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The_Korey posted...

If the police were too scared to go in, that's one thing, but going out of their way to prevent others from going in says this is something deeper. Like they wanted kids to die. Or that the shooting itself was planned.

On one hand, I don't think this is fair or appropriate to say under normal circumstances. Police do have a duty to protect others from harm, and if they let unarmed civilians into an active shooter situation, that's both incredibly negligent and irresponsible.

On the other hand - people were doing that in these circumstances because the police just outright weren't doing their jobs. It's one thing to stop people from throwing themselves into a meat grinder. It's a whole other kettle of fish to stop people from getting close to the meat grinder while someone's throwing their children into it, and refuse to go in themselves to stop it.

Like this is one aspect of "due process" I feel like is important, but it's completely and utterly undermined by the fact that in every other aspect of that process, they failed to act. I can't go "well they were just trying to do their job" in keeping parents out of the school when they weren't doing their jobs in any other way. So what the fuck am I meant to say?

I don't think this indicates a deeper cover up or whatever. If anything, I think their willingness to do the easy part of their job while refusing to do the hard part is a greater testament to their broader incompetence than just the refusal to pursue an armed gunman.