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California Gov. Gavin Newsom clarified this week that when he called criminals accused of stealing packages from cargo trains in the state “gangs of people” he wasn\u2019t implying the thefts were gang-related. <\/p>\n
“This is not one-off,” Newsom said in a news conference near Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Los Angeles on Thursday, according to the Washington Times. “This is organized theft. These are organized gangs of people that are coming out.”<\/p>\n
“Forgive me for saying \u2018gangs,\u2019 that\u2019s not a pejorative,” he clarified. “They\u2019re organized groups of folks that move from site to site.”<\/p>\n
“Forgive me for saying \u2018gangs.’ \u2026 They\u2019re organized groups of folks that move from site to site.”<\/p>\n
The governor announced a multi-agency effort to deter theft, hold perpetrators accountable and clean up the railroad tracks. He said the thieves could be charged under organized crime laws, which would carry harsher penalties, according to FOX 5 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
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\n California Gov. Gavin Newsom visits a Union Pacific railroad site on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is infamous for its street gangs. <\/p>\n “When there\u2019s more attention, a bright light on one site, they move to the next site,” Newsom added, according to the Times. “While these folks are arrested as if they\u2019re individuals that are not connected to the whole, and we need to change that.”<\/p>\n \n Men look over a railing at a Union Pacific railroad site on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, in Los Angeles. Newsom was also criticized for saying the trash along the tracks created by the looting looked like a “third world country.”<\/p>\n Conservatives placed blame on the governor for supporting Democratic policies that they claimed have led to lawlessness. <\/p>\n “Look in the mirror Gavin,” former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, who challenged Newsom in last year’s recall election, tweeted. <\/p>\n
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