I pretty sure that a law enforcement officer has no
legal obligation to get themselves killed in the line of duty. But one lesson of Columbine H.S. was that cops shouldn't just wait outside until the shooter(s) are done killing everyone they feel like killing. But that was one thing I specifically saw on the cell phone video yesterday. I heard one shot after another going off, while numerous cops waited outside, instead of storming the building. The reports were that he spent 20 minutes killing people in Norris Hall, with 9MM and 22 caliber pistols. Keep in mind, the dormitory killings were still unsolved crimes, which should have caused an immediate reaction to MORE shootings - which did not happen.
So those armed cops didn't look so brave to me
cowering outside Norris Hall, while unarmed students were being murdered in cold blood inside, at close range. I do suspect the shooter finally killed himself because he FINALLY heard swat team cops storming the building. But he might have done it sooner, if those cops cowering outside had entered the building and merely started shooting at the floor. Who knows how many would have been spared, if the shooter had killed himself SOONER, because of a FASTER police response. This is going to be investigated for a long time.
May those students R.I.P.
