Texas DPS director calls police response to Uvalde massacre 'an abject failure'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

n a rebuke of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said Tuesday there was compelling evidence that it was "an abject failure." In scathing remarks at a state Senate committee hearing, McCraw said the on-scene commander "decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children."

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STEVE MCGRAW: There's compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at Robb Elementary was an abject failure and antithetical to everything we've learned over the last two decades since the Columbine massacre. Three minutes after the subject entered the west building, there was sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor to isolate, distract, and neutralize the subject. The only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated officers from entering room 111 and 112 was on scene commander, who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children.

The officers had weapons. The children had none. The officers had body armor. The children had none. The officers had training. The subject had none. One hour, 14 minutes, and eight seconds, that's how long the children waited, and the teachers waited, in rooms 111 to be rescued. And while they waited, the on-scene commander waited for radio and rifles.

Then he waited for shields. Then he waited for SWAT. Lastly, he waited for a key that was never needed. The post-Columbine doctrine is clear, and compelling, and unambiguous. Stop the killing. Stop the dying. You can't do the former unless you do-- you can't do the latter unless you do the former.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-dps-director-calls-police-160413704.html

[walkingman]

1. In my youth we called the cops...Pigs....that is an insult to Pigs. My new name is

Pussies....not meant as an insult to anyone other than the cowards that have a badge and gun.