The state lost all right to "have a problem" with PR handling when they started harassing parents who described the series of events to the press.
And the local police are still harassing any parent who dares to speak up... Uvalde mother who rescued children claims police harassment ongoing https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/uvalde-mother-claims-police-harassment July 08, 2022
The complete Uvalde video. The quick summary: It shows police standing around in the school with guns and gear doing nothing -- except running away from the classroom whenever they heard shots or screams of children.
"defund the police" aims to demilitarize the police departments and allocate said funds to better screen, recruit, and train applicants. People fit mentally for the job. Uvalde showed the dire need & is a prime example of the need for such reform. It also aims to save the taxpayer by ridding us of these wastes of air from the payroll.
I was told #bluelivesmatter was not a supremacist chant. How is putting prime directive over kids' lives not supremacist? Seems like blue lives mattered more in Uvalde. #RememberUvalde
The entire Ulvalde situation is a failure across the board according to a report from Texas lawmakers. The 77-page report provides a damning portrayal of a family unable to recognize warning signs, a school district that had strayed from strict adherence to its safety plan and a police response that disregarded its own active-shooter training. Uvalde investigation details law enforcement’s ‘systemic failures’ in school shooting response Texas lawmakers release report on Robb Elementary School shooting response https://www.foxnews.com/us/uvalde-i...systemic-failures-in-school-shooting-response A committee of Texas state lawmakers investigating the police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde released a 77-page report detailing "systemic failures" and "poor decision making" from those involved, according to a report. The Texas Tribune reported that it has reviewed the committee's report that detailed how the gunman’s family was unable to recognize warning signs, how the school district strayed from its safety plan and how police disregarded their own active-shooter training. A force of 376 law enforcement officers responded to the shooting, according to the report. However, the report found that there was no clear leadership once they amassed at the scene, and that responders lacked basic communications and necessary urgency to take down the gunman. The investigation criticized the inaction of state and federal law enforcement, who made up the majority of responding officers. The report states that there were 91 state police offers, 149 from U.S. Border Patrol, 25 Uvalde city police officers, 16 sheriff’s deputies and 5 officers from the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police. Until now, much of the criticism has been directed at former Uvalde schools police Chief Pete Arredondo, who acted as incident commander during the massacre. The committee said law enforcement failed to quickly confront the suspect, having retreated to safety after taking gunfire and waited for backup. "They failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety," the report said. The committee stated that other better trained officers and law enforcement agencies failed in taking leadership from Arredondo over his inaction at the scene. "In this crisis, no responder seized the initiative to establish an incident command post," the committee report said. "Despite an obvious atmosphere of chaos, the ranking officers of other responding agencies did not approach the Uvalde CISD chief of police or anyone else perceived to be in command to point out the lack of and need for a command post, or to offer that specific assistance." The committee did recognize that some individual officers acted without instruction to try to reach the shooter, and may have been able to do so if other officers had backed them up. The committee report also found that the school, despite having proper safeguards in place, was complacent in its implementation. Witnesses told the committee that staff often left doors unlocked and propped them open with rocks, wedges or magnets, partly due to a shortage of keys. The Texas House of Representatives committee on Sunday invited family members of the 19 students and two teachers killed in the May 24 massacre to review the lawmakers' findings. The committee also planned to show relatives the school surveillance video that showed police milling about in a hallway for more than an hour before they eventually killed the gunman.
According to the 'narrative' the Uvalde police gave the Texas Dept. of Public Safety, there was 'zero hesitation' on the part of these 'heroes'. Also, they saved over 500 lives. Now, where's their parade and medals? Uvalde officials presented Texas DPS with a document labeled 'narrative' days after the school shooting. It said because police had 'zero hesitation' and 'moved directly toward the gunfire' they saved over 500 lives. https://www.insider.com/uvalde-offi...re-of-police-response-report-narrative-2022-7
The Uvalde mayor is risking prosecution to release police body cam video. The video shows officers milling about in the hallway doing nothing except looking at their cell phones and the police chief failing to organize a proper response. WATCH: Uvalde Police Body Cam Video Showing ‘Chaotic’ Response Released https://www.mediaite.com/tv/uvalde-...m-video-showing-chaotic-response-cnn-reports/
As experts have mentioned -- you don't negotiate with a shooter who has killed numerous people and is still shooting more. You take immediate measures to storm the location where the shooter is confined to prevent further deaths. Footage of Uvalde police chief Pete Arredondo 'negotiating' with Salvador Ramos shocks internet 'Can you hear me sir? Sir, if you can hear me, please put your firearm down, sir,' Arredondo is heard saying https://meaww.com/police-chief-pete...y-mass-shoot-urges-salvador-ramos-new-footage Nearly two months after Texas's deadliest school shooting, body camera footage from inside Robb Elementary in Uvalde was released on July 17 to families and to the public. The 77-minute video showed the inside of the school on May 24 where there was no audio included. However, another video with the audio on shows Police Chief Pete Arredondo standing outside a classroom trying to negotiate with Salvador Ramos, the 18-year-old who left 21 dead, instead of engaging with the mass shooter who kept on firing. In the video shared by CNN correspondent Ryan Nobles, Arredondo urges the teen to talk to him, trying to assure him that "this could be peaceful" and asking him to put his firearm down. Despite the requests, another round of gunshots is heard from the classroom. The police chief continues, "Can you hear me sir? Sir, if you can hear me, please put your firearm down, sir. We don't want anybody else hurt." Unlike the previous footage from the school surveillance camera, the new footage shows close-ups from just outside classrooms 111 and 112, and reveals conversations between officers and pleas to the shooter, as per reports by CNN.