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Originally Posted by campfirewest
Let's not pretend you would have displayed any more courage than they did.
While I wouldn't call it courage per se, I do think a lot of parents would reacted and went in where the police refused to.
Which then begs the question that since the Supreme Court ruled that police have no obligation to risk their lives to save others and can literally instead choose to 'Contain' rather than confront, should the citizens who also have a right of self defense, should they have a right to defend their family members and not stand down.
Put more bluntly, police can say 'too risky to go in, we choose to contain instead' and that is fine and legal by the SC.
Do parents then have to stand down because police tell them it is too dangerous for them to enter? Or can they accept that danger and enter regardless?
I suspect in the next shooting like this, if the police are refusing to go in, then parents will not be so patient and will try to push past. Might even fight cops. It will be interesting times.