> water-damped demo charges that will just create
> an instant entry
It looks like a tiny town; Texas is big and it seems to have taken SWAT time to travel there. Not every police department has explosives training - and you probably know better than I do that it’s not simple to place charges without potentially killing or injuring the tiny folks inside.
I agree, and the "wrongful death liabilty" angle if a hair was harmed on a kiddo no doubt played a big role in the "go slow" approach. (While any wounded children slowly bled out, waiting for rescue.)
But why no mirrors on sticks up into the back windows? Room 111 and 112 were two rooms with a connecting door. The killer could only be in one room at a time. Why no use of back windows, via tiny mirrors, even? Why the sole focus on the TWO classroom doors? Retardation?
This is not rocket science. You can make one of these with a car mirror and tape in one minute. Then you safely peak into the TWO classrooms, to see which ONE the shooter was in at the time.
