Cowardice is not a crime

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by kjs86z2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why did they single out one officer to charge with crimes? Weren't there a whole bunch there all pacing around unsure of what to do?

The police chief was also charged but has yet to go to trial. The rest can just say they just followed his orders.

Officer Gonzalez(acquitted) was the first on the scene.

[BradZax]

Originally Posted by kjs86z2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why did they single out one officer to charge with crimes? Weren't there a whole bunch there all pacing around unsure of what to do?

idk some people out there think that if police are afraid of getting thrown in prison for too much force—or too little, they will jump face first into their deaths to protect said people.

[Eagish]

Have they gotten around to charging the children for provoking the shooter yet?

[Botten]

Originally Posted by Eagish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Have they gotten around to charging the children for provoking the shooter yet?

+1

[Duik]

Originally Posted by Duik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

A wise man (or was he?) once said "The answer to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun".
Are we saying *all* of the Uvalde Police Force are not good guys?

Nobody has addressed this so I must conclude that cops are not the good guys.

[BradZax]

They are if you aren't a fool.

[Duik]

Originally Posted by BradZax [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They are if you aren't a fool.

Got it. All the kids and teachers are "fools".
That's quite a take there "I'm not" shovel.

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by Duik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nobody has addressed this so I must conclude that cops are not the good guys.

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[Cecily]

This is Texas. Why weren't the children firing back?

[Reiwa]

Article 99 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) addresses "Misbehavior Before the Enemy," a serious offense covering acts like running away, abandoning duty, causing false alarms, plundering, or willfully failing to engage the enemy, which endangers fellow service members or property when near combat, with severe penalties possible for such cowardly or neglectful actions

Any member of the armed forces who before or in the presence of the enemy—
(1)runs away;
(2)shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his duty to defend;
(3)through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property;
(4)casts away his arms or ammunition;
(5)is guilty of cowardly conduct;
(6)quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage;
(7)causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the armed forces;
(8)willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy; or
(9)does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States or their allies when engaged in battle;
shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.