Economy
VIDEO: Thousands of packages looted as thieves rob L.A. bound trains
The lawlessness of California continues to manifest itself in very visible ways. Videos are emerging on social media showing huge amounts of trash, and in particular, UPS boxes and amazon packages that were en route to residential addresses.
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
The trash is piling up jut next to the train tracks, where CBS Los Angeles reports train burglaries are on the rise. “There’s loot3ed 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” tweeted John Schreiber.
Schreiber added, “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.”
Schreiber’s multiple videos posted to Twitter show the absolute disgust resulting from the thievery. “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.
In another tweet with more photos of damaged property, Schreiber writes, “missing a package? Shipment delayed? Maybe your package is among the thousands we found discarded among 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.”
More Democrat leaders from non-border states are wising up to the immigration crisis our nation faces. Woburn mayor Scott Galvin, of the progressive state of Massachusetts, is hoping that lawmakers will overturn a 40-year-old law because the reality of being “bleeding heart liberals” is resulting in the demise of his town.
The 40-year-old “right-to-shelter” law has got to go, says mayor Galvin, because of the immense strain the thousands of migrant families are putting on the area’s residents. By Friday, there were about 150 families living in the city’s hotels, an “unsustainable” arrangement for his 40,000 constituents.
Galvin told the New York Times the right-to-shelter law, which only exists in Massachusetts, was “passed at a different time, and was not meant to cover what we’re seeing now.”
National Review reports:
Under the 1983 right-to-shelter law, Massachusetts officials are legally required to offer housing to any homeless families seeking shelter in the state. The law now covers a rising influx of migrant families, although individuals are not covered under its provisions.
“We’re going above and beyond, while some communities around us are not being impacted, and we don’t have endless capacity in our schools,” said Galvin. “The benefits that are bestowed on migrants make the state a very attractive destination, and without some changes, this challenge is not going to abate.”
Massachusetts Democrat Governor Maura Healey already declared a state of emergency on August 8th, requesting help from the federal government. On August 31, Healey activated up to 250 Massachusetts National Guard members to assist the more than 6,000 migrant families already in the state’s shelter system.
Approximately 6,300 families are living in emergency shelters and hotels across the state, up roughly 50 percent from the year prior. The cost for such accommodations for all the migrants is approximately $45 million per month, National Review reports.
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lauren dion
January 14, 2022 at 4:42 pm
maybe hire former militar / officers to ride the rails like the old west and shoot those who try to rob the trains…
Zack Trainor
January 14, 2022 at 4:54 pm
Talk and lip service, but nothing is ever done about these emboldened mobs robbing us all.
Nate
January 14, 2022 at 5:33 pm
Butch Cassidy and his gang of misfits are back!
Nate
January 14, 2022 at 5:34 pm
If I place a question mark only? Will I await moderation?????
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Nate
January 14, 2022 at 5:35 pm
Must be a good paying job “moderating” comments?
Jim
January 14, 2022 at 5:35 pm
This many thieves should be easy for the cops to ID. Why aren’t they arresting them? If the cops do nothing then the citizens should start their own vigilante forces.
Ken Hein
January 14, 2022 at 6:05 pm
Catch them, try them, convict them, and hang them.
Liberal Lou
January 14, 2022 at 8:23 pm
Hmmm. I wonder why the bad guys keep on stealing stuff all over the place. I guess we’ll just have to learn to start paying more for stuff. Wait – with record high inflation, we already are!! Let’s move faster on the defunding of the police too. Then we can have some guidance counselors and therapists talk to these thugs about why they are stealing. We need to try harder to understand their backgrounds and perspectives. There must be something in their history that’s causing these issues. Be nice everyone!
Kate
January 15, 2022 at 1:40 am
Ghezzzzzzzzzzz I can’t even begin to imagine who would be doing this??
I guess one can sum it up that a man and his family have got to eat!!
Vetmike
January 15, 2022 at 6:46 am
If they were stealing food or other life essentials, maybe I could understand. But this never.
Dewayne
January 15, 2022 at 9:03 am
Once they are caught put them in jail and once it’s time for them to get out send them to somolia
Rex Robinson
January 16, 2022 at 10:30 am
I can’t imagine how this is going to stop or be stopped. Maybe a few sniper nests along the tracks are in order. I know that sounds extreme but anyone with anything better?
Dean Kinne
January 16, 2022 at 11:23 am
So why do Californian’s put up with this?