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The neo-Nazi man convicted for domestic terrorism in an Amtrak train attack marched in the Charlottesville rally
Taylor Wilson of St. Charles, Missouri, was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a federal judge in Nebraska on Friday. The 26-year-old pleaded guilty to domestic terrorism charges stemming from his armed attack of an Amtrak train last year in Nebraska.
Wilson is also a card-carrying neo-Nazi who was caught on camera at the white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, an event that turned deadly after James Alex Fields allegedly drove his car into a group of counterprotesters.
In multiple pictures and videos posted online, Wilson can be seen holding a shield, fighting with counterprotesters and standing next to Fields during the rally.
A few months later, in October 2017, an Amtrak train traveling through Nebraska after beginning its journey in California was brought to a halt. Armed with a .380 caliber handgun, Wilson hijacked the train after entering a “secured engine compartment of the train” that was off-limits to unauthorized personnel. He then disabled the train by pulling an emergency brake and cut off the lights to leave the 175 passengers on board in darkness, according to Wilson’s plea agreement. (Wilson later told a cellmate he “dropped acid” just prior to loading his weapon and entering the secured part of the train.)
Wilson was eventually subdued by three conductors until police arrived, which took two sheriff’s departments more than 30 minutes because of the train’s remote location.
Wilson told deputies he planned to “save the train from the black people.” FBI investigators later found more weapons, tactical gear and white supremacy documents stored in a secret compartment of Wilson’s home.
Wilson is also a card-carrying neo-Nazi who was caught on camera at the white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, an event that turned deadly after James Alex Fields allegedly drove his car into a group of counterprotesters.
In multiple pictures and videos posted online, Wilson can be seen holding a shield, fighting with counterprotesters and standing next to Fields during the rally.
A few months later, in October 2017, an Amtrak train traveling through Nebraska after beginning its journey in California was brought to a halt. Armed with a .380 caliber handgun, Wilson hijacked the train after entering a “secured engine compartment of the train” that was off-limits to unauthorized personnel. He then disabled the train by pulling an emergency brake and cut off the lights to leave the 175 passengers on board in darkness, according to Wilson’s plea agreement. (Wilson later told a cellmate he “dropped acid” just prior to loading his weapon and entering the secured part of the train.)
Wilson was eventually subdued by three conductors until police arrived, which took two sheriff’s departments more than 30 minutes because of the train’s remote location.
Wilson told deputies he planned to “save the train from the black people.” FBI investigators later found more weapons, tactical gear and white supremacy documents stored in a secret compartment of Wilson’s home.
