Friday, May 24, 2019
Missing the motive
Noted this strange story via Jalopnik, which left most details out.
Looked for more detail. As usual, Bing failed to catch it even with the full word:
but Google knew what I meant with just one letter:
Looking at a story from NYC media, dude is obviously a gangster. Short hair, flat expression, long criminal record.
The "news" accounts emphasize that he's not political or "terrorist" but miss the more obvious criminal motive. Halting a train or coach is a time-honored way to rob lots of people at once. Either he's practicing for a bigger operation, or the other gang members were ready but decided not to proceed.
¶ 11:48 PM 
but Google knew what I meant with just one letter:
Looking at a story from NYC media, dude is obviously a gangster. Short hair, flat expression, long criminal record.
The "news" accounts emphasize that he's not political or "terrorist" but miss the more obvious criminal motive. Halting a train or coach is a time-honored way to rob lots of people at once. Either he's practicing for a bigger operation, or the other gang members were ready but decided not to proceed.
¶ 11:48 PM
