Apocalypse LA: Union Pacific Train Robberies Up 356%
From CBS Los Angeles: Union Pacific: Train Robberies Up 356%
Thanks to DA Gascon's no cash bail policies, medical equipment, designer handbags, luggage, throw pillows, airline parts, children’s artwork, even a new wine fridge – all those items and more have been found stolen off Union Pacific trains and discarded alongside the tracks in East LA.
Images of thousands of stolen and discarded packages alongside the Union Pacific train tracks near Union Station have people around the world asking – how does this happen? Apparently, it’s a near perfect storm of an ongoing train robbery problem, the pandemic, and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s policy of no-cash bail arrests.
Link to video here