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Using your weapons and training to stop an active mass-murder in progress isn't being a superhero. That's an absolutely ludicrous statement. That "important role in the communities they serve" is LITERALLY THIS.
That's why they get the special treatment they do.
That's why they get the funding they do.
That's why when anyone dares to even l…
Using your weapons and training to stop an active mass-murder in progress isn't being a superhero. That's an absolutely ludicrous statement. That "important role in the communities they serve" is LITERALLY THIS.
That's why they get the special treatment they do.
That's why they get the funding they do.
That's why when anyone dares to even look briefly askance at where that funding goes people all across the political spectrum react like they are the Joker about to let all the supervillains out of Arkham.
If they aren't going to do their fucking jobs when children are being murdered in front of them, then they aren't maintaining law and order, they aren't serving their communities, and they need to go away.
There are SWAT teams that are specially trained and equipped to handle active shooter situations. The school officers engaged in a gun fight with the shooter and they failed to stop him. The shooter was not in open area -- he was clearly dug in inside the school building. The officers are supposed to wait for orders to do anything -- that's what they are trained to do.
You mean the SWAT team that the town pays 40% of their budget for, but couldn't get there within 40 minutes so the guy ended up being taken down by a Border Patrol officer?
Definitely helping your argument there.
It's a small community -- I'm guessing they retained the services of a regional SWAT team.
I'm not defending budget expenditures.
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