There’s really no other thought that enters the mind when viewing the full Uvalde footage, other than, these men are abject cowards. All of them, displaying and reinforcing their cowardice in a group setting. The footage reminded me of a story from several years back, of rancher Jack Yantis, and his death at the hands of two officers as equally cowardly and ego-controlled as those who clogged the halls at Uvalde. In Idaho in 2015, one of Jack Yantis’ bulls had wandered onto the highway, and was struck by a car. The police were on the scene, attempting to kill the bull to no avail, so 62-year old Yantis drove down to put the animal down himself. The details are scant, but what apparently transpired was the murder of Jack Yantis by the two deputies almost immediately after Yantis arrived. Two ego-driven coward bullies, who always seem to have an itchy trigger finger when they feel their ego threatened, gunned down the rancher once they saw that he was armed with the rifle he planned to use to put the bull out of its misery. His apparent murder caused his wife, who was handcuffed at the scene, to have a heart attack. The resulting lawsuit was settled several years later to the tune of $2.6 million awarded to the Yantis family.
There needs to be a way to weed out the fake tough guys from the hiring process. Our lives depend on it.
