Official says police made 'wrong decision' not to enter classroom in Uvalde school shooting l ABC7
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- čas přidán 26. 05. 2022
- A Texas official admitted law enforcement made the "wrong decision" not to go into the classroom where the Uvalde school shooting suspect was for 35 minutes.
"It was not the right decision. It was the wrong decision. Period ... We believe there should have been an entry. We don't have time," Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said during a press conference. MORE: abc7.com/uvalde-texas-robb-el...
I just want everyone to imagine the situation. A knowingly armed gunman ran into an elementary school, the cops heard gun fire and screaming happening from inside and they sat back behind their cars hiding so they didn't potentially get hurt. Letting 6 year olds get gunned down in their place.
Those are the "heroes" protecting your community in Texas. Absolutely disgusting and pathetic that this happened.
Maybe they had been defunded
U mean the cowards
False flag
Uh they were 10 and 11 and go off
That isn't true they did go on was shot at them then they fell back
the fact that a little girl playing dead found out police were literally waiting outside, and even said “i wondered why they didn’t come in and save us” says everything. YOUR JOB IS TO SAVE PEOPLE. THESE WERE BABIES!!!!
Children. Not babies. Don't exaggerate.
@@judypa38 is putting their lives on the line not their job that they constantly get praise for but yet they still failed to do their job. Even when they were armed. They allowed the gun man to kill CHILDREN For more then an hour. How is that okay
I’m a ex felon and I would of took a bullet for these children
It seems hard to believe we can't do better
@@Berserk1Manga They are babies to their parents.
Absolutely disgusting. These “officers” need to be fired immediately.
Fired upon?
Lol true_
@@chezchezchezchez took me a sec but YES!
Should definitely let them know, their number is on google. It’s easily findable with one simple search.
There’s only the one police station in their town so you know you’re talking to the right folks.
It’s perfectly legal and ethical to ask a public servant to explain the actions they are publicly recorded doing.
Cops have no legal obligation to save people
As a man and a human being…how could you just stand outside and listen to gunshots in an elementary school!
You can’t and don’t. I don’t know how this happened?!?!
Exactly!!! I don't get it.
An off duty border patrol agent went in while the local cops waited. The local police department needs to replace those officers with new ones that WILL go in.
Naw back the Blue lives matter.
Those officers should be charged. Taking free money and benefits to do something so disgraceful.
For the pennies that they get paid? Maybe we need to pay our police officers. A bunch of Captain hind sights on here. Are you joining up? People don't even want to work anymore and you think there is a line of people that want to risk their lives for peanuts. GTFOH
@@LegitSav Charged for what? They have no duty to protect you. There's a Supreme Court case about it. They brought it up during the Parkland thing. Yeah, they allow this to happen. If they planned Operation Northwoods, I truly believe they'd do this.
@@LegitSav Does it include the sheriff deputy guy just lost his daughter as well?
Parents were tased, handcuffed and thrown to the ground by federal law and police. Imagine trying to rescue your kid because police won't and you get handcuffed or tased ?? Unacceptable !
the police are just an enforcement squad for the government. they have nothing to do with your safety or support.
In a fascist authoritarian country. Don't be shocked when you actually get it when you vote for Trump.
Where have you been, living under a rock? This is AMERIKKKA!!
@@Berserk1Manga Trump has nothing to do with this. Try again FAIL !!
That's the worst part. The one mother ran into the school after she was uncuffed and managed to get her child off to safety. Another parent screaming at the police to do something and asking others to storm the building found out her child was one of the victims and did not make it. Very sad indeed.
Firefighters put their lives on the line every time they respond to a fire. The conduct of these cops seems shameful.
@Dapper Canuck Perhaps. I'd like to know more facts and am in no position to judge since I wasn't there. I can't count the number of times news stories have been wrong but this looks terrible.
God bless our brave children that died to protect the police officers.
*ChiLd MO Lester FACE!!!! ChiLd MO Lester User Name!!!!*
It pisses me off too.
@@Justin.Martyr takes one to know one
The kids weren’t brave, they didn’t have a choice mm
@@HolyDrugLord or the cops suppose to do their jobs right
When are we going to accept we have a policing problem in this country? The cop who ran from the Stony Douglass shooting was reinstated with back pay.
The unions and the politicians are responsible , we need to let the cops do their job .
