The statute, which prohibits violent attacks on mass transit systems and is part of the Patriot Act, has roots in a measure meant to combat train sabotage.
NEW YORK After 29 hours in which the police combed the streets, scoured surveillance cameras, patrolled subway platforms and sent an alert to phones across New York seeking tips, the man accused of opening fire on a subway train in Brooklyn and injuring at least 23 people was arrested near a McDonald’s in the East Village on Wednesday, officials said.
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