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LOL! wow MT. I was never flippant toward the loss of life. That's ridiculous and you know it. I also have never claimed that the procedure was absolutely necessary or that there were no flaws or abuse. Let me know when there is ANY evidence to support that and we can discuss it. Neutralized is a tactical term but you go on insisting it was some sort of flippant or disrespectful comment. Just incredible indeed.

It's completely illogical and has no place in this discussion MT. The fact that you insist on continuing to trumpet it is remarkable.

that's right, irrelevant argument

repeating irrelevant arguments does not make them relevant. The absense of a trial is not germane to this discussion.

more spin. Neutralizing the threat resulted in death. No one is ignoring that or trying to soften the tragedy of it as you seem to be implying. You're really reaching MT.

ya, it's spin. You conveniently lead with partial facts, then spin your execution by cop conclusion. The teenager was carrying an undescernable replica assault rifle in public and when confronted by police refused to heed a lawful order to drop the gun. Instead, he turned toward police while still holding the weapon and the police neutralized the logically perceived threat. There is no right to trial, that's just a silly canard (and a strawman). As it turned out, the gun was not real, but under the circumstances, there was no way for the police to make that determination. It's an extremely unfortunate tragedy. Calling the police executioners is ridiculous nonsense.

kudos for continuing to prop up the strawman MT

pretty irrational thinking mt.

Nothing like arguing hyperbole to counter hyperbole.

Yes for the better. Threats shift and in this day and age, they have be much more vigilant in their procedures.Like I said, at the time there was no way of knowing whether it was a lone gunman with his own agenda or whether he was working in concert with others. I'd prefer they err on the side of caution even if after the fact it turns out to be unnecessary. Can you imagine the crap that would be levied if they had assumed that he was alone and the threat was isolated and it turned out to be a bigger incident?

Yes, and after that event, they revised their protocols.

I guess you're missing or choosing to ignore that they didn't know if it was one guy with a gun. And the fact that it's the third largest airport and therefore a greater potential for casualties, damn right they should shut it down for however long it takes to confirm security.

These kind of events are always scrutinized and examined. They always look at what was done right, what was done wrong, and what they can do better. But this article is more about the lack of information to the displaced travelers and evacuation processes than anything else. It's not questioning closing down the entire airport or even how long it was closed down for. When you don't know the motives of the shooter or whether he was acting alone, you exercise extreme caution until you are able to rule things out. If they hadn't acted in such a manner and this had been an orchestrated attack that continued either in that terminal or somewhere else in the airport, the fit would hit the shan.

You might want to look that up vladdylonglegs

Bullpen catchers and BP pitchers do not coach. I wouldn't call 5 years in the majors extensive and majors is really all that matters. IMO I still don't see why this is awesome.

They have to perform a complete sweep before they open things back up. What if this guy wasn't actin alone? What if he was a diversion? There are scenarios that have to be carefully considered and examined and in a place that large, that takes a considerable amount of time.

He was a bullpen catcher and batting practice pitcher for the rays and twins

LOL wtf.

Extensive?

Why is this awesome?

That's original

Uh no. Way to argue the point from the opposing extreme though. So unlike you.

Curmudgeon

No. The term referred to those who hang from Nap's sack

Where do you get that from ALB?