Wednesday, December 07, 2005

So you have el boomb?

Officials: Passenger Who Made Threat Shot

AP MIAMI - A passenger who claimed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag was shot by a federal air marshal Wednesday on a jetway connected to an American Airlines plane that had just arrived from Colombia, officials said.

Kudos to the marshal for taking the thug out with what appears to have been one shot. Of course, if it had been in NY or California, the Air Marshal would first had to have postively identified the minority status of the bomber, or lack thereof, and acted accordingly. If the boomber admitted to such status, then the ACLU would have been notified immediately, and law enforcement would then refrain from inquiring as to the citizenship of the potential mass murderer, and be sure to ask if he'd like a free pony.

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