Heavy Police Presence On NY Subways

To the passengers riding the subways who don't think an increased police presence is necessary because this happened in another country, we are in a war, a global war being waged by islam. To just dismiss the attack on the Russian subways as something ”that happened in another country” shows the utter ignorance that is out there. Have people already forgotten about 9/11 and drifted back into complacency as if there is no threat? If I were a subway rider I would not be bothered about the increased police presence.

Rail cops go great guns
Hit city subways after Russia terror
By LACHLAN CARTWRIGHT, MURRAY WEISS and LEONARD GREENE
Last Updated: 11:06 AM, March 30, 2010
Posted: 3:20 AM, March 30, 2010

Stand clear of the submachine guns.
In an unusual move, a heavily armed NYPD security battalion with enough firepower to wipe out Downtown Brooklyn descended onto the city's subway trains yesterday in response to suicide bombings in Russia that killed dozens of passengers in Moscow's subway.

Bleary-eyed New Yorkers began their work weeks with a morning rush hour that featured city cops in full military gear, including helmets, goggles, body armor, sidearms and M16 assault rifles.
The underground arsenal startled sleepy straphangers, many of whom wondered whether the extra security was overkill.

"I think it's excessive," said Holly Celentang, 26, a rider from Queens. "It's Easter this week, and you have families with young kids on the subway, and I'm sure cops with machine guns would scare them.
"I feel there should have been a bit more of a thought process before they did this. We can't lose our heads over something that happened in another country and make New York City look like we are at war."
Torey Deprisest, 23, who was vacationing from Ohio, said he was stunned at the show of force.
"I think it's ridiculous," Deprisest said. "The attack happened in a different country and had nothing to do with Americans. I'd be nervous seeing cops with machine guns on the train. It makes people afraid when they don't need to be."


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