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Possible snipers seen at OSU. Administration says they're not snipers but should be treated like they are. (midwest.social)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by seahorse@midwest.social to c/ohio@midwest.social

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Update, yes there are snipers:

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[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It does look like the top right of the banner in the OP

[–] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Agreed, but I still want to know what the source is.

I’ve also come to learn about marksman which are basically cops setup at major events with lots of people to prevent suicide bombers

Now that’s a double edged sword, especially because of, well all that the police have been doing since, well the beginning it would seem. I can’t trust a cop to do a routine traffic stop without shooting someone, I certainly would be concerned about one with a sniper at a high-stress/high movement event like this.

I can definitely see this being real now, but I’m not sure if I agree with it or not - I agree that a terrorist attack at an event like this would be devastating and I wouldn’t want that to happen either, but I don’t trust that the police are being trained appropriately or being audited/actioned on appropriately.

Ultimately my shitty initial tone and attitude were what bit me in the ass in this thread, despite just trying to get confirmation on the information from an appropriate source, so I’m just going to leave well enough alone now.