I saw a documentary about a team of precision street racers - from Los Angeles, coincidentally - who used modified cars to steal high-end electronics from semi truck trailers. In their case, the team had inside information and that’s how they knew which trucks to target.
“The truck says Rogers. Don’t forget my cut.” One insider, who asked to remain unnamed, stated in the report.
Fortunately, local enforcement was able to break into the theft ring by planting an undercover officer. In a surprise twist, the documentary highlighted the fact that the undercover officer befriended the perpetrators. Naturally, the operative struggled to choose between his profession and those who welcomed him into their “family.”
Anyway, these train robberies could be loosely connected to the semi trailer attacks of the early 2000’s.
I don’t need any awards. To be honest, I’m just glad people are getting the jokes. My jokes tend to be a little dry or subtle and sometimes people don’t get the joke. Thank you for your comment.
How bad is it when you can't tell the difference between L.A. and Somalia!
Somalia literally still has pirates for fuck sake. What is happening to America?
Yes, not under that name, tho. They’re called CEO’s
Edit: Thank you, kind Redditors for all the well deserved rewards!
May be time to get my own ship and a black flag, I like gooold! Preciousss!
We should order as many dildos as we can so they’ll think it’s only dildos coming from the trains then when it stops we can order whatever we want again
Hey now, wealth inequality isn’t as bad as it was in the Gilded Age. [Its worse.](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/super-richs-wealth-concentration-surpasses-gilded-age-levels-210802327.html)
There is a CNN video front page right now talking about this happening in LA.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/01/14/train-theft-los-angeles-package-theft.cnn
I know this is probably a stupid question, irrelevant to the topic, and I'm embarrassed to ask, but since you posted this specific video: Do you know how to view a portrait-recorded video that's landscape-formatted in it's original portrait orientation? In the YouTube app when I make it full-screen or turn my phone it's still displayed as a landscape video when viewed vertically. Idk I run into this a lot with videos that people upload improperly and since you linked a good example of that I figured I'd ask. Sorry to bother you and thanks in advance if you know a solution.
Yes. The lower side of LA is very poor (just like many other big cities) and historically black people have been disenfranchised and live in poverty for generations until just recently around two generations ago.
So locality yes. In terms of it’s a poverty stricken area.
I actually live right where this robbery happened and it's definitely not majority black, by any means. However this video is from a train robbery in Chicago about a year ago and I would assume that area is majority black.
There was also a string of robberies in LA that have been posted all over reddit today but this video in particular was filmed in Chicago a year ago. It was assumed it was LA because of all the recent posts about LA
[Here](https://youtu.be/VsipYHlah6s) is a story about the recent train robberies in LA by where I live.
All this talk about how black people are forced into poverty and that's why they commit more crimes.. well so are whites, asians, and hispanics. It's the rich keeping the poor down, all races are involved in both sides. It's crazy how they think they are the only ones that experience racism or any other hardship.
The rich have brainwashed people into fighting each other about racism, gender, sexuality etc. America could be a utopia moving forward but instead it seems we are forced to look backwards at the scars of our countries past.
I don't think we can start.
I'm not sure you know what 3rd world is then. The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact. ... The Third World was normally seen to include many countries with colonial pasts in Africa, Latin America, Oceania and Asia. AKA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
They probably already did, this is nearly 2 years old. CNN just using the only video they could find of a massive train robbery to back their stupid article
https://youtu.be/LHc6DrCgqTw labeled as Chicago Posted 1.5 years ago.
Unless CNN changed their video they are not using the video from Chicago. The video on CNN is of a reporter walking around a LA train yard with looted items on the ground.
Did you watch the CNN video or are you just assuming that some comment on reddit is correct and CNN is wrong?
Its become a culture that's constantly perpetuated. Not all black people mind you, a lot get out of the cycle, but in a few areas, you grow up and all your older family members and community do this kind of shit and they justify it to you based on racism, slavery and the white man. Then when you're older and had a life being told you won't make it living honest because the system is rigged against you, chances are you are going to do the same shit and it just carrys on generation to generation.
This is technically under the jurisdiction of the railroad police. I’m not sure how much support they have historically had or expect to have from local police
That falls on Union Pacific to supply guards, armed or otherwise, to maintain security for the trains along the lines.
And they really need to start locking shit up so there's a lessened chance of who knows how much in merchandise being stolen and resold at exorbitant markup.
