I highly doubt the primary reason the cops didn't rush the room was because they were scared, that seems like quite a reach and there's no evidence of that so far. Besides, it doesn't really make sense.
Much more likely is they 1) thought there's a chance the shooter was alone and wanted to take the time for a solid breach, 2) didn't wan…
I highly doubt the primary reason the cops didn't rush the room was because they were scared, that seems like quite a reach and there's no evidence of that so far. Besides, it doesn't really make sense.
Much more likely is they 1) thought there's a chance the shooter was alone and wanted to take the time for a solid breach, 2) didn't want to accidentally shoot a kid. That second one is probably what they really might have been scared about, and not getting shot themselves. Not only would that be a career ender, they would basically be eternally branded as a kid-killer for the rest of their short life (short, because of suicide).
In an earlier time, one could probably wait it out and manage some sort of life after that. But these times we're in now magnify everything to the Nth degree. Right now, being a cop is a damn hard job.
I highly doubt the primary reason the cops didn't rush the room was because they were scared, that seems like quite a reach and there's no evidence of that so far. Besides, it doesn't really make sense.
Much more likely is they 1) thought there's a chance the shooter was alone and wanted to take the time for a solid breach, 2) didn't want to accidentally shoot a kid. That second one is probably what they really might have been scared about, and not getting shot themselves. Not only would that be a career ender, they would basically be eternally branded as a kid-killer for the rest of their short life (short, because of suicide).
In an earlier time, one could probably wait it out and manage some sort of life after that. But these times we're in now magnify everything to the Nth degree. Right now, being a cop is a damn hard job.