Posted on 03/04/2022 2:00:58 PM PST by fwdude
The jury has found former Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian not guilty on all charges resulting from his role in a deadly 2015 train derailment.
The eight women and four men deliberated for less than 90 minutes before coming to their verdict Friday afternoon. Earlier in the day, the jury panel had to start deliberations over after one juror dropped out due to a death in the family.
It is the latest chapter in a long saga to assign blame for what happened when Amtrak 188 jumped the rails near Frankford Junction, just after 9:20 p.m. on May 12. Eight people died, and 185 were rushed to the hospital.
Bostian, the sole engineer onboard, had accelerated his train to 106 mph just before entering the curve and braking, when the speed limit for that stretch of track was 50 mph.
(Excerpt) Read more at whyy.org ...
Boston peeps wouldn’t convict a mass murderer named Brandon even if he confessed.
Note to self: Avoid Philadelphia, even on Amtrak.
If that's a true statement, then a Not Guilty verdict is absolutely ridiculous! That's over double the speed limit. It says, "Bostian, the sole engineer onboard, had accelerated his train to 106 mph".
It does not say, "The train on which Bostian was the sole engineer accelerated to 106 mph and did not respond to Bostian's attempts to slow the train".
driving that train, high on cocaine...
Unbelievable.
I was wondering, a few days ago, what happened with all of this.
It’s 2022, that can’t be called a “speedy” trial.
The turd’s “defense” was that he blacked out, and doesn’t “remember” what happened. There was credible evidence from his cell phone that he was on a hookup app at the time.
If I remember correctly, the charge was initially dismissed, and then reinstated by another court after an outcry from the victims and victims' families. Now this?
The charge “went away” and was just reinstated a couple of years ago. It’s been a really corrupt, screwed up case.
Is this the twink who was high and setting?
Especially if it is being operated by an activist faggot.
"High" couldn't be proven because they conveniently waited too long to test him.
“Sexting”.
I haven’t yet read the article, but I hope at very least this man is not still driving any trains anywhere.
Hopefully, civil wrongful death lawsuits are possible against this creep. His life deserves to be destroyed.
“Philadelphia’s top prosecutor had declined to pursue criminal charges, but the Attorney General’s Office later took it over.”
https://news.yahoo.com/jury-deliberations-deadly-amtrak-derailment-175942131.html
Was he asleep, or what?
Nothing has ever made sense with this.
Mind boggling
“If I remember correctly, the charge was initially dismissed, and then reinstated by another court after an outcry from the victims and victims’ families. Now this?”
After a relative filed charges.
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