1. Though hindsight is 20/20, the facts surrounding Bishop's killing of her brother in 1986 are pretty troubling. It'll be interesting to see how this evolving story will affect the political fortunes of Democratic Congressman William Delahunt:
He said there were no ballistics tests included, and he also thought it odd that there was an 11-day gap between the death and interviews with family members, apparently because they were too distraught to talk sooner.
The Norfolk County district attorney at the time was William Delahunt, now a Democratic congressman from Massachusetts. He was traveling in Israel and could not immediately be reached for comment on the case.
2. Though it is almost impossible to predict how you would react if you had been among the faculty members in that UAH Biology Department meeting, I was stunned to read these details of how they handled the situation:
[UAH Associate Professor] Joseph Ng told the AP the shooting stopped almost as soon as it started. He said the gun seemed to jam and he and others rushed Bishop out of the room and then barricaded the door shut with a table.(emphasis added). Yes, Bishop could have shot her way back in . . . or started shooting students or others elsewhere in the building.
Ng said the charge was led by Debra Moriarity, a professor of biochemistry, after Bishop aimed the gun at her and attempted to fire. When the gun didn’t shoot, Moriarity pushed her way to Bishop, urged her to stop, and then helped force her out the door.
'Moriarity was probably the one that saved our lives. She was the one that initiated the rush,' he told the AP. 'It took a lot of guts to just go up to her.'
Ng said the survivors worried she would shoot her way through the door, and frantically worked up a backup plan in case she burst through. But she never did.
3. Though I sympathize with the family members and loved ones of the UAH victims, I do not see how a typical hiring process would have alerted UAH to Amy Bishop's past "issues."
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