Get. Over. It.

[boston bean]

Citizens weren't under martial law, they were doing what they could to help catch a fucking terrorist, and prevent the further loss of innocent life.

Get. A. Grip.

[nenagh]

1. And behind any front door or basement door there could have been hostages taken...

Listening on the police scanner, at the coordination involved... The care to get a negotiator.. To get him alive...

Great credit to all those involved....

[reformist2]

2. This bears repeating: People were walking and driving around in Boston all day yesterday.

I'd say it was only 20% of the normal level of traffic, but they weren't afraid of being arrested for 'disobeying'.

[Honeycombe8]

12. Someone thought it was martial law? LOL. The guy who found the suspect was on a walk.

He wasn't holed up in his house. It's like a mayor issuing an "order" for people to stay inside because of storm conditions, for everyone's sake. People usu. do, but there are always a few who don't. They're not arrested.

[PoliticAverse]

20. Apparently he was 'holed up in his house' until the lockdown order was lifted...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/watertown-hero-david-henneberry-points-police-bomb-suspect/story?id=19004124#.UXLX_8rK2PI

[Honeycombe8]

28. He could've gone out. No one was arrested. But citizens typically do the common sense

thing, when govt officials want people to stay inside or evacuate.

[flamingdem]

3. Someone actually thought it was martial law?

Lame

[GiveMeFreedom]

4. Those that have never been to a place where

martial law is imposed have no idea what it is like. Those that have, will never forget. Peace.

[Honeycombe8]

14. Hmmm. I'm from a hurricane area, where it wasn't unusual for govt officials to tell

people, even "order" people to stay off the streets in bad storm conditions. Or to evacuate. And then the public isn't allowed back in right away. All that is for the safety of the public, property, and the first responders.

But people who don't abide by that aren't arrested. It's a common sense request (or official order with no teeth) that most people agree with and abide by voluntarily. But some stupid people don't. You know the ones...the ones who are still driving around in flood waters, expecting to be rescued when there are no responders out on the streets because of the danger.

[GiveMeFreedom]

23. I think we agree

my post is more in reference to martial law in places other than the U.S. Been there, long, long time ago. Peace.

[Posteritatis]

19. Been hearing the term more and more today, yeah. Oy. (nt)

[Fumesucker]

5. Of course the discovery of the suspect in the boat only happened *after* the request was lifted

Because then the owner felt free to go into his yard where he discovered the blood, the torn tarp and eventually the suspect.

Funny how that worked out.

[boston bean]

7. It wasn't funny. At least not in my opinion.

[Fumesucker]

8. Not funny ha ha, funny peculiar n/t

[Marrah_G]

10. Had that request not been in place he probably would have been much further away.

[Fumesucker]

17. He was seriously injured and evidently on foot, he wasn't going too far

I've heard no reports of the car he hijacked being found near the site of his capture so it seems reasonable he didn't drive to that location.

A blood soaked person would have been pretty conspicuous to the public also if they weren't all inside.

[Logical]

24. Based on what? Less people outside to see him? Great logic. n-t

[JaneyVee]

6. If an armed & dangerous person was on the loose in my vicinity I would voluntarily stay inside.

[ashling]

9. Boston is "literally" the only major city where,

when you fuck with them they will stop everything - shut the whole place down - and find your ass.

that being said, I find it somewhat humorous that the guy who actually found the guy was checking on his boat: his "baby."

"There's blood on my boat. Let's see, should I notify the police or rip the tarp off to see what's in there...?"

[malaise]

11. He said he went outside to smoke and noticed the tear on the tarp and blood

He wasn't really checking on the boat

[Ikonoklast]

27. Pot.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022722783

Meet Kettle.

[MOTRDemocrat]

15. Yep. Funny how people can cling to their extremist ideologies...

After we just witnessed what extremism can do.

[Rex]

16. Are we still stuck on this bullshit?

There was NEVER martial law in Boston, I wish people would stop with this line of bullshit. You could go outside as free as any other day.

[lunatica]

18. It's martial law when they shoot you for disobeing orders

No one who was outside was shot or arrested or anything.

[Logical]

21. Nothing like locking down a whole city over one 19 year old suspect. n-t

[Zorra]

22. This subject is like a bad hangover. Nothing seems to be able to get rid of it. nt

[Wounded Bear]

25. I've heard the term used.....typical over reaction and hype...nt

[Posteritatis]

26. I'd like to see a map for that sort of thing sometime:

Something that charts how fervently people are talking about martial law here - or equivalent hyperbole in other situations - compared to how physically close they are to the event in question.

I remember someone actually tried to do one of those charting people who were trying to file suits or something about the "ground zero mosque" notroversy a few years ago, and the results were kind of enlightening.

[limpyhobbler]

29. I doubt anybody said Boston was under martial law.

I've seen about 10 posts decrying the posts claiming Boston was under martial law.

But I haven't seen any posts actually claiming there was martial law in Boston.

[Cha]

30. Yeah, there's always at least one who's insisting it was a

"lockdown" and doesn't understand the meaning of the word "REQUEST".

They're right and everyone else in the reality based community is wrong.