LA engineer derailed train near USNS Mercy over ‘conspiracy theory’

pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
Uhhhh .... OK. Oh, and there's a charge on the books specifically for 'train wrecking' ? Go figure.


https://nypost.com/2020/04/01/engin...eory/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

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A Los Angeles train engineer was arrested Wednesday for allegedly derailing a locomotive at high speed near the Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy — believing a conspiracy theory that the government is covering up the vessel’s true purpose, federal authorities said.

Eduardo Moreno, 44, of San Pedro, is accused of ramming the locomotive through two barriers at the end of a tracks Tuesday and coming to rest in a gravel lot (above) about 250 yards from the hospital ship, according to the Department of Justice.

Nobody was injured. A nearby California Highway Patrol officer witnessed the crash.

The officer reported seeing “the train smash into a concrete barrier at the end of the track, smash into a steel barrier, smash into a chain-link fence, slide through a parking lot, slide across another lot filled with gravel, and smash into a second chain-link fence.”

When confronted, Moreno allegedly told Los Angeles Port Police that he thought the Mercy was being used for something other than helping hospitals with the overflow of overflow of patients from hospitals dealing with coronavirus.

“You only get this chance once. The whole world is watching,” Moreno said, according to an arrest affidavit. “I had to. People don’t know what’s going on here. Now they will.”

He also allegedly told the FBI that he did it to “wake people up”

He said he “thought that the ship was suspicious and did not believe it was “what they say it’s for,” according to the feds.

He was charged with one count of train-wrecking.
 

wwkirk

Divine
Poor sap didn't realize that train can't run without tracks.

On a more serious note, he should be charged with terrorism.
 

pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
Poor sap didn't realize that train can't run without tracks.

On a more serious note, he should be charged with terrorism.

He needs a checkup from the neck up. And this dork was driving it regularly to begin with? Eeeee.

Wonder what he thought that ship was doing and how the destroying train revealed its true purpose.
 

wwkirk

Divine
He needs a checkup from the neck up. And this dork was driving it regularly to begin with? Eeeee.

Wonder what he thought that ship was doing and how the destroying train revealed its true purpose.
An interesting thing about the incident is the specificity of the crime he was charged with: "train-wrecking"

Who knew that was even a thing?
 

Tate

Honorable
My Question is why Derail a Train when your beef is with a Ship? Seems like those are two different things.... That would be like me sating the US Helios are in a giant conspiracy so i went out and shot all the Tesla Cyber Trucks...
 

Standingstones

Celestial
We shouldn’t be too shocked when more and more people begin to lose a grip on reality during the Corona times. Check back at the end of the year to see how many people unraveled.
 

wwkirk

Divine
An interesting thing about the incident is the specificity of the crime he was charged with: "train-wrecking"

Who knew that was even a thing?
I still haven't found the particular law, but here's a little more info.
Locomotive Engineer Derailed Train to Wreck Navy Hospital Ship Mercy Over Coronavirus Suspicions, Feds Say
Eduardo Moreno, 44, of San Pedro was charged with one count under a little known federal statute of train wrecking, which carries a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in the incident which took place Tuesday, according to the 10-page criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
 

Tate

Honorable
We shouldn’t be too shocked when more and more people begin to lose a grip on reality during the Corona times. Check back at the end of the year to see how many people unraveled.

All I am saying is, The news Left out a LARGE middle section as to why Dude attacked a Train. But is mad at a Ship....
 

Tate

Honorable
Also before you say it i know Trains load and unload off ships... But why only attack one train that was carring one container.... If you are going to do that... Then why not multiple points in the tracks... and block off shipments all together... Why only that one? it does not make sense from a Tactical standpoint. Hmm... maybe its best i do not put my self into the mind of this guy... So... i am going to drop it for now and maybe try to figure out the conspiracy that set this guy off. Out of sure curiosity i need to find it.
 

Tate

Honorable
Sooo... Spent Time on regular net doing searches and on deep net... No warning, No Manifesto, No USNS Mercy Conspiracy's... Nothing leading up to or as a reason why... Beside guy simply said "it is a Government take over ploy"... I am pretty sure this is a one off of a sick guy. Not something a bunch of people can find and then it become a thing to attack trains... When i went to 8Chan they had changed it to 8Kun and a bunch of file dumps was gone but no Manifesto or Forethought was on there about this... anyway, did the research out of boredom. If there is anything you guys find let me know. More out of morbid curiosity then actual interest into it...
 

pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
Yup. Kook - but a very determined one. Imagine the screenings he had to pass to be driving it in the first place. Seems he went off the rails long before the train did.

Made me wonder about MH370. Being plain old nuts might explain a lot. Like Germanwings 9525
 

wwkirk

Divine
Here's the law:
1999 US Code :: Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE :: PART I - CRIMES :: CHAPTER 97 - RAILROADS :: Sec. 1992 - Wrecking trains
1999 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 97 - RAILROADS
Sec. 1992 - Wrecking trains


§1992. Wrecking trains

(a) Whoever willfully derails, disables, or wrecks any train, engine, motor unit, or car used, operated, or employed in interstate or foreign commerce by any railroad; or


Whoever willfully sets fire to, or places any explosive substance on or near, or undermines any tunnel, bridge, viaduct, trestle, track, signal, station, depot, warehouse, terminal, or any other way, structure, property, or appurtenance used in the operation of any such railroad in interstate or foreign commerce, or otherwise makes any such tunnel, bridge, viaduct, trestle, track, signal, station, depot, warehouse, terminal, or any other way, structure, property, or appurtenance unworkable or unusable or hazardous to work or use, with the intent to derail, disable, or wreck a train, engine, motor unit, or car used, operated, or employed in interstate or foreign commerce; or


Whoever willfully attempts to do any of the aforesaid acts or things—


Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.


(b) Whoever is convicted of a violation of subsection (a) that has resulted in the death of any person, shall be subject also to the death penalty or to imprisonment for life.


Whoever is convicted of any such violation involving a train that, at the time the violation occurred, carried high-level radioactive waste (as that term is defined in section 2(12) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(12))) or spent nuclear fuel (as that term is defined in section 2(23) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(23))), shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for any term or 1 years not less than 30, or for life.


(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 794; Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, §60003(a)(8), title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1969, 2147; Pub. L. 104–88, title IV, §402(b), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 955.)
 
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