Woke LA DA George Gascon blames UNION PACIFIC for thefts from trains and claims firm 'does little to secure or lock trains' after Gov Gavin Newsom said railroads 'look like a third-world country'
On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom visited a ravaged rail depot in the Lincoln Heights area of the city The Democrat lawmaker exclaimed: 'It looked like a third world country, these images, the drone images that were on the nightly news' In December, Union Pacific sent a letter to Gascón urging more aggressive prosecutions for cargo thieves and calling for an end to a no-bail policy UP said it experienced a 160 percent increase in criminal rail theft in LA County over the past year Gascón's office previously said it was 'committed to working with law enforcement to ensure collective safety across LA´s sprawling infrastructure However, on Friday, Gascon wrote a strongly-worded letter back to Union Pacific saying they filed fewer criminal cases to his office than in 2019 and 2020 By Stephen M. Lepore For Dailymail.Com
Published: 01:23 GMT, 23 January 2022 | Updated: 01:24 GMT, 23 January 2022
Progressive Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is firing back at a railroad company that has taken shots at him for not doing more to stop train burglaries in the area.
On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom visited a ravaged rail depot in the Lincoln Heights area of the city.
The Democrat lawmaker exclaimed: 'It looked like a third world country, these images, the drone images that were on the nightly news.'
'I took off the suit and tie and said I'm coming because I couldn't take it,' he added. 'I can't turn on the news anymore. What the hell is going on?'
In December, the rail company sent a letter to DA Gascón asking for more aggressive prosecutions for cargo thieves and an end to the no-bail policy for some defendants that Gascon wants to reduce overcrowding at jails during the pandemic.
California Governor Gavin Newsom visits a Union Pacific railroad site on Thursday. Newsom promised statewide coordination in going after thieves who have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, leaving the tracks blanketed with discarded boxes
Stolen and discarded packages litter the tracks close to a freight rail depot in Downtown LA. California Highway Patrol said it was expanding its own retail theft task force that will allow it to
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