monty wrote:
"Do not approach the 12 or 1300 building, stay at least 500 feet away," a panicked Peterson shouted as people screamed in the background. // I thought I heard that either this statement or one like it was directed at EMS. If that were the case, it would have been totally the right call. EMS are not supposed to charge into an active situation, that is standard protocol just about everywhere, except Syria and the blue hats of course...
Just wondering if you left out some of the transcript and thus changed the entire context. I dont really know. And of course when this guy took this job it was to be a presence at the school for minor disturbances. He obviously got comfortable in that role as a de facto security guard. When the shit hit the fan decades later he panicked and did not do the heroic thing. Very few people are heroes in these situations, it would have been nice if he was one of those few.
The entire story is available at the link, which is in my OP. It's from the Miami Herald, I believe. I read it last night, and went through the materials available. I stand by my original characterization.
I also concede that none of us knows how we would react, of course. Having said that, we have a right to expect that the people who claim they are going to protect us, actually do that and, like I've said before; get into the fight.
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."
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big kahuna: Mar 10, 18 10:17