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Omaha Steve

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Wed Jun 8, 2022, 03:13 PM Jun 2022

Justice Dept. names 9 to aid in review of Uvalde shooting

Source: AP

By MICHAEL BALSAMO

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has named a team of nine people, including an FBI official and former police chiefs, to aid in a review of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the team during a meeting in his office in Washington on Wednesday. The critical incident review is being led by the Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.

The review will include an examination of police policies, training and communication, along with the deployment of officers and tactics, the Justice Department said. It will also examine who was in command of the incident and how police prepared for potential active-shooter incidents.

The team gathered for its first meeting Wednesday around a conference table in Garland’s office, with a few of the members appearing virtually on a large television screen.



Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks to announce a team to conduct a critical incident review of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, during a media availability at the Department of Justice , Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-school-shooting-texas-shootings-merrick-garland-police-43851792809e619d0ea67d5b7819dd6c

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Justice Dept. names 9 to aid in review of Uvalde shooting (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2022 OP
I hope there's a real dandy report of that investigation coming out sometime in the next Backseat Driver Jun 2022 #1
The DOJ got involved here Warpy Jun 2022 #3
good! llashram Jun 2022 #2

Warpy

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3. The DOJ got involved here
Wed Jun 8, 2022, 07:24 PM
Jun 2022

Because of a horrific incident when a welfare check on a mentally ill man got two cops killed before the guy went out and killed 2 more random people, the cops were tending to shoot first and ask questions later on mental health calls. They were racking up a lot of killings of unarmed people who were either psych cases or drunks.

As a result, they're a lot less trigger happy now after a huge department shakeup and a lot of mandatory advanced training. The DOJ guys do not play around.

Oh, and whoever supplied the crazy guy with a semi auto pistol? Crickets, of course. I knew the crazy guy and there is no way I'd have trusted him with a plastic paring knife, never mind a gun.

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