WCCO cameras capture flagrant drug use on Metro Transit light rail trains



David Schuman gives us an up-close look at what longtime riders say has gotten out of control.

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45 thoughts on “WCCO cameras capture flagrant drug use on Metro Transit light rail trains”

  1. Is this supposed to be something new or surprising? I suppose to the real housewives of Edina or North Oaks that are really clueless to the regular daily ongoing of Minneapolis fine public transportation system this comes as real shocker for them to talk about at little Tanners golf practice tomorrow morning.

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  2. welcome to the hotel metro transit, it's such a fucked up place, it's such a fucked up place – we're such a fucked up race. There's plenty of drugs on the hotel metro transit, any time of year, any time of year – you can buy them there. Her mind is methamphetamine twisted, she's got the bugs from the bed. she's got a lot of tweaking-tweaking boys – that she calls friends….

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  3. MN says they can't do anything about homeless people living on the trains because they pay their fares. Have any of us EVER seen a homeless person pay or swipe? (Ans: NO) We all know that's a lie. The ridership increase. We know that's a lie too. They also say they don't want to do anything because it would discriminate against black people. Honk if you're tired of them pulling the black card every time to justify making life harder for black people and everybody else too.

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  4. I mean theres always been a lot of homeless people on the lightrail and everyone knew after a certain hour at night youd likely find a car with people smoking. But its now just out in the open during the daytime. I mean, people are overflowing from the encampments especially since a lot get shut down and those people gotta migrate somewhere.

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  5. I thought the open air drug use was isolated to the west coast. The pandemic and the prison reforms, it no longer seems like consequences of variables but rather a calculated planning to destabilize the country

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  6. So you can't fix it. Other than rush hour it is too messed up to ride. You don't want to wait at the Franklin or Lake street stations. Not safe. Busses not much better. Lots of compassion for the homeless but what about people with no other resources that just want to live, get to work, etc., you know, contributing citizens. You can't get police to answer calls so why should MTC be different.

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  7. Please put a wall around Seattle, LA, Chicago, NY, etc….keep your democrat cities out of sight….. Get the police out and watch them live like the animals they are.

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  8. the lack of people on the rail system has given people the empty space to use drugs. Before the pandemic, the drug users waited till the last routes of the night. When the twins are playing at home and the trains are packed, ya'll notice how it doesn't smell like burning crack.

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  9. Yeah, get rid of them bums I don't even like to sit down when I'm on the train bcuz so many bums sleep on the seats after sleeping who knows where

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  10. Funny thing is in minnesota every one complains about this amd that no one votes to be rid of this shizz just keep voting the same people in office see where it gets yah

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  11. Stop giving them Narcan. Arrest them or force them into a rehab center, but defunding the police and ignoring the problem is rotting the city at its core. MSP is on the path of Seattle, S.F., and Portland. Just a matter of time before the rot is irreversible.

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  12. Mo Fo's Blazing up.

    I've heard about Metro Transit's issue with Drugs & Crime & Homeless & Mentally ill, come to L.A. & see Our Version of this Cesspool Shit on our Trains, as well as Busses.😡

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  13. On the way to a United match from St Paul my wife and I were witness to people smoking pot, crack, also people playing loud music and one dude screaming nonsensical stuff in our car. On the way back every platform stop had junkies smoking crack or selling. Didn’t realize the Twin cities were so screwed up. Wow!

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