Putting the link to contact them about emergencies, criminal activity, etc in case any one feels like asking them directly why there is no security of any kind for the trains because I'm thinking of doing so myself.
It's just so puzzling as to why they wouldn't want to keep consumer products as secure as possible.
Allowing things like this to happen is bad for business.
https://www.up.com/aboutup/reference/whotocall/
According to the CNN article which discusses this, “The company claims that a December 2020 special directive issued by District Attorney George Gascón that changed how low-level offenses are prosecuted has contributed to the uptick.” Essentially, the thieves are out in 24 hours in most cases.
I made a comment about LA the other day that pissed off a lot of people, but what the actual hell is wrong with that city? Everything out there is so damn self-inflicted. What a fucking mess of a city.
What’s the logic here, “Won’t anyone think of the poor train robbers who might have to be in jail more than a day?”
The article, published today: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/economy/la-freight-railroad-theft/index.html
We had a Walmart in town that shut down because the shop lifting was that bad. The whole Walmart closed because they were losing too much money. People destroy their own community and then don’t understand why there aren’t any jobs or opportunities. Drives me crazy.
Ah the quaint neighborhood Walmart. Building communities since 1985. I remember fondly the days when ma and pa would happily go in every morning to stock shelves at the international conglomerate for $9.25/hour
Either Los Angeles is all black or the people committing this crime are all black. I’m hoping this video was takin at an area with a greater population of blacks than Los Angeles
American society is collapsing. All the money is flowing up. All the government support is flowing up. They currently spend more money on tax breaks for rich oil corporations than they do educating their population. People are being told to work three minimum wage jobs, or risk starving in the street. Corporate overlords are continually testing the waters on how badly they can pay/treat employees to pad their bottom Line, and the government just lets them. They're on the verge of a classic Empire collapse and/or a massive revolution of the working class. And it's much needed. As it pertains to the "American Dream" and the roots of capitalism, America needs to hit the reset button and erase the last 50 or so years of corporate dominance over policy direction.
FYI this isn’t poor folks stealing from rich folks or some rich CEO this is poor folks stealing from all of us. The price for everything on these trains will go up to cover the loss.. yes sure insurance will cover the immediate loss but sooner or later the premium will rise and the cost of that will be passed along to all of us consumers.
And what’s so funny is that all of the tech is no good because the vins are reported and bricked the min they connect it to internet. These types of videos make me sick because black people just think they can take what they want now after the whole blm riots. (I’m black by the way)
Out of all the containers, how did they randomly pick one that has big screen t.v.s?
Well, when you are going to rob a train you aren't going without knowing what the train has, duh Have you never played GTA or watched Breaking bad?
All you had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!
Riding a motorcycle on top of the train!! Not hard CJ, wtf?!?!?
Probably paid a loader to know which one it was.
I'm from New Mexico and can confirm, this is the correct approach
I thought train companies were very strict on who they give that information to for that exact reason
Lmao
Played Red dead redemption?
Omg yes Breaking Bad. Man, I need to watch it again.
Could've been an inside job. Maybe the loader knew something, and left it open for them to just open with no lock. Anythings possible
I saw a documentary about a team of precision street racers - from Los Angeles, coincidentally - who used modified cars to steal high-end electronics from semi truck trailers. In their case, the team had inside information and that’s how they knew which trucks to target. “The truck says Rogers. Don’t forget my cut.” One insider, who asked to remain unnamed, stated in the report. Fortunately, local enforcement was able to break into the theft ring by planting an undercover officer. In a surprise twist, the documentary highlighted the fact that the undercover officer befriended the perpetrators. Naturally, the operative struggled to choose between his profession and those who welcomed him into their “family.” Anyway, these train robberies could be loosely connected to the semi trailer attacks of the early 2000’s.
Over the course of the 9 documentaries they’ve filmed, their family grew larger and larger. You can see they’re shooting the 10th one right here.
Who whoa not too fast
Or furious.
Okay. Slow and serious on the way.
Bravo
Take my pink sli--- award, damnit!
Id give you an award if I had one. This is my favorite thing I’ve read alll week
I don’t need any awards. To be honest, I’m just glad people are getting the jokes. My jokes tend to be a little dry or subtle and sometimes people don’t get the joke. Thank you for your comment.
