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What struck me about Uvalde is the report/story police in tactical gear stood outside the school while shots were being fired because their Chief told them to wait for backup as if it was a barricade situation, while parents urgently demanded they go save their children.

The thing about barricaded suspects is that if they are isolated, sure pen them in and wait for backup. But the parents listening to shootings know, and the police should be able to understand who is at risk and being shot, students and teachers.

I can’t say how brave I’d be in such a situation, but it’s hard to believe that  hired to protect against such a thing could stand outside, listen, and do nothing.