[ April 19, 2024 ]
“I’ve been there 24 years and this is the first time I’ve heard of anything like this happening,” said Keith Garcia, a BART police officer and union president.
He is lying. This has happened multiple times according to the victims. It’s been going on for well over a year. Watch the video below.
“Beyond a routine police report, BART did not feel the need to publicize it.”
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A mob of 40-60 thugs and goons stormed onto a BART train in Oakland Saturday night, robbing multiple riders of bags and cell phones and injuring at least two people, according to BART officials.
San Francisco BART has been vigilant against our subway ads, banning them from train platforms. but marauding gangs of thugs and thieves operate with impunity.
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This is what happens under left wing governments. Every major US city is under leftist control which is why they are failing and city dwellers are fleeing — but it doesn’t end there. The anti-human consequences of leftism are not static, it’s a slippery slope. Look it where it led the National Socialists in Germany, the Stalinists in Russia, Maoists, Marxists, et al
The goal of the left was always to “smuggle this country into welfare statism by means of single, concrete, specific measures, enlarging the power of the government a step at a time, never permitting these steps to be summed up into principles, never permitting their direction to be identified or the basic issue to be named. Thus statism was to come, not by vote or by violence, but by slow rot—by a long process of evasion and epistemological corruption, leading to a fait accompli.”
Big, suffocating government and anarchy — no one will be arrested in San Francisco. No will will pay except, of course, the law abiding g citizen – the scourge of the left. The enemedia will scrub this and it will receive little coverage. calling the marauding mob “unruly” ……
BART takeover robbery: 40 to 60 teens swarm train, hold up riders
By Demian Bulwa and Michael Cabanatuan, SF Gate, April 24, 2017:
BART police are beefing up patrols at Oakland stations after dozens of juveniles terrorized riders Saturday night when they invaded the Coliseum Station and commandeered at least one train car, forcing passengers to hand over bags and cell phones and leaving at least two with head injuries.
The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses told police that 40 to 60 juveniles flooded the station, jumped the fare gates and rushed to the second-story train platform. Some of the robbers apparently held open the doors of a Dublin-bound train car while others streamed inside, confronting and robbing and in some cases beating riders.
“I’ve been there 24 years and this is the first time I’ve heard of anything like this happening,” said Keith Garcia, a BART police officer and union president.
A police summary prepared after the incident said that at least two victims suffered injuries to the face or head that required medical attention.
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The attack was so quick, police reported, that the teenagers were able to retreat from the station and vanish into the surrounding East Oakland neighborhood before BART officers could respond. The train was held for about 15 minutes as authorities interviewed victims and witnesses and tended to the injured.
Trost said police arrived at the station in less than 5 minutes, but that the robberies took place in just seconds.
BART police had increased the number of officers patrolling Oakland stations Saturday night because of a recent rise in the number of police calls. A BART police sergeant and an officer were in the station’s back parking lot on patrol when the station was stormed, Trost said. They were the first to arrive at the concourse after the crime was reported.
Rebecca Saltzman, president of the BART Board of Directors, said the board to examine ways to prevent a recurrence.
A mob of 40-60 young people streamed onto a BART train in Oakland Saturday night, robbing multiple riders of bags and cell phones and injuring at least two people, according to BART officials.
“This was obviously a terrible event and I’m sure very scary for the victims and the BART employees involved,” she said. “We’re looking at it very closely to see how we can respond to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
Director Robert Raburn, whose district includes Coliseum Station, said he was “very disturbed that such an aggressive action would put BART passengers and employees at risk. It cannot occur with impunity.”
Six of the nine cars on the train had working surveillance cameras, and BART police were viewing video from those cars as well as station cameras, Trost said. Since many victims and witnesses were unsure which car they were on, and didn’t know if the swarm had entered other cars, BART police are reviewing video from all working cameras. All BART trains are scheduled to be equipped with working cameras by the end of June.
“We are in the process of pulling all surveillance video, and we will share with Oakland police, Oakland Unified School District and Oakland Housing Authority to see if they can help identify the minors,” Trost said. “We have had success with sharing images of juveniles with this group and identifying and making arrests in the past.”
The images cannot be shared publicly, she said, because the attackers appear to be minors.
Trost said Oakland police have told their BART counterparts that other incidents involving large groups of teens took place in the general area Saturday night. Oakland police officials declined to comment, and would offer no details Monday, referring questions to BART police.
Robberies committed by small groups of people who snatch valuables from riders when trains stop at stations then dash off just before the train departs have been known to happen on BART, Trost said. But this was the first time she was aware of a train being swarmed by a large group of teens.
