[EMAIL PROTECTED] I keep thinking about what happened to Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. Amy
> We have officially moved into F'd up and totally scary spooky. > > Bosco > --- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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]> >> To: Tracey de Morsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> 'julia >> demorsella' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 'paul demorsella' >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> 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] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. > I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. > > You know these things that happen, > That's just the way it's supposed to be. > And I can't help but wonder, > Don't ya know it coulda been me. > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.9/1293 - Release Date: 2/22/2008 > 9:21 AM > >
