Yes, some firemen went into that crime scene and took videos and strung them together and added a little music and sold them/are still selling them for $25. They are saying that the video can be an aid to prevention, how’s that for being bold!
I saw this a few days ago on TV, I think on a Datline or 20/20 type show. They had two police officers that shoot intructional videos and they said that it is nothing that they ever would have made.
They are selling the video tapes only because a judge ordered them to. They were not made to be sold.
I don’t know why it was firemen who made the tape.
The tape can serve as a training aid in that it shows the scope of the tragedy. SWAT teams are not trained to deal with the type of situation which occured. The video shows both the situation which occurred and the consequences. It will lead to some changes in SWAT tactics.
I’m holding out for the Director’s Cut DVD
Does this mean that I can get a copy at Blockbuster or do I have to be a government agent/civil protection worker to get one? In the first case, I find it fairly disturbing that such a thing would happen (though sadly, not suprising). In the second case (which I’m getting the feel might be the truth), I don’t see much wrong with showing fire, paramedic, police, SWAT, or whatever other people likely to respond what happened, how it happened and what can be done to either prevent it or minimizing harm to others if it does occur.
Does anyone know which it is?
You can find more information on this tape at:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/col0502.htm
I bet that’s right! This even had a pop music sound track that was removed after the recording artist protested the use of their music on the video.
Starfish said: “The tape can serve as a training aid in that it shows the scope of the tragedy. SWAT teams are not trained to deal with the type of situation which occured. The video shows both the situation which occurred and the
consequences. It will lead to some changes in SWAT tactics.”
The show I saw (CNN?) said that wouldn’t help serve as a training aid, doesn’t show the right kind of information. Just serves those with morbid interest.
Jophiel
The judge ruled they had to make it public, so anyone can buy a copy.
Jois
It does serve as a training aid by showing an actual event in which current SWAT training did not work. Yes it is morbid.
It is similar in concept to the films of wrecked cars shown in drivers ed and other safety classes. Personally, I would not want to see it.
It’s my understanding that the video just walks through empty hallways with some broken glass and stuff. It doesn’t show any dead bodies let alone cause any additional deaths. How tenuous a connection to somebody dying does there have to be before something can be shown? Should we ban film footage from WWII or Vietnam in deference to the families of the guys who died in those wars? Should we suppress photos taken from space of the Earth because someone’s loved one died on that planet? I’ve heard that there is a minute or more of cockpit voice recordings from the Challenger after if blew up, but we never got to hear it. (It isn’t on the web anywhere, is it?) What a ripoff!
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I’ve heard that there is a minute or more of cockpit voice recordings from the Challenger after if blew up, but we never got to hear it. (It isn’t on the web anywhere, is it?) What a ripoff!
I’m not sure if you’re kidding or not, but
Cecil’s column on the Challenger:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/950331.html
I understand that it is a quirk of CO law that forced the judge to make the video public (TV report said so) but the buyers are not SWAT teams.