with the state of Texas under a burn ban [all the counties except for a few along the OK/TX border] i wasn't too surprised that the fireworks for the 4th of July were cancelled - my son was especially disappointed but i was SHOCKED to discover the real reason why this was so..... the police dept feared too big of a crowd. for some reason, the mentality seemed to be that since Austin and San Antonio had cancelled their shows, the department feared thousands upon thousands of out-of-towners would descend upon San Marcos and controlling the crowds of people pushed the department to cancel our show. REALLY? REALLY?
why wasn't the SWAT team put on call instead?
during the last 2 weeks ALONE, the San Marcos Police have called out the SWAT team 3 times -
case 1. man robs shopper in walgreens parking lot with knife - poor thing, she lost the $3 she had on her and i'm sure she had the sh*t scared out of her. police follow suspect to home and since the crime was a 'violent' attack and he didn't seem to come out of the residence immediately, the SWAT team was called out. no firearms found but suspect apprehended.
case 2. a fight at a party breaks out and a man and woman are accused of stabbing and kicking fellow party-goers [no one was killed but a several were injured nonetheless] and again, due to the violent nature of the crime, the SWAT team was called upon to apprehend the suspects. of course, one of them was released on a PR bond - so violent as to warrant the SWAT team but not so bad as to have to put up bail? WHAT?
case 3. the last and most tragic case, involved the death of an Iraqi veteran and Texas State student; the san marcos are alerted by a suicide crisis center and an officer arrives at the scene and told by fellow roommates that the vet is armed. and you guessed it, the SWAT team arrived however, by the time they actually entered the building, it was too late. the newspaper article states the young man killed himself prior to the arrival of the police.
photo credit:
http://www.revousa.org/swat-team-targets-indebted-college-graduate
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