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Boston lockdown: The new normal?
The Politico ^
| April 20, 2013
| Josh Gerstein and Darren Samuelsohn
Posted on 04/20/2013 1:15:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Hurricane Katrina was the rehearsal and this was the dress rehearsal. What'll be the dry run?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Former Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) said it is hard to imagine what could justify directing the entire population of the city to shelter in place.Chechens on the loose with bombs, guns, and grenades.
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:17:05 PM PDT
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MarMema
To: 2ndDivisionVet
WHERE DID ALL THE BULLETS GO? Weve all seen the video tapes. On three different occasions Friday there were FUSILLADES heard. What happened to all the rounds that missed their mark?
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:18:10 PM PDT
by
Roccus
To: MarMema
One 19 year old such on the final day.
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:18:18 PM PDT
by
John W
(Viva Cristo Rey!)
To: MarMema
Chechens on the loose with bombs, guns, and grenades.
Chechens on the loose with bombs, guns, and grenades among an unarmed populace.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
One huge thing that was missing from the wall-to-wall coverage of the bombing was an explanation of the “shelter in place” order.
Was it a lawful order? Did it require executive action from the governor? Was it just a polite request with no legal ramifications? Inquiring minds want to know.
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:21:50 PM PDT
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The pretty conservative guys I work with saw no problem with the lock down. I did.
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:22:44 PM PDT
by
stevio
(God, guns, guts.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:23:05 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
>>There are already worries that the effort to protect the people of Boston contained an element of overreaction.<<
I dunno — do you think the Titanic suffered “an element” of damage?
The shutdown of Boston was one of the dumbest things I have ever seen.
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:23:40 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(LBJ declared war on poverty and lost. Barack Obama declared war on prosperity and won. /csmusaret)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
That stuff won't fly in all areas of the country.
/johnny
To: andyk
Did George Zimmerman have to comply with the dispatcher’s suggestions?
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:24:35 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
To: OwenKellogg
I stand corrected. Thank you.
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:24:40 PM PDT
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MarMema
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It does worry me how easily the Boston and Watertown population were subjected to martial law, even if they did not call it that.
And police going from house to house.
Question for those who were there, did the cops actually go INTO each house and apartment and search it from top to bottom or did they just knock on the front door and ask?
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:24:53 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I have seen reports that the police were systematically searching homes with no search warrant. That, to me, is very troubling.
To: stevio
>>The pretty conservative guys I work with saw no problem with the lock down. <<
What did the ugly ones think? ;)
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:26:16 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(LBJ declared war on poverty and lost. Barack Obama declared war on prosperity and won. /csmusaret)
To: BitWielder1
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:26:18 PM PDT
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2ndDivisionVet
(I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
To: Roccus
Someone else suggested, and I was thinking the same thing, that many of those reports were blanks (not all) or rubber bullets, etc. They were trying to get him to surrender and didn’t want to set off explosives. My only question is regarding the action on semi-autos — it isn’t going to cycle with blanks, is it?
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:26:26 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
To: Roccus
I am listening to local talk radio and they have interviewed several people who spoke of finding bullets in their homes, or cars, this morning. Probably not posted, but this is the news source for the talk radio.
http://mynorthwest.com/
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:27:06 PM PDT
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MarMema
To: Roccus
I recall reading (I think in David Hackett Fischer’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”) about the estimated total weight of bullets fired on April 19, 1775 on the nearby Battle Road from Concord back to Boston. It was staggering...several tons. Of course, those were modestly-trained Minutemen, not modern highly-trained police.
To: andyk
I really thought it was more of a suggestion than a command.
It was like, "We disarmed all you pansies, so hide under your bed until we tell you its safe to come out again."
Nobody was obligated to obey, but very few chose not to.
It wouldn't work in many cities besides Boston.
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:28:14 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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