Uvalde is getting uglier
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talkpoliticsThe disaster was terrible - 19 killed children, 2 killed teachers IIRC. Then it got worse.
There was the governor rushing in to get the spotlight to tell the story of the heroic officers. Oops. He later announced he was furious - and no one was disciplined, as the police chief took his city council seat, secretly sworn in apparently illegally.
Then the story started to fall apart. The teacher who left the gate open? Nope. The police chief who confronted the suspect? No, he missed him, went right by and detained a teacher. Saying he hadn't realized he was in charge during the event, and didn't have his radio with him, not knowing what was going on.
Then there were at least 19 officers standing outside the room, for like an hour, while the gunman continued to shoot, with children calling 911. Police weren't doing nothing - they were preventing parents from trying to save their children, which is the best thing they did.
But they just couldn't get the door open for an hour, until finally getting a key.
Except then video showed they never tried the door. And reporting found the door couldn't be locked from the inside.
But the officers explained they didn't have protective gear. Except that video footage shows they did, placed on the ground unused.
And now, one of the shot teachers called her husband - who was an Uvalde police officer, who tried to go save her - and other officers detained him and disarmed him and prevented his going in: LINK
Need I go on? Please don't make me, cuz I'm about to puke now.
There was the governor rushing in to get the spotlight to tell the story of the heroic officers. Oops. He later announced he was furious - and no one was disciplined, as the police chief took his city council seat, secretly sworn in apparently illegally.
Then the story started to fall apart. The teacher who left the gate open? Nope. The police chief who confronted the suspect? No, he missed him, went right by and detained a teacher. Saying he hadn't realized he was in charge during the event, and didn't have his radio with him, not knowing what was going on.
Then there were at least 19 officers standing outside the room, for like an hour, while the gunman continued to shoot, with children calling 911. Police weren't doing nothing - they were preventing parents from trying to save their children, which is the best thing they did.
But they just couldn't get the door open for an hour, until finally getting a key.
Except then video showed they never tried the door. And reporting found the door couldn't be locked from the inside.
But the officers explained they didn't have protective gear. Except that video footage shows they did, placed on the ground unused.
And now, one of the shot teachers called her husband - who was an Uvalde police officer, who tried to go save her - and other officers detained him and disarmed him and prevented his going in: LINK
Need I go on? Please don't make me, cuz I'm about to puke now.
