Booma94 said:
baron_von_awesome said:
Because humans make mistakes, or take short cuts, or are just plain stupid. Why was the school Resource Officer driving to the school and not AT the school? Who knows....
Considering the timing of the incident, is it possible he left to get lunch? Or was going to and from the PD for job related tasks? I don't know the daily schedule, but it wouldn't be unusual for him to step away in the time before or after student lunch to tend to either of those things as the time before or after lunch is generally quiet.
I read earlier where the Uvalde schools are pretty spread out. If they are like our district they probably do not have enough SRO's to have one at each school all the time. They generally patrol between campuses. He could have been on the other side of town at a campus. Any number of things.
Today, unfortunately, many Americans have good reason to fear that they will be victimized if they are unable to protect themselves. And today, no less than in 1791, the Second Amendment guarantees their right to do so. - Justice Samuel Alito 2022