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Sunday, June 19th, 2022

Uvalde surveillance video shows cops did not try to open door to classroom for 77 minutes: report

Author:     Bob Brigham
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     June 18, 2022
 Link: Uvalde surveillance video shows cops did not try to open door to classroom for 77 minutes: report
Stephan:   Texas today is essentially a fascist racist state, and like all authoritarian fascist states, the police are not held responsible for anything. That said, the blatant cover-up going on, 19 kids and two teachers were murdered while the police stood in the hallway wetting themselves with fear, is notable. The government at every level is participating in a cover-up but bits and pieces of information about the massacre still get out, and every leak -- here is the latest -- makes the police, and particularly police chief Pedro Arredondo, look ever more incompetent and fear-driven. I think it is important to always remember these were mostly Hispanic kids. If this had been predominantly White kids you can be sure this level of cover-up would not be happening, even in Texas.
Uvalde, Tx police car

The has been another bombshell report about the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

“Surveillance footage shows that police never tried to open a door to two classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde in the 77 minutes between the time a gunman entered the rooms and massacred 21 people and officers finally stormed in and killed him,” the San Antonio Express-News reported, citing “a law enforcement source close to the investigation.”

After initially repeatedly misleading the public about the police response, authorities have gone silent, leaving the public to find out more though leaks.

“Investigators believe the 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at the school on May 24 could not have locked the door to the connected classrooms from the inside, according to the source. All classroom doors at Robb Elementary are designed to lock automatically when they are closed so that the only way to enter from the outside is with a key, the source said. Police might have assumed […]

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2 Comments

  1. sam crespi on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 1:49 pm

    I believe we all should be cautious about calling any state fascist and racist. It makes us sound like extremists. I agree that the governor is right wing! And certainly, the state legislature is having issues. But, I have friends in TX who are liberals and are struggling to bring their state back to well being. As communicators, writers, how do we more fairly address this?

  2. sam crespi on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 1:59 pm

    As you and I know, from personal experience with police, they’re rarely 100% corrupt or politicized. They are structured in ways that are similar to the military. I’m hearing from liberal friends in TX, that the full story isn’t out. And I suspect we will hear from individual officers who feel they’ve failed. Of course, that depends on how safe they feel to reveal what happened, in addition to keeping their jobs. I’m waiting to hear more.