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In reply to the discussion: What about "shelter in place" do people not understand? [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)9. Post hoc reasoning? Most illogical.
Actually, they may very have lifted the ban because they finished their scan of the twenty square blocks that they had demarcated.
#2 was found in a boat at a residence just outside. Thank goodness that the good people of Boston were more than willing to trust in law enforcement. Were that not so, people would not have stayed home.
They did so because they were not willing to trade off rights to walk the street for causing trouble for the already stressed out law enforcement agencies.
After all, they caught both of the perps, the second one alive.
What about this do you not understand?
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Logical
Apr 2013
#1
Knew what would happen? Lets say it went on 4 days? Cancel games 4 days? Lock down 4 days? You....
Logical
Apr 2013
#4
If there hadn't been a lock down the boat owner might not have even looked in his boat.
Tx4obama
Apr 2013
#7
The safe harbor. They ended it Friday evening. Why end it if suspect was still at large? n-t
Logical
Apr 2013
#19
Cops did a great job. Just do not shot down the city for one suspect next time. n-t
Logical
Apr 2013
#26
Yes, because roads are not passable. Shut down watertown, fine. But Boston? Why?
Logical
Apr 2013
#28
Newsflash: We are dealing with a place that is used to being snowed in.
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#36
Probably the same thing they do when there's a blizzard that shuts the city down.
Common Sense Party
Apr 2013
#18
I heard on the news that folks in Boston are used to 'sheltering in place' because of winter...
Tx4obama
Apr 2013
#11
A family with young kids ran out of milk in Watertown, see photo on link below
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Apr 2013
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