From: stephen@sprunk.org

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.

> 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.

S

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