• GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    From one report, they didn’t know who was in charge because there were State and local units. So they did nothing while some in charge waited to hear who should be giving the orders. At least that’s how I remember it.

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      5 months ago

      Right because that can all be excused away with “policy issues” that leave nobody actually accountable and spits in the face of common sense. “I didn’t try to take down the shooter because I didn’t have anyone to tell me that’s why we were there in the first place”

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        5 months ago

        You’re talking about people who worship authority. Critical thinkers and independent personalities are not welcomed or tolerated in law enforcement or the military. These people literally need to be told what to think, and what to do.

      • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        I’m not saying that it was a good excuse, just that it was used.

        IIRC, they even had a shooter drill prior to the massacre, but that obviously didn’t help.