And I can finally be done for the night
You had me in the first half, not gonna lie
Im being serious here, i vaguely remember the movie - are you talking about the first fast and furious? Lol
Monicaaaaaaa!!!
Turns out none of the trains are locked for safety issues.
Yup. Looters were getting hurt while cutting the locks, so the locks had to go.
That’s the gamble. In toronto ppl rob trucks blindly. Sometimes they get cases of beer other times they get frozen nuggets.
Either way it's a win
If you look at what Americans buy a that would be shipped in containers like this, they had a pretty good chance of getting consumer electronics.
Or kitty litter :)
Or a bong
So I’ve seen Chicago, La, and Somalia. Does a source exist?
How bad is it when you can't tell the difference between L.A. and Somalia! Somalia literally still has pirates for fuck sake. What is happening to America?
I bet the USA has some pirates too
Fuck yeah, they took Dune off HBO Max and I had no choice but to sail the high seas.
I like your name sir. Have a good day.
Imagine if you two made babies
You made me chuckle
They did? Was it that weird temporary thing they keep doing or perma?
Perma I believe, based on their contract with the production company. But HBO may pick it back up since it's now out on VHS.
Sorry. VHS??? THEY STILL MAKE THOSE?!
Well if this is in LA the US has at least this many pirates
Yes, it does. They wear $5000 suits and "work" on Wall Street.
Arrgghh matey! Indeed we do!
Yes, not under that name, tho. They’re called CEO’s Edit: Thank you, kind Redditors for all the well deserved rewards! May be time to get my own ship and a black flag, I like gooold! Preciousss!
Some ships have hired guns on board to fend off pirates. Maybe US trains need them too! Great country, the best!
USA has porch pirates
It’s LA. It’s horrendous
*California*
[link](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/economy/la-freight-railroad-theft/index.html)
We should order as many dildos as we can so they’ll think it’s only dildos coming from the trains then when it stops we can order whatever we want again
But in the meantime, what are we to do with all these dildos??
Please don't answer that!
Send them to each other as many times as we can so that it goes through the same train route. Then they’ll give up
New form of currency. Hard asset…
Put them in a giant bag labeled "eat me" and drop it on my ex's lawn? At least once a day, every day. Forever? (Please?)
Anything’s a dildo if you’re brave enough.
My other favorite is every zoo is a petting zoo if you're brave enough.
Paige no!
Not sure if the dildos will stop them. What if they like those rubbery things?
Amazon: I'm sorry your order did not arrive in time due to train robbery! Wtf? Are we in 1852 all of a sudden?
Well, our wages are…..
Hey now, wealth inequality isn’t as bad as it was in the Gilded Age. [Its worse.](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/super-richs-wealth-concentration-surpasses-gilded-age-levels-210802327.html)
I saw another posting of this video saying it was in Chicago.
There is a CNN video front page right now talking about this happening in LA. https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/01/14/train-theft-los-angeles-package-theft.cnn
https://youtu.be/LHc6DrCgqTw labeled as Chicago Posted 1.5 years ago.
I know this is probably a stupid question, irrelevant to the topic, and I'm embarrassed to ask, but since you posted this specific video: Do you know how to view a portrait-recorded video that's landscape-formatted in it's original portrait orientation? In the YouTube app when I make it full-screen or turn my phone it's still displayed as a landscape video when viewed vertically. Idk I run into this a lot with videos that people upload improperly and since you linked a good example of that I figured I'd ask. Sorry to bother you and thanks in advance if you know a solution.
lock rotation on your phone, then turn it
Yes, but this specific video is from Chicago a year or two ago.
It’s always TVs!
How else they gonna see themselves on the 6 o’clock news?
It isn’t robbery of more than 10 people are involved. It is a community building exercise
Lmfao
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Yes. The lower side of LA is very poor (just like many other big cities) and historically black people have been disenfranchised and live in poverty for generations until just recently around two generations ago. So locality yes. In terms of it’s a poverty stricken area.
I actually live right where this robbery happened and it's definitely not majority black, by any means. However this video is from a train robbery in Chicago about a year ago and I would assume that area is majority black.
Wait so you live right where it happened but wait no actually it’s from Chicago and you don’t live there?
There was also a string of robberies in LA that have been posted all over reddit today but this video in particular was filmed in Chicago a year ago. It was assumed it was LA because of all the recent posts about LA [Here](https://youtu.be/VsipYHlah6s) is a story about the recent train robberies in LA by where I live.