You still think this wasn't set up by the Democrats? Go look up "Operation Northwoods." Your government actually planned that, and considered doing it. What is it to stage a tiny shooting like this?
@@petealonso2535 ummmm. They had one job to do. Go in. They didn't
@@petealonso2535 thin blue colors dont run (into a building where children are being shot). Better maintain that 2nd amendment. Because this proves police are not there for our own good
@@petealonso2535 no one held them down from entering the school
Those officers need to be fired and then held accountable. Regardless of what you feel about gun control, those police having to respond showed nothing but cowardice
Who gave the order TO WAIT , INSTEAD OF TAKE ACTIONS RIGHT AWAY ?
Funny how all the 'good cops' people talk about sat back and took orders that allowed more children to be killed right infront of them. Cops serve their departments and no one else.
@@blancarugerio39 themselves. According to SCOTUS, police are not obligated to risk their lives to protect citizens.
@@blancarugerio39 someone higher up higher than the chief. Way up above, prob the letter agencies that have been "watching" the suspect.
@@UnknownbronyChannel no thats not how that works your just giving crazy conspiracy theories
For folks that are geared up like they're patrolling the streets of Iraq or Afghanistan, cops spend a lot of time being frightened and cowering. Pathetic.
They wanna look like tough guys, but don't actually want to do tough-guy stuff.
I can't help but think about how afraid those poor babies must have been, watching friends die, calling for help and still no one coming. So many lives destroyed and damaged. This country has lost its way.
I bet there are so many civilians that would have risked their life to try to save a single kid in that school yet people who are paid and trained for this exact scenario and are dressed head to toe in armor stood by as kids were begging for help? Absolutely ridiculous. My heart hurts for everyone experiencing hurt/trauma from this. 💔
ETA: as pointed out in the replies, if the parents weren’t being held back I bet they would gladly risk their life if it meant their child might have a chance to get out alive.
I carry 30 rounds on me and they all would have filled that space...mass shooting ends when the gunfight starts
False because student and teachers were being escorted out the building.
By law enforcement officers while
Officers outside were told not to let anyone in.
@@frankgonzalez1450 ohh you mean on one side of the building where the children weren’t being shot at. What about the 19 POLICE WHO WERE OUTSIDE THE DOOR
There was teacher civilians that jumped infront of some of the kids before they were killed.
Parents of slain children need to file civil suit for dereliction of duty. Sue the police agency that failed to act, and sue the police individually.
Unfortunately, the supreme court has already ruled that police have no duty to protect people
Absolutely
spot on
Yes they should be defunded and I am absolutely conservative minded but that particular needs sued closed and a new one that has actual MEN with cohones opened up. Unreal
Need to have a public beating of the cops then fire them from ever being police
19 flippin’ officers for one person in a school full of babies? That’s complete and utter bs and just to think the parents were tased, pepper sprayed, arrested and barricaded by 19 cops while their babies were 🔫. Parents were armed and ready to go in themselves. 🤦🏽♀️
I just couldn’t hold back the tears, the pain, poor babies begging for help and they could hear adults outside and couldn’t understand why nobody was coming in to help… to save them. One kid said she kept telling the 911 operator “we’re in trouble… we’re in trouble” and no one came 😥😥. What are we doing????
Even Texas DPS says they handled this incorrectly. They treated this as a barricade situation rather than an active shooter situation. Officers went inside to save their own children while they let a demon lock himself in a room and torture children for an hour and 15 minutes. Most parents weren't even able to make visual IDs and have to get DNA identified because the injuries and location of injuries were so severe.
A teacher called saying 8 or 9 children were still alive and all they did was wait and put up caution tape. There is blood on those officers hand and I hope they go to sleep every night hearing the bullets they refused to try and stop
For the goobers that will be in comments:
In Uvalde 40% of their total yearly budget is going towards their police force so nowhere near underfunded
Stop putting these cowards on a pedestal and treating them like heroes. My father is in the Army and has broken his back for this country and would do it again, thats a hero. A hero isn't someone who listens to children getting shot, breaking active shooter training protocol.
Everything to them (police) is a barricade situation which is safer for the cops. It means they normally never enter any engagement, so, criminals can have their way for a long time.
