Thank God.
any news about the investigation into the boat being in the search zone but not searched?
On whose order?
Yeah, but we gotta take those guns away from the police. Guns are dangerous, see./s
After all the hero worship ends, we are left with a hard fact. The terrorists were armed with one pistol and Boston PD could not win that encounter.
The extended shootout was unable to stop them both, or kill even one, (before his brother ran him over). Then as the younger terrorist fled in the car-unarmed- and hid in the boat, the next 2 fusliades were all still directed towards an unarmed terrorist.
While there are legitimate reasons for shooting at a bomber that has hidden himself from you, such as provoking him to detonate a bomb, etc... that is not what Boston PD or FBI was doing. They just cannot shoot. The abysmally poor marksmanship from Boston is a national embarrassment.
The lack of a gun culture produces cops who cannot shoot well under stress.
The fact remains, with the city in lockdown, and 10,000 cops swarming, and with little tanks, they still could not win a gunfight, against a single unarmed man on the run.
[sincerity, fake] Only the police and military can be trusted with guns. [/sincerity]
The extended shootout was unable to stop them both, or kill even one, (before his brother ran him over). Then as the younger terrorist fled in the car-unarmed- and hid in the boat, the next 2 fusliades were all still directed towards an unarmed terrorist.
"Boston's Finest" turned an erstwhile quiet suburb into a scene from Boondock Saints, with hundreds of rounds being fired (how about those ten-round mags, eh?), and no one cared where the stray rounds were going?
Given the - and I use the word loosely - "marksmanship" demonstrated, it's a wonder why there wasn't a collateral damage body count from bystanders.
The fedburinv was heading the investigation due to it being a “terror” incident. No?
I don’t like what I’m seeing. The day notice of the three boys being picked up for questioning it was said they’d be brought to the Boston federal court building and all the media showed up. DHS cops were already there. No Boston cop stood at the door of that court, but 4 DHS officers. And the boys didn’t show up.
I’ll be curious to see who is blamed for the MIT officer’s death. Thus far, they have no evidence it was either of the Tsarnaev brothers and Jahar has not been charged.