Uvalde victims' families reach settlement with city and county
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- čas přidán 21. 05. 2024
- "The city of Uvalde has agreed to pay its insurance of $2 million, which is all that there was."
Nineteen families whose loved ones were killed or hurt in the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting announced they've reached a settlement with the city and county of Uvalde.
The attorney representing the families spoke about the deadly day, saying, "We all saw what we saw ... It was a heroic act, 77 minutes late."
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So the citizens of the city/county have to pay for the shameful actions of those police? Yet...have any of those police officers been fired for their actions (or INACTION) on that day?
Not yet.
The police were more interested in saving their own children and doing nothing for the rest of those families, They need to be put into jail.
They're paying their insurance premium. Not any real money. Not yet, anyways.
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! 2 MILLION FOR ALL THE FAMILIES PLUS THE FINDINGS SAID LAW ENFORCEMENT VIOLATED NO POLICY? HUH??? WHAT . MY GOD THIS LAWYER HAD NOT GET ANY MONEY OUT OF THIS SETTLEMENT.. IS ANYBODY BESIDES ME VERY ANGRY ABOUT THIS THESE PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMEBERS ARE GETTING SCREWED ANYWAY U LOOK AT IT ! THIS CAN NOT STAND. BIDEN ? WHERE ARE YOU? POPE? WHERE ARE YOU? AND G0D?? WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?
The cop who was cleansing his hands with the soap dispenser on the wall burns me up. He was more concerned about catching an illness than he was about catching a shooter of innocent kids! This whole incident was totally ludicrous. Thank you for serving and protecting sarcasm intended!
Don’t tell me these cops will get to retire with full pension.
THEY HAD BETTER NOT !!!
It doesn’t matter what happens with them. A lot of government workers are part of the free masons and finances can be situated personally. Cash in hand. Cash is King
“Tragedy & Truth In Uvalde”, a poem
Slaughter raging.
Children pleading for rescue.
Time was of the essence.
What did the officers do?
They showed little urgency.
Officer safety.
That was their highest priority.
While the gunman’s bullets flew.
They knew what they should do.
But they chose not to.
While blood flowed fast & free.
Lives lost in tragedy.
In the death rooms.
In Uvalde.
The truth the whole world can see.
Well written; sad, tragic, and heartbreaking.
😪😪😪 Your poem breaks my heart. Those poor lost souls. How awful.
Says it all 💔
$2 million?! that’s it?😳
(In case this doesnt read as sarcasm..its sarcasm)
Well...Im SURE some of the police will be "reprimanded" for deriliction of duty(AKA given promotions or put on paid leave AKA "vacation" to you and me
What an insult! 100 million it should have been. Coming from those police officers personally and pensions!
Yeah, sadly THAT'S IT.
@@ramonaweston791 This! 100% this.
I know that nothing can bring the children back, but 2 million is shameful.
Continue the lawsuits and we need to vote against any politicians who are not protecting children, teachers and the public. We’re tired of our children, women and girls not being protected by this state in any regards.
The innocence of children should be kept in check rather than promoting the current brainwash agenda pushing they are doing.
The world is getting crazier why wasn't there a police officer on guard before this even happened?
Pure cowardness should of gotten these police officers fired sued and put into jail.
I hate youtube, Everytime I want to say something it automatically deletes it.
Not just 1 or 2 students died which in itself would have been tragic, but 2 whole classes coldly murdered at such innocent stages in their lives. Not only that but the parents had to listen to each shot taking a life and the parents were held outside the school at gun point by the officers so they couldnt even try to attempt to protect their babies. What a disgusting thing. It's beyond tragic. No amount of money can replace even one of those poor babies let alone wipe away the torment and heartache the parents face every second of everyday. 💔💔
Their children were abandoned in their hour of need. Government failed them long before the massacre. 😢
God also has failed them! He should be ashamed
Why bother giving the cowardly cops there active shooter training if when there is an active shooter they stand by safely away and let children be gunned down? What's the point of the training? Why haven't the cops and specifically their chief been charged criminally? At least for cowardice. Some jurisdictions do have such charge. Shame on them. This leaves me cold, I couldn't continue to live in this place after what happened.
the police were advised not to wear a uniform or ID themselves as LE in town after their massive Failure
When I heard some senior officials from the concerned police department saying the officers priority was to make sure officers safety were ensure first, my jaw dropped. I mean WTF!
Why would the citizens of Uvalde PAY police officers to make sure the police officers' safety was ensured BEFORE they'd march into danger to ensure the safety of the citizens of Uvalde?
Wasn't the SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC, first & last, the very reason why citizens pay professionally trained people in the first place?
