American cities dealing with increased violent crime on mass transit systems

ABC News’ Aaron Katersky looked at cities dealing with crime on mass transit, and spoke with a former security official who said he was fired for pointing out issues with his city’s transit system.
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[@ericeandco]

They’re not dealing with violent crime. That’s why it’s increasing.

[@danielmartin7838]

We've also seen an influx of outsiders from places that have no law and order to speak of, some are just straight-up villains, too.

[@DaKrawnik]

they aren't preventing it*

[@user-sj5ju4jb7t]

@@danielmartin7838almost all the crime I see if from born and raised natives. That accounts for like 99% of the crime news I come across, hardly any of it is from outsiders.

[@white_genocide2050]

😂 do you know the history of America? 🇺🇲 ​@@danielmartin7838

[@sew_gal7340]

I think its a "create a problem, sell a solution" in our capitalist society. Soon it will get so bad, that a solution will be sold to the public via policy and new laws...thats how it always works. take food away from people, make them starve then sell them back their food in morsels with an inflated price.

[@kevinjenner9502]

In Japan children as young as 5 or 6 travel alone on mass transit to and from school.

[@longiusaescius2537]

Emmanuel Rahm is working to "fix" that

[@kevinjenner9502]

It is a bit of a paradox. Rahm Emanuel, former mayor of one of the most violent cities in America, now Ambassador to one of the safest countries in the world.

[@longiusaescius2537]

@@kevinjenner9502 not suprising at all really, he's Japan's Morgenthau

[@Stealthmode35]

Open border.. 😄

[@BlownMacTruck]

You realize that actually happens in American cities as well right? Or that plenty of school districts actually use public transit vouchers instead of private bussing because it’s far more efficient? No of course you don’t. You don’t live anywhere near a city with public transit infrastructure and you just go by what you THINK must happen, even if it’s far removed from reality.

[@rbfarrell1]

How about real punishment for crimes.

[@johnnytran800]

Real punishment is considered a violation of human rights.

[@gooser__43]

That requires Republicans

[@jamesbell2419]

@@johnnytran800 Real punishment is considered RACIST by some who want NO ACCOUNTABILITY for their groups actions .

[@ceasarsfex4840]

​@@gooser__43ew

[@bajorekjon]

They only punish people who try to stop crimes

[@astroprojector144]

and 90 percent of these crimes are committed by the males of one VERY SPECIFIC group.

[@PauloHernandezXD]

Exactly, but they keep mentioning "women & childcare" & that allows these men to come & stay in droves to this area.

[@judas7585]

YT people

[@astroprojector144]

@@judas7585 lay off the drugs

[@duckmercy11]

OP is the typical dog whistler trying to blame groups when the criminals are a small minority percentage within the "demographic." Fail.

[@joemiller9931]

@@judas7585 You Tube people?

[@deltaechoproductions]

You can thank the black culture for all of this

[@mimi-lg8lo]

Shame on your racism.

[@sollyparker3947]

and BIDEN

[@PungiFungi]

Shame on the racism but I see you did not deny it.

[@leosaura1993]

WS BS.

[@tacticalpause3767]

Based

[@Pilotpailie]

What do these cities have in common? Anyone? Anyone?

[@monk4ever]

The soul people.

[@typographik]

A lot of people live in them. That may in fact be why they're called cities.

[@x-men69-96]

Democrat

[@sarashattuck4022]

Homeless crisis

[@gab4690]

Blue

[@AC-ro6ib]

It is a shame what this country has become.

[@AKAAAK]

Not really for me, giving me all the more reason and ambition to leave the country.

[@MrProzacmilkshake]

@@AKAAAK are you coming to Australia

[@AKAAAK]

@@MrProzacmilkshake naw. Little north of there

[@firstlast8258]

​@@AKAAAKbye 👋

[@white_genocide2050]

​@@MrProzacmilkshakeaustralia is kangaroo country

[@pumasgoya]

It's mostly one ethnic group.

[@white_genocide2050]

😂 have you ever been to west virginia the hillbilly state?

[@RaefTheKing]

Or Florida lol

[@matthewprince9705]

So what you gonna do about it?

[@duckmercy11]

Even if this were true (it's not) you can't blame a group comprised of millions for actions of thousands.

[@joemiller9931]

@@matthewprince9705 Grammar give away.

[@redjetsen1002]

It wouldn't have anything to do with Mass illegal immigration from violent countries ... would it?

[@lil----lil]

This is STRAIGHT from Harry Potter: _He Who MUST NOT BE NAMED!!!!!!_ OMG. That's too funny.

