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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUvalde City Council denies leave of absence for Pete Arredondo
This is a way to force this asshole to resign or be fired
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The Uvalde City Council unanimously voted to deny newly elected Councilman Pete Arredondo a leave of absence Tuesday night in the wake of the Robb Elementary shooting.
Arredondo is also the chief of police for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. He's facing national scrutiny for not confronting an active shooter who killed 19 school children and two teachers when he entered the school on May 24.
In recent weeks, law enforcement officials revealed that the children and teachers waited over an hour for officers to confront 18-year-old Salvador Ramos.
On Tuesday, Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw said Ramos could have been neutralized within minutes if Arredondo, the on-scene incident commander, had made the order to breach two classrooms where the children and teachers were waiting for help. Arredondo told the Texas Tribune in an interview that he didn't believe he was the incident commander.
Arredondo is also the chief of police for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. He's facing national scrutiny for not confronting an active shooter who killed 19 school children and two teachers when he entered the school on May 24.
In recent weeks, law enforcement officials revealed that the children and teachers waited over an hour for officers to confront 18-year-old Salvador Ramos.
On Tuesday, Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw said Ramos could have been neutralized within minutes if Arredondo, the on-scene incident commander, had made the order to breach two classrooms where the children and teachers were waiting for help. Arredondo told the Texas Tribune in an interview that he didn't believe he was the incident commander.
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Uvalde City Council denies leave of absence for Pete Arredondo (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2022
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SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)1. Kim Hammond is amazing. Hope she runs for Arredondo's council seat!!
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)2. The guy wringing his hands over the leave decision
I just don't get. How can this be a tough decision even if he's a friend? He fucked up on a massive scale on his job and the decision not to give him an out seems like a no-brainer.
sop
(10,161 posts)3. Uvalde Mayor said he's going to "start throwing people under the bus."
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,130 posts)4. One hour, 14 minutes, and 8 seconds
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(145,130 posts)5. For this thread