StoryLeak – by Mikael ThalenA Colorado woman has filed suit against her former employer and the Carbondale Police Department after she says she was taken hostage during an unannounced active shooter drill.
The training exercise, which occurred last October, allegedly resulted in Michelle Meeker being held at gunpoint by a police officer disguised as a mass shooter.
Meeker says she was confronted by the officer while working at the Heritage Park Care Center, an assisted living facility for senior citizens, and forced towards a vacant room. Convinced the situation was real, Meeker says she refused to enter, prompting the officer to flash a firearm on his waist.
That is when Meeker says she began begging for her life, asking the gunmen to spare her for the sake of her young child. According to reports, the officer eventually identified himself as Michael Zimmerman before admitting that the event was a training drill.
Meeker’s lawyer, Paula Gryson, says the scenario has damaged her client emotionally, physically and mentally.
“Absolutely prepare your employees, but prepare them in a responsible and respectful manner,” Gryson told News 9.
A spokesperson with the Heritage Park Care Center admitted to the drill after being confronted by News 9 but refused to say whether or not their employees were informed beforehand.
“Unfortunately, the training exercise alarmed some at our facility,” the spokesperson said. “We have reassured everyone that the situation was safe and controlled.”
The Carbondale police chief, who was mentioned specifically in the lawsuit, did not respond to interview requests.
“We want the full extent of the law to come down on Life Care Centers and the police department,” Gryson said.
Other unannounced shooting drills have produced similar trauma for those involved.
A group of teachers in Oregon were terrified last year when two masked men burst into a faculty meeting and opened fire. Only shortly after did the group realize that the rounds were in fact blanks.
Students and teachers at the North Lake College in Irving, Texas scrambled for cover in 2012 after police began shooting training rounds outside the school. Incredibly, even though police claimed to have sent “two warning e-mails,” faculty members say they were never informed.
Obviously they are trying to scare seniors into heart attacks,
and teachers and children into submission.
SICK BEHAVIOR
What a disgrace the human race has become.
The only species on the planet that kills its own out of greed
and pleasure.
The trauma inflicted on innocents in scenarios such as this is WORSE than if it had been “real.” Not only do the victims have to go through the trauma of being under attack (the physiological symptoms and effects, the mental/emotional/spiritual effects are the SAME as if it had been real because they BELIEVED they were real) — but they also then have to go through the trauma from the cognitive dissonance and realization of the betrayal by those whom they entrusted.
Of course this is conditioning. To live in a world where simulated violence occurs, justified by the need for training for our “safety” and security, is to live in a world where up is down, and we have no foundation of security whatsoever.
The lunatics are running the asylum
they could be doing this to provoke a concealed carrying individual to act.. and when he or she does .. guess what
they will kill that person and blame the “mass shooting ” on that dead concealed carry person
watch yer back , because this is all about taking our guns away..and if they provoke a CC person. and chastise the ability for us all to carry , you know where this is headed if your awake
there is really no reason for these “drills” .. Sandy Hook was a hoax .. there’s nothing to train for , and why wouldn’t you do a “training exercise” in a controlled environment? no uninformed individuals to alter the outcome
I smell SH^T all over this
Bing-Go
this whole Unanounced “Active Shooter Drill” thing stinks.
““Unfortunately, the training exercise alarmed some at our facility,” the spokesperson said. “We have reassured everyone that the situation was safe and controlled.””
Oh! So as long as it was “safe and controlled”, then it’s OK to violate a person’s rights and put them through emotional and traumatic stress, regardless of whether or not they told that person about it beforehand? WTF? HANG THESE PSYCHOPATHIC BASTARDS!!! I’m sick of this shit. 😡