[fabsroman]

TBO,

Last I checked, it is the 911 operators job to try and figure out what is going on when somebody calls something in.

Do I think too many LEO's were sent to Colombine, nope. But that 911 call or calls probably had something said in them about shots fired, guns being used, or people being killed.

Furthermore, how did it ever get to the point where the police needed to be called? How could an adult at the school not calm the situation down and then telephone 911 to say that an assault happened at the school and he/she needed to file a report and to please send over an officer.

As far as the chopper is concerned, you are probably right that it was already in the air, otherwise it would have taken forever for it to get there.

Now, lets keep on developing this. Last I checked, LEO's had charging discretion. Do you really think that this little girl needed to be charged with assault. I know my brothers have been allowed to go home after bar fights and nobody was charged whatsoever on either side.

When I went to high school, fists fights weren't anything unusual. If the police were to have reacted in this manner, tbey pretty much would have had 3 cruisers, 3 officers, a helicopter, and a mini court at my high school.

Again, we don't have all the evidence, but if I could get my hands on one thing I would love to hear the 911 tape. You say that the call probably goes something like this..., but you cannot assure me that it did.

Again, grey area that we will have to agree to disagree on because we cannot get the evidence.