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I have worked in private security and law enforcement. I have searched people and their bags at security checkpoints to enter government buildings after 9-11. I've strip searched males in lockup. There is no way a trained cop or even an experienced security guard would miss something bigger than a tube of lipstick in a backpack. Nothing found in the backpack at Micky Ds and then found a handgun after taking it inside of a police station? Sounds to me like the gun was driven to the police station separately to be planted in the bag. A 3D printed gun could be made by anyone, including the cops. #ACAB
But why make a hero and a martyr? Are they stupid?
Vs. What?
Letting the world know that you can walk up to someone in the middle of the day and shoot them and get away with it?
We all know CSI shows are over exaggerated, but they give us a feeling of protection
Without a motive or a link to follow. A random gunman is next to impossible to find after they get away.
This way they don't have to make the charges stick but "they caught" the gunman.
Security theater is important
Because this happens all the time and they are used to just doing it and nothing happening.
I always think about the episode of true detective where they roll with the biker gang. They just do it cool as cucumbers, prep and say "yeah we're going off book." No debate, no explanation, it's just a thing they do.
We all saw how that ended up.
Yes?