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OAITW r.2.0

(31,798 posts)
1. This truly sucks....
Wed May 25, 2022, 10:22 PM
May 2022

Who knows the police mind? Can't blame a father who is wiling to sacrifice his life for his daughters.

LonePirate

(14,354 posts)
2. Well, well, well. That certainly contradicts the bullshit Abbott was spewing today.
Wed May 25, 2022, 10:23 PM
May 2022

He praised responders when in fact their hesitancy most likely led to the unnecessary deaths in the school.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
3. Well, well, well. Don't cops have body armor, battering rams, SWAT...
Wed May 25, 2022, 10:35 PM
May 2022

and tanks they could use to break through a barricade one guy put up in one classroom? How strong could a hastily put up barricade with whatever is in a classroom be?

One guy v hundreds of cops, sheriff deputies, FBI, troopers etc...sounds like hesitancy to me.

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
4. What is their training? Surely they have protocols/procedures as guidelines.
Wed May 25, 2022, 11:59 PM
May 2022

What is their training?

Surely they have protocols/procedures as guidelines.

calimary

(89,374 posts)
7. The heartbreak just doesn't stop, on this one.
Thu May 26, 2022, 12:21 AM
May 2022

I don’t even know anybody involved, and don’t know anyone who was killed. But I still feel punched in the gut.

KS Toronado

(23,434 posts)
10. The more public this knowledge becomes
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:09 AM
May 2022

I see repugs blaming Democrats because "Biden de-funded the police,
so now we don't get brave officers." They will say shit like this.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
11. Agreed. They'll try that, but Biden didn't defund the police.
Thu May 26, 2022, 11:57 AM
May 2022

Some male parents who were there wanted to rush in because the cops would. And some women witnesses right there were yelling for the cops to go in but they wouldn't.

Cops have SWAT teams, battering rams, helmets, tanks, hundred were there against one guy whatever barricade he put up with classroom materials and they hesitated and the guy kept killing his captives.

Come on, all of that is in evidence.

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