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To fill in a couple of holes...
The problem with security procedures was the councilmembers themselves - if you were walking with a councilmember they would get upset if security stopped a someone in their "entourage" to be searched - it was at their insistence that tag-a-longs were able to bypass security. As of 5pm yesterday everyone including the Mayor goes through the detector-no matter how long the lines are. Trust-if Bloomberg had tried to enforce this on his own prior to yesterday's tragedy there would have been holy heck raised over such a minor issue.
Mr. Davis was a retired police officer carrying a licensed weapon. Apparently the assassin caught him completely off guard when he started shooting. Its almost a blessing that Davis wasn't able to reach for his gun-there were a lot of bystanders in the balcony.
I knew Mr. Davis personally and was shocked when I got home and heard what happened. A sad day indeed.
BTW- the officer that killed the assassin was promoted to Detective today.
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