I normally support the police but this is DISGRACEFUL. There is NO EXCUSE for allowing the gunman to enter the school and murder innocent children.From the time the chase started, there was opportunity for him to be stopped. It's embarrassing, shameful, disappointing, and downright disgusting. Those cowards should be held accountable
Imagine how terrifed they would be especially if he shot people slowly while others watch this unfold. This is horrific for an adult and probably the last moments for those children were noting but fear and confusion on what is going on. The entire police department there should be dismantled.
Police on the boarder have a whole different culture then what the rest of the country is used too. The areas of Texas closest to the boarder is more Mexico then Texas.
The door was not locked...
They need to be charged or fired! This is the biggest failure of police EVER!
fired... please tell me your joking...
@@odinslain2608 I have the same sentiment they should be fired and never allowed to work as Police again. They couldn’t do what they swore to do, Ignored protocol and let more kids be killed as a result no bootlicking in the world can explain why they sat outside for 80 mins while the shooter slaughtered that classroom even though they had PLENTY of firepower and gear to go stop him.
@@odinslain2608 they should be fired, pathetic
Really?! The biggest failure??
This isn’t a failure. This was intentional because you can’t call for gun control with no dead bodies. These kids were used to get public support for gun control.
They Should be held accountable and face the maximum consequences. Children are dead, their families are devastated far beyond comprehension.. This isn’t right man, I lost a son before he was 3 years old I know how the f*** it feels. Failure to protect and serve, there is no way they should get away with this!!!
As bad as it was, IT WAS REFRESHING to finally hear someone accepting they did something wrong for anything.
Over the last 2 years all I've heard was people blaming each other or something else and never themselves. Now that we admit a problem now we can come together and fix that problem and then from there we can share that result so no one else has to face this problem ever again!!!
People need to hang for this. The cops were too busy arresting the parents trying to help their children. This is so sickening. There are no words for this horror. How could any human handcuff parents and hold them at bay while the children were being murdered? The parents could hear the bullets!!!!
I agree.
Bring out the gallows
Police aren't here to protect you.
Ok calm down the only person who should hang for this is the gunman, which he is already dead.
@ it’s pretty simple logic - if you’d rather sacrifice a child than attempt your job don’t become a cop 👍 don’t take any public service job for that matter, you’re not cut out for it.
Every officer on that scene needs to be fired. Cowardice pure cowardice. They need to be charged and released
You spelled hung wrong
Why? This is their training, protect yourself
@@Amazingkaddycaps it's literally the opposite of their training, bootlicker
@@Amazingkaddycaps Yeah, let's just arm everyone from the 5 year old toddlers to the senile 95 year olds. That will solve everything.
@@Amazingkaddycaps then maybe the police reform protests over the last two years were getting at something? 🤔
What an embarrassment to our country. Plenty of time to save the lives of children how heartbreaking. Prayers to the families going through this heartache
I can assure you that embarrassment is not how this is being seen internationally. Revulsion is probably a better description
This explains the rationale for wanting guns. There’s literally no government or external force that you can trust to protect you. At the end of the day it’s usually going to be up to the individual to protect himself
Those so called cops are cowards!
Guess they were too full on donuts to do anything ....
I can’t imagine being only 10 years old calling 911 for help and just left there to die 🥺😢😢oh God is beyond devastating..
It's sick
Jesus Christ!! Are those “police officers?”.. 19 coward cops were standing outside and watching while 19 kids and 2 teachers got killed by an 18 years old lunatic?.. without doing nothing and even arresting parents that weren’t hesitant to sacrifice their life for the well-being of their children?… this couldn’t be expressed by any word!!!!! All of them should be accountable for that.
Seems like the cops were waiting for the shooter empty all his gun magazine for them to get in. Nothing but cowardice.
There's absolutely NO EXCUSE for this!!!!! It's sickening! Those babies must of been terrified!!!! PD who was there and failed those babies should be charged with murder! They allowed many of those babies to die by not going in. Sick sick sick!!!!!! 😡
Agree 💯
Holy virtue signaling Batman.
still paying your taxes though aren't you..
Sorry. Supreme Court ruled. That police have NO DUTY to protect you or anyone. Never be charged or lose job. The cop in Florida got his job back with pay.
