Quote:
Originally Posted by pylon
So I’m curious.
Are we still defending Scott Peterson for chickening out on this board? Or is the commentary of every single LEO asked about this in the media wrong that he should have engaged the shooter as it’s his primary duty? I know CP knows everything more than anyone, especially on a topic like this, so I just wanna hear it again how he ‘did the right thing’ by hiding behind a building while children were getting slaughtered.
What sickens me the most are the accounts of unarmed teachers running in trying to shield these kids, and this guy stood on the sidelines.
Oh. I forgot. He’s an underpaid rent-a-cop too. A rent-a-cop with 30 years years service making 75k/yr and in line for a full pension.
|
Whilst I would have liked the cop to enter the building as the outcome probably couldn't have been any worse the truth is you can not expect anyone to be prepared to sacrifice their lives, its nice if they do but its absurd to expect it, he had no back up, no vest and a woefully underpowered sidearm.
He did what almost everyone would do
on their own in a deadly but confusing situation, he froze, he also followed what has been police training in the US since the late 1960's, police have been taught for decades that they need to stay alive first and all else is secondary to that, its a philosophy I disagree with but its the way the US police operate, they are taught basically to use overwhelming and deadly force to be safe, its the theory behind the advent of SWAT teams and came out of the Watts riots in the 60's. It is why the cops down there shoot first and ask questions after.