Stephen Nichols, 84, of Tisbury, who said his career with the Tisbury Police spanned six decades and who served in the United States Army during the Korean War, told The Times he made no threats to the school, but had criticized its school resource officer in a conversation with a friend. He said the conversation was taken out of context… Nichols said he was unimpressed with the Tisbury School resource officer’s alleged trips to Xtra Mart to get coffee when children came to school in the morning. While dining at Linda Jean’s a couple of weeks ago, Nichols said he told a friend about this and suggested somebody could “shoot up the school” in that officer’s absence, which he described as “leaving his post.”
Sounds like a decent guy to me. The person who needs to be disarmed is Tisbury Police Chief Mark Saloio (and of course the coffee-swilling Tinsbury school resource officer Scott Ogden). Give this Korean War hero, who seems to be the only person in this town interested in the children’s welfare, a promotion and a medal.
If a harmless 84-year old Korean War vet crossing guard can be forcibly disarmed through “red flag” laws–presumably those were used here, though the article is ambiguous–who among us is safe from SWAT team gun confiscation at o-dark thirty?
Click through to see the Martha’s Vineyard local news report: https://www.mvtimes.com/2019/10/11/crossing-guard-relieved-duty-guns-seized/
This is the guy who got disarmed by the police:
Sounds like a decent guy to me. The person who needs to be disarmed is Tisbury Police Chief Mark Saloio (and of course the coffee-swilling Tinsbury school resource officer Scott Ogden). Give this Korean War hero, who seems to be the only person in this town interested in the children’s welfare, a promotion and a medal.
If a harmless 84-year old Korean War vet crossing guard can be forcibly disarmed through “red flag” laws–presumably those were used here, though the article is ambiguous–who among us is safe from SWAT team gun confiscation at o-dark thirty?