[@koolaidbomber]

Hey, now, Harry Potter is very real.

[@ellenscott6793]

So basically, stay out of California.

[@csong9940]

Yes, please do

[@ellenscott6793]

@@csong9940 no problem...can't come up with one reason why I'd want to move there with the high taxes and slums.

[@joarGyjuRanar]

And NY

[@YUTAB-ck9rp]

And still American people love hip hop culture which praises violence… I mean I used to love Hip Hop before coming to the States, but after I see first hand what the genre is actually praising about, I stopped listening to the genre at all.

[@duckmercy11]

I can't understand having a moral objection to a lot of the lyrics and I myself am mostly checked out on modern rap, but at the end of the day it's entertainment, not real life. Rappers are mostly portraying characters, not unlike violent characters in movies.

[@themodernboomer1300]

And it was all did on purpose by curtain people who work in finance 🙄

[@mirkurjirkokhsd1897]

​@@duckmercy11Tell this for all the fartheless boys that want to live "the gangster lifestyle"

[@duckmercy11]

@@mirkurjirkokhsd1897 They're not learning that from music, but from their surroundings. "The gangster lifestyle" was a thing before hip hop. If anything rappers just talked about what was already happening in their neighborhoods.

[@starventure]

Rap music is just modern day chanting.

[@aaronmartin6634]

In California the governor has dumped all the prisons onto the streets

[@brbhave2p00p4]

Gavin Newsom will run for president in 2028

[@sollyparker3947]

why he do that

[@FactStorm]

America is a developing nation.

[@geraldarnoult]

Developing nations don't act as crazy as the U.S.

[@takmiencheng4009]

A retreating one, yet always ready to teach the whole world how to run one's home town.

[@flutebasket4294]

Devolving nation

[@everythingisfine9988]

*EL SALVADOR* solved this over night!

[@geraldarnoult]

Nothing to do with the American made MS-13 gang origin Los Angeles.

[@nebhalabir1201]

El salvador also doesn't have n......

[@starventure]

@@nebhalabir1201 True, but they had an out of control gang problem that only a strongman leader could get a hold of.

[@nebhalabir1201]

@@starventure completely agree.

[@DanielCadarette]

Thank a Democrat.

[@ToxcynArcade]

Its so bad now people dont even report most crimes anymore. Then they say crime is down.

[@vxy357]

They also reduce violent felonies to misdemeanors and just dismiss misdemeanors all together.

[@DavidLee-ur3pl]

Democrat caused this.. defund police.. decriminalization.. fact

[@TelephoneToughGuy]

@ToxcynArcade: That's a Republican propaganda talking point. Do they ever back that up with any stats? Murder rates *do* get reported, and murder is down, how do you explain that?

[@TelephoneToughGuy]

@Toxcynarcade: That's propaganda, not backed up by stats. Murders *do* get reported, murder rate is down.

[@TelephoneToughGuy]

@ToxcymArcade: That's propaganda, not backed up by stats. Homicides *do* get reported, homicide rate is down.

[@AllPowa287]

Time to make it a felony for ANY crime involving public transit. If these punks did the same thing on an airplane then it would be a felony.

[@user-sj5ju4jb7t]

The type of people that commit these crimes aren’t worried about prison.

[@gordongekko2781]

@@user-sj5ju4jb7t Regardless, prison would keep them off the streets.

[@nerdygamerguy8378]

Joe biden defends criminals

[@billyyank5807]

That's because the feds regulate air travel not city transportation 😂 Ya'll are goofballs!

[@AllPowa287]

@@billyyank5807 they need to start regulating public transit next

[@jaytaylor2312]

Those progressive DAs are really helping the community🤣

[@BudinVegas]

Yeah, helping the community, going downhill fast.

[@LadieKadie]

Third world DA’s building third world cities. 🤷‍♀️

[@TheDoomWizard]

America is falling apart

[@Gee_Morty..]

Get back to work

[@Polemic-2525]

@@Gee_Morty..you woke

[@Gee_Morty..]

@@Polemic-2525 you joke

[@mitch20003]

This country seems to be on a decline in general.

[@spirg]

“ Seems “????? 😂

[@mitch20003]

@@spirg is* 😂

[@PungiFungi]

I keep hearing diversity is our strength but I am not seeing it.

[@bracedgod4505]

We aren’t allowed to call out the perps

[@DaKrawnik]

this doesn't happen for no reason. crime goes up whenever quality of life goes down. fix it.

[@matttorrence2900]

More like quality of life goes down when crime goes up. And the reason is the progressive DA strategy and George Floyd overreaction.

[@asu5632]

No it’s police and justice system not punishing them.