If police officers first & last concern was their own safety BEFORE they'd go into danger, for the public.... then why bother getting into a patrol car, when they hear, say, 911 calls... when they could simply sit tight in their safe & comfortable offices, from 9AM to 5PM... and then return home. That would guarantee 100% safety for police officers!
Anyway, back to reality, a tragic reality: ---
Seeing a dozen plus officers lining up behind each other, in the hallway, a dozen or two meters away from a gunman inside a classroom... one who had killed many & would kill more in the hour plus to come .... with none of them willing to face that lone gunman..... for up to 70 minutes(?)... with everyone waiting for "direction" from the chief or waiting for bullet proof shields or waiting for Jesus or his Virgin Mother to teleport down to save them(?) --- with chief on vacation(?) and with his temporary replacement with them saying HE was awaiting further direction from the STATE police or Santa Claus(?) --- it's one of the most horrific and tragic events I've ever seen on TV....
The school only had a 2 million insurance policy? I find that extremely hard to believe. Going into peoples homes to do flooring and I had to have at least a million dollars of coverage. Something stinks, again. These poor kids and their families. Smh.
Embarrassing why accept it!? Such an insulting number
No real money in the city, it's at the state and federal level. Which they said they would be going after.
@@spencers4121 they felt pitty for the city, they could've crushed the city but felt bad, even though the city failed them b/c the city's law enforcement were the first on scene... talk about EMBARRASSING
@@spencers4121bet there's money for armored personnel carriers....
they gave them everything they had
They should've sued the police department for being such soft cowards
I’m a teacher. I watched as this happened, on TV. I couldn’t believe what I saw than and I still can’t believe it. And afterwards, the coverup and garbage the governments made happen is unforgivable. People SHOULD be serving time. The settlement is ridiculously small.
Everyone still feels that those beautiful children, and those teachers deserved better. I live in San Antonio and what the police officers did on that day is an embarrassment to Texas. The families have to live among those and no amount of sorry will ever take their pain away. 🙏🙏🙏
This takes care of the city now the texas state cops.😡😡😡
So sad that this is the action instead of saving those babies.
The Mother of two boys went in and got her sons out! DON;T MESS WITH THE MOTHERS, they will get it done everytime.
They were not going to hold her back. She actually got a few other kids as well. I know they were trying to press charges against her. I wonder what happened. Then those other parents that listen to the police officers and didn’t go in. Can you imagine how they feel everyday. It is so heartbreaking.
Yeah, and then the cops had the nerve to threaten her with arrest. The LEOs in Uvalde that day where and will always be cowards in my mind.
Texas law enforcement has a chicken fried steak named after them ,meat cowering in gravy
The entire Republican party is to blame. Vote them all out, it's past time Texas gets real leadership.
Texas Gov. went right back and wrote a state budget cutting mental health, education and safety!
Less safe, less educated, yep, you might be living in a Red State.
And he keeps getting elected! HOW THE HELL DOES THAT HAPPEN?????
Wrong
@@diamondlion47less safe?? Than California, New York or Chicago? Please
@@ra47199 million people on the border know why
Those so called cops should be fired and charged for letting those kids get hurt just sitting and listening
The Federal Government should sue the State of Texas on behalf of the families.
So sad for the families of Uvalde who lost so much and now get so little.
I am not a religious person, but what constitutes a prayer in my world, I have said many times for the victims and their families...
Money and lawsuits, dirt, lies and greed, in place of all that hope and optimism about life itself. Fighting battles forever...
Inside and out...
And this nonsense targeting of children tells me there is no hell, all the devils are already here.
You may be more religious than you realize, thank you for your prayers for these hurting families!
Heart goes out to the families. No parent should have to experience this.
There was a Uvalde officer that had eyes on while the killer while he was still outside the school and he ASKED for permission to engage rather than making the decision and taking the initiative. Such people have no business being given the responsibility for the safety of others.
There is absolutely no amount of money that can bring back those lives. What good is all of that gun training if the city's law enforcement isn't going to engage? Worst police department in the world.
Actually, you can do something now. Pressure your reps to enforce gun safety legislation.
Gun laws don't help . Criminals will get guns anyway
Tax payer dollars to pay for things they’re never going legislate/stop/fix/ nor prosecute.
God Bless all those families 🙏❤️
You did persue, DRAINED tax payers not reaponsible parties. The issue was police response!
Very poor advice from their attorneys. Should have gone to trial. Suspect some form of intimidation has been used.
So glad you can sue Federal officers/government!
Not actually how it works
Praying for these families and the entire town. My heart aches for them.
So glad you can sue Texas!
