This makes not one bit of sense. It is self contradictory.
How to you clarify an initial report with a 'courtesy stop' yet blame that same 'report' as the reason these people were handcuffed and detained?
The fact is that if there had not been an erroneous report, there would have been no reason to stop them in the first place. They apparently learned from the best: Obama.
How to you clarify an initial report with a 'courtesy stop' yet blame that same 'report' as the reason these people were handcuffed and detained?
If you click through to the article you will see...
Wait a minute... You can't click through to the article because the link isn't posted. Well, we can fix that.
Air Force Apologizes to Family after Traffic Stop
the initial report was that the van was cruising the parking lot and looking at all the cars in a suspicious manner. It turns out the family was looking at all of the out-of-state license plates. When the MPs ran the license plate after the initial report, it came up as stolen.
The police response, given that information, was appropriate.
Agreed. Here’s how I parse the non-sense:
The word “originally” gives away that “subsequently” the plate number on the ladies’ vehicle miraculously did NOT come back as stolen.
AF Mistake One: Databases do not change themselves, so this implies the guards either misread the plate or mis-entered it “originally”.
AF Mistake Two: Rather than recheck competently first, they put innocent ladies and children at high risk, and reaped a ton of bad publicity.
AF Mistake Three: Rather than admit their own fault, the AF used fairly talented spin doctors concoct dodgy language to shift blame to the database.
AF Mistake Four: Gave the game away by using the word “originally”.
AF Mistake Five: Their dodgy language implies that they are checking plates while people are LEAVING, instead of when entering the AFB. Hopefully this is a by-product of their overall lie, not that they actually let dangerous terrorists and car thieves prowl the base unvetted, but do care when they leave. Like most guests, these ladies and children likely spent hours at this really great air museum, affording plenty of time to re-check evidence, and safely apprehend any car thieves after they park their vehicles. I suspect that they DID check the plate going in, but got no hit because someone put in the correct number. If so, their use of “originally” was not only stupid, but false.
The head of security should be fired, along with everyone involved in the post-incident lying. But they might be promoted instead, since facile lying is the gold standard of government.