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Uvalde Police Went in for Their Own Kids During Shooting

by swills on 5/26/22, 7:35 PM with 25 comments

  • by Vosporos on 5/26/22, 7:40 PM

    How do you reform this?
  • by droopyEyelids on 5/26/22, 9:50 PM

    A quick moral rule of thumb I use:

    "What would I expect to do if I found myself in this situation"

    The police leadership won't give the order to storm the building. My own kids are trapped in the building. I think I would reasonably break ranks and try to rescue my kids. I'd like to think I'd try and rescue some other kids too, but I may be bullshitting myself there.

    Anyway, I don't think the cops who went in for their own kids are evil. Seems very understandable.