[@no-one-qd1li]

😂 I bet you think raising minimum wages fixes inflation too

[@FoamandStuff]

I just got off the Metro Bus in LA. The line 720 to Westwood. There was a crazy homeless man talking aggressively to himself and while most of the passengers just ignored him. I was less than 2 feet away. He then proceeded to take out a foil, torch lighter and a tube and smoked what looks like fentanyl or meth. And yes there were children sitting near by and no one did anything. I was worried about my safety too. I just got off the bus and decided to walk the rest of the way. This is not the first time I’ve seen this on the bus. And reporting it to the driver does nothing. The best they can do is stop the bus and call the cops and the response time takes too long. It’s not just safely it’s the lack of enforcement. The smell, the unsanitary conditions, the overcrowding and I see that most people don’t pay the fares. They just go to the back and wait for the doors to open and they sneak on. The bus driver can’t do anything. Public transportation is so different in Korea or Japan. The main reason is because they don’t allow the homeless on the bus and they enforce fares.

[@user-ts7ns7bt2v]

And how do you November?

[@duckmercy11]

Korea nor Japan have the same level of rights as us. You can't be an American patriot who values absolute freedom and want authoritarianism at the same time.

[@AKAAAK]

@duckmercy11 Rights don't mean anything if you're living in fear trying to live a normal life. What's the point to "ftredom" if you can't move about freely in your own city without worrying about your safety on public transportation or just being in public in general. Looks at the recent attacks in LA on the metro buses. America's cure for these issues is pathetic at best. Total shithole that even 3rd world countries are laughing at.

[@joseplanells206]

​@@duckmercy11autoritarismo en japon?? Su nivel de civismo es altisimo y de inmigracion bajisimo.

[@theotheleo6830]

@@duckmercy11 The governments of both S. Korea and Japan are democratic. You may be thinking of N. Korea.

[@daryoushsameyah8329]

Defund the police! Defund the police! Do you really feel safer with the police defunded?

[@BlownMacTruck]

What large city with significant public transit infrastructure defunded police?

[@daryoushsameyah8329]

@@BlownMacTruck Los Angeles. For one

[@BlownMacTruck]

@@daryoushsameyah8329 Incorrect. LA decreased the police budget by 7% because of attrition. In other words, the entire budget for the decrease came from matching how much the police department lost in personnel. That 7% was then allocated to police-adjacent services, such as gang violence reduction efforts and mental health outreach around criminal behavior (all of which ultimately helps the police). It was *spun* as straight defunding by certain media. This is why the proposal for this year reverses that almost entirely, as it accounts for a hiring increase / recruiting effort.

[@daryoushsameyah8329]

@@BlownMacTruck You're wrong! Totally! Absolutely! 10,000% wrong! First off, the LAPD has lost $150 million dollars a year from their annual budget for the last 6 years. The funds were allocated to fund more local community social workers offices! You know, ransom money lest that certain kind does not riot, loot, and burn the city down. AGAIN! Furthermore, abd as part of the agreement, and on top the financial cuts, the LAPD lost 1,000 police officer positions. The strength of the LAPD went down from 10,000 to 9,000! Currently, the strength of the LAPD is at about 8,500 sworn police officers! So yet again I ask, "And how's all that defunding the police thing working out for you NOW?"

[@user-ts7ns7bt2v]

@@BlownMacTruckyou all but demoralized it and lost 20-50% of actual cops on the job so where’s the non defunded budget get spent You ended policing for the time being. Just enjoy the fruits of it. It is what you wanted only you wanted even more or say less fuzzing

[@billyyank5807]

1:35 many people with mental issues deny services. And unless they are a threat to others or themselves nothing can be done. You can't force people into help.

[@Oooooouuu-baby]

Newsomes California… They said “crime is subsiding” 😂😂😂😂 you have got to be kidding me! Not a single person believes that LIE!

[@aaronmartin6634]

If only there was an Amendment that could second the motion of self defense

[@WindwardToEden]

Sounds like there is some serious corruption at the top.

[@yackawaytube]

You think criminals check who the President is before committing a crime?

[@robertpresha9504]

Biden making America great again. 😊

[@thomasmontalvo310]

Why they fired black and Osborne… kinda sus firing people who actually gives a F about safety

[@Abcdefghijk920]

Any other westernized country has a lot of security in their underground subway sites. Why we don’t here? Geee I wonder

[@christopher7824]

A certain Hungarian billionaire is determined to turn every poor and working-class American community into a lawless hellscape.

[@yeah_yeahwhatever]

American cities? Hmm, how many cities? Because it only seems like a few and they're consistent problem areas due to state politics.

