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In reply to the discussion: My how things have changed. [View all]Triana
(22,666 posts)Um. That's what this was. And I don't think police "took their time". They were busting their asses to find this guy. That's why there were going house to house. The suspect was extremely dangerous and presented a danger to the public. These men had planned more bombings. I just don't have a problem with the way police handled this situation. Their first priority was public safety. As well it should have been after what happened.
I don't think such tactics or policies will begin to be used daily by law enforcement in every circumstance or in other circumstances of lesser magnitude.
What I'm personally more concerned about is police brutalization of citizen protesters as what happened with OWS - as police inexplicably protect the corporate state that abuses them and everyone else.
In the Boston Bombing situation, police protected the public and did their jobs appropriately.
In the OWS protests, they brutalized the public on behalf of corporations and did NOT do their jobs appropriately.