Firearms seizures are the end goal.
And the kids are being murdered by psychopaths. You attack the problem at that level, not the firearms level.
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And the kids are being murdered by psychopaths. You attack the problem at that level, not the firearms level.
Agreed. What makes him racist is that he's assuming all the cops were the white, male gay-bashers he's used to seeing....maybe in the back of a patrol car. IDK.
Having seen a lot of cluster fucks in my time in both the military and civilian worlds, my best guess is a lack of training, coordination and professional leadership is the major problem. As for small towns across America; little plans on paper don't equal training and one training briefing a year doesn't equal annual exercises including Command & Control with Federal agencies, esp. DHS.
For them, it came down to a coin toss on what those who had jurisdiction** were going to do. Would you rush into a barricaded building thinking there was a 50/50 chance you'd end up getting a lot of innocent people killed playing "John Wayne"?
Something like this headline?:
"Today Officer Ramon "John Wayne" Hernandez rushed into the building causing the terrorist to detonate 20 pounds of C-4 killing him and everyone in a 200 foot radius"
**My understanding is that it was the jurisdiction of the Uvalde PD and the officers on the scene were likely waiting for orders. Hanlon's Razor applies.
Assumption on your part. I called him out for assuming all the cops there were racist whites and didn't act because most of the students were Hispanic. We don't know about Lurch's background or experience. We just know what he says.
Very true.
Obviously I am not a cop but yes, if that was my job, I would go in and try to stop the massacre. If there's a bomb, there's a bomb. The odds are pretty high that there is no bomb. That's very atypical of American mass shooters.
You'd John Wayne it now knowing if you were doing more harm than good? I'm certain that's what was on the UPD officer's minds. Notice it was the CBP who led the charge. Someone got permission.
Regardless of our 20/20 hindsight, the facts will be found and revealed. At the moment I see a lot of ass-covering by officials.
Remember My Lai when all the blame was put on 2LT Calley? Calley went to Officer School in March 1967. My Lai () was a year later a few months after Tet in March 1968.
https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/my-lai-massacre-1#section_2
Like Uvalde, I think My Lai was partly due to a failure of leadership from above long before the day of the massacre itself. Like 2LT Calley, I expect all the blame to be put on the UPD officers while their leaders wash their hands of it.
