On the day of the school shooting in Texas, a mother was actually put in handcuffs and a father was tasered. Why? Well, because they tried to rescue their children from the shooter.

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, one mother was placed in handcuffs and a father was tasered for trying to retrieve their children.

“Ms. Gomez, a farm supervisor, said that she was one of numerous parents who began encouraging — first politely, and then with more urgency — police and other law enforcement to enter the school. After a few minutes, she said, federal marshals approached her and put her in handcuffs, telling her she was being arrested for intervening in an active investigation,” The Wall Street Journal reported.

“Once freed, Gomez moved away from the crowd, broke into a run, jumped a fence and ran inside to rescue her children. “She sprinted out of the school with them,”” The Journal reported.

This infuriates me to no end. I’d be damned if some cowardly police officer who is afraid to stop a shooter from killing children is going to stop me from saving them. What is the point of them stopping the woman, honestly? Well, to protect her from getting hurt, right? Then why did they just stand by for 40 MINUTES! while a lunatic opened fire on children?

If you didn’t know it already, police were on the scene just 4 minutes after the shooting began. Why did it take them 40 minutes to do something about the situation? The answer that has been given is because they were afraid of getting shot.

But they’re not afraid of little children getting shot I suppose. I know I’m on a bit of a rant right now, but goodness this is maddening.

Hear me clearly: EVERY ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS NEED TO BE FIRED!

Every single cowardly officer who didn’t step up to protect those children are (unkind words that I shouldn’t say) and I hope one of them reads this article.