When
a man or woman is given a badge and a gun
A
sacred duty in order to protect that officer must to the sound of gunfire run
Ever
since Columbine where officers surrounded the schools and for SWAT await
Too
many students were gunned down to meet a mortal fate
In
Parkland there was an armed deputy on scene
Never
went in merely took a position and against a corner leaned
The
shooter shot for 6 minutes then from the school fled
Leaving
behind wounded and 17 students and teacher dead
Have
no idea of this officers training or time on the force
Only
that he didn’t move until the shootings had run its deadly course
Had
he intervened would Cruz victims have been less?
Realistic
to believe pistol shots the AR-15 would have suppressed?
Was
it a lack of training or a lack of courage and heart?
Or
worse a lack of incentive due to a lack of respect for police off the charts
Too
many times do we see those who police are sworn to protect
Denying
them service their business and presence to reject
A
callous disregard by Blue leaders when another cop is killed in the line?
We need answers for if the thin Blue is
going to look the other way during a deadly crime
We are in a world of potential hurt
As felons will their evil continue to
assert
An the idea of hardening our schools
with retired military or police may be a pipe dream
Drowned out by the sound of gunfire
and the wounded innocents’ screams
© February 23, 2018 Michael P. Ridley the Alaskanpoet
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