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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Uvalde police held the Border Patrol back.
It is being reported that the Border Patrol arrived earlier than previously known. It is also now claimed by Border Patrol agents that local authorities werent allowing them to go in to rescue the children and kill the shooter. It appears that they eventually decided to take things into their own hands. More facts are coming out.
This story will get even more heartbreaking tomorrow.
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The Uvalde police held the Border Patrol back. (Original Post)
madaboutharry
May 2022
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It makes sense Border Patrol was there fast. They are only a mile away from the school
Quixote1818
May 2022
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Phoenix61
(18,828 posts)1. A prime example of how fragging happened.nt
madaboutharry
(42,033 posts)5. That's right.
I am sure fragging happened a lot more often than people think.
Quixote1818
(31,155 posts)2. It makes sense Border Patrol was there fast. They are only a mile away from the school
You have to cut and paste the link below for it to work:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Uvalde,+TX+78801/@29.214293,-99.7547966,16.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x865ee140326f39dd:0xa5b0b5d62bab238c!8m2!3d29.2096836!4d-99.7861679
LeftInTX
(34,292 posts)3. Correction: A school cop held the Border Patrol back!
Pete Arredondo, is a school cop...
He was not prepared for this
As a matter of fact, he was just elected to Uvalde City Council. (City Council is a part time job) However he could not work as a city cop and run for city council.
Raine
(31,177 posts)4. Sounds like the Border Patrol were the heroes
of this whole thing.