Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Magruder HS January Shooting Lockdown: MoCo State's Attorney John McCarthy "@McCarthyMoCo confused our community by walking across the campus and entering the building. Lockdown is lockdown. Curious elected officials should have been locked out."

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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 @mocoboe6/ 
And, when @MCPS requires the Chief to apologize to the advocates in the same public forum she used to discredit us, then we’ll really know the integrity has returned to @mocoboe7/7 

7 comments:

  1. The bold white knight
    In the broad daylight
    Wasted very little time
    To show up and chime.

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  2. A well choreographed election year cameo appearance and publicity stunt.
    "Curious elected officials should have been locked out."

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    1. The peripatetic perennial prosecutor paraded proudly past the passageway.

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  3. Cafeteria justice system:
    “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/

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  4. Paraphrasing Einstein:
    "The definition of insanity is electing the same one over and over and expecting different results."

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  5. Was it a remake of Walking Tall?

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  6. https://youtu.be/KXZkot4WpJM
    What are the Prosecutor's three Ps_?
    1. Prosecute criminals.
    2. Prevent crime.
    3. Protect and support victims of crime.

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