Engineer crashes LA train near U.S. Navy hospital ship deliberately, prosecutor says

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Engineer crashes LA train near U.S. Navy hospital ship deliberately, prosecutor says

 

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(Reuters) Prosecutors say the engineer derailed his train near the U.S Navy hospital ship, Mercy, in Los Angeles because he believed coronavirus and the hospital are part of a government plot.

 

He is said to have told police “You only get this chance once. The whole world is watching. I had to. People don’t know what’s going on here. Now they will.” He faces up to 20 years in jail.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-04-03

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[pacovl46]

Wow!

[El Guapo]

Talk about throwing away a nice job.

[Chomper Higgot]

This follows he guy last week who was arrested for trying to bomb a hospital.

[metisdead]

6 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

This follows he guy last week who was arrested for trying to bomb a hospital.

 

Link?

[Chomper Higgot]

4 minutes ago, metisdead said:

 

Link?

Forgive me, he wasn’t ‘arrested’ he was killed in a shootout with the Feds:

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52045958

[TopDeadSenter]

I fully understand how he was brainwashed , but I really hope he gets the full 20 year sentence for this. I was just saying yesterday how one half of the American political divide is hoping and trying for as much corona-chaos as possible, which prompted a disbelieving chorus of show me proof. Well, here ya go!

[tifino]

 a derailed mind 

 

 

seemed to think what with all the planets problems

 - the ButtStopped , with him?

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, TopDeadSenter said:

I fully understand how he was brainwashed , but I really hope he gets the full 20 year sentence for this. I was just saying yesterday how one half of the American political divide is hoping and trying for as much corona-chaos as possible, which prompted a disbelieving chorus of show me proof. Well, here ya go!

I don’t recall you mentioning which half.

 

Regardless, let’s wait to see what motivated this individual and what affiliations/views he subscribes to.

 

That said, I suspect you are correct about a brainwashing.

[Tug]

Another nut job I’m waiting to see some religious nutter declare it’s the rapture 

[LomSak27]

Another Comet Ping Pong Pizzagate type?!  ..........................   Place your bets.

 

Apparently, Moreno believes in a conspiracy theory that the coronavirus crisis is a hoax being deployed to cover for a shadowy takeover of the government.

 

uh huh, ok, bets are running in favor of right wing wack job at 4 to 1. 

 

 

Edited April 3, 2020 by LomSak27

[Matzzon]

Just another doomsday US guy that promotes the country.

[jimmybcool]

44 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

I fully understand how he was brainwashed , but I really hope he gets the full 20 year sentence for this. I was just saying yesterday how one half of the American political divide is hoping and trying for as much corona-chaos as possible, which prompted a disbelieving chorus of show me proof. Well, here ya go!

I think anything close to half of Americans wanting more corona chaos is way out of the ball park.  There are always a few nutters on both ends of the political spectrum that believe conspiracies and want the revolution to begin.  But they are a tiny percentage.

[webfact]

 

[lannarebirth]

58 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

I fully understand how he was brainwashed , but I really hope he gets the full 20 year sentence for this. I was just saying yesterday how one half of the American political divide is hoping and trying for as much corona-chaos as possible, which prompted a disbelieving chorus of show me proof. Well, here ya go!

Certainly those showing up to church on Sunday would fall into this group. I doubt they number 50% of the population though.

[metisdead]

Off topic trolling posts and replies have been removed. 

 

This topic is not about the assassination of JFK. 

[Tropposurfer]

2 hours ago, Tug said:

Another nut job I’m waiting to see some religious nutter declare it’s the rapture 

Well said Tug. I'm sure there are a lot of pastors of these hand waving crazies trying really hard to make sense and explain how Their Lord and the Holy Spirit allowed congregations in the US to get mass infected!

After all these nutter leaders for years and years have been telling/preaching that God's word says to these crazy filled congregations how God has placed them in a place of being special, His Chosen Saved Children and how The Spirit empowers them above and beyond others must be quite a task for the leaders of such flocks.

[mike787]

It is a crazy world

[CanadaSam]

This guy was a train crash waiting to happen.

 

[rosst]

3 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Just another doomsday US guy that promotes the country.

Definitely a tinny short of a six pack, I feel sorry for the dude. 

How can you be that unstable and not be noticed? 

[Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai]

Wouldn't mind getting he believe in world conspiracy theory and the earth is flat.

[marko kok prong]

Possibly did his driver training in India.

[spidermike007]

This kind of reaction does not surprise me. The media is whipping the public up into a frenzy, and they are attempting to promote this as the Zombie Apocalypse. This is a serious event. Surely the world will be quite different when we emerge from this dreadful economic shutdown. But, it its not the end of the world. 

[bristolboy]

5 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

I fully understand how he was brainwashed , but I really hope he gets the full 20 year sentence for this. I was just saying yesterday how one half of the American political divide is hoping and trying for as much corona-chaos as possible, which prompted a disbelieving chorus of show me proof. Well, here ya go!

Well, if what you're saying is true, then it's the side that believes in deep-state conspiracies. Did you read what he believes?

"Prosecutors say the engineer derailed his train near the U.S Navy hospital ship, Mercy, in Los Angeles because he believed coronavirus and the hospital are part of a government plot."

[ThailandRyan]

6 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

I fully understand how he was brainwashed , but I really hope he gets the full 20 year sentence for this. I was just saying yesterday how one half of the American political divide is hoping and trying for as much corona-chaos as possible, which prompted a disbelieving chorus of show me proof. Well, here ya go!

I wonder if he wasn't one of the "It's only the Flu" group of folks ....

[bristolboy]

18 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

I wonder if he wasn't one of the "It's only the Flu" group of folks ....

Right. Was he saying anything significantly different from what Sean Hannity was saying just a few short weeks ago?

Edited April 3, 2020 by bristolboy

[mlmcleod]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

he believed coronavirus and the hospital are part of a government plot.

The right-wing nut cases are all starting to come out of the woodwork.  Crazy times in the USA for sure!  All this starts to remind me of the TV series "The Last Ship".

[Rimmer]

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[jimmybcool]

The funny, and sad, part about this story is - did he really think his locomotive was going to reach the hospital ship?  Does he, an engineer, not comprehend they only ruin on tracks?  ????

[MaxYakov]

He should get extra prison time for threatening a hospital ship. He should have double-checked his dosage of whatever it was he on that day.