School Guarded by Fake Marine Reservist

[+ Lucky]

Nervous parents and school administrators at a California school were happy when Marine reservist Sgt. Craig Pusly stood guard all day at their school on Wednesday in military garb. They brought him cups of coffee. But by midday Thursday, Pusley, now in civilian clothes, was gone. It turns out he lied about who he was:

 

"Pusley, 25, told The Modesto Bee he was a sergeant in the Marine Reserve and had deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Pusley said he was unemployed and using his reservist pay to support his wife and 3-year-old child.Capt. Gregory A. Wolf, a Marines spokesman, told The Associated Press on Thursday that Pusley never served overseas and was discharged in 2008 as a private after serving less than a year at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. He also is not a reservist."

 

The school prinicpal wouldn't comment, and that's no surprise. After a major school shooting, she allowed a guy to stand guard over her charges without even checking his credentials! His military garb and lies served as proof enough that he was safe with the children.

 

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Former-Marine-guards-California-school-4133846.php#ixzz2FetsnQUF

[MsGuy]

Oh my fuckin G-d!! What a maroon!

 

Just goes to show what a 20 year sentence in the public school system does to your brain.

 

Thanks for the link, Lucky.

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PS: Is there any chance of an avatar change after the holidays? That face is starting to seriously creep me out.

[+ Lucky]

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PS: Is there any chance of an avatar change after the holidays? That face is starting to seriously creep me out.

 

My gosh! here I boldly go where few have gone and use my actual picture for an avatar, and it creeps you out! I am so hurt.

But yes, I guess I had best change it. Could you send me your high school photo?

[MsGuy]

Could you send me your high school photo?

 

http://cdn.smosh.com/sites/default/files/bloguploads/thug-life-meme-nerd.jpeg

 

(blush) I'm so flattered you asked!

[Frequentflier]

He shouldn't have lied but I'll say this for him, he volunteered to do something. We have enough people that only volunteer to flap their lips incessantly.

 

Every school should have uniformed police protection - no overtime - hire more cops if we need to. Find the money by saving elsewhere (my choice) or raise taxes to cover it. ONLY those uniformed police individuals are allowed to have a gun. I don't think this is that complicated and a lot of schools now have this protection post Newtown.

[+ Lucky]

For me the issue is more the school's failure to vet the guy. He could have been quite a danger, and then where would we be?

 

MsGuy, Had I known you in high school, I could have come out much earlier.

[+ Charlie]

He shouldn't have lied but I'll say this for him, he volunteered to do something. We have enough people that only volunteer to flap their lips incessantly.

 

Every school should have uniformed police protection - no overtime - hire more cops if we need to. Find the money by saving elsewhere (my choice) or raise taxes to cover it. ONLY those uniformed police individuals are allowed to have a gun. I don't think this is that complicated and a lot of schools now have this protection post Newtown.

I think this is the first time I have seen you take the same position that the NRA took this morning. I wonder how many more teachers each school district will have to lay off to pay for the armed guards.

[+ deej]

I think this is the first time I have seen you take the same position that the NRA took this morning. I wonder how many more teachers each school district will have to lay off to pay for the armed guards.

 

Lots, and they don't have enough teachers (or social workers or psychologists) now.

 

And lets hope the people they rush to hire and train are more effective than the armed guards who were present at Columbine High School. Or the armed guards on duty at Fort Hood. Or, frankly, the entire Los Angeles Unified School District Police Department. (Yes, the school district has their own police department and STILL routinely has gun incidents.)

 

Arming the schools is not the answer, unless you also want to arm all churches, sikh temples, factories, post offices, malls, football stadiums, and pretty much every other place people gather in crowds.

[MsGuy]

Arming the schools is not the answer, unless you also want to arm all... football stadiums.

 

Actually, the football stadiums I've been to did have armed security. Apparently they are magnets for the rowdier elements of the population. & maybe all that beer doesn't help.

[+ deej]

Actually, the football stadiums I've been to did have armed security. Apparently they are magnets for the rowdier elements of the population. & maybe all that beer doesn't help.

 

OK. I haven't been to a football game in 25 years. Or more.

 

I'll admit the last time I went to Dodger Stadium (which WILL be the last time) I never felt more unsafe in my life, and that was with security people a few feet away. This was shortly before a Giants fan was beaten into a coma there. Everyone was shocked that it happened, but I wasn't.

[Frequentflier]

I think this is the first time I have seen you take the same position that the NRA took this morning. I wonder how many more teachers each school district will have to lay off to pay for the armed guards.

 

Even IF my view on anything was the same as the NRA I prefer not to be viewed as aligned with that heinous group. I believe the responsibility for the injuries and loss of life in Aurora and in Newtown rests with the NRA and politicians that have impeded restrictions or done NOTHING to limit the proliferation of assault weapons, high capacity magazines, limiting carry abilities, not thinking of how technology could render use other than an assigned user impossible, etc. I like the question President Obama was asked at the press conference earlier this week "this is the fourth mass murder under your administration with guns (or something to that effect) - where have you been?" Amazingly narrow minded of the NRA that the focus is on schools and not how to combat what happened in Tucson and Aurora. Contrary to your assumption, my view is not less teachers, but less pension benefits for teachers, police and firemen or other reductions - or as I said - higher taxes. Many of these workers have benefits that far exceed that provided by "for profit" companies today. And really, the NRA can't come up with better speakers than the knuckleheads they put forward today?

 

If the trend of this topic is that even armed police at schools isn't working, then putting a 2012 perspective on the 2nd amendment might be in order (far less ownership) and melting existing excess guns. I'll supply the matches

 

I fear more the armed "non criminal" than the armed criminal.