[@AlexHand]

"No one should worry that the person sitting next to them has a deadly weapon." -Kathy Hochul In other words, she wants everyone to be as defenseless and pathetic as she is and she's happy to be a mouthpiece for disarming the public. Meanwhile criminals continue to be violent and normal people have no way to defend themselves. She should be in prison for life.

[@hdrake1000]

May God bless and protect those many New Yorkers that have to take the subway most everyday.

[@kandydavins]

Bidenomics is awesome people!

[@deandrebuggs3494]

So LA Metro wants the Deputy Chief of Safety and Security as just a show of them trying to fix the system but don't actually want them to ask the employees who have first hand knowledge of the problems question, nor want them to actually suggest solutions? That's some Boeing logic right there😂

[@vxy357]

Yep! They're just windows dressing.

[@joemiller9931]

Government: Let's be soft on crime and give people probation and give them a slap on the wrist and a second and a third and a hundredth chance and just put them through a revolving door with no accountability or consequences. Also Government: Why is there an increase in violent crime? DUH DUH DUH DUH DUHHHHHH DOYYYYYY!

[@adanr2389]

Those ambassadors are useless. The same with some of the private security. They all just hang out and do nothing.

[@Just-Human]

Biden's America

[@antoniohernandez8802]

Supongo qué será la falta de costumbre de compartir el espacio público.

[@jaad9848]

Violent crime as a whole has been going down lookup the stats hence why the headline isnt "American cities dealing with increased violent crime" instead of "American cities dealing with increased violent crime on mass transit systems"

[@Tomorrison28]

They're cooking the books.

[@jaad9848]

@@Tomorrison28 You know damn well if it was going in the direction you believed based on anecdotal evidence at best you would think they were the gospel

[@ericrydman7098]

In some ways, I feel bad for these people. On the other hand, I want them all to stay where they are and not come to where I am. Sorry.

[@vincentgiordano2130]

The biggest problem, at least here in New York, is that we have too many repeat offenders being released back onto the streets. The amount of times that I've heard on the news of a person with 13 prior arrests who violently assaulted an innocent person being released without bail is more than I can count. The State's bail laws have exacerbated the issue, but the city's DAs are also not blameless.

[@Rest65432]

COTA only has cameras but no undercover police on its buses. Bus drivers cannot fight any attacker nor carry self defense. They have to just take it.

[@petuniaraining]

Not just US, Toronto is pretty sketch too.

[@casparcoaster1936]

People w/ deadly weapons are safer than those without

[@AthenaSaints]

2:14, you can put as much law enforcement officers on the ground as you want, it will not work if the people getting arrested get released the next day. 6:14, I am sure L.A. will clean itself up before the Olympic, the real question is, what happens after the Olympic is over?

[@BlownMacTruck]

Is this English or did you fail that in foreign agent troll school?

[@mellsrod4820]

Security guards on train platforms are non-existent especially in the LA metro, voilà! There’s your answer !

[@Korloko]

I’m pretty sure a bus weighs more than 4600 lbs 😂. That’s how much a light pickup truck weighs.

[@devonforsure260]

Cant do anything about it. I just drive as much as i can and stay away from as much gridlock as i can too.

[@alieng9989]

Welcome to Joe Biden’s America

[@slapshot68]

If he wins again, the Olympic gms should be moved out of America! open borders, terrorists on our country? Absolutely not! That has disaster written all over it! We need Trump back!

[@FrankRoque3.0]

But crime was going down?👽

[@user-hr1rh4nl6k]

and there's attacks on post office carriers..... too much free bail and repeat offenders....one strike and you should be jailed. take care of good working citizens

[@clearlynotwoke4929]

Why not call out the race of the majority of these people and do your job as a news source?

[@xwrtk]

It doesn’t matter who vote for. Mass transit crime is a problem in unaffiliated, democrat, Republican, independent run, etc cites.

[@selenasimmons6653]

The bus operator is right..they have to manage the safety of everyone around them...more officer support is needed for all systems...it used to be interesting to have the different musicians come around & play (NYC) but it's gotten so bad this can't happen anymore...and as expensive it's become riding public transit the money is not adding up to the product quality

[@conner_b_griften]

Make Paul Kersey Great Again

[@Scifi4life]

Thats what happens when you defund the police and praise criminals.

[@PraveenSriram]

I so had that I don’t use 🚌 buses and public transport. Im grateful that I can afford a vehicle 🚗.

[@stephenforbesjr8187]

You are allowed to smoke fentynol on the RTD bus in Denver.

