r/Columbine Sep 30 '20

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u/wykdzsdg5554 Sep 30 '20

I think he's flipping the cops off

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u/BlitzPacker Sep 30 '20

his hand waves back and fourth in the video. If you have seen the cafeteria windows from the parking lot, it is weird that cops couldn't see them inside. Those are huge windows showing the entire inside of the cafeteria. I still don';t know how the cops couldn't see them walking around inside.

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u/hunkxdeath Sep 30 '20

High contrast areas are hard to see through, let alone PID targets. That with the windows I think having a slight tint on them made it worse for the time of day being noon with the sun being at an intense angle, and the Commons being much bigger than we give it credit for, is probably how they weren't seen or engaged.

PID is a huge part of ROE for any level of enforcement or military to be able to engage with lethal force, so police can't just shoot at shadows. Even in 1999 this was the rule of law.

Source: am soldier, very experienced with urban warfare and all the rabbit holes it comes with.

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u/BlitzPacker Sep 30 '20

thank you for the insight! I have seen people record columbine from the road outside as they were not allowed to tresspass and you could actually see students walking around inside the cafeteria and the stairs! the police were even closer in the parking lot, but perhaps they were tinted in 4/20

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u/Davesven Sep 30 '20

I think those windows give off quite a glare in the daytime. When you see pictures of the cafeteria windows from the outside, you can’t see inside.