“We’re taking this seriously,” Saltzman said. “Things like this have happened elsewhere but not at BART.”
Last month, according to two television reports, a swarm of teenagers invaded a carnival near the Oakland Coliseum, beating workers and stealing prizes from the game booths. Robberies involving small groups invading stores and restaurants in the Bay Area are not unheard of. But incidents involving such large groups are rare.
The incident presents another challenge for BART, which hired a new police chief last week. The agency has struggled to contain fare evaders and is studying ways to make it harder to enter a station without paying.
San Francsico won’t let my ads run on BART but they will let savages reun wild on BART.
A police summary prepared after the incident said that at least two victims suffered injuries to the face or head that required medical attention.The attack was so quick, police reported, that the teenagers were able to retreat from the station and vanish into the surrounding East Oakland neighborhood before BART officers could respond. The train was held for about 15 minutes as authorities interviewed victims and witnesses and tended to the injured.Trost said police arrived at the station in less than 5 minutes, but that the robberies took place in just seconds.
BART police had increased the number of officers patrolling Oakland stations Saturday night because of a recent rise in the number of police calls. A BART police sergeant and an officer were in the station’s back parking lot on patrol when the station was stormed, Trost said. They were the first to arrive at the concourse after the crime was reported.
Rebecca Saltzman, president of the BART Board of Directors, said the board to examine ways to prevent a recurrence.“This was obviously a terrible event and I’m sure very scary for the victims and the BART employees involved,” she said. “We’re looking at it very closely to see how we can respond to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
Director Robert Raburn, whose district includes Coliseum Station, said he was “very disturbed that such an aggressive action would put BART passengers and employees at risk. It cannot occur with impunity.”
Six of the nine cars on the train had working surveillance cameras, and BART police were viewing video from those cars as well as station cameras, Trost said. Since many victims and witnesses were unsure which car they were on, and didn’t know if the swarm had entered other cars, BART police are reviewing video from all working cameras. All BART trains are scheduled to be equipped with working cameras by the end of June.
“We are in the process of pulling all surveillance video, and we will share with Oakland police, Oakland Unified School District and Oakland Housing Authority to see if they can help identify the minors,” Trost said. “We have had success with sharing images of juveniles with this group and identifying and making arrests in the past.”
The images cannot be shared publicly, she said, because the attackers appear to be minors.
Trost said Oakland police have told their BART counterparts that other incidents involving large groups of teens took place in the general area Saturday night. Oakland police officials declined to comment, and would offer no details Monday, referring questions to BART police.
Robberies committed by small groups of people who snatch valuables from riders when trains stop at stations then dash off just before the train departs have been known to happen on BART, Trost said. But this was the first time she was aware of a train being swarmed by a large group of teens.
“We’re taking this seriously,” Saltzman said. “Things like this have happened elsewhere but not at BART.”
Last month, according to two television reports, a swarm of teenagers invaded a carnival near the Oakland Coliseum, beating workers and stealing prizes from the game booths. Robberies involving small groups invading stores and restaurants in the Bay Area are not unheard of. But incidents involving such large groups are rare.
The incident presents another challenge for BART, which hired a new police chief last week. The agency has struggled to contain fare evaders and is studying ways to make it harder to enter a station without paying.
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41 Comments
6 years ago
All of the suspects were black. Funny how not one media source will mention that. Youths, Teens, Goons, Thugs, Juveniles…those descriptions are just politically correct jargon. Strange how the truth cannot be told in the news anymore to help identify suspects because it might hurt some liberal’s feelings.
6 years ago
Reply to
Bill Rowland
Agreed. You would think the media would have had a field day with this story by mentioning Bernhard Goetz, the Boston commuter who shot some young black thugs who accosted him on a subway ride some years back.
6 years ago
Reply to
Drew the Infidel
My mistake. It was NYC in December 1984 when Goetz shot four thugs with a 5-round .38 revolver.
6 years ago
Reply to
Bill Rowland
“Don’t Make the Black Kids Angry” http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dont-make-the-black-kids-angry-mr-colin-flaherty/1121279324 Its a great read if you haven’t seen it. Its a war out there on whitey.
D
6 years ago
It isn’t the fault of the police. The politicians and press don’t back them up. There was a celebrated case some years ago when a BART police officer shot one of these thugs, and ended up being charged with murder. Since then, the police have turned risk-averse, as you would expect.
6 years ago
None of this will stop until Americans apply their 2nd Amendment Rights. In other nations, liberals have disarmed the populous, and have left them in a vulnerable defensive position to be robbed, beaten and murdered. Americans have the right to carry, and MUST use it, because it’s going to get much uglier, before better.
