Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This nation has entered a strange twilight zone where good people get terrorized by the cops; meantime municipalities are allowing criminals to get away with crime.
A tiny, skinny little woman with a child inside the school burst past the Uvalde cops to enter the school, while grown men with arsenals stood outside and beat up on the parents. She emerged from the school with her child, and many other children as well. She saved their lives. SHE'S A HERO.
If I recall correctly, she was arrested for entering the school after the cops tried to prevent her from going in.
Let THAT sink in.
This is what happens in actual fascist or authoritarian states. State security forces do not protect the citizens; they protect only their clique's own privileges and their political benefactors. Criminals are emboldened because they know the state security forces are no longer protecting civilians.
Anonymous wrote:I would have more respect for police if they didn't support an increase in the number of armed citizens and if they didn't support AR-15s in the hands of civilians. You would think that the opposite would be true--that cops would want fewer guns on the street so that they wouldn't have to fear for their lives every time they go out on a shift. But, no, they want MORE guns under the theory that a "good guy" with a gun can help prevent mass shootings. Even though that rarely happens IRL...
Basically we're in a domestic arms race where "bad guys" and cops are equipped with more and more weapons and fear and paranoia increase.
Anonymous wrote:This nation has entered a strange twilight zone where good people get terrorized by the cops; meantime municipalities are allowing criminals to get away with crime.
A tiny, skinny little woman with a child inside the school burst past the Uvalde cops to enter the school, while grown men with arsenals stood outside and beat up on the parents. She emerged from the school with her child, and many other children as well. She saved their lives. SHE'S A HERO.
If I recall correctly, she was arrested for entering the school after the cops tried to prevent her from going in.
Let THAT sink in.
Anonymous wrote:
In a sick twist of irony, lots of cops will interpret this as an "attack on police" and have an even bigger chip on their shoulder.
The culture of American policing is stuck in a negative feedback loop where deficiencies are identified and improvements are mandated, but then police interpret this as a personal "attack" and become more likely to shirk their duties.
Not sure how to change this mindset but it's literally killing people.
Anonymous wrote:A year later we have the answer to why the Uvalde police were so incompetent and negligent. Because they were afraid of the gunman's superior firepower. Let that sink in, gun nutters.
Police Feared Uvalde Gunman’s AR-15
Texas Tribune: “Almost a year after Texas’ deadliest school shooting killed 19 children and two teachers, there is still confusion among investigators, law enforcement leaders and politicians over how nearly 400 law enforcement officers could have performed so poorly. People have blamed cowardice or poor leadership or a lack of sufficient training for why police waited more than an hour to breach the classroom and subdue an amateur 18-year-old adversary.”
“But in their own words, during and after their botched response, the officers pointed to another reason: They were unwilling to confront the rifle on the other side of the door.”
Anonymous wrote:Well the parents heard their kids being executed. In typical Texan republicans fashion the armed police arrested the unarmed parents. Does not seem like Texan really care about what happened. They are too busy trying to own the libs and form their own country. We should kick Texas from the union.
The chief ot the school police was not a Republican. He had a twitter account that was strongly anti-Trump, as well.