Re: Criminal Assault?

Rick,

I agree that the guy was standing too close. I do not know why he was, but his bigger sin may have been the earphones blocking his external hearing. But my point has nothing to do with that guy.

I don’t think my view on this is a “railfan attitude” as you call it. Actually, the typical “railfan attitude” is regarding all pedestrians and drivers near railroads as being “morons,” “idiots,” or someone deserving the “Darwin Award.” Obviously that Peruvian conductor shares that attitude. But no matter how indignant a person is that someone is violating a railroad rule, he does not have the right to kick that violator in the head as a means of punishment.

Certainly, the conductor would be in the right if the guy was actually fouling the train, and the conductor was trying to move him out of harm’s way. Then he would have been a hero for possibly saving the guy’s life.

But that is not was what happened in the video. The way the conductor hooked the guy’s head, he ran the risk of actually pulling the guy into the engine and getting him killed. It is pretty obvious what this was about. The conductor lost his temper and assaulted the guy.