This happened at West Oakland Station...Last stop before the train goes under the San Francisco Bay...On the way to City of SF...
What if this happened in the train while it is in the tunnel under the Bay?
Posted on 05/11/2023 6:51:55 AM PDT by FreedomPoster
A man wearing a balaclava and pacing up and down a BART train this afternoon slashed a fellow passenger across the back with a meat cleaver, and caused more than a dozen other riders to scurry away in fear, according to a witness to the scene.
Police arrested Charles Johnson, 24, near 1 p.m. as a suspect in the attack, according to a BART statement. Johnson was booked on two charges — assault with a deadly weapon and robbery — and violation of his probation. He allegedly attempted to steal the victim’s backpack, which was recovered, alongside the cleaver, at the scene.
The victim, who is 25 years old, was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. James Temple, a journalist who was in the car with the suspect, said the the victim was taken away on a gurney, seemingly in good spirits.
Temple described a man holding a rectangular butcher cleaver pacing up and down a BART car on an eastbound train in the Transbay Tube. He said he initially saw a passenger at the end of his car “jump out of the way” of the cleaver-wielding man, and then “all kinds of people trying to jump away.”
“Everyone started running through the cars, trying to get as much distance between themselves and this guy as possible,” he said. Temple said people were cowering in their seats, “trying to get as close to the edges of the BART cars as possible” as the man walked back and forth in the aisle.
“I jumped out of the way once and landed partially on a woman who was sitting,” he added. “I was just trying to get away.”
The passengers then fled between cars to the front of the BART train, where Temple said they congregated in a group.
“When we got to the very front, we ran out of cars to run through.”
At this point, the dozen-plus passengers, communicating with the train operator, were “just asking the operator to go faster, we just wanted to get to West Oakland, we wanted to get out,” Temple said.
Temple then realized another passenger was injured. “One guy said he had been bludgeoned by him, but in the end looks like he got slashed by the back.”
When the train arrived at West Oakland Station, Temple said the operator saw the cleaver-wielding man leave the train via camera and shut the BART doors behind him. BART police arrived “within minutes,” Temple said, and attended to the victim.
A BART spokesperson said normal service had resumed by 1:30 p.m. The stopped Antioch-bound train temporarily caused delays.
“I’m not gonna lie, man, it was pretty scary,” Temple said. “When you actually see someone walking up and down BART with a cleaver — it was scary, and I and everyone just wanted to get as far away from him as possible, which is hard to do on a BART in the middle of the tunnel.”
Does Feinstein count as stationary? Asking for a friend.
I carry a couple of HVAC duct straps in my carryon backpack on the odd chance I may need to help restrain an unruly passenger. HVAC duct strap = large economy sized zip tie.
Soon she’ll count as horizontal.
FWIW in her most recent photos, she looks like she’s had a stroke.
Reopen the mental institutions to take psychos out of public life.
Amen they started shutting them down in the 70’s history showed the result of it.
It was the times when supporting illegals made the big push that’s where a lot of the money went to.
Liberalism reared it’s ugly head for all to see.
Yep, that’s what I’m talking about. FWIW, whenever I board a plane, I always wear a lovely, long scarf, & carry a ballpoint pen & hardcover book.
Never know when I might need to bop some fool upside the head, poke him in the eye, & tie him up in the aisle.
Gotta be alert & creative these days.
Thankfully nobody put the guy in a chokehold.
Did he name the cleaver “Eldridge”?
Aren’t blades traditionally named after women, like boats? If so, I’d name it “June”.
Interesting there are no photos of accused attacker. It’s kind of funny that when there is news of criminal attack and no photo, just know that it’s a POC. 5%-50%.
Well, maybe not so rhetorical. In many states, that is a No.
This is in hyper-liberal California, in what is by California standards, the even more hyper-liberal Bay Area.
Better to let him kill you dead right there. Much less suffering for everyone involved, you, your family, your loved ones, your friends and colleagues...
That’s Coulter’s Law on full display.
Ho Hum. Just another day in the cities by the Bay.
This happened at West Oakland Station...Last stop before the train goes under the San Francisco Bay...On the way to City of SF...
What if this happened in the train while it is in the tunnel under the Bay?
Speaking of taser...There was Oscar Grant incident...A BART police officer intended to use taser...But, he used gun instead...BART Police is mainly responsible for security at BART stations...
It is getting to the point where open season is the only way to deal with crazies.
The first crazy that threatens law abiding citizens gets shot and the body dumped in the front yard of the politicians who think that their antics are cute and funny — then shoot the politicians.
Perhaps when enough crazies and politicians get shot the rest will get the message.
Beaver isn’t a woman’s name, but it should be...
The TV series “Leave it to Beaver” sported the main four characters as the Cleaver family – [parents] Ward & June, and [sons] Beaver & Wally.
Beaver was a boy’s name. Beaver Cleaver was the running joke.
“Ward, you were pretty hard on the Beaver last night.”
Thats a frequently quoted line from the show.
Cleave is the only verb in English with two opposite meanings: to split apart, and to join together.
The more frequently used (separate) is considered a transitive verb.
The less frequently used (join) is considered an intransitive verb, since it's generally used as "cleave to."
Cleave is a quantum verb, depending on the context!
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