When seconds count, the special response officers in heavier gear are only minutes away.
Fat lot of good that will do them after getting shot.
I am dumbfounded that these officers were willing to put their lives in jeopardy rather than refuse to obey an obviously ludicrous and risky order.
The job is dangerous enough without being deliberately put into a situation that called for more precautions.
I am surprised that the superiors didn’t send them in armed, you know, to put the peaceful protestors more at ease and not feel threatened by them.