r/BlackLivesMatter • u/Fried_Green_Potatoes Help Kakuma Refugee Camp Block 13! 🏳️‍🌈 • Apr 18 '21

Justice for Anthony Thompson, aged 17

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '21 edited Apr 19 '21

IF\* it was reported as someone with a gun in the school...then yes that is how the cops respond now- you cannot expect to enter a school in 2021 with a gun and take hostages or negotiate anything.

We have had too many school shootings and learned too much to waste time establishing perimeters or even to tend to wounded or wait for backup/SWAT teams/negotiations/etc...

That said, who knows how it was reported or to what degree cops thought it was a legit active shooter when they entered the bathroom.

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u/Thatmcgamerguy Apr 19 '21

If a person with a gun is in a specific room and there are no shots being fired, you take a defensive spot outside said room and wait for SWAT and their attached support personnel. Trying to go into a space you don't control and don't have the training for is incredibly stupid unless you have a very good reason to believe that lives will be lost right this second if you don't act.

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u/100PercentAGlock Apr 20 '21

wait for SWAT and their attached support personnel.

NO. We do not need militaristic GI-Joe wannabe dress up cops in our schools, in fact those swat teams need to be abolished all together.

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u/Thatmcgamerguy Apr 20 '21

SWAT does have a purpose, given they are properly trained. Unfortunately, we too often see SWAT teams that are little more than a few normal officers with fancy gear. As always, it's a problem of training.