Kudos to the two cops who shot the shooter

[Stinky The Clown]

This post is very narrowly intended to recognize the bravery of the two cops who went into a confined space where they knew they would face the designed-to-cut-humans-in-half-and-reduce-their-organs-to-a-slurry spew of a weapon wielded by someone with nothing to lose and intent on killing them.

That's what cops SHOULD do in a case like this. They didn't dither and cower like the weasels and cowards in Uvalde, waiting for who knows what. These two guys did their jobs in an exemplary manner.

Please don't make this about anything except what these two guys did on that day and in that place

[PJMcK]

1. They are heroes

In the face of grave danger these two brave men did what they were trained to do.

I’m with you on this specific point, Stinky.

[Polly Hennessey]

2. Agree. Well trained; no hesitation.

[Paladin]

3. I hope their training and actions serve as national models. (nt)

[oregonjen]

4. Indeed. Just watched some of the footage on Joy Reid's show.

The sirens blaring, the police firing their weapons as they move through the school. The children in their classrooms hearing this, how absolutely terrifying.

[Red Mountain]

5. Did their jobs

and I feel a little sorry for them.

Killing anything, human or not (even when necessary), wears on you.

They won't be the same.

Nor will the parents, siblings, classmates.........

[yardwork]

6. Every mass killing has many, many victims.

So many people who will never be the same. Yet our country tolerates this, over and over and over.

[edisdead]

20. This.

Well said

[Stinky The Clown]

15. Agreed

[MarineCombatEngineer]

16. Could not have said it better.

[spanone]

7. ...K&R...

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Their bravery, training, and abilities should be studied and shared

On the worst of days, something went right.

[colorado_ufo]

9. Amen, Stinky.

[ripcord]

10. Hopefully they will get the counseling they will be needing after this

[BOSSHOG]

11. I appreciate your post

Per reports I heard based on the shooters plans, the two officers probably saved a lot of lives.

[mountain grammy]

12. I believe they had no choice and did their jobs.

No doubt saved lives.

[Fla Dem]

13. Well said.

[cab67]

14. To borrow a line from a Harry Chapin song....

...They represent the America that made America famous.

(And before I'm jumped on - the shooter represents American infamy, not America.)

[Warpy]

17. I agree that those two cops were incredibly brave

and should be honored for it. It was their choice to go in like that and it worked out well, they are now heroes.

It might not have, so I'll stop short of requiring this of police when there is no cover, there are no windows, and it could easily be suicide. I would expect them to take a few minutes to develop a plan to distract the shooter long enough for someone to go in and make sure he doesn't shoot anyone else.

[wendyb-NC]

18. They are heroes

[hamsterjill]

19. Grew up in Uvalde County.

I don’t know how the piece of shit coward cops down there can look at themselves in the mirror. Complete disgrace.

These two officers in Tennessee who DID THEIR JOB are heroes and should be acknowledged as such.

Please don’t forget Uvalde. The parents down there are being stonewalled and villanized by the good ole boys network that runs the town.

[rickford66]

21. The reaction time to take out shooters will never be zero.

Unfortunately.

[CaptainTruth]

22. Yes, I can commend their actions, & also wish those actions weren't necessary.

[Tanuki]

23. Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo

Link to tweet

[okaawhatever]

24. I'm so proud of these young men. Good on you. nt

[Just A Box Of Rain]

25. The body cam footage was unsettling to watch, that said the officers

in this case responded just as one might hope professional and well-trained officers might respond. Utterly unlike Uvalde. These officers acted swiftly and no doubt saved lives.

I would not recommend watching the footage to those who are already feeling unsettled.

Just a dreadful situation.