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NASA’s Psyche Fires Up Its Sci-Fi-Worthy Thrusters - NASA (www.nasa.gov)

The orbiter is now more than 190 million miles (300 million kilometers) away and moving at a clip of 23 miles per second (37 kilometers per second), relative to Earth. That’s about 84,000 mph (135,000 kph). Over time, with no atmospheric drag to slow it down, Psyche will accelerate to speeds of up to 124,000 mph (200,000 kph).

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The cops had AR15s, body armor, helmets, flash bang grenades, the works. They also outnumbered the shooter 376 to 1. The shooters vest had no armor plating.

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.223/5.56 will not penetrate a cinder block wall

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Gp3hbTmXA

Among the tactical officers who responded were members of the Border Patrol’s elite Bortac team but they couldn’t get into the room because of a steel door and cinder block construction, The Wall Street Journal

Also, most cops carry AR15s or a similar rifle in their cop car.

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Interesting, but they still stood by after SWAT arrived, so your point is moot.

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I just watched the video, there are two officers in the hallway with rifles at 11:40am.

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I think most people would agree with that statement.

The inaction afterwards, when the police chief arrived, is the issue.

The NYPD's Public Relations Staff has More Than Doubled in the Past Two Years (nysfocus.com)

In a statement, Brooklyn Councilmember Lincoln Restler pointed to the contrast between the dcpi’s staffing surge and Mayor Eric Adams’s cuts to other city services, including hundreds of layoffs in the Department of Buildings. “It’s stunning to see the nypd Communications Department more than double to 86 staff while so...

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Move them to PR so they can’t cause more PR problems. Brilliant idea.

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