The police should pay and the government
This was not a political failure. This was nothing more than a cowardly failure to act when it was needed. There is no need to blame either political party for this.
Continued prayers for all the families involved in this tragedy.
during this tragedy Ameria learned that Police aren't employed to protect citizens and even defenseless children in class. Just themselves
We want to know if the local Uvalde police department intimidated the Families in any way.
Unreal,u just want more $..chief that gave orders to stand down ..they were not prepared the chief giving the press conference was so lethargic was unreal!
A man cannot forgive himself for that degree of cowardice. Neither will Jesus.
Not a Christian, but in this case, I'll agree.
If they ask Jesus will forgive them. But how can they forgive themselves?
Is it 2 million EACH?!
these families deserve the highest respect and financial support for the rest of their lives because of negligence. I wish the families a lot of love and healing for the rest of their lives. I'm sorry you have to go through all this for the loss of your child. I wish I could do more.
This stinks in my opinion. We were all told the Chief was in charge, which is at the city level. No justice yet…
The families need to sue Gregg Abbott
Every time I see a cowBoy hat, I can't help but thinking about those kids' death with 300+ officers standing around.
There is no healing. How could there ever be?
Those police officers were complicit in the Murder of those Children FFS.
"Standing back and Standing by" ? while the bullets flew.
Untrained Cowards..
And all the families get is Deflection Denial and Delay. F-n #Pathetic
Sue the crap out of the city. It's the American way.
Drop the politics and gaf about each other! This HORROR keeps happening. And there's no reason for it to continue except for egos and greed. You all know Abbott and Cruiz would rather see your kids in graves. Do something about it.
Ridiculous.
100k is the cost of a child’s life in Texas, apparently
They’ll need that money for other lawsuits?? So sad.
Got bad cops got scared cop. What can you do. Hate to see percentages on that issue.
Why would they accept $ 2M insurance payment for 17 deaths?
It's a insult to victims and a shame to the families to accept it.
2M each would be more appropriate
The Republican Party of Texas for supporting the NRA and no ban on assault style weapons should be held to account.
What a wonderful poem so true .
They should not have accepted that pathetic amount. This is beyond shameful! Two million for 17 families? The NERVE! We know why the number is what it is. If these were all white children from a wealthy community, do you SERIOUSLY believe they would’ve even offered that pathetic amount? The kicker is what attorney Josh Koskoff said:
"These families could have pursued a lawsuit against the city, and there's certainly grounds for a lawsuit," Koskoff said. "Let's face it, sadly, we all saw what we saw … but instead of suing the city and jeopardizing the finances of anybody, the families have accepted simply the insurance."
So what would you do with the money you get form the death of your child ?
pass it on to others who are in need
Everybody that's complaining about how quickly the officers reacted, should put their self in the officers shoes, and see just how quickly they would react. Taxpayers will pay $$$$$$$ for this decision.
Insurance settlement will make EVERYONE'S payment go up, acting like families had people best on agenda is ridiculous.
The only one who is responsible to pay is the murderer. This what it comes down to for money. This shows us the character of these money grabbing parents, knowing good and well the money isn’t bringing their child back. Let’s forget this atrocity and move on.
We're suing everyone! The city, the state, the Federal Gov't.
So, here's a question for everyone........
HOW MUCH are the Lawyers taking from the settlements??
I would assume the nominal 30-50% not counting existential costs.
Do the math:
Taxes are going up and the lawyers just got paid that's really all that was done .
funny... not suing the city...
but suing the state and fed...
this will not work in their favor...
Texas law men what a joke
how many cops were hold responsible?
No one fired or jailed
Are u kidding those life were priceless each family should get 2 million each cop should be charged for not going in undiscribable shame texas
Yes it is a piss poor amount. But the people did. not want to bankrupt the city
Did the judge ask them to wait in the hall? ( no pun )
Why, why, why? It won’t bring these kids back!
It's not enough, but any litigation is hard on the families. Suing the state and federal governments should be more lucrative. I hope that also comes with laws being changed. Kids shouldn't be sitting ducks because the powers that be think it should be easier to get a high-powered rifle than an education.
America won't learn 🚮
💙💙💙
Pathetic!
2M for each child?
Where does the city and county get their money? TAXPAYERS!
Yikes 🤦🏻♂️
Wow
3:00-3:15 *fbi beta democrats*
Oh No! Ucalde victims
This was not the fault of the State of Texas. This was a local incident.
Family's are blaming the police? What a joke...I'm so sick of people wanting money for a tragedy. This lawyer is a piece of crap. .All he sees is $$$$
You mean they plead guilty.