Trib: While Moscow Slept
In the Lewiston Tribune this morning, Marty Trillhaase rips the UI and Moscow police for responding so slowly to the murder and later suicide committed by assistant psychology professor Ernesto Bustamante: "Anywhere else in post-9/11 America, the police would have taken at most an hour to round up the rudimentary facts before disclosing the threat to ordinary citizens. By 10 p.m., newspaper Internet sites, radio and television would have displayed Bustamante's picture or description. He would have been deemed armed, dangerous and a person to avoid. The rental car would have been identified. Immediately, people would go inside and lock their doors. They might also help provide leads for law enforcement to track down the suspect. Not in Moscow. More here.
Question: Is Marty playing Monday morning quarterback in his editorial? Or does he have a legitimate point that Moscow reacted poorly to significant danger four years after Jason Hamilton went on a killing spree in the town?