RTD union calls Denver Union Station a ‘lawless hellhole’

[SVPete]

RTD union calls Denver Union Station a ‘lawless hellhole’

https://kdvr.com/news/local/rtd-union-calls-denver-union-station-a-lawless-hellhole/

DENVER (KDVR) — Trash, drug use and violence out in the open at Union Station’s RTD train and bus stops have employees demanding something be done about it.

The union representing 2,000 workers for RTD and First Transit, RTD’s largest fixed-route contractor, alerted the community of the conditions in a Wednesday press release, calling Union Station a “lawless hellhole.”

“It’s not safe to come to work when you have to inhale smoke from drug pipes,” the union said. They join riders and even some who are homeless in calling for action.

Union Station is a staple of downtown Denver transportation and services shuttle buses, light rails and commuter and Amtrak trains. According to the union, RTD passengers and employees in recent months have faced loiterers, encampments and illegal drug use while boarding buses, trains and light rail.

Denver's mayor has the unmagic brown D after his name, unsurprisingly. Let me guess ... the DA is one of many who declines to prosecute certain types of crimes, especially when committed by certain PC demographic group members. Guessing further ... the RTD union (the organization, not necessarily every member) supported the election of that mayor and DA who are not doing one of their most basic duties.

[Eupher]

Reminds me of the time in the mid-80s I visited the men's room in the Frankfurt (Germany) Hauptbahnhof. As I turned away from the urinal, I saw a guy stagger out of a stall with a needle stuck in his arm. 

Needless to say, I got the hell out of there.