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11. Yep.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #3)

Mon May 30, 2022, 10:25 AM

May 2022

A lot of folks are under the mistaken impression that the police are legally required to protect the public. They aren’t.

In this case they essentially protected the shooter from the public while he committed his rampage.

And then there is the old adage that when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.

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EMTs suggest that a child bled out, might have lived if police responded sooner [View all] ck4829 May 2022 OP

I would be surprised to not hear that and would be it's more than one. Probably not a lot brewens May 2022 #1

I can't even imagine if that's your child Novara May 2022 #2

+1 n/t area51 May 2022 #5

Happened at Columbine, Pulse, Las Vegas, over and over again. WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #3

Emergency Response Bear Creek May 2022 #9

Yep. PTWB May 2022 #11

Misguided Bear Creek May 2022 #13

That's exactly what they were doing. PTWB May 2022 #14

Have you read the information about the training the police received Ms. Toad May 2022 #15

Should be depraved indifference felony murder and wrongful death JT45242 May 2022 #4

That's what I said when finding out about the delay Butterflylady May 2022 #6

Regular firearm Bear Creek May 2022 #7

The medical examiner should be able to determine what happened. nt. Mariana May 2022 #10

Just YoshidaYui May 2022 #8

This is going to get so ugly... Snackshack May 2022 #12