There are some interesting points made, but the documentary is barebones and empty. It's very slow paced and very detail poor. Largely we hear some interview segments with cops who largely just talk about how they did everything right, but maybe someone else was to blame like some manager. And the managers, chiefs, and politicians all claim it went perfectly and that the cops saved lives. A few cops claim that maybe, while they did nearly everything right, a few things can be improved. They all claim they saved their own lives. Yet this is case where police stood for hours outside an unlocked classroom with a school shooter and a bunch of students inside. A student even called the the police while hiding inside classrooms where the shooter was roaming. They were taught to be quiet during such scenarios, but this quietness just gave the cops an excuse to not go into the classroom as they didn't hear anything through the thin walls for an hour. The city spent 40% of the budget on cops and over 600 cops and officers were on the scene during the shooting. You would think someone would walk in, but even the guy who claimed his wife was inside a classroom didn't do anything. They all just stood around some even greeting each other or doing small activities.
They all stood around and just waited for over an hour even though a girl kept calling from inside a classroom talking about 8 survivors among multiple dead. She kept calling and calling with the 911 center just telling her to stay put. She even called an hour in and said she heard cops outside the classroom and again was told to not do anything and just stay on the line. The chief on the scene did not take his walkie-talkie with him as he claimed it was bothersome to run with. So he had no info about any of this and just stayed put and commanded people to stay put while later claiming he was not even in control even though the rules clearly state that he was. Other chiefs also told cops to stay back and mothers outside the school ready to run in were restricted and threatened with arrest. The 10 year old students and the teachers were bleeding out. Finally an outsider arrived and made his way into the classroom that didn't even have a locked door.
At the end the documentary doesn't tell us much of anything. All the stuff I know about the case was only alluded to. It feels a tad disrespectful. And the narrator is so lazy and dull that you wonder why they hired him for this project when I'm sure many other people would have liked to tell a clear story here. I would say skip this for sure. It's a very lazy product that doesn't respect the families enough. Even though it's not bad.
They all stood around and just waited for over an hour even though a girl kept calling from inside a classroom talking about 8 survivors among multiple dead. She kept calling and calling with the 911 center just telling her to stay put. She even called an hour in and said she heard cops outside the classroom and again was told to not do anything and just stay on the line. The chief on the scene did not take his walkie-talkie with him as he claimed it was bothersome to run with. So he had no info about any of this and just stayed put and commanded people to stay put while later claiming he was not even in control even though the rules clearly state that he was. Other chiefs also told cops to stay back and mothers outside the school ready to run in were restricted and threatened with arrest. The 10 year old students and the teachers were bleeding out. Finally an outsider arrived and made his way into the classroom that didn't even have a locked door.
At the end the documentary doesn't tell us much of anything. All the stuff I know about the case was only alluded to. It feels a tad disrespectful. And the narrator is so lazy and dull that you wonder why they hired him for this project when I'm sure many other people would have liked to tell a clear story here. I would say skip this for sure. It's a very lazy product that doesn't respect the families enough. Even though it's not bad.
