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NYPD chief: Police could take down plane if needed
NEW YORK (AP) -- The chief of the New York Police Department says city police could take down a plane if necessary. Commissioner Ray Kelly tells CBS' "60 Minutes" that after the Sept. 11 attacks, he decided the city couldn't rely on the federal government alone. He set about creating the NYPD's own counter-terrorism unit. He says the department is prepared for multiple scenarios and could even take down a plane. (hosted.ap.org) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Oh...but it's for our *safety* !! (Be sure to quickly pan camera to the wringing hands of the bloviating fat*ss NYPD official)
Anyone shooting me down is an enemy. Either everyone likes violence ands wants to see a plane explode or you guys are not taking my suggestions into consideration. Why is a non- lethal outcome not good enough for you?
Something seriously wrong if NYPD is seen as "an enemy". What this suggests is that NYPD is outside the law. Yet on 9/11 the USA was unable to protect NYC. Maybe NYPD was impatient waiting for evidence that the military can act? Maybe the National Guard, the Coast Guard and the NYPD have togther worked out an effective shield while the regular military is busy elsewhere.
Not one of you rather see the USAF taking control of a plane as a better scenario to shooting it down? Really? Raise your hand if you've ever been a passenger or crew before. Back in the old days killing the hostages was the plan. Now they are making us kill our own? Wait till it's your ass in the seat on that plane - then ask yourself if you like the idea dying. If you wanna be a hero - that's the same as a martyr. No death and no destructuction is the answer and as far as I am concerned if my plane is locked on by NYPD then I want my federal government to protect me from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Some of you guys are really kinda skewed and narrow in your thinking. The NYPD is about protection the public. Thats in NYC. Are you serious bringing in the whole world? Maybe you are annoyed that a simple cop should dare to suggest he can challenge a civil airliner. In fact we may have hit on an important issue here...it could well be that the Port Authority might get annoyed that THEY cannot do what the NYPD can.
@ Roland Dent, great thinking on your part!!!! but you ought to complement it by suggesting that Mayor Bloomberg and Chief Kelly should send their troops to Afghanistan, Iraq and maybe Pakistan too to finish off the Talibans. The free fighters of Libya need help badly, so does Yemen, Syria and Somalia. Also the NYPD should be given a very quick training at manning vessels and sent mañana first thing to kill the damn pirates roaming the Indian sea and around Africa. Last but not least, since Governor Perry announced yesterday that once in the White House he will send US troops inside of Mexico to kill them bastards drug traffickers, he better considers that the right people to do that is the NYPD.