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ASC-Ultra t1_jdk80ou wrote

Tampering with evidence?

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actuallyaustin6 t1_jdkqlsk wrote

I feel like tampering with evidence should carry the maximum penalty of the crime being investigated.

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Dr-McLuvin t1_jdl6mj1 wrote

Ya at least like 90%. You just can’t allow people to do this kind of shit. They will of course blame it on some low level employee. But the punishment shouldn’t really change much.

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newsspotter OP t1_jdkag4u wrote

>The footage was “overwritten after the accident because they put the locomotive immediately back in service,”

Is this lawful? I think that this is a twofold scandal.: The rest of the footage is no longer available. The locomotive supposedly wasn‘t inspected by the NTSB.

PS: According to the article, “The camera inside the train car had 12 hours of recording space, all of which was used except for a 15-minute time span before and five minutes after the derailment.“

EDIT: According to another article, which was published subsequently, Norfolk Southern wrote a statement to push back on the claim that the derailed train was immediately put back into service. Source: globalnews

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PatientNice t1_jdm311m wrote

Shades of Richard Nixon! A gap in the tape. Of course, Nixon went down for his gap in the tape. This CEO will walk.

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Key_Text_169 t1_jdkdkqr wrote

Corporations run the USA meaning the government. They make the laws, even when they get caught the fines or trouble they don’t get in mean nothing. Profits are all that matter. Share holders are even more important.

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AllCommiesRFascists t1_jdljnee wrote

Brain rotted populist drivel. Even kind of funny since shareholders are bottom of the rung in the corporate and finance world

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Revolutionary-Ad4588 t1_jdl5hsh wrote

We’ll just have to assume the worst was on there and give max penalties. Government takes over the rails and we finally get some infrastructure for high speed rails like the rest of the fucking world

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ell0bo t1_jdkblet wrote

Can we bring back crucifixion when it's warranted by shit like this?

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quietreasoning t1_jdkc7lj wrote

Firing squad was just brought back somewhere.

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Dr-McLuvin t1_jdl6pue wrote

Honestly firing squad is fairly humane compared to a lot of other forms of execution. Vast majority of people are going to die quickly and relatively painlessly. I would probably choose it over most other forms of execution. Except maybe lethal injection.

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aust_b t1_jdla9wn wrote

The fine is cheaper than the legal consequences. Congratulations, welcome to capitalism. We need a national rail system for freight AND people moving. Take that shit back from private corporations.

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quasiplumber t1_jdmhast wrote

Yeah, because Amtrak isn’t a train wreck.

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chuckie512 t1_jdmntsp wrote

Amtrak is wildly successful in the areas where they own the track.

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jayandsilentjohn t1_jdkwyi2 wrote

Take everything from them. And their families scum need not reproduce.

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JClurvesfries t1_jdo54mk wrote

Is there a way to recover overwritten footage?

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l_a_ga t1_jdmtdyx wrote

Anyone hear update about LabCorp now refusing to run doctor prescribed tests to evaluate chemicals in ppl’s blood?

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Reggie-a t1_jdkq1d2 wrote

redacted redacted redacted we gotta-redacted fuck th-REMOVED FROM REDDIT

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eltruteht t1_jdlzl81 wrote

Camera was in loco? Failure was a railcars wheel bearing. ? What could the footage even be.

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Tommy_Batch t1_jdncbs1 wrote

Of course they did. They also had the governor burn the evidence.

And what will come of this? Nothing will come of this, because corporate owns the governments.

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srsbsnsman t1_jdl2jo0 wrote

Everyone that makes more than $1 million a year should simply be put into prison for the rest of their life.

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18wheelapartment t1_jdl9c11 wrote

Well hell, I was gonna make $999,999.99 but not one penny more!

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srsbsnsman t1_jdmcecm wrote

No solution is perfect. We can revisit it in 10 years after jailing all of the hyper-rich folk has solved most of our problems and determine if we need to extend it to the $999k folks as well.

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