Reading about the Uvalde massacre, I gather that
- there was an armed security officer at the school who did nothing
- two cops outside the school didn't stop the shooter
- cops reached the scene and proceeded to extract their own children from the school immediately
- they then stood around for 40+ minutes doing nothing, not engaging the shooter, claiming he has a bullet proof vest. He did not.
- the cops had vests and automatic rifles and other military gear because the Uvalde municipality spends 40% of their budget on cops. They still kept waiting for backup.
- all this while the cops actively blocked parents from taking direct action. They even handcuffed one parent who tried to enter the school.
- somebody not the police finally killed the shooter
Now the cops are calling themselves brave. Claiming they have PTSD from seeing dead children. They will investigate their own inactions themselves, then award each other a medal.
The thing is. If this was happening in India, I'd understand. Our police are just a militia protecting the powerful and the rich. Sometimes they even round up suspects and shoot them up to please the people and the media.
But this is America. How can you have the economic prosperity you have and still have such a flawed democracy. Where the cops are a force unto themselves and not answerable to the citizens.
- there was an armed security officer at the school who did nothing
- two cops outside the school didn't stop the shooter
- cops reached the scene and proceeded to extract their own children from the school immediately
- they then stood around for 40+ minutes doing nothing, not engaging the shooter, claiming he has a bullet proof vest. He did not.
- the cops had vests and automatic rifles and other military gear because the Uvalde municipality spends 40% of their budget on cops. They still kept waiting for backup.
- all this while the cops actively blocked parents from taking direct action. They even handcuffed one parent who tried to enter the school.
- somebody not the police finally killed the shooter
Now the cops are calling themselves brave. Claiming they have PTSD from seeing dead children. They will investigate their own inactions themselves, then award each other a medal.
The thing is. If this was happening in India, I'd understand. Our police are just a militia protecting the powerful and the rich. Sometimes they even round up suspects and shoot them up to please the people and the media.
But this is America. How can you have the economic prosperity you have and still have such a flawed democracy. Where the cops are a force unto themselves and not answerable to the citizens.