If I ran America, I’d have the guy shot. It just takes one bad apple to ruin things for thousands of people. Best not to have these types around.
Los Angeles Times: An hours-long standoff Thursday between police and a man with an apparent grudge against commuters is continuing to disrupt light rail service in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Standing atop a train in San Jose, the man refused to come down and told Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies he “wants to mess up the commute for everyone,” KGO-TV reported. Bay Area news stations have reported that the man spat at officers and had fallen asleep at one point during the more than nine-hour standoff.
Sheriff’s officials told KTVU-TV that they planned to wait the man out. Authorities were trying to negotiate with the man.
A train operator first spotted the man on the tracks just after 1 a.m. The man then apparently climbed onto the roof of the train and has remained there since early Thursday.
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority reported “major light rail service impacts” near North 1st Street and Component Drive.
“This activity prevents us from getting trains into service north of Metro station,” train service said in a statement.
