>McCollum, now 53, has been arrested at least 30 times for stealing buses or trains by impersonating train operators or bus drivers and driving their routes. His first arrest came in 1981, when he was 15 years old. In that case, McCallum was charged with commandeering a passenger-filled E train and operating it from 34th Street downtown to the World Trade Center.
>McCallum was busted in 2004 on charges he tried steal a train at a Long Island Rail Road yard. And in 2008, he was arrested for impersonating an MTA worker at the Columbus Circle subway station. He’s also been accused of stealing freight trains in Pennsylvania and Tennessee, Shillingford said.
>His mother, Elizabeth McCallum, once said: “He loves planes, too, but he hasn't been able to get on one of those yet."
>Shillingford lamented that secure psychiatric hospitals aren’t suited to nonviolent criminals like McCollum -- but said the law ties her hands. She said the Legislature should consider ways to treat autistic people like McCollum who break the law. McCollum’s lawyers plan to appeal.
Literal Densha Otoko. He's the boy that never lost his child love of dinosaurs and big machines, WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST GIVE HIM THE JOB? HE MADE THE TRAINS RUN ON TIME, DAMN IT.
>“He loves planes, too, but he hasn't been able to get on one of those yet." kek
Kayden Taylor
I don't get it either. just give him his job
Chase Rodriguez
He tried and failed the tests. The nigger is dangerous.
Hunter King
>The nigger is dangerous
Like some are not
Aiden Parker
I seen this news article. He is a harmless autistic who should be given a job
Tyler Price
>McCollum had the subway map memorized by the time he was 8, and tried unsuccessfully to get a job with the transit system. Instead he became a transit impostor and has been arrested 29 times. But he is not a violent criminal – he just drives the routes, fixes tracks and takes tolls without an official job until he’s caught by police. newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/11/11/darius-mccollum-greyhound-bus/
Austin Sanchez
Is it really stealing when you're doing a job for free?
Jayden Peterson
Isn't there some job they could give him. I am sure there is some department at the MTA full of lazy diversity hires that would love to offload all of their work to this guy.
Liam Cruz
This is blatant racism against /n/posters and it cannot stand
nytimes.com/2000/08/24/nyregion/irresistible-lure-of-subways-keeps-landing-impostor-in-jail.html freedariusnow.com/darius-mccollum/ >For the past forty years, Darius has been in and out of jail for charges involving transportation. He has never been arrested for a crime of violence. He has never injured anyone. He has been banned from all MTA rail yards, bus depots and other official offices. In one of his many efforts to find employment, Darius volunteered at the New York City Transit Museum, a job he loved. But he was fired when his boss ultimately realized his identity.
>''He called me up and begged me to get that job back,'' Sergeant Cassidy said.
>Following 911, Darius volunteered his knowledge and skill to make the New York City subway system safe. Darius led a team of federal agents, New York City Intelligence Detectives and New York State Police through the subway system identifying locations where intruders were able to enter without being detected. Darius was actually incarcerated at the time. He was taken in shackles from his prison cell at Riker's Island by teams of federal agents to tour the subway system assisting law enforcement with their efforts. For his contributions, Darius received no benefit. Instead, the Department of Corrections was notified that Darius was "easily manipulated" and a "terrorist could gain valuable knowledge from him." As a result, Darius was placed into solitary confinement. The more I read about this, the more upset I get.
Alexander Martinez
bump
Austin Moore
>The Judge has committed Darius to hell on earth–Mid Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center. The facility is notorious for abuse, neglect and danger. Patients are doped up with massive amounts of narcotics. They are restrained and shackled. Straight jackets and isolation are common methods of punishment. It is morally reprehensible that a kind and gentle non violent man could be committed to such a vile place.
>Darius could potentially spend the rest of his life behind the locked doors of this asylum.
Sadly, the crazy nigger is probably a better choice than your run of the mill she boon. He did figure out HOW to steal the trains and buses AND was hard working enough to actually do it.
No bicycle would ever be safe if this nigger turned his attention to them.
Shows the incompetence of the unions that he did this so many times.
William Nelson
Should have went to the conductor and shook his hand and asked for a job.
Hudson Wright
Based Black Man that wants to work for a living and be happy at it. Don't let him they say!
Ryder Wilson
Off-schedule and could cause accidents, but i get what you're saying, which leads to another question:
How shitty is your security that you've allowed a vehicle that's on tracks get stolen FOR FOURTY FUCKING YEARS?
Carson Ward
Following 911, Darius volunteered his knowledge and skill to make the New York City subway system safe. Darius led a team of federal agents, New York City Intelligence Detectives and New York State Police through the subway system identifying locations where intruders were able to enter without being detected. Darius was actually incarcerated at the time. He was taken in shackles from his prison cell at Riker's Island by teams of federal agents to tour the subway system assisting law enforcement with their efforts. For his contributions, Darius received no benefit. Instead, the Department of Corrections was notified that Darius was "easily manipulated" and a "terrorist could gain valuable knowledge from him." As a result, Darius was placed into solitary confinement.
