Engineer Arrested For Derailing Train Near USNS Mercy, Claimed Ship Part Of 'Government Takeover'

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Gee, I wonder where this guy has been getting his information?

Link to story here.

A train engineer at the Port of Los Angeles was arrested Wednesday for allegedly derailing a locomotive at full speed near the USNS Mercy hospital ship being used to ease hospital beds during the coronavirus pandemic.
Eduardo Moreno, 44, of San Pedro, was charged in a criminal complaint with one federal count of train wrecking, which carries a potential sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The complaint filed in Los Angeles federal court states Moreno admitted to authorities in two separate interviews that he intentionally derailed and crashed the PHL train near the Mercy on Tuesday afternoon.

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According to court documents, Moreno allegedly told the CHP officer, “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.”

Fear + Ignorance = Running a train at a hospital ship

[IADEMO2004]

1. What station was his car radio set on?

Who poisoned his brain?

Spontaneous insanity?

[MerryBlooms]

2. Sounds like that Qnon cult. I have relatives into that stuff, very scary.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. Guessing an alt right, anti gov't nutjob...probably a Trumper too.

[Roland99]

14. Nope. Posted this last night

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13217985

Looked more and he’s a registered Dem

But also a Pentecostal? He’s all over

[tinrobot]

4. How many hospitals have been targeted? This is no longer coincidence

There was also one in Missouri and a few others.

I don't think these are random.

[krispos42]

5. Did anybody tell him they don't make all-terrain, amphibious locomotives?

Oy, the stupid is strong with this one.

[In_The_Wind]

12. .

[AnotherMother4Peace]

6. Very scary that he was the engineer - Sounds like a Trump cult member.

[treestar]

7. So he was trying to battle a ship with a train?

I wonder how the sovereign citizens are taking all this.

[central scrutinizer]

10. Don't bring a train

To a naval battle

[treestar]

13. lol

[Aristus]

8. "People don't know what's going on."

There it is, right there: the allure of the conspiracy theory. The thrill of "I know something you don't know. And by bringing this to the attention of the world, I will be a hero, and people will acknowledge my insight and courage."

The seed that germinates in minds otherwise completely barren and infertile...

[gibraltar72]

9. Bless his heart.

[GemDigger]

11. Chortle!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Alex Jones fan?