Is it just me or does anyone might think it possible that the police were ordered not to go in, say, to create a narrative for more gun control?
They had shields and everything there. Of course they could have acted; a border patrol agent with a borrowed shotgun did even though the police tried to stop him.
I don’t think so.
I think this is an example of lack of initiative on the part of the cops and piss poor leadership.
The cops should have taken shots when he was outside the school without bothering to ask for permission. Inside the school they should have said “EFF It Drive On” and assaulted the classroom, again without asking permission. I would have sent teams to shoot Ramos from outside the classroom windows as well.
The police chief, Pete Arredondo, who couldn’t be bothered to wear his radios, seems to have gotten it into his mind that this was a barricaded suspect / hostage situation rather than a WOUNDED VICTIMS ARE BLEEDING OUT RIGHT THIS SECOND GO GO GO situation and that he could take his time. I also tend to blame the cops’ lack of initiative on the chief as well. I suspect he was the micromanaging sort.
This makes a lot more sense than the conspiracy against the Second Amendment. But it’s not impossible as “Fast and Furious” proved.
Arredondo needs to be encouraged to Do The Right Thing, which involves a bottle of liquor, a pistol, and one bullet.
In what way does that exonerate these cowards? This is an excuse for their cowardace, not an explanation for it.