[Flint]

I am listening to a reporter on an Atlanta radio station.

She made the following statements.

The guy was out on bond.

The guy had been stopped two times earlier trying to smuggle "shanks" into this courtroom.

I simply don't get it! How can a person on bond be still running around loose after attempting to smuggle knives into the courtroom?

[thesearethetimes...]

or again - why no restraints - the mind boggles...

[Howlin]

I don't understand either.

[ArcadeQuarters]

Because Republicans buckle whenever Democrats want to appoint liberal judges or weaken the law.

[Diddle E. Squat]

I am listening to a reporter on an Atlanta radio station. She made the following statements. The guy was out on bond. The guy had been stopped two times earlier trying to smuggle "shanks" into this courtroom. I simply don't get it! How can a person on bond be still running around loose after attempting to smuggle knives into the courtroom?

You can thank John Edwards and his ilk.

This story is an (unfunny) comedy of errors arising from numerous security lapses, with political-correctness at the root of all of them. It is the elephant in the room, woven through every aspect of this.