Mayor kicks Marines out of town; training would "frighten people"

Mayor kicks Marines out of town; training would “frighten people.”

The mayor of Toledo , Ohio ordered a company of Marine Corps Reservists to get out of his town as their buses arrived for a three-day training exercise in the city because their training may frighten people.

The 200 Marines, based in Grand Rapids , Mich. , had planned to participate in urban patrol exercises in downtown streets and a vacant building, according to the Blade, which reports that past exercises have included mock gun fights, ambushes and the firing of blank ammunition to simulate urban combat.

Finkbeiner said that would be alarming.

“The mayor asked them to leave because they frighten people,” Brian Schwartz, the mayor spokesman, told the newspaper. “He did not want them practicing and drilling in a highly visible area.”

Oh those scary Marines…We wouldn’t want them scaring the children…people should never be exposed to the military, they might get scared.

Thanks for your support of the troops and helping with their crucial training for the war against Islamic terrorism mayor.