[@arxvphoto809]

PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE NY MTA NEXT!!!

[@funkmachine9094]

its the same in the metro in paris. its a crazy place

[@ianmcbride3100]

Gee I wonder why?

[@Rest65432]

I ride the CMAX to work and there's some aggressive acting people on it but they dont usually bother me. In fact they avoid me.

[@jcamph2o]

I wouldn’t mind more gates that restrict access without using the tap card. Right now it’s basically a mobile homeless shelter

[@hi-tych]

This is why i ride my scooter from work. Because it's bad in nyc too.

[@PG-tc6os]

Minute 3:00 sounds like a liberal heaven 😂😂 we in Florida don’t joke around 😂😂

[@DRAKKENFIRE22]

Specifically, it’s mostly Democrat led cities nationwide with this problem. Democrat mayors keep saying crime has significantly decreased, and then you hear about how crime significantly increased. Constant lies. As always, they keep recommending the same failed solutions, but consistently avoid talking about increased punishments.

[@Wookie_Goldberg]

Who is doing this??

[@geraldarnoult]

Mostly Americans requardless of color

[@ccahua]

Who's Safety? Transit Executive Job Safety appears to be Priority #1

[@FinneousFogg-ix6vr]

And the Demos want you to ditch the car and take the bus!

[@CallMeNumber8]

Diversity powers unlocked 🌟

[@lizzieb6311]

Not “ American” cities …DEMOCRAT CITIES…get it right.

[@brettwitzel]

Ivy thinks a city bus weighs 4,600 lbs. No wonder she isn’t a bud driver anymore. She has no clue how much a city bus even weighs

[@bradvincet1848]

California can't address reality.

[@flutebasket4294]

1:34 Hey, nice hat

[@gambit_toys6554]

the powers want this crime on purpose. it's their goal.

[@ThatGuy68580]

They're not dealing with it at all. Maybe they say they are but that doesn't mean they actually are.

[@xcreenplay7264]

If there is no crime, how will corrupt politicians make money🤫🤫🤫

[@marccarp6034]

At the 2:00 mark is the bullshit that led to this problem in the first place.

[@markwilliam4376]

4,600 lb buses? Just a little off.

[@HenggaoCai]

New York deployed the National Guard.

[@drumpfisidiot5021]

How about placing security on the actual train....

[@duckmercy11]

I dunno about other cities but NYC has 462 stations with multiple trains, and each train has up to 10 cars that easily get crowded. You'd need a very expensive army to patrol all trains at all times.

[@drumpfisidiot5021]

@@duckmercy11 It's an annual increase in $354 million to taxpayers in NY. Yes, it is expensive, unfortunately that's the cost of keeping society safe.

[@Intruc3]

They don't fear the consequences.

[@investined]

The transit cops in my city increased but all they do is sit away from turn stalks so people still sneak in

[@nerdygamerguy8378]

Thank your liberals

[@batman4y2k]

In my experience, there is only one demographic that causes 99% of the metro violence i have witnessed.

[@muggsyaxton8085]

I wonder why...? Oh, right. You voted for it.

[@rodgerrabbit2955]

New York needs Paul Kersey back.....

[@vxy357]

And also Bernie Geotz.

[@branstark3557]

Hmmm I wonder why

[@agileninjanerd]

Voting has consequences

[@NYCJoeBlack]

@@agileninjanerd- Yes they do, which is why you do not vote for Trump/Republican! With him in office, crime will rise! The crime I am talking about is racist criminal activity in addition to all other crime that tends to happen no matter who is in office!

[@markfrombrooklyn]

Why are we paying taxes if the police and judges and attorney general aren't doing their jobs?

[@JdeC1994]

When most Americans see a video about trouble on public transportation, they think, "I'm sure glad that I never take public transportation, and never will." When most Americans see a video about trouble involving vehicles, they think...nothing. (0:17) Should that incident also dampen our enthusiasm for owning vehicles? 🧐🤔

[@davidpulido2942]

Keep voting Blue and these progressive District Attorneys. I live in California, and they don't believe in prosecuting criminals. 😅😅😅

[@merlinsteele6840]

Your problem isn’t the deadly weapon by itself governor, it’s the ones handling them.

[@BuddahHass2360]

The justice system sucks as well as the police and the governor of these states..

[@airwriq]

The social fabric is fraying. Police will have to police the transit system otherwise an expensive tragedy is going to bite them in the end. Homeless suicides on the MTA rails are common.

[@fenmiao3bi4zheng]

13 percent

[@notsure3535]

Meanwhile if they interviewed joe he would say crime is down and abc news wouldnt call him out. Smh.