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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