Quail Springs Mall invaded

[Achilleslastand]

thanx for the reminder. although it might be counterproductive in terms of de-senitivizationalism within the context of the outrage.
(yet, doesn't a 2:00 AM, FauxPoliceRaid, in the vicinity of an Albatross (or elephant in the room) of A Mall in a Commercial Zone on the Border of Urban Sprawl beg the question who cares? =)

Heritage Park Mall, in Midwest City, probably would have caused less controversy on account of it's deserted all the time.

Or better yet they could have had this at Crossroads Mall and no one would have noticed a thing.....just business as usual.

[RadicalModerate]

The founders of this country also dealt with a country that only had 4 million citizens and had a couple million others to keep in chains. Try actually understanding history before you start posting bumper sticker slogans.

Good Suggestion. I know it is because I Majored in Political Science, Minored in History, and had a side of Sociology. =)

[RadicalModerate]

Or better yet they could have had this at Crossroads Mall and no one would have noticed a thing.....just business as usual.

In fact, I want to drive south to see what our cousins from South of the Border have actually accomplished in that regard (XRodesMall).
(I'm 90% convinced "they" can work "miracles" if given half a chance.)
(yet . . . I am biased (based on actual observation) . . . so I'm almost certainly wrong.)

Perhaps it's simply one of them there Heisenberg Uncertainly Principal/Quantum Mechanics deals . . . =)

. . .[Garin] . . . ???? =)

[Chadanth]

Or better yet they could have had this at Crossroads Mall and no one would have noticed a thing.....just business as usual.

They could have done it in the middle of the day too, avoiding making everyone get up in the middle of the night.

[BBatesokc]

I have zero issue with this. I don't think people realize how often similar drills take place because most do not get mentioned on the news. I can't tell you how many times I've seen these drills staged outside the old post office south of downtown before it was bulldozed, warehouse areas downtown and when I worked at Children's and University Hospital we had very similar drills - not 'fire drills' but full on police in riot gear drills. It was no biggie and while police cannot train for every scenario, I much prefer they have some actual hands on experience before a real emergency happens.

As mentioned by someone else, I also agree that most often a situation with an active shooter is over before authorities can organize and deploy, but certainly not in all cases. We have hostage situations all the time. Not to mention that most police officers will never draw their gun during their careers - but should that mean we disarm them?

I've seen lots of police overstep their authority, but not once did it require a machine gun, armored vehicle or sniper rifle. It simply required a verbal command, posturing and the sense of security that comes with knowing your lies will be believed over the truth in a courtroom most any day. I fear law enforcement's lack of morality and perspective of service to the community over their physical weapons any day.

[MustangGT]

Why the FBI will be raiding one metro mall this week | KFOR.com

I don't like this one bit.

Get over it an your pompous self anointed busybody self. It was a training exercise. In your non-existent mind if a disaster was to happen at a mall and LEO's never trained there you would complain. Get a rope, put head in loop, jump of soapbox.

[Plutonic Panda]

The founders of this country also dealt with a country that only had 4 million citizens and had a couple million others to keep in chains. Try actually understanding history before you start posting bumper sticker slogans.

and you don't think that when they crafted it they didn't expect growth? Give me a break. They are not stupid man.

[BrettM2]

and you don't think that when they crafted it they didn't expect growth? Give me a break. They are not stupid man.

It wasn't a matter of their intelligence; no one in 1787 foresaw 1900 the way it was, let alone 2014. Jefferson was convinced that the North American continent would break up into numerous republics because it was too big to govern. He never dreamed of the railroad or telegraph.

The Constitution is a great document because it can be changed but people need to stop talking about original intent because 2014 is not 1787; our founders would be lost if you dropped them in a time machine.

[Uncle Slayton]

False flags happen.... Gulf of Tonkin , the burning of the Reichstag, etc......

Dude, are you on the board of directors at Alcoa?