Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Episcopal Jihad: Coming To A School Near You

At least I know now what Bill Maher, Rosie O'Donnell, and Keith Olbermann do on their off time (besides visiting Loose Change web sites)......... they work for the Burlington, New Jersey police department....
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP — The scenario has played out in real life across America: Gunfire echoes through a school and students are held hostage.

But police, faculty and staff lived out their own make-believe version yesterday of just such a tragedy at Burlington Township High School, complete with Kevlar-clad officers, armed suspects and students portraying the wounded and dead.

The purpose of the drill was to test the reactions of police, faculty and administration.
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Two Burlington Township police detectives portrayed the gunmen. Investigators described them as members of a right-wing fundamentalist group called the “New Crusaders” who don't believe in separation of church and state. The mock gunmen went to the school seeking justice because the daughter of one had been expelled for praying before class.


The next line is of course...
To make the drill more realistic, about 10 students volunteered to act as hostages or wounded victims.
As if realism was their chief concern.
But what do you expect from a world where fire doesn't melt steel ?



Hat tip to Relapsed Catholic

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