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In reply to the discussion: A massive manhunt and siege in West Texas now? [View all]onenote
(45,966 posts)the owner lives in the same town.
My point is that some of the posts seem to think nothing is being done in response to this event -- that somehow the perpetrators are getting away with it and are doing it elsewhere. Well, others may be doing it elsewhere, but almost certainly not this company. In addition, the site was immediately secured as a crime site after the explosion and investigators from at least two federal agencies were on the scene almost immediately to start gathering evidence. People seem to want more done, but its not clear to me what more could be realistically to have been done in response to explosion at this point in time. The scene is secured. Investigations are under way. The owner of the plant has been identified and there is no indication that he's engaging in this same misconduct elsewhere. Waiting to bring charges after the evidence is gathered makes more sense to me than just arresting him while investigators are still gathering facts and building a case and then having him released on bond. If there was any evidence that he's a fight risk, it would be one thing, but there doesn't seem to be any such evidence.