The less media outcry there is about his 'gayness', the more the focus can be on the facts of the crash and on the actions of the engineer and the conductor.
That is my entire point.
This case is really highly suspicious.
Yes, it is. And I would hate to see the investigation compromised by being presented in the Media as some sort of homo hunt.
As for not remembering anything, that is not an uncommon situation after a wreck or other traumatic situation. For some of us, things happen in slow motion and we recall amazing detail, while other people just shut it out.
It could also be a convenient defense.
Finding out what happened should be foremost. If the preferences of the engineer contributed in any material way to the accident those become germane. Otherwise, it is irrelevant and may provide the guy with the sympathy out for being persecuted for something irrelevant to the wreck if people make an issue of it.
I doubt he'll need a "defense" for anything. The NTSB will find the primary cause of the accident to be lack of infrastructure investment.
Amtrak will give Brandon early retirement, with full pension and benefits. He'll also collect disability on top of that for being bullied in kindergarten. He may even get a big payout for the trauma he suffered as a result of the GOP's failure to fund the infrastructure.
The event isn't even in the top ten on Twitter... America has moved on. It's over and done with. He can now devote his full attention to things far more important... such as advancing the rights of Homo-trans-queer gender-bent oppressed people.
I’m just wondering how advantageous it is for him to have amnesia. They can make him testify but if he remembers nothing he really cannot incriminate himself. His defense lawyers do not have to deal with the issue of not making him testify because after all he does not remember anything.
Then there is the problem of the train going at twice the speed it should have been. Did the engineer radio back to some headquarters alerting everyone of this? That is a lot of speed difference. Going 100 mph in a car is quite significant if you have ever done that. On a train it is 1000 times more significant and this guy was doing what?
But, but, but he did remember to get his lawyer immediately and shut his mouth all n the middle of this chaos. Very convenient indeed!!! For that his memory was crystal clear.