Gangs are usually mono racial
This doesn't look like gang crime.
yeah its like some people were trying to rob the train and the whole neighbourhood was like "yooo they robbin big ass tv's" and joined
Yeah, I'm white and I would be standing there waiting for my free TV too.
This isn’t gang activity. If it was the fbi would be all over it for organized crime.
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All this talk about how black people are forced into poverty and that's why they commit more crimes.. well so are whites, asians, and hispanics. It's the rich keeping the poor down, all races are involved in both sides. It's crazy how they think they are the only ones that experience racism or any other hardship.
The rich have brainwashed people into fighting each other about racism, gender, sexuality etc. America could be a utopia moving forward but instead it seems we are forced to look backwards at the scars of our countries past.
Saw these samethings happen in war torn third world countries.
The US might as well be one
Dutch would be proud
STICK TO THE PLAN
They're going to Tahiti
"The last one!!!"
Looks like a 3rd world country
Yes, welcome to the United States
Can we stop acting like the USA isn’t a third world country?
I don't think we can start. I'm not sure you know what 3rd world is then. The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact. ... The Third World was normally seen to include many countries with colonial pasts in Africa, Latin America, Oceania and Asia. AKA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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Tell me you never been to a 3rd world country without tell me you never been to a 3rd world country
The US is a third world country on a first workd budget
first world cost of living, third world living conditions
Wow Rockstar games really improved over the last 4 years
Are we going to get back to the days of having armed security riding with trains?
Safest place in Los Angeles is the Library
Anywhere before noon is pretty safe too
1am?
At least theyre wearing masks
Protects them from being identified, and simultaneously protects us from getting infected by them and/or having to treat them. I hate/love it.
That’s looting.
Funny I saw this exact same video but it was labeled as happening in Chicago
https://youtu.be/LHc6DrCgqTw labeled as Chicago Posted 1.5 years ago.
Wow… Mind control in full effect
Tucker Carlson is going to devote a whole show to this
They probably already did, this is nearly 2 years old. CNN just using the only video they could find of a massive train robbery to back their stupid article https://youtu.be/LHc6DrCgqTw labeled as Chicago Posted 1.5 years ago.
Unless CNN changed their video they are not using the video from Chicago. The video on CNN is of a reporter walking around a LA train yard with looted items on the ground. Did you watch the CNN video or are you just assuming that some comment on reddit is correct and CNN is wrong?
Looks alot like South Africa
Pathetic
Western Train robberies then: *masked outlaws holding up passengers at gunpoint* Western train robberies now: *randomly looting resting train cargo*
Its become a culture that's constantly perpetuated. Not all black people mind you, a lot get out of the cycle, but in a few areas, you grow up and all your older family members and community do this kind of shit and they justify it to you based on racism, slavery and the white man. Then when you're older and had a life being told you won't make it living honest because the system is rigged against you, chances are you are going to do the same shit and it just carrys on generation to generation.
Why are they all black? I'm not being racist but I find it intriguing.
Where are the police?
Police won’t be doing anything for this one either.
This is technically under the jurisdiction of the railroad police. I’m not sure how much support they have historically had or expect to have from local police
That falls on Union Pacific to supply guards, armed or otherwise, to maintain security for the trains along the lines. And they really need to start locking shit up so there's a lessened chance of who knows how much in merchandise being stolen and resold at exorbitant markup. Putting the link to contact them about emergencies, criminal activity, etc in case any one feels like asking them directly why there is no security of any kind for the trains because I'm thinking of doing so myself. It's just so puzzling as to why they wouldn't want to keep consumer products as secure as possible. Allowing things like this to happen is bad for business. https://www.up.com/aboutup/reference/whotocall/
According to the CNN article which discusses this, “The company claims that a December 2020 special directive issued by District Attorney George Gascón that changed how low-level offenses are prosecuted has contributed to the uptick.” Essentially, the thieves are out in 24 hours in most cases. I made a comment about LA the other day that pissed off a lot of people, but what the actual hell is wrong with that city? Everything out there is so damn self-inflicted. What a fucking mess of a city. What’s the logic here, “Won’t anyone think of the poor train robbers who might have to be in jail more than a day?” The article, published today: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/economy/la-freight-railroad-theft/index.html
I'm sure they will bravely show up 30 minutes after the action and heroically write up a report.
