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Originally Posted by New Era
Believe what you like. I have this from law enforcement on the ground in the middle of the incident. It was a cluster #### from the word go. Not a completely unexpected outcome based on events, but the response was poor. But that's okay. Law enforcement can screw up too, especially under incredible pressure. That's part of the problem that people have with their perceptions of cops. They think they are infallible super heroes when most of them are just average to below-average Joes forced into ridiculous situations that no could be prepared for. They do an incredible job and get shat on for it for the most part. But it is okay to say when they could have done better. You know, just like the government could have responded better to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of the hurricane. It was not all sunshine and rainbows. The only thing that prevented more carnage was the shooter blowing his own brains out, not the action of the police or SWAT.
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I'm not sure why you're raging.
The police responded in how many minutes, 15? We're shot at, backed off an kept watch. At that time he stopped shooting at the crowd, correct?
So from the time police first engaged him no more shots were fired at the crowd. Perhaps maybe they took their time because a) they were shot at and b) he was no longer shooting at the crowd? I'm willing to be their response would have been a little different had he kept shooting at the crowd after they first engaged him.