First of all, have a pleasant yet appropriately somber Memorial Day. I honor all those who died for my country.
So I’m thinking there’s going to be a lot of discussion over the big rush to attempt rescue of the 19 students who were killed and why it went so horribly.
There are still a few things that confuse me about that whole thing.
First, the damn door. A teacher allegedly opened the door and wedged it open. At some point she then closed the door but that school door didn’t automatically lock. Which is how the shooter got in the door.
I’ve been in arguments with some folks over what happened as occurs on FreeRepublic from time to time and I was told to put away my aluminum hat. I was speculating on this forum like everybody else in America was doing when it all went down on forums of their own. At that time it was being reported everywhere that the school security cop showed up but was proved not true later.
So I speculated that maybe the teacher was leaving the door open for this guy as he went outside for a cigarette.
That’s when another wonderful, kind and sweet Freeper told me to take off my aluminum hat because why have a pleasant discussion when it’s more fun to be nasty.
At any rate....well yeah why on earth did those cops not barge in at the sound of gunfire? As I understand, they are trained to interfere when there is an active shooter. Because when someone is actively shooting people those people won’t live very long if someone does not intercede.
Why on earth did 19 cops wait in hallway and allow those kids and two teachers to die?
The basic issue appears to be that, in prior times, the police understood that the reason they are on the payroll is to protect society from monsters and act accordingly. That appears to have changed in recent times, to reflect society's current mood.