WEB Notes: Someone making a bomb threat now equals a militarized police presence and your bags being searched if you wish to use the subway system. How America was fooled by a so called war on terror that reduced our freedoms and gave us this new standard of fear to live under.
At the Universal City station, a sign warned riders they would not be allowed to use the Red Line subway system to downtown L.A. without their bags being searched.
Uniformed deputies were not visible on a northbound Red Line train or at stops en route to Universal City, although McDonell said plainclothes officers would likely be riding trains as well. Deputies in full tactical gear, some carrying rifles and others flanked by dogs, were seen at the Universal City and North Hollywood stations.
Source: No evidence to verify bomb threat on L.A.’s subway system, investigators conclude – LA Times
“Deputies in full tactical gear, some carrying rifles and others flanked by dogs, were seen at the Universal City and North Hollywood stations.”
Take my word for it… this is hardly uncommon in that hellhole L.A.
Not even at the railway stations. Seen it before.