The Florida "Bomber" shooting? Nasty add'l info.

[thewayne]

More than one passenger say they did not hear the word bomb. And police holding shotguns to other passenger's heads? Weird stuff.

It's possible the link will break, I'll see if I can find something more permanent.

http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1128814&tw=wn_wire_story

Comments

[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

This is what happenes when you give people guns and no trianing. That is the most generous thing I can say about this situation unfortunatly. Clearly a mistake was made, how big will remain to be seen. It does make me wonder though if people are going to continue to support armed air marshals on planes now.

[magic-rat.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's just me, but John McAlhany, the one passenger who claimed that a policeman held a shotgun to his head, just didn't sound credible. Many studies have proven that in a stress situation, eye-witnesses will often misremember significant details, and McAlhany's answers were too definitive. I'm not saying that he's consciously lying, but I wouldn't take what he's saying as the absolute truth.

Also, I have yet to see in any follow-up on this case explain why Rigoberto Alpizar was off his medication. Am I the only person who considers that reason important?