Posted on 04/24/2017 11:56:33 AM PDT by Noumenon
A recent string of robberies on BART trains took a frightening turn when dozens of juveniles swarmed an Oakland station over the weekend and commandeered a train car, forcing passengers to hand over bags and cell phones and leaving at least two with head injuries, witnesses told the transit agency. The incident — the first of its kind in recent memory — occurred around 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Coliseum Station. According to a police summary, witnesses said 50 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. The juveniles “committed multiple strong-arm robberies of bags and cell phones,” said the summary. “At least two victims suffered head/facial injuries requiring medical attention.” Police did not say if any of the suspects were armed, or describe exactly how the passengers were wounded. The attack was quick, police reported, and the teenagers were able to retreat from the station and vanish into the surrounding East Oakland neighborhood before BART officers could respond. The train that was hit was held for about 15 minutes as authorities investigated the crime and tended to the injured. BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said Monday morning she wanted to get more information from police before commenting in detail. But she said BART was “working with Oakland police, Oakland public schools, and the Oakland Housing Authority to identify the suspects based on surveillance images.”
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Probably not.
From BART Spokeswoman Alicia Trost:
"The images cannot be shared publicly because the suspects appear to be minors."
Can you believe this BS?
At what point of organization does mere crime turn into brigandry the equal of piracy?
Well, none of the passenger’s had a gun so at least no one was shot! That’s what’s most important! Right, California?
The rights of the criminals against being identified to help lead to their arrest exceed the rights of the victims to have their assailants identified to help lead to their arrest.
Another example of the liberals stealing oxygen and exhaling treason.
Not over-used. Simply points out the hypocrisy of the lame stream media who refuse to call out muslims as terorists
BART officials saw the footage and couldn't ignore the fact that every attacker's face was young and black and said to themselves, "We can't release this."
Reparations
Aren’t cell phones pretty easy to track?
California? Right? Yeah, but the weather is so nice.
You assume the local police care.
More like these kind of things only happen in states that vote to be disarmed, with no willingness to understand that it is being done for the convenience and safety of the criminals.
Did anyone shoot the robbers?
Sheesh.
Oh, I see it’s the cereal state. Never mind.
5.56mm
Kaepernick’s people.
Who knew robbing trains was going to make a comeback?
They said the surveillance video couldn’t be released because some of the mob appeared to be minors.
Idiocy Uber Alles.
Fixed it for you.
This one was simply too big for the media to hide...otherwise they would have simply spiked it.
The criminals have learned that the surveillance society is as helpless against masked mobs as innocent people a century ago.
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The Colosseum station is just a few blocks from the murder capitol of the Bay Area.
He who goes to Oakland unarmed is a fool.
Perhaps the Trump Admin can weigh in on this, and place BART under Federal control, if it cannot be made safe.
Shut it down!
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