6 years ago
Reply to
JacksonPearson
Looking at the photo, I’ve to admit that they chose probably the oddest way of carrying to illustrate CCW.
Crossdraw at 9 o’clock (projected to right hand shooter), in a thick clipless holster… Yeesh.
6 years ago
Reply to
Trenton
one of me shooters holds 30 rounds and the ‘bigger’ one hold 20 – if a double tap can not be applied with the first “five” rounds – duck and cover— 0′ – you be referring the holster not an extra mag —
6 years ago
Check social media. They will all be connected.
6 years ago
Shoot train robbers on sight.
6 years ago
some MS-13’s —
6 years ago
A gun free sanctuary city. Common sense rule, don’t leave home without a gun. Theses spooks run into a train car with lead flying they’ll not do it again. No security cameras = open season LOL.
6 years ago
Gee, 40-60 teenagers and none of them can be identified. Cops were on a coffee break downstairs, the video cameras werent working. And on and on. If this is East Oakland, they should have had cops on every train. Why didn’t they? It’s no secret east Oakland is a hotbed of criminal activity. If even one of those citizens on that train were armed, it might have not ended so badly for the passengers.
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
Oakland is a shithole. People hanging around should wear bullet proof vests.
6 years ago
Reply to
tatka150
I was in Oakland briefly in the 1980s and after driving around awhile I kept on going.
6 years ago
….and it’s just a couple of BART stops away
6 years ago
Show the videos who cares if they are minors they committed a crime, let them do the time.
6 years ago
Wow!! Negroes are called, “teens”, “youths” and now “thugs”. Not too long ago we called one “President”. No wonder they going cRaZy!
6 years ago
PELOSI’S INBREDS
6 years ago
Obviously a gang of young, blond Scandinavians. It’s Oakland, after all. (sarc)
6 years ago
This is what Obama hired Van Jones for he was great at causing race riots and started in Oakland and he defended cop killing Black Panthers. This is also what our 2nd amendment is for!!!
6 years ago
That’s why we need national reciprocity. If the law abiding citizens were armed many of these black animals would’ve been carried off the train.
6 years ago
I used to work for Military Sealift Command running civilian manned non-combatant Navy ships out of the Naval Supply Center in West Oakland in the 1980’s. That area and the Hunter’s Point district of San Francisco were the most dangerous places in the world that I have ever been, especially after dark. Lawless street people.
6 years ago
It looks like all riders need to bring their 9mm with extra clips on the next ride.
6 years ago
I blame the politicians for allowing this because of the mental disease called liberalism. I bet they were black neanderthals and or maybe Muslims. Hum!
D
6 years ago
Since San Francisco is a sanctuary city defying federal law, let them deal with it. Don’t send any federal funds to take care of this problem. Most of California’s political problems can be laid at the feet of Bay Area politicians. Just think how much good Pelosi did for the country. Those people have been nuts for years. Secession anybody?
6 years ago
That used to be quite popular among black thugs, particularly during the Notting Hill Carnival.
We call it ‘steaming’ in London. but it died down a few years ago.
6 years ago
Don`t you just love those gun free cities.Makes you feel so secure.
6 years ago
Those white kids are at it again.
6 years ago
If they love trains so much we can round them up, put them in a train carriage, weld the doors shut and drop it into the ocean.
6 years ago
Reply to
Annie Pickett
But then again, that would be wasteful of rolling stock. How about lots of trains gathering up the rubbish and bringing it all to some great disposal facility out in Kansas or such? Use the ashes for fertilizer.
It’s been done before.
6 years ago
Yes, Bill R(below) the Goetzian solution is the only one that will work.
Desperately needs to happen. If they are Black Thug Teenagers
they will live to become Black Thug Men. The question becomes
Should they “live”? Legal or not-Carry and maybe save your life
and many others. Remember, “Better to be judged by 12 than
carried by 6.”
6 years ago
Reply to
kikorikid
Best to decide for oneself, and to force everyone else to go along, like it or not. I do *NOT* accept majority rule… only self-rule. Democracy is for the lowing herds.
6 years ago
I avoid Oakland like the plague. Totally disgusted with these thuggish children.
6 years ago
The cameras don’t work, and no cops around? Sounds like a perfect opportunity for street justice on the punks next time. Bernhard Goetz by about a dozen passengers is what they should meet.
D
6 years ago
It’s the same swarming plan the muslim refugees in the Eu are using to rape and rod transit users
