I see a lot of lawsuits coming. 

 

The inaction of the police has been a topic for at the last 24 hours. Hopefully this scrutiny doesn’t just fade the way these issues tend to in our short attention spanned culture because it really and conclusively pushes back against that ridiculous “good guy with a gun” narrative.

 

With the reports of children desperately calling 9-1-1 for help and a child pretending to be dead so that the gunman would overlook her, the children are out here fighting for their own lives.

Across the street from the NRA convention: “Am I next?” pic.twitter.com/bEl9vLY6gG

— Mike Hixenbaugh (@Mike_Hixenbaugh) May 27, 2022

This statistic will make you hold your head in your hands and sigh.

“Before the assault weapons ban went into effect in 1994, there were about 400,000 AR-15 style rifles in America. Today, there are 20 million.” Jaw dropping figure from @ZushaElinson, who is writing a book on the country’s best selling rifle.

— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) May 26, 2022

 

I am horrified that the police did nothing for 40 minutes while waiting for someone to bring them a key to the classroom.

This is horrible and should be investigated.

HOWEVER.

They cannot blame the deaths *solely*  on police apathy. 
The national outrage still needs to be focused on guns.

Well I mean *both* are horrifying.  I just don't want one to eclipse the other.

The police leaving the children in the classroom to die... is complete disregard for life.

Allowing the guns to be sold is also complete disregard for life.

It is not my intention to compare one as being worse than the other, they are different things.  It's all horrible.

Not only was it a dereliction of duty on the part of the police but they lied about it in the initial recounting of events. This may come as a surprise to many but as someone who grew up in the “inner city”, many of us know that police lie, plant evidence, harass (including sexual harassment) and assault (including sexual assault) people.

As for lying about an event or occurrence that can easily be disproven, that seems to be a persistent addition courtesy of Trumpism, imo.

Edited May 27, 20223 yr by DramatistDreamer
AI needs to be better, geez!

DESPICABLE

 

 

The Texas cops need to be fired.

Our front page, May 28, 2022. pic.twitter.com/ca27Debyvm

— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) May 28, 2022

 

  

“[!@#$%^&*] You, Ted!”

- My New Hero pic.twitter.com/EiLZ4ktRsY

— LP 🖋 (@TheLiberalPoet) May 29, 2022

2 hours ago, victoria foxton said:

 

  

Just saw this:

And, I can't get over the fact that we have 4% of the world's population & 49% of the world's gun deaths.

 

And ANOTHER shooting today, this time at a Tulsa OK hospital. How does it feel to live in the OK Corral?

 

 

 

  

Edited June 2, 20223 yr by victoria foxton