The family of Nia Wilson, the teenager killed on a San Francisco Bay Area train platform last year, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the transit agency on Friday, arguing that it’s not doing enough to ensure riders’ safety. The lawsuit, which was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, alleges that better security in the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system would prevent fare evaders from entering train platforms. “Plaintiffs contend that Nia Wilson’s death was not a horrific anomaly, but rather the result of a serious and endemic public safety problem,” the lawsuit states. Wilson, 18, was fatally stabbed while standing at a BART station with her sister in Oakland last July. Though there was widespread speculation that Cowell attacked Wilson because she was black, he has not been charged with a hate crime.

Source: Huffington Post April 13, 2019 00:11 UTC