FINALLY — @MCPS met with the community to discuss what occurred @MagruderHS on January 21. Honestly, I can’t imagine the school staff handling it better, but finally, the details emerged!! My favorite parts… 1/
@mentionsapologized. In my 10 years as an advocate, tonight marks the second time I’ve heard leaders admit publicly mistakes were made. That was important. 2/
No one expects a crisis to go perfectly. But when @MCPS glosses over the missteps, it doesn’t honor the experience. I appreciated @MCPS acknowledging there were folks that shouldn’t have been allowed to access the building. WE WERE IN LOCKDOWN!!! 3/
They didn’t name names, but @McCarthyMoCo confused our community by walking across the campus and entering the building. Lockdown is lockdown. Curious elected officials should have been locked out. (Sorry) 4/
And, @MCPS made clear they learned their lesson — reunification THEN press conference. That was NONSENSE holding our kids while McKnight and @mcpnews 5/
I doubt we will see another community required to wait 10 months before @MCPS meets with them. So that’s good. That’s what advocates want — to see progress!! If @MCPSSafety issues a new After Action without community input, we’ll return to @mocoboe. 6/
The bold white knight
ReplyDeleteIn the broad daylight
Wasted very little time
To show up and chime.
A well choreographed election year cameo appearance and publicity stunt.
ReplyDelete"Curious elected officials should have been locked out."
The peripatetic perennial prosecutor paraded proudly past the passageway.
DeleteCafeteria justice system:
ReplyDelete“I know that we can do better as a community, working together, reporting crimes, reporting gunshots, so that we can respond more promptly to some of these situations,” the State’s Attorney said.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/12/13/suspect-in-white-oak-gas-station-shooting-charged-with-murder-of-pregnant-woman-fetus/
Paraphrasing Einstein:
ReplyDelete"The definition of insanity is electing the same one over and over and expecting different results."
Was it a remake of Walking Tall?
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/KXZkot4WpJM
ReplyDeleteWhat are the Prosecutor's three Ps_?
1. Prosecute criminals.
2. Prevent crime.
3. Protect and support victims of crime.