Posted on 12/15/2014 3:05:39 PM PST by naturalman1975
THE manager of the Lindt cafe who was fatally shot in the Martin Place siege is being praised as a hero, responsible for allowing others trapped in the cafe to escape.
Tori Johnson, 34, was wrestling a gun from gunman Man Haron Monis when he was killed.
It is understood the cafe manager decided to take action when the hostage-taker begun to doze off after the siege had been ongoing for 17 hours.
He lunged at the gunman’s weapon, enabling others to flee.
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I did! It made quite a contrast with the police hunkered down behind there while the little fruity waiter guy came scampering by. I swear, somebody could have just walked in there and popped that guy. Right then.
To continue, they knew very well there were no explosives in there. It was an abstract threat without substance at that time. But DOCTRINE rules. It's all part of the death of common sense.
Except for the other police you couldn't see, because the news crews had been told exactly which angle to film from in order to show the guy inside exactly what the police wanted him to see.
To continue, they knew very well there were no explosives in there. It was an abstract threat without substance at that time. But DOCTRINE rules. It's all part of the death of common sense.
They did not know there were no explosives in there.
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