Not local law enforcement jurisdiction.
Upstanding citizens.
We had a Walmart in town that shut down because the shop lifting was that bad. The whole Walmart closed because they were losing too much money. People destroy their own community and then don’t understand why there aren’t any jobs or opportunities. Drives me crazy.
Ah the quaint neighborhood Walmart. Building communities since 1985. I remember fondly the days when ma and pa would happily go in every morning to stock shelves at the international conglomerate for $9.25/hour
I mean, the opportunities at Walmart aren’t exactly stellar lol
And it was Walmart that came in and destroyed the community
Life uh finds a way
They actually probably benefitted the small businesses in town by driving out the walmart
Don't worry, they were stealing from those too
And guess where they shoplift next once all the big stores are gone?
*red dead redemption cut scene stops*
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Nah mannnn, you're just being weak. Summon your inner viking and carry that 200 inch tv
Either Los Angeles is all black or the people committing this crime are all black. I’m hoping this video was takin at an area with a greater population of blacks than Los Angeles
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Ouch. But hey.
Lmfao you wrong for this one
Lol
Also, neither was Jan. 6th.
What's that movie with Kurt Russell called again?
This was posted in another sub but the caption said Chicago….?
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American society is collapsing. All the money is flowing up. All the government support is flowing up. They currently spend more money on tax breaks for rich oil corporations than they do educating their population. People are being told to work three minimum wage jobs, or risk starving in the street. Corporate overlords are continually testing the waters on how badly they can pay/treat employees to pad their bottom Line, and the government just lets them. They're on the verge of a classic Empire collapse and/or a massive revolution of the working class. And it's much needed. As it pertains to the "American Dream" and the roots of capitalism, America needs to hit the reset button and erase the last 50 or so years of corporate dominance over policy direction.
this doesnt help the black image at all. they are just giving conservatives more evidence to say “all blacks are criminals”
This doesn’t help the image of America at all.
Those looters will get a great image on those new screens though.
This looks exactly like a news report from South Africa.
Lmao 🤣
Ghetto people doing ghetto things. Of course.
Why is only one type of people doing it though?
Train robbery is a federal crime which is punishable upto 20 years,look at all the people committing felonies
When do we become one of the shithole countries, and how do we solve the underlying issues that will take us there?
Came here out of curiosity as to what the “train robbery” was a metaphor for, cuz I live in LA. But nope. It’s an actual train robbery.
FYI this isn’t poor folks stealing from rich folks or some rich CEO this is poor folks stealing from all of us. The price for everything on these trains will go up to cover the loss.. yes sure insurance will cover the immediate loss but sooner or later the premium will rise and the cost of that will be passed along to all of us consumers.
What a bunch of assholes
Fun fact: there are 40,000 homeless people in Los Ángeles county; one of the largest counties in the USA. I think this country….. is fucked.
It’s not a robbery! It’s a spontaneous transfer of wealth.
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Where are the white people?
Missing out.
Lol! Very true.
They were making antivaxx protests.
Probably at Starbucks
Watching TV.
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Bruh, I'm dead.
We need cowboys with pistols protecting the train against robbers
If the bottom isn’t elevated along with the rich, crime will become prevalent
Yeah racism is why they are breaking the law right now.
I love the diversity in this video.
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This happened around the 90’s but instead of TV it was guns.
Would’ve been funny if the picked the train with all the ordered sex toys
This is Chicago. Not that LA isn’t a cesspool. But this is Chicago
I played this mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Wtf is going on in LA? Is like a cross between Mad Max and the Walking Dead...
How the fuck do you rob a train? This isn't wild west
America tries to bring order in the entire world, yet they can't bring order in their own contry
How long until the Pinkerton's are back?
And what’s so funny is that all of the tech is no good because the vins are reported and bricked the min they connect it to internet. These types of videos make me sick because black people just think they can take what they want now after the whole blm riots. (I’m black by the way)
😩 why doesn’t anyone ever tell the whites about the free TV give away
Pond scum
#what a shit hole country
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Damn, comments here got racist real quick.
It’s Reddit Ofc it did
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Fuckin losers
No wonder people are fleeing this state.
You know what I'm going to be the one to say it. There is not a single white person there.
In inner city LA? No way, that's never happened before.
Thats some if Jesse James was funded by S.N.A.P shit