big eye roll
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RT @charlesornstein
"I have a male subject with an AR."

The dispatch crackled on the radio of another officer on the opposite side of the building.

"Fuck," that officer said.

"AR," another exclaimed.

Uvalde Police Feared Firepower From Gunman’s AR-15 https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-police-gunman-ar-15-delays @zachdespart
https://twitter.com/charlesornstein/status/1637870031382929440

“He Has a Battle Rifle”: Uvalde Police Waited to Enter Classroom, Fearing Firepower From Gunman’s AR-15

In previously unreleased interviews, police told investigators they were cowed by the Uvalde shooter’s military-style rifle. This drove their decision to wait for a Border Patrol SWAT team to engage him, which took more than an hour.

ProPublica