Neo-Nazi pleads guilty to terrorism charge after 'trying to save train from black people'
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Source: Independent
It took local authorities nearly an hour to reach the Amtrak train in an isolated region of Nebraska
Chris Riotta New York
@chrisriotta
6 hours ago
A Neo-Nazi who stopped an Amtrak train in Nebraska and threatened deputies with a handgun has plead guilty to federal terrorism-related charges.
Taylor Michael Wilson told a judge he was high on drugs when he stopped the train using an emergency brake, disabling the vehicle and cutting off its lights from a secured inside compartment.
A police officer's body camera footage showed Mr Wilson pretending to shoot the authorities, saying, "I stopped the f****** train ... I was going to save the train from the black people."
Mr Wilson was carrying identification cards associated with the American white supremacist political party the National Socialist Movement. Police said they found racist and anti-Semitic writings stuffed in the walls of his St. Louis home, as well as "propaganda relating to the National Socialist movement, body armour, ammunition, and pressure plates that can be used to make an explosive device."
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/taylor-michael-wilson-neo-nazi-terrorist-amtrak-train-nebraska-white-supremacist-a8446611.html
Same prisoner name, wrong prisoner. Sorry about this!
Taylor Michael Wilson: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
A Missouri man who expressed an interest in killing black people and who has ties to a white supremacist group is facing terrorism charges after breaching a secured area to force an Amtrak train to stop in Nebraska, federal authorities say.
Taylor Michael Wilson, 26, of St. Charles, was arrested by local police in Furnas County, Nebraska, on October 22 after the train incident. Police said Wilson was armed with a handgun when he entered the trains follow engine and began playing with the controls in the engineers seat, according to federal court documents.
He was charged in Nebraska with felony criminal mischief and use of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony and later released on $100,000 bail.
After an FBI investigation, Wilson was arrested again on December 23 and charged in Nebraska federal court with terrorism attacks and other violence against railroad carriers and against mass transportation systems, court records show. The case was unsealed January 3.
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https://heavy.com/news/2018/01/taylor-michael-wilson-nebraska-amtrak/
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)by Tracy Connor / Jan.05.2018 / 9:37 AM ET / Updated Jan.05.2018 / 2:33 PM ET
An armed Missouri man arrested for pulling the emergency brake on an Amtrak train in rural western Nebraska is allegedly a white supremacist who now faces a terrorism charge, according to newly unsealed court papers.
Taylor Michael Wilson, 26, belongs to a neo-Nazi group, traveled to Charlottesville for alt-right rallies, and talked about "killing black people," his cousin told FBI agents, according to the affidavit filed in federal court.
Authorities found an arsenal in a secret compartment behind his refrigerator, and white supremacy images and how-to guides to killing on his phone, the affidavit says.
. . .
They restrained him for police, who found a loaded .38 caliber handgun in his waistband, an ammunition cartridge in his pocket and more ammunition, a knife, a hammer and a respirator mask in his backpack. They also found a business card for the National Socialist Movement, which civil rights groups say is a neo-Nazi organization.
More:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alleged-white-supremacist-accused-terrorism-amtrak-incident-n834966
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)01/08/2018 05:15 pm ET Updated Jan 09, 2018
Sessions DOJ Charged A White Supremacist With Terrorism. They Just Didnt Tell Anyone.
The Justice Departments handling of the federal terrorism case against Taylor Michael Wilson is indicative of the governments approach to domestic terrorism.
By Ryan J. Reilly
WASHINGTON ― Usually, when the FBI arrests a terrorist and the Justice Department charges them, its a big deal. Combatting terrorism is one of the Justice Departments top priorities, and terror cases are a great way for federal prosecutors and agents to make names and build careers. The press and the public are very interested. Officials will typically blast out a press release, and, if its a big takedown, might even hold a press conference.
The Justice Department didnt do any of that when federal prosecutors unsealed terrorism charges last week against Taylor Michael Wilson. The 26-year-old white supremacist from St. Charles, Missouri, allegedly breached a secure area of an Amtrak train on Oct. 22 while armed with a gun and plenty of backup ammunition. He set off the emergency brake, sending passengers lunging as the train cars went completely black.
The attempted terrorist attack took place aboard an Amtrak train that started off in California and was making its way through a part of Nebraska so remote that it took an hour for the nearest deputy to arrive on the scene. Wilson was found in the second engine of the train, playing with the controls, according to the FBI affidavit.
As passengers waited in dark train cars that smelled of burning rubber, Amtrak workers kept the man pinned down. Im the conductor, bitch, Wilson allegedly said to Amtrak personnel while subdued. They say Wilson had tried to reach for his front waistband, where he was storing a fully loaded handgun.
More:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-domestic-terrorism-white-supremacist_us_5a510cc2e4b01e1a4b157ae9
heaven05
(18,124 posts)was probably very hurt to have to do this to a fellow white terrorist/racist. That's why he gave orders to keep this quiet. Trump enabled racist. Glad this POS didn't kill anyone.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)https://freethoughtblogs.com/stderr/2018/01/24/interesting-spin/
Clearly taken earlier than the second photo.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)This has to be the older photo of the first Taylor Michael Wilson photo.....
https://www.rapsheets.org/florida/westpalmbeach-jail/WILSON_TAYLOR/2017028593
Here's a page of google images for "Taylor Michael Wilson" pictures:
https://tinyurl.com/yb6tyjf2
I had assumed the difference must be due to aging, losing weight, hard life experience, etc.
Nope, it was due to being a different prisoner with the same name.
Sorry!
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Pretty much impossible they're the same dude
Initech
(100,080 posts)christx30
(6,241 posts)deputies while holding a real gun? And how is he not dead?
Oh wait.. I think I know the answer to this question.
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)Stuart G
(38,434 posts)"A St. Charles man pleaded guilty in federal court in Nebraska on Thursday to a charge of threatening to wreck, derail, and disable railroad on-track equipment and a mass transportation vehicle for an incident in October, court records show."
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-charles-man-pleads-guilty-to-amtrak-related-terrorism-charge/article_903dc438-5a8d-53a5-8a27-f29655d6bb7e.html
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)yodermon
(6,143 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)Stuart G
(38,434 posts)he is white. If the exact same thing had been done by a Muslim American, it would have been all over the news, all the time. Same for a Afro-American Male..But no, partial coverage as if the guilty plea were something minor for a minor crime. He put 175 peoples lives in danger.....but no..this was a White American Nutcase, and he did NOT get the coverage that a Muslim American Nutcase, or an Afro-American Nutcase would have gotten.
...That is my opinion....for what it is worth.
BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)pardon him.
marble falls
(57,104 posts)concreteblue
(626 posts)Nice work!