Posted on 09/18/2013 7:42:06 PM PDT by MWS
BBC News, Washington - One of the first teams of heavily armed police to respond to Monday's shooting in Washington DC was ordered to stand down by superiors, the BBC can reveal.
A tactical response team of the Capitol Police, a force that guards the US Capitol complex, was told to leave the scene by a supervisor instead of aiding municipal officers.
The Capitol Police department has launched a review into the matter.
Aaron Alexis, 34, killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard.
"I don't think it's a far stretch to say that some lives may have been saved if we were allowed to intervene," a Capitol Police source familiar with the incident told the BBC.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
There are a lot of individual warriors who would be willing to do whatever it takes. But there are a lot of people in leadership positions who are too scared to say “Go”. And that problem, of course, starts at the top.
sounds like Benghazi to me
That stands to reason. After all, if not enough people are killed by a mentally disturbed person carrying a gun recommended by Plugs Biden, then Soetoro won’t have a good enough case to shred the Second Amendment. Somehow word got out that the shooter only brought a shotgun to the Navy Yard.
They want to drill with all the hi-speed kook gear, but then TAKE NO RISKS...?
The public puts up with this war footing under the premise that it provides genuine security enhancement —that is is something other than play time for Perpetual Adolescents.
Are any ADULTS in charge, here...?
And that’s actually the GOOD possibility.
The really bad one is that for political purposes they WANTED a high body-count.
Now WHERE have you heard THAT before..?
Seems to be a pattern these days.....
What’s wrong with this country???
First of all we have military bases where military personal are not trusted to have weapons!!?? Insanity....
This is kind of what happened at the Columbine High School shooting. Police responded quickly, but were told to stand down until SWAT arrived. Meanwhile, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold didn’t stand down, and kept shooting people.
As the anti-gun zealots like to say, “I don’t think adding more guns to the situation solves anything.” (s)
GMTA, and I suspect we're not the only ones who think that....
If they had been told there were family pets inside, nothing would have held them back.
Someone is in deep dodo.
DemoRats
There are a lot of individual warriors who would be willing to do whatever it takes. But there are a lot of people in leadership positions who are too scared to say “Go”. And that problem, of course, starts at the top.
I believe that's also known as "trickle-down cowardice."
Whose watch did this occur on? Who benefits from a maximum number of victim deaths?
The simplest answer is usually the correct one.
Occam’s Razor.
DC Chief of Police told to stand down so the body count was high for purposes of gun control?
Sound crazy?
Well, look at Fast and Furious.
Benghazi redux.
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