NYPD

 still many unanswered questions from texas, i want to be careful not to judge or condemn anyone until the facts are known. We do know that the shooter was inside the school and the first responders were outside for over an hour before entering the classroom. Perhaps they were assessing if this was a hostage situation, but the initial explanations seem to center around confusion as to who was in charge, and they were waiting for backup.

I grew up in a colorful neighborhood with hundreds of thousands of funny, crazy characters. (just like so many neighborhoods in the 5 boroughs) some of them have been celebrated on these pages. I try to share funny stories and then get on my soapbox and complain about the government. On a very serious note though , i am grateful to the men and women of the NYPD. I have always felt safer when i saw a Police car or an officer on patrol....and on those rare occasions they were coming to arrest or ticket me, i always knew i would be treated fairly.(most of the time)

I am convinced that if this school was located in the 5 boroughs that this shooter would have been engaged and stopped within minutes......some Police Officers might even have to die to stop him....but stop him they would. It IS what the NYPD does....they take pride in their duty to serve and just like the FDNY they go willingly into danger because they believe it is what is expected of them.

In Parkland the armed security officer stayed in his golf cart and refused to enter the building.

In Vegas the Cops stood in the hallway of the hotel while the shooter mowed down concert goers below for an agonizing amount of time.

In NYC the first Irish, Italian, Asian, White, Black or Puerto Rican cop on the scene would have stormed that school, taken on gunfire and killed that motherfucker dead in his tracks or died trying....and then his or her partner would have been next person up.

just like in business......wall street firms often leave for the cheaper greener pastures of Florida and Texas.....but there is a special quality that New Yorkers have that you just can't get elsewhere...and these firms often find that it takes 2 normal southern or midwestern workers to do what 1 crazy bastard from Brooklyn or Queens does regularly....and they are not as funny.

obviously i am biased.......and obviously i am RIGHT.