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In reply to the discussion: What?! A parent DID make it inside Robb Elementary after having been briefly HANDCUFFED [View all]wnylib
(21,447 posts)30. Nobody thought to toss tear gas inside?
Last edited Fri May 27, 2022, 01:27 AM - Edit history (1)
Or, would that have harmed the kids?
Maybe some other diversion, like shooting in another direction to draw his attention away from the kids.
I think it is possible that, when cops got shot and could not get into the classroom, they realized that they could only protect the rest of the kids by containing him. It's also possible, I guess, that when they held the parents back, it was to protect them from being shot inside, too.
Firemen restrain people from going back inside a burning building to retrieve an item or even to try to save a person or pet. Perhaps the Uvalde police were operating on that principle of preventing even further loss of life.
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What?! A parent DID make it inside Robb Elementary after having been briefly HANDCUFFED [View all]
Roland99
May 2022
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Active investigation? Oh hell, it was an active shooter. They were supposed to be in there.
halfulglas
May 2022
#14
Actually, I signed up for free articles. I don't know how many I get, because I've only used 2,
tblue37
May 2022
#22
Dollars to doughnuts, these tw*ts will be getting medals from Abbott before the end of June.
Probatim
May 2022
#10
At the very minimum, cops should have been evacuating the other classrooms, through
Nay
May 2022
#66
Yep. It was enforcement theater, with no intention of protecting anyone but themselves.
ancianita
May 2022
#53
probably multiple. And considering cops were waiting for CBP Bortach unit, not a lot of eyes on it
Roland99
May 2022
#26
The actual cops have admitted that there was no resource officer or any other officer
Nay
May 2022
#67
Same here, we are behind double buzzers. Looks like they doubled their school security budget bet i
uponit7771
May 2022
#40
There was an unlocked door and she jumped the fence or got past the police barrier and got her child
uponit7771
May 2022
#39
They'd rather arrest parents trying to protect their children than mass shooters.
Lancero
May 2022
#31
With all the gear and tech cops have received from the military, they turn out to be cowards.
NullTuples
May 2022
#43