Contrary to extreme left-wing and extreme right-wing media, Boston
was not a Military State during the manhunt for the Marathon bombers/terrorists.
We were not "under Martial
Law" here in Boston.
There was an order to try and stay in our homes starting
late Thursday night and early Friday morning and a shelter-in-place order given
on Friday afternoon when the FBI et al first suspected they knew where the
terrorists were (they were correct), and after the first (but not before the
second) shoot-out with law enforcement.
Businesses and offices shut down voluntarily first thing
Friday morning because no one knew where these yahoos were for real and they
had murdered a young MIT officer in cold blood execution style without
compunction. Nobody FORCED us off the streets - We did it out of safety and
concern and out of RESPECT for the officers of the law. People were asked to stay
in for their own protection. People who
had left for work before the area was cordoned off were still allowed into
their homes (with the aid of officers to be sure no one entered their homes to
hide while they were away).
Had the shelter order NOT been lifted, the homeowner and
neighbor never would've seen the ladder and the blood near the boat, and
darkness would've fallen while we still hunkered inside... and the suspect
surely would've bled to death during the night. Many of us listened to the
BPD/State Police scanner that they could've shut down from the Net, but they
did not. We knew (and were in the loop if we so chose, and I personally posted
a link so you all could listen in real time, too) the MOMENT he was captured
when the officer in charge reported, "Suspect is in custody."
Do not judge our city unless you were here and doing what
you could (staying vigilant and staying out of the way) to catch
TERRORISTS. Two IED's on American
streets -- Where else and when else in American history?
We chose to stay indoors and let the professionals do their
work. That's NOT Martial Law -- That's common fucking sense. Period. As for the
nut jobs .... uber-libs do not mean all Democrats, uber-religious conservatives
do not mean all Republicans, and not all Libertarians, Tea-Partiers, nor
Constitutionalists are nut jobs -- some just love their country. I'm an
unenrolled moderate, the proverbial voting fence-sitter.
Believe me, this was no Martial Law. This was Boston doing what
Boston does best -- leading by example.
