The LA Metro refused to hire needed security. Instead, they hired blazer wearing “Ambassadors” with no security training or degrees in social work or psychology. These folks were people in need of a job—and got one. Thanks to the incompetence of Metro, a train rider was stabbed and killed.
“Rodriguez died at a hospital after the stabbing. Nash is charged with murder, but he is not a defendant in the underlying civil suit in which the Rodriguez family alleges Metro and the city of Los Angeles were no longer enforcing loitering laws at many Metro stations. The Rodriguez suit states the stabbing occurred at or near the Pershing Square and that the allegedly lax enforcement there encouraged transients and the mentally ill to loiter or stay for long periods at the stations and allowed them to intimidate passengers.
The Rodriguez suit also faults the city and Metro for allegedly not having enough security officers and surveillance cameras on platforms as well as more personnel in passenger cars.
Money originally allocated for more security on Metro was diverted to allow the hiring of transit ambassadors who are not sufficiently trained in law enforcement, the Rodriguez suit states.”
Neither the Metro nor the Ambassadors enforced the loitering laws, did not make any arrests or stopped any crimes—they just looked good in their blazers. They were a joke—now someone is dead.
LA files lawsuit against Metro stemming from 2023 deadly stabbing
By City News Service , 12/27/24 https://abc7.com/post/la-files-lawsuit-metro-stemming-2023-deathly-stabbing/15716410/
The city of Los Angeles has filed a cross-complaint against Metro stemming from the killing of a 23-year-old passenger who was stalked and stabbed without provocation aboard a Metro B Line train in 2023.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The city of Los Angeles has filed a cross-complaint against Metro stemming from the killing of a 23-year-old passenger who was stalked and stabbed without provocation aboard a Metro B (Red) Line train in downtown Los Angeles in 2023.
The attack occurred at 5:20 p.m. Sept. 7, 2023, when Randy Lamale Nash allegedly approached Jesse Michael Rodriguez, pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the chest, the Los Angeles Police Department previously stated.
The underlying Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit was brought against Metro and the city of Los Angeles on Sept. 19 by Rodriguez’s mother, 72-year-old Katherine M. Rodriguez, and Edward Quezada, who adopted Jesse Rodriguez at age 2.
The city’s cross-complaint, brought Tuesday, seeks a judicial determination that Metro was the legal cause of any injuries and damages sustained by Jesse Rodriguez and that Metro compensate the city, wholly or in part, for any damages Katherine Rodriguez may recover against the city.
On Nov. 25, Metro brought a similar indemnification cross-complaint against Nash.
Rodriguez died at a hospital after the stabbing. Nash is charged with murder, but he is not a defendant in the underlying civil suit in which the Rodriguez family alleges Metro and the city of Los Angeles were no longer enforcing loitering laws at many Metro stations. The Rodriguez suit states the stabbing occurred at or near the Pershing Square and that the allegedly lax enforcement there encouraged transients and the mentally ill to loiter or stay for long periods at the stations and allowed them to intimidate passengers.
The Rodriguez suit also faults the city and Metro for allegedly not having enough security officers and surveillance cameras on platforms as well as more personnel in passenger cars.
Money originally allocated for more security on Metro was diverted to allow the hiring of transit ambassadors who are not sufficiently trained in law enforcement, the Rodriguez suit states.
This is a great example of DEI at its finest!