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This news report from a month ago has a golden response from the sheriff https://youtube.com/watch?v=zN0CXUEMwjg https://youtube.com/watch?v=zN0CXUEMwjg It’s r

This news report from a month ago has a golden response from the sheriff https://youtube.com/watch?v=zN0CXUEMwjg https://youtube.com/watch?v=zN0CXUEMwjg It’s remarkable to me that he didn’t have any awareness of this issue. But then again, who has jurisdiction over the railways?

olivermarks 5y ago
https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/safety/special_agents/index.htm https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/safety/special_agents/i...
- ryantgtg 5y ago
  That’s what I thought. I was just being lazy about confirming that. Still, it has to be a multi-agency effort, given that UP’s jurisdiction is only like 50 ft wide.
throwawaysea 5y ago
I’ve heard the railways have their own jurisdiction but the environments around those railways sure have a way of breeding criminals, giving them cover, and contributing to all of this. It’s hard for me to view this as anything but a result of California policy and the kind of justice system promoted by folks like Gascon (LA DA) or Boudin (SF DA). After all, we don’t hear about train raids in Texas or Montana or whatever.
- olivermarks 5y ago
  I agree and am anti Boudin/Gascon and other Soros sponsored DA's, but the destination of rail transported goods into LA, Chicago etc are typically through very poor neighborhoods. Stopping in these port and transport hub areas, whether semi trucks or trains, has always attracted crime and looting. The difference now is the centralization bottlenecks Amazon has created. Huge amounts of predictable opportunities have not gone unnoticed...
- ryantgtg 5y ago
  > anything but But from the above quotes from the sheriff, doesn’t it also seem like that dept is asleep at the wheel? Perhaps we read into this what we already want to read into this. I do agree that our current criminal reform looks to have swung too far in one direction. But I also think the sheriff is a dick, and the dept is practically a gang enterprise.

olivermarks 5y ago

https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/safety/special_agents/index.htm https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/safety/special_agents/i...

ryantgtg 5y ago
That’s what I thought. I was just being lazy about confirming that. Still, it has to be a multi-agency effort, given that UP’s jurisdiction is only like 50 ft wide.

throwawaysea 5y ago

I’ve heard the railways have their own jurisdiction but the environments around those railways sure have a way of breeding criminals, giving them cover, and contributing to all of this. It’s hard for me to view this as anything but a result of California policy and the kind of justice system promoted by folks like Gascon (LA DA) or Boudin (SF DA). After all, we don’t hear about train raids in Texas or Montana or whatever.

olivermarks 5y ago
I agree and am anti Boudin/Gascon and other Soros sponsored DA's, but the destination of rail transported goods into LA, Chicago etc are typically through very poor neighborhoods. Stopping in these port and transport hub areas, whether semi trucks or trains, has always attracted crime and looting. The difference now is the centralization bottlenecks Amazon has created. Huge amounts of predictable opportunities have not gone unnoticed...
ryantgtg 5y ago
> anything but But from the above quotes from the sheriff, doesn’t it also seem like that dept is asleep at the wheel? Perhaps we read into this what we already want to read into this. I do agree that our current criminal reform looks to have swung too far in one direction. But I also think the sheriff is a dick, and the dept is practically a gang enterprise.