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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHave any of the Uvalde police resigned in shame yet?
No? I haven't heard that anyone has resigned. Not one of them has a conscience?
Remember that several Capitol police resigned after Jan 6? They were also following orders. But they couldn't protect the Capitol and several of them were so ashamed of that fact that they quit.
I must be incredibly naive because I should think that failing to save children would be gut-wrenching.
mucifer
(23,533 posts)Novara
(5,841 posts)I am just guessing that they'll hide behind the excuse of "following orders."
But children were bleeding out while they were standing in the hallway. NO ONE thought "to hell with orders, I'm going to try and save children"? NO ONE?
And if they didn't, I hope they DO have nightmares for the rest of their lives.
DinahMoeHum
(21,784 posts)or at the very least, give them the "stink-eye" if they see them up close.
sop
(10,162 posts)(Newsweek) "The police chief, who has come under intense scrutiny for delaying officers' response to the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which killed 21 people Tuesday, was recently elected to the local city council."
"Peter Arredondo, chief of police for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD), reportedly kept nearly two dozen officers from breaking into a Robb Elementary School classroom as a gunman opened fire for roughly an hour. A total of 19 children and two teachers were killed when 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered the building and fired more than 100 rounds with an assault-style weapon."
"Arredondo was elected to the Uvalde City Council just three weeks before the shooting, after running on a platform of communication and outreach, NBC News reported Friday. He earned nearly 70 percent of the vote."
Emile
(22,679 posts)spike jones
(1,678 posts)Add to the 30,000 already there.
70sEraVet
(3,495 posts)Can't think of a better use for those men.
FarPoint
(12,344 posts)view crime scene photo's....I seriously doubt any of them actually went onto the crime scene.... immediately after the Boarder Swat took down the murderer.
MenloParque
(512 posts)Can you imagine performing your duties when a whole town hates you! I mean what good are you even? Who needs you if you cant even go into a building with armour and AR15s to stop a slaughter of kids that the you were literally hearing. The residents know that their badass Police have no interest in Serving and the whole world saw how well they Protect. The people depended on them and in their biggest moment of their career they cowered in fear and shit their pants. We on our own to protect ourselves as the ones who wear the badges and guns showed that they will not protect you or your kids.
Bettie
(16,091 posts)in a week or two after another massacre happens.
mopinko
(70,086 posts)they'll either be trigger happy to make up for it, or they'll be so scared to face a gun as to be useless.
should be mandatory time off and counseling after these things.