Uvalde cops come up with new excuse... They didn't want to accidentally shoot kids.

[Nevilledog]

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Dave Spector
@dhmspector
Three weeks ago this would have been a lot more credible. Now? Given what we know of the officers fear of getting shot and their refusal to do their jobs? …not credible at all.

@nytimes the word for what you’re doing isn’t reporting, it’s stenography.

A makeshift memorial after a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead.
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Uvalde Officer Passed Up Shot at Gunman for Fear of Hitting Children
A police officer had a chance to shoot the gunman before he entered a school, according to a chief deputy sheriff. The officer declined to take the shot, fearing injuries to others.
3:46 PM · Jun 17, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/us/uvalde-shooting-gunman-police.html

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https://archive.ph/HJOHQ

UVALDE, Texas — A city police officer armed with an AR-15-style rifle hesitated when he had a brief chance to shoot the gunman approaching a school in Uvalde, Texas, because he did not want to hit children, according to a senior sheriff’s deputy who spoke to the officer.

The fateful decision, which has not been previously reported, represented the second missed opportunity for officers arriving at Robb Elementary School to prevent a massacre by intervening while the gunman was still outside the school. Officials have said that an officer from a different department, the Uvalde school district police force, arrived early but drove past the gunman, not seeing him in the parking lot of the school.

The quick arrival of several officers on May 24 reflected the speed with which the initial response took place, and contrasted sharply with what would become a protracted delay in finally confronting the gunman after he began shooting inside a pair of connected fourth-grade classrooms.

It also made clear the agonizing decisions law enforcement officers had to make as they confronted the gunman, who was firing shots outside the school; the officer who arrived with a rifle had only seconds to make a decision, and feared that firing his weapon could have meant hitting children, the senior sheriff’s deputy said.

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Pure fucking copaganda.

[NCLefty]

1. So let me get this straight... the more bullets that are flying around, the WORSE it is??

Someone call America and alert them! 😐

I think they're all covering their asses and we may never get the full truth. And the children and their families paid the price.

[niyad]

2. Now why should we believe ANYTHING those people say?

[Aristus]

3. We didn't want to accidentally shoot any kids while the gunman was deliberately shooting kids.

Yeah, makes sense...

[Igel]

9. "while the gunman was still outside the school" n/t

It might have been while or before the gunman shot at the school. If the gunman were close, that would mean, in order ...


cop gunman windows kids


If the gunman wasn't close to the school, then it's hard to know what the arrangement would have been.

(All I read was the snip in the OP.)

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. Well that's certainly a first

[Diamond_Dog]

5. But it's OK to arm teachers and let THEM shoot

[Cha]

6. Not working. So tehy let the Shooter do it.

💙💛

[bluedigger]

7. They were afraid of doing something wrong

So they did nothing. Jesus wept.

[dalton99a]

10. NEXT: Officers refused to enter due to fear of trip and fall

[dalton99a]

12. +1. Don't be a cop if you're scared of criminals