Manhattan subway train derails after
'laughing homeless man throws
metal clamps onto the tracks'
Posted By: Ribicon, 9/20/2020 2:31:11 PM
Police in New York have arrested a homeless man who placed metal clamps on subway tracks and watched, laughing, as a train derailed, injuring three people. The incident occurred in the West Village, as the uptown A train was entering the 14th St—Eighth Avenue station at 8:17 am. The homeless man had found a pile of tie plates, which are normally used to secure the train tracks to the foundations, on a pile of construction materials at the 14th St. station, police sources told the New York Daily News. He took the plates and put them on the tracks before the train came
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metal clamps onto the tracks' 11 replies
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NY Daily News mentions a 2017 track derailment that cost $3.4 million to repair. Now picture the jolly Homeless Man, who's probably been arrested dozens of times already, doing it again in a few hours after he's released from police custody. Do we still embrace "market-based solutions?" Picture the savings to be realized by gathering all of The Homeless together on an enormous ranch somewhere in Nevada. Throw in free booze and drugs and we'd still be in the black, and that's without considering the massive improvement in quality of life for the rest of us.