[Guest]

<strong>Written By:</strong> Anonymous
<strong>Date:</strong> 2005-12-08 19:20:00
<a href="/article/2320347-rush-to-judgement">Article Link</a>

"A passenger claimed to have a bomb aboard in a carry-on bag. At that point an air marshal team confronted the individual aboard the aircraft," Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Doyle told Miami's WSVN television station.

"The passenger immediately exited the aircraft through the jetway, heading back toward the terminal. The air marshal team pursued the subject into the jetway and ordered the subject to get down the ground.

"The passenger appeared to be reaching for a carry-on bag ... the air marshalls took appropriate action ... shots were fired," Mr Doyle said.

A passenger on the plane said she saw Mr Alpizar running "crazily" down the aisle before the shots.

Police and SWAT intervention teams immediately surrounded AA Flight 924 that had just arrived from the Colombian city of Medellin and had been scheduled go on to the Florida city of Orlando.

<a href="http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=126194">http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=126194</a>

[Dr Caleb]

Note to potential air passengers: Since September 11, 2001, air marshalls have absolutely no sense of humour. They will protect the plane and it's passengers at all costs.

Sorry it had to happen to this guy, who from some reports, hasn't kept his bipolar disorder under control. But, I believe this will also send a zero tolerance message to anyone planning a real heist in the future.


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"If you must kill a man, it costs you nothing to be polite about it." Winston Churchill

[Dan Tucker]

OK, so the Americans are trigger happy. What else is new?

My question is: why didn't the marshal tag the guy with a taser gun or stun gun rather than killing him?

That's rather final- and it turns out, it was unnecessary since he was carrying NO bomb. Kind of like Saddam - no WMD's.

Had they used a stun gun on him, they could have had their bunch of goons -what are they called there? SWAT? SQUASH? go through his bag and could have determined there wasn't a bomb. America is getting to be a scary place. Gestapo methods - shoot first, ask questions later. Glad I'm in Canada.

[Dan Tucker]

Forgot to mention, America - you shouldn't have shot the guy who was just bi-polar. You could have put him in one of your nonexistent torture prisons and beat it out of him. That seems to be more their style!

[Dan Tucker]

Forgot to mention, America - you shouldn't have shot the guy who was just bi-polar. You could have put him in one of your nonexistent torture prisons and beat it out of him. That seems to be more their style!

[Dr Caleb]

Because Air Marshalls don't carry stun guns.


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"If you must kill a man, it costs you nothing to be polite about it." Winston Churchill

[Guest]

Please don't go all Canadian on us. It doesn't help in the discussion. We hate everybody in the world, we don't even like other Canadians.