PARENTS WELL INTENTIONED, BUT PROBABLY NOT REAL SMART

By Bob Walsh

 

Police tased and arrested parents trying to enter the lockdowned Thompson Ranch Elementary School in El Mirage, Arizona  

 

This mess played out at the Thompson Ranch Elementary School in El Mirage, Arizona on Friday morning.  The campus had been locked down due to a possibly armed man attempting to get onto a building on the campus.  The cops responded.  In addition parents responded, possibly / probably in an attempt to "rescue" or "protect" their children.  At least one of these parents was armed.

 

The cops stopped them from entering the campus.  They didn't want to be stopped.  Three were arrested.  Two did the funky chicken after being lit up with a Taser.  At least one of them was armed with a handgun.

 

After the goat-rope in Uvalde, Texas I can understand the parent's feelings, but it is also obvious the cops didn't want a bunch of armed amateurs running around trying to locate their crumbsnatchers while the cops were trying to locate a potential bad guy.  

The bad guy was chased off by staff before the cops arrived.  A suspicious package was found.  The bomb squad was called and students were removed from that area of the campus. 

 

The bad guy was located, detained and turned over for a psych evaluation.

  

The three parents are facing assorted charges.  The one with the gun is facing charges for possession of a gun on school grounds.