Cops & Robbers — E7
02/23/23 • 53 min
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Danelle heads to El Paso, Texas to get the lowdown on the rail cops – the private police with federal powers who report only to the railroads. In a border town, rail cops are the most powerful entities, but is that such a good thing? One dynamic duo shows Danelle how they tried to clean up the tracks, and how wild the rails still are, with Old West train raids, smugglers, and hobos all overlapping in this ultimate crossroads. Ruby calls with big news.
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Danelle heads to El Paso, Texas to get the lowdown on the rail cops – the private police with federal powers who report only to the railroads. In a border town, rail cops are the most powerful entities, but is that such a good thing? One dynamic duo shows Danelle how they tried to clean up the tracks, and how wild the rails still are, with Old West train raids, smugglers, and hobos all overlapping in this ultimate crossroads. Ruby calls with big news.
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City of the Rails - Cops & Robbers — E7
Transcript
I've been in the job for about maybe three months, and I'm checking the drinks for open doors. Then I see these three guys there and they're getting their stuff for need to jump out. I go around and I'm waiting for him. So when they jump out, they jump out right by where the rescueation is. As soon as I told him to come over here, they all pull out their knives, all pissed off, and then I just tell them to stay right there, and then I just pulled
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