Consider the source of the order. Who's better at handling a situation where someone has a gun in a public place...Dallas Police, or the Secret Service?
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:16:11 -0500, buky90 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > fairy tale land i dont know what world he lives in but... oh yeah hes a > politician. > > On 2/22/08, Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> We have officially moved into F'd up and totally scary spooky. >> >> Bosco >> --- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com>> >> wrote: >> >> > -------- Original Message -------- >> > Subject: Police concerned about order to stop weapons screening at >> > Obama rally >> > Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:37:56 -0800 >> > From: Chris de Morsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <cdemorsella%40yahoo.com> >> > >> > To: Tracey de Morsella >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<tdemorsella%40multiculturaladvantage.com> >> >, >> > 'julia >> > demorsella' <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <juliaisha%40yahoo.it>>, 'paul >> demorsella' >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <pcrdm%40yahoo.com>> >> > >> > http://www.star-telegram.com/dallas_news/story/486413.html >> > *Police concerned about order to stop weapons screening at Obama >> > rally* >> > *By JACK DOUGLAS Jr.* >> > *Star-Telegram Staff Writer* >> > >> > Barack Obama speaks Wednesday at a Democratic rally in Dallas' >> > Reunion >> > Arena. Police were told to stop screening people for weapons before >> > the >> > rally began. >> > >> < >> http://media.star-telegram.com/smedia/2008/02/21/05/416-324450-268988.standalone.prod_affiliate.58.jpg >> > >> > >> > STAR-TELEGRAM/RODGER MALLISON >> > >> > Barack Obama speaks Wednesday at a Democratic rally in Dallas' >> > Reunion >> > Arena. Police were told to stop screening people for weapons before >> > the >> > rally began. >> > >> > >> > DALLAS -- Security details at Barack Obama's rally Wednesday >> > stopped >> > screening people for weapons at the front gates more than an hour >> > before >> > the Democratic presidential candidate took the stage at Reunion >> > Arena. >> > >> > The order to put down the metal detectors and stop checking purses >> > and >> > laptop bags came as a surprise to several Dallas police officers >> > who >> > said they believed it was a lapse in security. >> > >> > Dallas Deputy Police Chief T.W. Lawrence, head of the Police >> > Department's homeland security and special operations divisions, >> > said >> > the order -- apparently made by the U.S. Secret Service -- was >> > meant to >> > speed up the long lines outside and fill the arena's vacant seats >> > before >> > Obama came on. >> > >> > "Sure," said Lawrence, when asked if he was concerned by the great >> > number of people who had gotten into the building without being >> > checked. >> > But, he added, the turnout of more than 17,000 people seemed to be >> > a >> > "friendly crowd." >> > >> > The Secret Service did not return a call from the //Star-Telegram// >> > seeking comment. >> > >> > Doors opened to the public at 10 a.m., and for the first hour >> > security >> > officers scanned each person who came in and checked their >> > belongings in >> > a process that kept movement of the long lines at a crawl. Then, >> > about >> > 11 a.m., an order came down to allow the people in without being >> > checked. >> > >> > Several Dallas police officers said it worried them that the arena >> > was >> > packed with people who got in without even a cursory inspection. >> > >> > They spoke on condition of anonymity because, they said, the order >> > was >> > made by federal officials who were in charge of security at the >> > event. >> > >> > "How can you not be concerned in this day and age," said one >> > policeman. >> > >> > JACK DOUGLAS Jr., 817-390-7700 >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <jld%40star-telegram.com> <mailto: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <jld%40star-telegram.com>> >> > >> > >> > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
