Posted on 03/07/2011 12:45:57 PM PST by wac3rd
A 47-year-old San Jose man was severely injured Friday night when a group of nine to 15 people robbed and attacked him at the Redwood City Caltrain station, authorities said.
Late Saturday, the man remained hospitalized in critical condition, said Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn.
She said the man was waiting for a southbound train when he was attacked about 7:30 p.m. and then left on the ground at the station. The assailants fled before police arrived.
"This is a very unusual situation," Dunn said. "We have almost 40,000 riders a day who have every reason to feel safe while riding Caltrain."
Dunn said the station near downtown Redwood City is adjacent to a shopping center and is also a major bus transit point served by SamTrans buses. "So there is a lot of foot traffic in the station coming and going at all times of the day," she said. "At 7:30, there would be people around."
Dunn said some Caltrain stations have surveillance cameras, but she did not know whether the Redwood City station has any such equipment.
There was no description of any of the assailants, but San Mateo County Transit Police investigators are following leads, including reports of a white compact car seen leaving the scene, she said.
Caltrain officials say they have beefed up security at the Redwood City station.
Anyone who may have witnessed the assault may contact detective Victor Lopez of the San Mateo County Transit Police at (650) 622-8048.
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Amen. The old “legend” of the Texas Ranger facing a mob comes to mind. One mob, one Ranger, one shotgun.
From a buddy who lives very close by:
“Probably a mexican gang from the high school. The train station is across from Sequoia high school, a fairly bad local high school. Beautiful campus that’s wasted on many of the students.”
Redwood City has a large illegal immigrant population. Though the real estate prices are stupid expensive, there are some seedy areas.
It wasn't an act of terror, either, if you catch my drift.
Thanks!!
I've not heard of Mexicans doing this sort thing. Not saying it doesn't happen, but every incident I've read about involves blacks*.
*Pet peeve - I understand that "Amish" is a code word for blacks, but it strikes me as giving in to the PC police to use that term. Crime and gang attacks are mostly committed by BLACKS, and we should not be shy about pointing it out.
(Rant not directed at your post, FP)
Blacks make up ~8% of the population of Redwood City, while Hispanics make up ~52%. The only place with a large black population in that part of the Bay Area is E. Palo Alto.
Knowing the area, I also would suspect Mexican gangs or gang-wannabes.
I expected the same thing, and thought the “take” of a long time area resident interesting, especially since it was opposite both of our expectations. He lives in RWC proper.
And on your rant, there have been mod deletions at some point. I don’t disagree with you. I’m not sure where the line is, and don’t know if that is the reason for the use of “Amish”. And depending on context, Amish can also mean durka-durkas on FR.
This does seem like the type of crimes you get when you start emptying out your prisons, so as to protect the BLOATED pensions and benefits of school teachers.
Glad I live Texas, we’d rather have the teacher make do with a bit less money, then let huge numbers of FELONS out of jail.
WOW! Now that would be an exciting train ride.
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