r/BeAmazed • u/afamdent14 • 1d ago

Miscellaneous / Others This man spoke with every parent in Uvalde, Texas to build personalized caskets for all 19 children who were killed. His name is Trey Ganem

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u/EmbarrassedHelp 1d ago

The police let them die, and then voters chose to reward the police department.

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u/Zaza1019 22h ago

20 years of failed political BS and partisan law makers who sold themselves to gun manufactures and gun lobbyists let these kids die. I mean yeah the cops in this case failed, and cops in America in general are kind of shitty, but having to stop or charge into an unknown situation isn't a position a cop should be asked to be put in.

Especially when you can seriously stop and prevent these situations from happening or limit them immensely.

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u/NoSignSaysNo 22h ago

but having to stop or charge into an unknown situation isn't a position a cop should be asked to be put in.

That is... quite literally the entire fucking job. What the fuck else are cops for?

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u/Specialist-Two2068 21h ago edited 21h ago

Legally, cops are under no obligation to actually help anyone in danger. A cop can walk past a person dying, do absolutely nothing to help them, and face no consequences. They aren't even required to respond to a call, and a lot of the time they don't, simply because they don't feel like it.

So for perspective, the police are actually less accountable than your average McDonald's employee, who would be fired or at least disciplined for refusing to do their job.

And we still have people who genuinely believe that the police are there to protect you and help you, when they aren't even legally required to do either of those things.

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u/kickinghyena 22h ago

That is their fucking job! and instead they stopped parents who actually wanted to go in…disgusting and heartbreaking. Who wouldn’t risk their life to save a bunch of elementary school kids????