From: ahk@chinet.com

Stephen Sprunk  wrote:
>On 16-Apr-14 08:58, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>conklin  wrote:

>>>It seems that when local officials tried to look into a derailment
>>>in Westford, MA, they were threatened with arrest.

>>So what? The town manager and fire chief would have told the police
>>that they were there to investigate the incident and determine what
>>local emergency response was necessary, and wouldn't have been
>>arrested.

>They might have been questioned by the feds, but I doubt they would have
>been arrested for asking questions themselves.  OTOH, "look into" might
>mean more than just asking questions.

What are you babbling about? No railroad calls FBI on a trespassing complaint.

>>Any company official can make a police report for trespass, but that
>>doesn't mean someone would have been arrested. If you don't want to
>>be intimidated, don't let yourself be intimidated.

>>It's not like these two people wouldn't have been known to their own
>>police department.

>But they wouldn't be "known" or "untouchable" to railroad police or
>federal agents; they'd be potential terrorists.

Last I looked, making a false police report is still a felony.

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