[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Railroads used to have their own police and one screwed with them at your own peril.

It's not the railroad bulls, it's the local prosecutors, who would probably prosecute the cops if any harm should befall po' widdle D'Shawn in the course of an arrest.

[Thumper1960]

They’d need a witness. And a body. Send the carcass on down the line, to a wilderness area. Shoot, shovel and shut up.