From: stephen@sprunk.org

On 21-Apr-14 13:43, Sancho Panza wrote:
> On 4/21/2014 12:13 PM, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>> On 17-Apr-14 12:27, Sancho Panza wrote:
>>> Once on scene, Ross said she and Targ were ordered by Rail General
>>> Manager Luke McCaul to get off the tracks. Ross said they were told
>>> they were trespassing even after the two identified themselves as
>>> Westford officials;
>>
>> Even if the fire chief did have jurisdiction under state law to
>> investigate the accident (not claimed in the article, and probably
>> preempted by federal law anyway), the city manager did not and was
>> therefore trespassing after being ordered to leave.
>
> Maybe impersonating first responders and law enforcement is more
> commonplace elsewhere. Not so much in the Northeast, though. Not to
> mention that the penalties, to say the least, are severe.

The point is that a random railroad employee had no way to determine
whether their claims were valid; all he knew was that he had two
trespassers on the railroad's property, which he properly reported to
the railroad police.

>>> she added Police Chief Tom McEnaney then called to inform her he was
>>> contacted by Boston and Maine Railroad Police for reports of
>>> trespassers near the cars.
>>
>> So, contrary to your claim above, the railroad employee _did_ call the
>> railroad police to report the trespassers, who then apparently put in a
>> mutual-aid call to the local police.
>
> That is a problem with the reportage of The Times. A not uncommon failing.

No, it's a problem with you making bullshit claims that are contradicted
by your own sources.

S

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