The girl told the newspaper she regretted not contacting authorities from where she lives in Germany

First rule of misogyny:  Women are responsible for what men do.

After serving in Iraq over 20 years ago, my brother thought he would become a cop and went to school for criminal justice. When it came time to do ride-alongs with the local cops and staties, he quickly realized they were a bunch of morons whose sole purpose in life was to look tuff and harass people. They had a…

Granted, if you see something say something. BUT it is not the responsibility of a literal 15 year old child to make up for the failings of an entire government. And what would have happened if she had called the authorities? We know the cops just stood outside the school, unwilling to risk their lives while the…

How were they to know he was anything other than a regular jerk, especially a kid in Germany where they are used to American blowhards acting tough. Blame America’s lax gunlaws, not a pair of kids who had little to no context for whatever this asshole was doing.

Of course. And also, the false flag conspiracy theories have already started.

Cops are for protecting property. Specifically wealthy people’s property. Which is why abolishing them won’t happen. They do actually serve a (shitty) function if you own a building and people are protesting outside. Gotta protect those precious windows! And because we live in a cult that worships the rich, that by…

When Philando Castile was shot, I started hearing-as a defense, “The cops just want to get home safely at night”, to which....I’m sorry, that’s not the job you signed up for.  You do have to risk your life, that’s part of your job.  I don’t mean to be cold-hearted, but I don’t know where or why we got the notion that…

You ever see a bunch of cops standing around not doing anything except directing their authority at the most powerless people they can reach?

Even armed police are too afraid to confront shooters. But republicans demand teachers lay down their lives to stop shooters. Armed police hesitate to attack shooters, yet this mad country thinks training 5 year olds to attack with scissors is the answer.

Exactly. The vast majority of cops have never shot anyone, despite what it seems like in the news. They seem to be terrible judges of when to use lethal force. A police department is lucky is they have one good sharp shooter on staff. And even then, they were probably trained by a previous career in the military, not…

It would take them about 1.5 seconds to shoot an unarmed black man in the back. But a kid with a gun? Better hold off for a couple of dozen reinforcements. Filthy cowards.

There is not a better argument for defunding or abolishing the police than this video (not to mention what happened at Parkland). What are police for, as presently constituted with guns, bulletproof vests, any amount of offensive and defensive military gear, and authority to use all of that at the drop of a hot, if…

If kids have to regularly do armed shooter drills in school, the cops should as well. We all remember the cop at Parkland who drove away from the shooting in his golf cart.

This kid couldn’t have legally purchased these weapons before Abbott changed the gun laws in Texas, so He is entirely to blame for this shooting. 

Even if she contacted the authorities, it’s unlikely anything would have changed. It’s like the kid earlier this year, teachers reported his disturbing drawings. Students reported his sketchy online posts. They called his parents, (who bought him the gun he ultimately used), parents refused to take him home, so he was…

McLaughlin called O’Rourke a “sick son of a bitch” for trying to “politicize” the shooting[.]

And this is why I drive around with a “Beto for Texas” sticker on my car in Dallas and routinely get the bird from my “neighbors.” My southern politeness hates incivility, but damn, he is right and I am glad he has the guts to speak out to the horrible humans sitting on that stage. My fellow Texans just chose that…

At least now I understand Abbott’s anti choice stance on abortion. If you’re gonna let this many kids get slaughtered on the reg, you really need a plan for backfilling their positions.

Between this and all the handwringing over peaceful protests at justices houses, wonder these fucking cowards think they need to be armed to the hilt at all times.  Talk about thin-skinned cowards.