Uvalde mayor says he fears a cover-up of investigation into school massacre and calls on Texas Gov.

[IcyPeas]

Uvalde mayor says he fears a cover-up of investigation into school massacre and calls on Texas Gov. Abbott to intervene

Uvalde, Texas (CNN)Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told CNN he's lost faith in Texas leaders investigating how law enforcement responded to the shooting at his town's elementary school that killed 19 children and two adults.

"I'm not confident, 100%, in DPS because I think it's a cover-up," he said of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the lead agency tasked with identifying what led to well-armed officers waiting outside a classroom for more than an hour before engaging the gunman.

"McGraw's covering up for maybe his agencies," McLaughlin continued in his sharpest attack yet on Col. Steven McCraw, the DPS director.

McCraw told the Texas Senate that the police response was an "abject failure" and placed sole blame on school police chief Pedro "Pete" Arredondo.

But McLaughlin told CNN on Tuesday he did not feel the full story of the May 24 massacre was coming out, partly because Texas DPS was not being transparent.

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McLaughlin first came to national attention at the initial news briefing after the shooting when he shouted profanities at Beto O'Rourke, as the former presidential and Senate candidate who is now running for governor tried to confront Abbott.

He said he had no regrets about that because there were grieving families in the audience.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/05/us/texas-uvalde-mayor-don-mclaughlin/index.html

[Emile]

1. Hell Governor Abbott is part of the cover up.

[questionseverything]

2. Exactly, the feds need to look at the whole thing

[Sneederbunk]

3. At least until November.

[2naSalit]

4. CYA.