LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva blamed so-called “woke” city leaders in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for the unsafe conditions on the city’s public transit lines during a press conference April 13 at the Hall of Justice.
“When you’re on a train, or on a bus, you’re vulnerable to every occupant there with you; you can’t opt-out or step away,” Villanueva told reporters. “You’re subjecting each passenger to the least common denominator—that’s someone with severe mental issues, psychotic issues, organized groups of people who are robbing people on the trains. There are a lot of things going on here not improved by the MTA Board.”
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