I got the inspiration for this thread, from the post I just made regarding the White Settlement Church shooting the other day...
https://www.eccie.net/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=22
the Church basically allowed the Killer to shoot 2 people before they gunned down the Killer.. I say "allowed", because like a suspected Terrorist, nobody was able, or did not feel obligated to impose upon the Killer until he had slain 2 Church members.
much like suspected terrorists.. they go on a watch list, LE follows them around.. and does nothing until the Terrorist(s) commit a crime. I don't have a magic ball, but it seems to me that if suspicion is strong enough to paste names on a list, and follow them in anticipation of an imminent crime, there should be enough to place them in custody.. for SOMETHING.
I remember a year or so, ago, in Fort Worth, the Cops followed a group of guys early one day, they were suspected in 2 burglaries the past morning. the Cops followed them to a Bar, watched them go in, where they killed 2-3 people inside, robbing Patrons, only to be arrested when they LEFT.. WTF? why didn't the Cops arrest them BEFORE they killed? they watched them go inside!
somebody make sense of this shit.. tell me why LE hands are so tied. I don't get it.. and while you're at it, make sense of why the Church Security guy, who is currently being called a Hero, did not intervene before 2 Church members were murdered.