US sky cops shoot 'I got a bomb' joker dead
reuters:US officials defend fatal shooting at Miami airport
U.S. officials on Thursday defended the deadly shooting of a threatening air passenger as necessary to protect the flying public and the White House said an investigation will determine whether there were lessons to be learned from the incident.
The two federal air marshals involved in the shooting of an American Airlines passenger were put on paid leave while the incident at Miami International Airport was investigated, said air marshal spokesman Dave Adams.
... Officials said the passenger, identified as Rigoberto Alpizar, 44, indicated he was carrying a bomb in his bag as he boarded the plane for a flight to Orlando.
Witnesses said Alpizar appeared to be mentally ill. Law enforcement officials said later there was no sign of a bomb.
Alpizar's family issued a statement on Thursday calling him "loving, gentle and caring" and said he was born in Costa Rica and had become a naturalized U.S. citizen several years ago. Read more
db:- The world over, cops are getting a taste for killing - to protect. Jean Charles de Menezes was from Brazil, this victim was from Costa Rica - see a pattern?
U.S. officials on Thursday defended the deadly shooting of a threatening air passenger as necessary to protect the flying public and the White House said an investigation will determine whether there were lessons to be learned from the incident.
The two federal air marshals involved in the shooting of an American Airlines passenger were put on paid leave while the incident at Miami International Airport was investigated, said air marshal spokesman Dave Adams.
... Officials said the passenger, identified as Rigoberto Alpizar, 44, indicated he was carrying a bomb in his bag as he boarded the plane for a flight to Orlando.
Witnesses said Alpizar appeared to be mentally ill. Law enforcement officials said later there was no sign of a bomb.
Alpizar's family issued a statement on Thursday calling him "loving, gentle and caring" and said he was born in Costa Rica and had become a naturalized U.S. citizen several years ago. Read more
db:- The world over, cops are getting a taste for killing - to protect. Jean Charles de Menezes was from Brazil, this victim was from Costa Rica - see a pattern?
posted by exoplanet at 10:16 PM
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