Uvalde police to provide update after the massacre that killed 19 children and two teachers earlier this week.
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Texas state police have launched an examination of local law enforcement's response to the shooting in Uvalde.
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I want to know WHO told the police to stand down while children were being murdered. And I want to know WHY they did not try to stop the shooter after he posted on Facebook what he was going to do. They knew!
Doesn’t this sound like Sandy Hook & Stoneman Douglas COMBINED
Doesn’t this sound like Sandy Hook & Stoneman Douglas COMBINED
He just addressed the part Abt it not being posted on CNN. That it was actually a message to one person using Messenger. (I don’t know if that makes a difference- but wanted to mention it in case u missed it. This is horrific. Children calling pice & nobody showed.😭😓💔
Should definitely let them know, their number is on google. It’s easily findable with one simple search.
There’s only the one police station in their town so you know you’re talking to the right folks.
It’s perfectly legal and ethical to ask a public servant to explain the actions they are publicly recorded doing.
@Skootrz Worldz hey how are you
Officers outside the classroom are hearing gunshots from the classroom and didn’t do anything for 40 minutes? Disgraceful
And their story doesn’t add up either.
@Alex Levingston THANK U. NO. BIT DOES NOT. NOT EVEN A LITTLE.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas – they could HEAR those kids being killed. Every county reviewed and revised their way of thinking & changed how they moved here in FL I read that someone propped a to door open and that’s how the shooter gained access to those innocent children
You might not like to hear it, but police are under no obligation to help or protect you. This has been settled in court many times. Protect and serve is only a slogan.
In everyone of these cases, people knew the shooter’s plans posted all over social media. But it’s more important to monitor criticism of CRT and sexual indoctrination claiming the critics domestic terrorists…..
I’m wondering how many hours these officers trained for an ACTIVE SHOOTER scenario. My rural FL town has practiced and had the schools here locked & buttoned up. That damn door being propped open let the shooter INSIDE
Yes thank you for covering this——- all of this police officers need to be suspended with out pay indefinitely- they stopped parents from saving their children they are culprits
Fire the cops that held parents back and deputize those parents. I’d want them protecting my kids rather Than those cops.
Should definitely let them know, their number is on google. It’s easily findable with one simple search.
There’s only the one police station in their town so you know you’re talking to the right folks.
It’s perfectly legal and ethical to ask a public servant to explain the actions they are publicly recorded doing.
Again everyone in this department is unprepared. Someone get the FBI & DOJ involved.
You might not like to hear it, but police are under no obligation to help or protect you. This has been settled in court many times. Protect and serve is only a slogan.
@bip slone actually that’s not how that communities active shooter procedures were written. So legally they would be held responsible.
sooo when did you guys shoot the killer? 12:21 you guys got wortec and shields but at 11:50 you killed the suspect.. you legit went back an hour
I’m not understanding when they got in there and shot him either, it’s like they’re are dancing around different times
No cop is going to let parents storm an active shooter scene. Lets get that out of the way. That’s part of the job. The problem is the cops themselves didn’t storm the active shooter scene. That is cowardice.
I don’t agree. The parents have the absolute right to protect their children if there are shots being fired and the cops are being cowards. If a parent wants to risk his or her life to save their children, that is their God given right to do so.
Private citizens have the right to protect their community, and SCOTUS has already ruled that police are not duty-bound to protect.
I definitely see what you are saying, friend. I think I just mean you are rarely going to see a situation where cops ask citizens to join in to stop a situation as opposed to keeping them back.
I’m surprised those cops aren’t too embarrassed to show their faces. What a disgrace.
You might not like to hear it but Police are under no obligation to help or protect you. This has been settled in court many times. Protect and serve is only a slogan.
The parents were begging the cops to go in. The cops did nothing and instead threatened the parents.. And now those parents’ kids are dead. Makes me want to puke.
This isn’t something we can just talk about with a poster. We need a full investigation and report
The parents have the absolute right to protect their children if there are shots being fired and the cops are being cowards. If a parent wants to risk his or her life to save their children, that is their God given right to do so.
Private citizens have the right to protect their community, and SCOTUS has already ruled that police are not duty-bound to protect.
That was Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) not Uvalde PD.
My thoughts and prayers are with the family of the victims I can’t imagine what they are going through in this horrible situation. I just hope that this will stop in America, this should NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.and if the children were calling 911 for help and no one came, I hope that commander is no longer working for them, he has children’s blood on his hands.
My probation officer, Brian, tried to act like I didn’t go over all this with him. If that conversation was recorded, you may witness his own treason, yourself. If it wasn’t recorded: shame.
Dissolve the Uvalde Police Department and have the FBI conduct a thorough criminal investigation on all current members of the UPD that were at the scene
These police officers were simply cowards
Uvalde police department your lack of action caused so much more hurt and pain than there needed to be. I sincerely hope your department reflects on their total disregard for the most precious of lives which are our beautiful children. God help every single child and parent affected by this act of evil.
Not only did they stand outside while children were at risk and shooting continued but they also stood outside while children and teachers who were shot bled out. This was a total failure of law enforcement. If your incident commander makes the wrong call you tell him to pound sand and go in anyway.