Reality seems to be : Uvalde police cowered outside and pepper sprayed concerned parents while listening to shooting.

That's not true either.

Frankly, this is playing out fairly close to what i initially anticipated:

• Police respond to active shooting within expected 3-10 minute window
• Police receive fire from gunman
• Police evacuate fleeing civilians
• Police enter school
• Gunman seems to barricade himself in a specific room
• Police for some reason treat situation as barricade hostage situation
• Police evacuate other parts of the school
• Police use force to maintain perimeter
• Police make entry into room once tactical team arrives.

Now, the police conduct here isn't good. It's bad. The police have spread false information. The police decision to avoid making entry is clearly bizzare and inappropriate. The police did apparently here gunshots from the room once while they were outside of it, and did not make entry at that time, and instead waited for the tactical team.

What did NOT happen was that the cops didn't stand outside the school for 90 minutes hiding behind police cruisers while the gunman went room to room shooting kids because they were too afraid to engage the suspect.

For the most part, this appears to be procedural errors and confusion on who's responsibility is supposed to be what.