The fact only some of the parents suing Activision are also suing the cops who stood by and let their kids be murdered virtually right in front of them tells me all I need to know.
While I don't disagree, you have to put it in context. I'm not trying to excuse the behavior of the cops, that said:
Following the Saint George of Fentanyl incident, it was made crystal clear to cops everywhere that following training and doing the right thing was no protection from life in prison. Derek Chauvin arrived on the scene to assist two rookie cops who were too afraid to take action. Officer Chauvin then took action as per his training. He was scrupulous about following procedure exactly, because he was well aware of the cameras in his face and the hostile crowd.
There was a SNAFU, the ambulance stopped a short distance away, unwilling to respond to an incident in a hostile crowd. After the rookies understood and cleared the crowd enough, Saint George was given medical attention. He died on route to the hospital.
Officer Chauvin was charged with the pre meditated murder of Saint George and will serve decades in prison.
At that point every single cop in the USA took notice and many of the best either quit or made plans to quit.
Given that the standards of firearms training is not very high for most cops, the officers on the scene were almost certainly terrified of taking action in front of cameras and under trained to effectively clear the school room by room and execute the gunman.
Don't get me wrong. I would have done it. I am not a cop and I don't have any skill with a firearm. I am certainly not an operator, but I would have known what should have been done. I would have done it or died trying. BUT every cop who had that attituded had been either chased out of the force or had the fear of god put into them by the utterly hostile system, which includes the DA and the senior management of the police force. The spineless dregs that were left made a call. It was safer to do nothing and suffer less consequences than to take action and to probably spend life in prison. In a meaningful way, they were right.
Way to make people lose sympathy.
The fact only some of the parents suing Activision are also suing the cops who stood by and let their kids be murdered virtually right in front of them tells me all I need to know.
While I don't disagree, you have to put it in context. I'm not trying to excuse the behavior of the cops, that said:
Following the Saint George of Fentanyl incident, it was made crystal clear to cops everywhere that following training and doing the right thing was no protection from life in prison. Derek Chauvin arrived on the scene to assist two rookie cops who were too afraid to take action. Officer Chauvin then took action as per his training. He was scrupulous about following procedure exactly, because he was well aware of the cameras in his face and the hostile crowd.
There was a SNAFU, the ambulance stopped a short distance away, unwilling to respond to an incident in a hostile crowd. After the rookies understood and cleared the crowd enough, Saint George was given medical attention. He died on route to the hospital.
Officer Chauvin was charged with the pre meditated murder of Saint George and will serve decades in prison.
At that point every single cop in the USA took notice and many of the best either quit or made plans to quit.
Given that the standards of firearms training is not very high for most cops, the officers on the scene were almost certainly terrified of taking action in front of cameras and under trained to effectively clear the school room by room and execute the gunman.
Don't get me wrong. I would have done it. I am not a cop and I don't have any skill with a firearm. I am certainly not an operator, but I would have known what should have been done. I would have done it or died trying. BUT every cop who had that attituded had been either chased out of the force or had the fear of god put into them by the utterly hostile system, which includes the DA and the senior management of the police force. The spineless dregs that were left made a call. It was safer to do nothing and suffer less consequences than to take action and to probably spend life in prison. In a meaningful way, they were right.
You're making excuses. Block of text = cognitive dissonance