They do train a lot these days. To be honest, with today's media culture, it's impossible to tell what's real and what's propaganda. I'd be just as surprised learning this was staged as learning it was real.
No, at the time I had commented I meant one shooter was dead. Turns out the other in the car at the time was also dead, but offscreen of the shots we were shown. Idk what happened to the last guy.
Just for my own santity. In the event this was staged and there were no real victims, how is it that the news story can go national and no one says anything? Are all of the people shown there, presumably faking, in on the con?
I would assume so. The way I figure it- no evidence here, just an idea I have had -is that people get recruited to do this through the internet. Not reached out to, but just regular people looking for jobs. Participating in a mock terrorist attack exercise. You get paid and you help the government practice catching bad guys. Sign an NDA and that's it. The threat of an NDA is generally enough to get most people not to talk about whatever they were doing.
I'm not talking about crisis actors or faking dead bodies- two people claimed as the shooters were definitely killed today. No idea who they were or could be though.
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public_persuader ago
Here's what gets me. How convenient is this:
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poly ago
SWAT team showed up at DC navy yard shooting only to be turned away. SWAT team leader got diciplined, for what?
djsumdog ago
They do train a lot these days. To be honest, with today's media culture, it's impossible to tell what's real and what's propaganda. I'd be just as surprised learning this was staged as learning it was real.
Lag-wagon ago
It sucks that "staged" still means 20 people died.
ElspethTirel ago
I'd hold your breath until we actually see bodies. But then again, if nobody died, we won't, will we?
Only one person died so far, and they were a "shooter."
Lag-wagon ago
I've read three shooters... However I am not confident.
ElspethTirel ago
No, at the time I had commented I meant one shooter was dead. Turns out the other in the car at the time was also dead, but offscreen of the shots we were shown. Idk what happened to the last guy.
ElspethTirel ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkNIrH4ZI4Q
8 seconds in is an obvious dummy. This has clearly been an exercise.
ShineShooter ago
Obviously. It looks just like one i've practiced CPR on.
VforVoatdetta ago
Just for my own santity. In the event this was staged and there were no real victims, how is it that the news story can go national and no one says anything? Are all of the people shown there, presumably faking, in on the con?
ElspethTirel ago
I would assume so. The way I figure it- no evidence here, just an idea I have had -is that people get recruited to do this through the internet. Not reached out to, but just regular people looking for jobs. Participating in a mock terrorist attack exercise. You get paid and you help the government practice catching bad guys. Sign an NDA and that's it. The threat of an NDA is generally enough to get most people not to talk about whatever they were doing.
I'm not talking about crisis actors or faking dead bodies- two people claimed as the shooters were definitely killed today. No idea who they were or could be though.
ShineShooter ago
This wouldn't be the first time crisis actors have been used.