04-20-2013, 11:56 AM
For the first time in a long while, I feel proud about how LE and FBI performed.
Within a matter of days, they used technology (including existing business security cams and citizens' pics) to identify and apprehend their prime suspects, with no casualties to civilians caused by authorities and no need to offer a massive reward for information to get the public engaged. If some citizens in Boston felt inconvenienced in the process, well...
These brothers weren't done. After the bombing, they killed the school officer and were on the loose committing other crimes. They had more explosives in their home. They had nothing to lose by killing more people. Getting one of them alive is a victory; intel. It's possible that more money will be saved in investigative costs (by getting him to spill all rather than chasing possible ghosts) than it will cost to process him through the legal system.
It does kinda bother me about the Miranda rights exception in principle, but I understand that if there's a possibility the two brothers were part of a network, time is of the essence. Mixed feelings about the pros and cons.
IDK, in comparison: in the effort to apprehend Dorner, one disgruntled guy whose goals, targets, name and image were widely publicized, the authorities shot several civilians, several LEOs were killed, the search of the area excluded the cabin in which the killer was hiding (within 100 feet of the LE command center), a 1 million dollar reward was offered...and the guy is nothing but yesterday's toast.
Within a matter of days, they used technology (including existing business security cams and citizens' pics) to identify and apprehend their prime suspects, with no casualties to civilians caused by authorities and no need to offer a massive reward for information to get the public engaged. If some citizens in Boston felt inconvenienced in the process, well...
These brothers weren't done. After the bombing, they killed the school officer and were on the loose committing other crimes. They had more explosives in their home. They had nothing to lose by killing more people. Getting one of them alive is a victory; intel. It's possible that more money will be saved in investigative costs (by getting him to spill all rather than chasing possible ghosts) than it will cost to process him through the legal system.
It does kinda bother me about the Miranda rights exception in principle, but I understand that if there's a possibility the two brothers were part of a network, time is of the essence. Mixed feelings about the pros and cons.
IDK, in comparison: in the effort to apprehend Dorner, one disgruntled guy whose goals, targets, name and image were widely publicized, the authorities shot several civilians, several LEOs were killed, the search of the area excluded the cabin in which the killer was hiding (within 100 feet of the LE command center), a 1 million dollar reward was offered...and the guy is nothing but yesterday's toast.