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> He told the airmen at the front gate that a B-52 had crashed, but the word hadn’t spread to them yet. Mattocks, a Black man, couldn’t prove who he was. stand
by heywhatupboys 4y ago
> He told the airmen at the front gate that a B-52 had crashed, but the word hadn’t spread to them yet. Mattocks, a Black man, couldn’t prove who he was.
standard procedure, but yea I was waiting for the race baiting of the article, it isn't usual to be a whole 6 paragraphs down!
- sumtechguy 4y agoYeah, random guy shows up and says 'I belong here' with zero proof that he belongs there. Yeah SoP would be arrest/detain them and let the guy in charge sort it out. Or as they say 'thats above my pay grade'. The alternative would be to let random people in and hope for the best. If I were a spy I would like the 'hope for the best' style of perimeter control.
- _ea1k 4y agoIf the article was literally correct, it doesn't sound like standard procedure. I'd expect detention for verification, but not an arrest for theft! But the difference is so close to semantics that it might just be a little bit of hyperbole in the article.