So I looked it up. They called the emergency line themselves, they apparently pulled the same stunt a week earlier and the train stopped. This time it didn't, the original article led me to believe they didn't jump, but they did. Police were on scene to arrest them anyway.

This is interesting because protestors protesting in illegal spots should be arrested, but when its a road they almost never are. I tried to figure out if you are liable for hitting a protestor in a car if your just edging forward. The answer is basically no in a red state provided you excercise due care, and in a blue state like minnesota you could get a ticket if the public throws a fit, as did this jeffrey rice guy. My basic plan is to avoid any place a protester would want to be.

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