Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
The entrance to the promenade should have be blocked off, with a checkpoint established and patrolled by the sufficietly armed national police (there is a state of emergency in force). Instead the entrance was left open with two local officers standing by. To the point, it would have made a massive amount of difference as no vehicle would have entered that area.
Hindsight with 20:20 vision. It's a quite wonderful thing.