Anarchists Bragged in April about Sabotaging Railroad Tracks to Block Fracking

ISIS shouldn’t be the only terrorist group under suspicion for the Amtrak derailment in Washington this morning.

The anarchist group “It’s Going Down” last April bragged online about sabotaging railroad tracks in the Pacific Northwest to block fracking equipment from getting to its destination. The group has since deleted the post, possibly in reaction to today’s Amtrak disaster.

This Antifa parody account has a screen grab of the post:

It’s Going Down

4/20/17

Puget Sound Anarchists

Early in the morning of April 20th we poured concrete on the train tracks that lead out of the Port of Olympia to block any trains from using the tracks. We took precautions to notify BNSF (the train company) – we called them and we used wires to send a signal that the tracks were blocked. We did this not to avoid damaging a train, nothing would bring bigger grins to our faces, but to avoid the risk of injuring railway workers.

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