This is exactly why we need 24hr surveillance drones.
easier to hijack the drones to replace the flag than having to climb up?
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I have never found any of the police constables in the greater Boston area to be in any way understanding of photographers. Especially ones who use tripods late at night for several hours when any rational terrorist would take their photos during the day in a span of about three minutes.
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It would be interesting to compare and contrast the amount of resources going into this investigation versus what the NYPD commits to the average homicide case.
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I would rather they devote the resources to fixing how it happened. Coming down on a band of pranksters isnât going to prevent âreal terroristsâ from âdoing something.â
Although what the risk of âdoing somethingâ from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge should be considered too. Any kind of â24-hoursâ type of WMD horror scenario you might commit in the open from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge is probably easier to commit from a rented office unit nearby - unless the harm is loosing face rather than human or economic destruction.
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Remember that this is the same police force that executed a man for the crime of potentially selling individual cigarettes.They have some serious, dangerous criminals there.
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Iâm interested in the message. I wonder if itâs a prank, political statement or comment on racism. Anyone have thoughts on that?
These colors donât run! But they sure do have a way of fading.
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Forgot to add:
Bleached white is perfect: the US has surrendered to fear.
I say, take whatever meaning you find most antithetical to the authorities and run with it.
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Didnât you get the memo?
Post 9/11, sanity is obsolete. The Authoritarians figure they have carte blanche to run amok, and thus anyone who attempts to undermine that authority (primarily champion satirists like these kids) is public enemy #1.
âŚBTW, hereâs a nice epithet for the sort of scumbag authoritarians whoâd back the NYPDâs focus here, pinched from the Dead Kennedysâ Holiday in Cambodia: star-bellied sneetch.
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In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didnât commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.
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Iâm curious how many open homicide cases there currently are in New York, and how their usages of manpower and resources compare to this incidentâs usages.
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In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didnât commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.
Or⌠you can hire their nephews: The B-Team.
They have a skateboard.
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Yes, it does speak loudly, and what I hear is that itâs impossible to guard all possible targets, so we should stop worrying and start living.
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Um, oh, okay, erm, I donât have much money and I want someone to go after the people making fun of me for my stuttering. How much for the T-team?
This story reminded me of another old prank:
In 2000, a guy climbed up to the top of the City-County Building and put a pumpkin up there! I think the greatest tragedy of our post-9/11 world is not being able to pull pranks like these anymore.
Donât you mean the T-T-T-t-t-team?
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Right. Youâre on the list!
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And THEN we would arrest them, assuming we could find the scoundrels!
