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.   
      
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