Is not even up for debate about what would’ve been the best option. There is literally one option they are trained for in this situation, which is to run toward the gunfire and engage the shooter to prevent people from being killed. Even if you’re just one cop, this is the protocol, and has been since Columbine. I…

And the worst sin is making Abbott look bad.

It still boggles my mind that how much easier the job of being a cop would be if there wasn’t this much firepower available to anyone the age of 18 in Texas. It’s like what they currently do, but without the fear of knowing you’re likely outgunned in many situations.

They’ll increase the Uvalde PD’s funding to 60% of the city’s municipal budget and learn to close off a large enough area so citizens and the press won’t be able to see them doing nothing the next time this happens.

They need to zero out the interest rates. That is what puts people in a lifetime of indentured servitude. 

The firefighter equivalent would be claiming you were waiting for the fire to burn itself out before you went in.

Two months ago they were trained on how to handle this exact situation. If they didn’t think they could handle it in real life after that, then they should’ve handed over their badges and guns. Instead they let 21 people die due to their cowardice and negligence.

Loved him as Figgs in Copland. 

Gov. Abbott and Ted Cruz should be forced to clean up the crime scene.

Gotta love in the USA Today article linked at the top how they’re still trying to paint the cops as heros. They didn’t “breach” the classroom, someone unlocked the door for them. And, its not an issue of whether they acted quickly enough, because they didn’t act at all.

Yep. Did the cops lock him in there? That's sort of what they're implying. Get your stories straight guys!

They want the paycheck and the ego boost.

Is that you, Joe Biden?

It’s sad when our President hoped this wouldn’t happen again on his watch. If our own leaders admit there’s nothing they can do, like it's not even worth the effort to *try*, we are lost.

I remember in the early days of the Trump administration, when he just decided fuck congress and the courts, I’m just going to do what I want and I know they’re all too bloated and paid off to stop me.

We literally have a profile of a person who would do such an act, but not the willpower to intervene, because someone's "right" to own a weapon is more sacred than children's right to be alive. 

What are they afraid of? If someone wants to hurt Trump there’s a room full of good guys with guns. Should work itself out.

Walmart could’ve hyped products from black owned companies and still made money. 

I don’t think so. I remember when he came back and first started with his jokes about trans people. I chalked it up to just him being out of the loop for a while. He could’ve acknowledged being a little behind the times and moved on. Instead he went full troll and is making unoriginal transphobic jokes a cornerstone…

I know, right? Who’s asking to hear that? I didn’t realize there was this untapped market for transphobic comedy.