You have no basis for concluding the sky marshalls were negligent. They acted under ambiguous and difficult circumstances, they acted decisively, and an innocent man is dead. But their actions cannot be judged in hindsight, but according to the information they had at the time.
"You have no basis for concluding the sky marshalls were negligent. They acted under ambiguous and difficult circumstances, they acted decisively, and an innocent man is dead. But their actions cannot be judged in hindsight, but according to the information they had at the time."
I agree with you there. And personally I am not saying the Air Marshals were negligent. Honestly, I would NOT want that job, and I am sure the AM(s) who pulled the trigger on this guy must feel pretty awful about what happened. (I know I would)
But what I am saying is, yesterday I had this pegged as the Air Marshals doing their job, taking out a dangerous maniac who said he had a bomb. However the more and more facts come to light, the more I think that this was a really tragic accident and the guy really should be alive right now. I don't think it's a bad thing to re-evaluate the situation as new details come to light.