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Former FBI deputy director Dan Bongino told Will Cain on Fox News that the steady rise of violent attacks on trains and transit systems has become a national crisis that preys on everyday Americans trying to get to work. His blunt description — calling the behavior a plague on our communities — reflects a frustration that millions of commuters feel when cities fail to protect basic public safety.
Across the country we are seeing the same reports: slashing and stabbing incidents, people shoved onto subway tracks, and brazen thefts from moving freight that disrupt supply lines and threaten livelihoods. Local law-enforcement feeds and neighborhood reporting in major cities like New York show recurring attacks on trains and platforms that have not been fully turned back by the hollow policies of permissive prosecutors.
Los Angeles provides a stark example of what happens when deterrence disappears: freight cars have been repeatedly breached and packages looted in broad daylight, leaving rail lines littered with stolen goods and inviting more lawlessness. When rail carriers warn they may reroute trains rather than trust the local criminal-justice system to prosecute thieves, you know the problem has metastasized into a public-safety emergency.
This explosion of transit crime is not a mystery — it is the predictable consequence of policies that reward recidivism and minimize punishment for chronic offenders. Elected officials who shrug and say jail is inhumane while shop owners and commuters pay the price are choosing ideology over safety; Americans deserve prosecutors and judges who will back the police and keep dangerous repeat criminals off the street.
There are common-sense, proven steps to fix this mess: put more trained officers back on platforms and along freight routes, restore meaningful bail and sentencing for repeat violent offenders, and empower transit agencies to deploy cameras and rapid-response teams so criminals face immediate arrest and prosecution. Cities that have invested in visible policing and technology have seen crime fall and riders return; law and order works when leaders actually enforce it.
Washington cannot sit on the sidelines while our trains become hunting grounds for thugs and thieves. Federal help — from tougher penalties for cargo theft to stronger support for victim restitution and transit security grants — is appropriate when local political experiments with leniency turn public infrastructure into prey. Conservatives should demand accountability from officials who tolerate this chaos and push for pragmatic, forceful remedies.
The choice is clear: either we restore the rule of law and make public transit safe again, or we keep losing ground to criminals emboldened by soft-on-crime politics. Hardworking Americans who ride the rails deserve better than excuses; they deserve leaders who will stand up, secure our trains, punish repeat offenders, and put safety back in the hands of the people who keep our country moving.
