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zipplewrath

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26. Let's avoid the hyperbole

Mon Apr 29, 2013, 11:33 AM

Apr 2013

People were "allowed" out through it all. I know people who were inside the zone and a block or so away from most of the action. They came and went at will.

But I also agree, that the effectiveness needs to be discussed. The people CAN be a very good source of investigation. This guy, shot and bleeding, wasn't going to be out "blending in" with the crowd. And he could have taken a hostage FROM a house as much as anywhere else in public. Moving around for this guy was going to be a problem. The public, out and about, were more likely to come across him than cowering in their basements. In some ways, it made it easier for him to move about and find a hiding place since there was less of a chance of bumping into someone, or being seen climbing into a boat.

Quite honestly, this tactic seems to be something more inspired by Hollywood, than any rational consideration of tactical effectiveness.

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