[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

“As the man leapt on the train I looked at his face. He looked just like a cornered rat ... like a cornered fox, absolutely petrified."

Who would not freeze and throw up there hands in this case?

It makes me wonder if he was martyred, that he led police to believe he was a bomber but had no bomb so that the public would be outraged at the racist killing of the innocent and further restricted in their reactions.

[CindyDawg]

Makes sense to me. They sign up to die. I don't know if they care how though.

[bobdsmith]

Maybe he'd just watched Enemy Of The State

[John Filson]

A suicide by testing the railway defenses. That makes sense to me.