's OK with you for the districk attorney to alow criminals to do whateaver they want.

Did I say or write that - no.

So what you wrote is the usual total non-sequitur bucket of whale dreck.

[HONDO74]

Translation: It's not our fault that we're not competent at protecting our own trains, or the cargo that we get paid to carry, and it's someone else fault that this is happening and they should be doing our job for us.

And what would be your suggestion for protecting these train cars. Apparently the thieves are using bolt cutters to cut the locks. I don't know if there are locks that can't be cut with a bolt cutter..

The area this happening in has many homeless encampments. These poor people are just scavenging so they cay buy some bread and milk. Or help keep their drug dealers in business.

Don't know if they can divert the trains to other areas. The LA police can't do it, they have been refunded, Don't have enough money to buy donuts or they have been diverted to protecting the rich from all the follow home robberies.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Translation: It's not our fault that we're not competent at protecting our own trains, or the cargo that we get paid to carry, and it's someone else fault that this is happening and they should be doing our job for us.

And what would be your suggestion for protecting these train cars. Apparently the thieves are using bolt cutters to cut the locks. I don't know if there are locks that can't be cut with a bolt cutter..

That's UP's problem, not mine. Once again, trying to shift things to others instead of responsible parties............yeesh! Try asking UP what they should do -- it's their problem that they caused by their own incompetency. Here's an idea - maybe not park trains full of cargo in stupid locations? Maybe hire armed guards RR police? I'll be surprised if shippers are not cancelling contracts.

And what any of this has to do with Seen in Print other than another attempt to funnel crap politics into yet another thread is beyond me.

[HONDO74]

And what any of this has to do with Seen in Print other than another attempt to funnel crap politics into yet another thread is beyond me.

I didn't bring it into this thread. But since you were responding to it I figured it was Okay with you. ???

Or like your Cartoon post above. The whole world is INSANE.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

And what any of this has to do with Seen in Print other than another attempt to funnel crap politics into yet another thread is beyond me.

I didn't bring it into this thread. But since you were responding to it I figured it was Okay with you. ???

That was my mistake permitting myself to be drawn into yet another display of idiotic finger-pointing by cretins that think that action absolves them of their responsibilities.

Or like your Cartoon post above. The whole world is INSANE.

Well, it's not the world; it's the people. Just when one thinks things might deviate from a pathway strewn with self-destructive stupidity; nope. They only deviated to introduce a means to pave the pathway over so they could run down it faster.

[Rufus T. Firefly]