Crime in California is out of control... Photos and videos showing piles of empty boxes littered alongside rail tracks in Los Angeles County, California have gone viral as shipping companies say they've seen a dramatic spike in railroad theft. Some of the boxes are packages from companies like UPS, Amazon and FedEx. Union Pacific, one of the country's largest railroad companies, says it may avoid operating in Los Angeles County following the spike in thefts, which it blames on lax prosecution of crimes. The containers and trains are locked, but can be broken into. Union Pacific said last month in a letter to the Los Angeles District Attorney that it saw a 160% year-over-year increase in theft in LA county. The company claims that a December 2020 special directive issued by District Attorney George GascĆ³n that changed how low-level offenses are prosecuted has contributed to the uptick. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/economy/la-freight-railroad-theft/index.html
As long as each one holds less than $900 worth of items when they are questioned, they should be good and itās legal.
Seems more and more the US is turning into third world country where politicians care only about themselves, laws are not working, etc.
usa is already a third world country, and has been for a long time. have you ever walked down the street in any major city? lol
I did in Seattle. :) so many homeless I have never seen anywhere.
fierce but mostly peaceful theft
So that means itās okay? You teach your kids to steal anything under $950 too?
?? Im worried about your kids since you are unable to understand sarcasm
It is allowed as long as the loot is less than 10K just like theft in any shop is allowed as long as it's less than 1K. Why can't we privileged allow this and get a hit through our insurance? We don't put any restriction. We will shout at you and make you uncomfortable if you ask questions about normal living. We are the trend setters and the best state. (*sarcasm*)
Deliver fees and charges about to skyrocket in CA. Insurance will be like 50% of the cost of the product. CA is going to continue its decline. If I lived in CA, is 100% steal $900 worth of stuff frequently. Why not, itās like a free boost to TC and itās legal.
It's not legal. It's just charged as a misdemeanor if I understand
Cops donāt investigate, essentially making it legal. I know enough business owners in a variety of states, and only once have the people ever been caught, and only because they hit several places on the same street. Itās like going 5 over the speed limit. Sure, itās against the law, but you have a 999999 in a million chance to not get pulled over for it, and so everyone does it. Also a misdemeanor isnāt anything
Sadly, I'm not surprised. So much incompetency in governing.
Learned a new thing today itās legal to steal upto 900$. Still not able to understand the logic behind this
Itās $950. It was decreed by the AG, IIRC.
$950. Look up prop 47.
You know the perpetrators include people of Hispanic and Caucasian origin too, right?
^ What point does that make? BLM supporters come from all walks of life. Just like non-BLM supporters can also be black
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Woke cringe leftists that are gender neutral with purple hair are abundant there. What else do you expect?
What do you?
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