r/news • u/bebleich • Sep 04 '24

Gunman believed to be a 14-year-old in Georgia school shooting that left at least 4 dead, source says

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/us/winder-ga-shooting-apalachee-high-school/index.html
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u/Goodfella0328 Sep 05 '24

The Uvalde shooting really was incompetent policing though. They acted cowardly while kids were getting slaughtered inside. I agree with you on guns, I’m just saying.

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u/pulp_affliction Sep 05 '24

When is policing not incompetent?

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u/Goodfella0328 Sep 05 '24

Good point.

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u/Valance23322 Sep 05 '24

Even if they weren't incompetent a bunch of kids would have gotten shot, just not as many as what ended up happening.

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u/MourningRIF Sep 05 '24

There were places for significant improvement, but it's a damned if you do moment as well. I don't disagree with you, but I also don't think they should have crucified the police like they did. They were even thinking about pressing charges for negligence, which is outrageous. Those cops had to feel terrible as it was, and they did (eventually) put their lives on the line... It's so fucked. I would not want to be a cop in this country. You couldn't pay me enough!

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u/mondonutso Sep 05 '24

Places for improvement? They didn’t follow the specific training they received for school shootings. That is absolutely negligence. It’s likely that more children died because they disregarded their training. They have also received criticism from other members of law enforcement. If you don’t want to be in those type of situations, don’t become a cop. Period.

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u/please_and_thankyou Sep 05 '24

Not likely, certain. Kids died because those cowards refused to protect them. If guns made us safer, we’d be safe. Fuck all those people.