Why it’s needed. Everyone needs to carry a firearm today. Sorry. Police have 1 job. Enforcement of laws And community at large
Warren vs DC. Look up this court case. Where 2 women called police for help. They came and left. 2x they called. Last time they left the intruders found them raped them. They sued. Courts ruled. Police have No duty to protect people. That’s scary. If people knew this they be shocked. Maybe more people will carry a firearm. There will always be evil in this world. T
Making GUN laws wont stop. Does drug laws stop drugs. Lol. No so no gun law will ever stop this. Only people standing up and saying enough is enough and carry
@@AerobaticsPilot Police should protect and serve. If they don’t wanna protect then they shouldn’t have become cops.
"Worthless as a Uvalde cop" is now part of the lexicon.
One of the biggest acts of cowardice I have ever seen! Every one of them should be fired.
Absolutely heartbreaking.
“To serve and protect.” Literally letting the most innocent among us die. This is a police problem. Remember the security officer during the Parkland shooting in 2018 on Valentine’s Day pulled the same thing. Waiting outside with his gun and did nothing letting kids die for their own cowardice
among us
More like to serve out fines and fees while protecting a revenue stream for the court system.
they tend to get in trouble for doing their job. still, they should've went in.
That guy was by himself and did the right thing controlling the scene. These guys were in a group so they could’ve gone in but by the book they’re supposed to wait for swat
serve and protect? This isn't the 50s, protect yourself , arm yourself
I served in the Navy. If we EVER messed up while on watch on the ship. We'd be done!!!!
CHILDREN DIED HERE!!!!! 😡
Children were intentionally slaughtered while law enforcement officials “waited” for the right time? Everyone there on the scene responsible for this devastating catastrophe needs to be removed from their positions immediately; fired, no pensions, etc. never to be hired in law enforcement again. There is NO reason or excuse sufficient to explain what did or didn’t happen.
My gosh, this whole situation has reached a whole new level of agony for those effected.
DO NOT call the Uvalde police in an emergency! It took the Border Patrol to take care of the situation.
Uvalde police were probably given orders from higher up to stand down and let the CIA do it's job. Not even kidding.
They want to defund the border patrol and just let the illegal immigrants as well. Better just home school children and arm yourself.
There's many cowardly cops not just here.
And an off duty Border Patrol agent did more than the officers! What cowards. Why make the active decision to become a police officer if you're going to freeze in these types of situations and do nothing while babies die? This is heartbreaking and could have been prevented.
So then, those in charge of making the decision for the police to stand down need to be charged and convicted of murder.
Already a Supreme Court case on this. Police have NO obligation to protect you.
Deep State thugs planned all along.
Yup
Cops getting fired is not good enough. Manslaughter charges, or other extreme negligence charges, need to be filed against everyone legally possible.
A little girl in the classroom called 911 multiple times over 15 minutes, and was ignored.
Its so sad , she believed innocently that the police were there to save her at the end of the phone . That everything will be ok and it will be over soon . Its very disturbing and awful that they didnt help .
Again this is not the first time police have failed to take charge of an situation similar too this. This is unacceptable! So sorry to the parents and to these children lost in this terrible tragedy! 🙏
Stoneman Douglas, in Florida, was another. That cop was allowed to retire and collect his $100k pension.
Exact why all schools should have armed guards with one job. To protect innocent children with their lives. These police are about cowards!
MKUltra
you go first.. how silly.. police follow training.. there are trained swat teams
@@johnnyllooddte3415 SWAT? yeah the Sit, Wait, and Act Tough team.
My issue is how many times are we going to allow police to blatantly lie to the public and there not criminally charged or punished - I just dont get this anymore in the age of bodycams and police are blatantly lying and no accountability.
Child murderers !!!! They all need to be held accountable!!!! Disgusting!!!
They do this always!!!! Rarely has there been a situation of mass shooting where they enter right away here in the US. It's almost as if they want the most number of casualty. It's totally incomprehensible.
I went to high school with a lot of these officers, I’m not surprised at the least bit from these cowards.
what are they losers like? how did they get to be such losers and cowards?
Vet here . You could not keep me out of that school . I know it’s scary but Jesus there are small children in there !
I'm not a vet, but I'm risking it all for my little ones, daily if needed. They are cowards, these are the same guys that show up 19 deep to beat a black guy.
What are the names of the agencies that stood outside?
unconscionable bad judgement and criminal negligence.
Unarmed men, women and children are the only ones these cowardly cops go after.
Shame on them.
You are 100% CORRECT, Terence! So disgusting. They wanna be all big and bad when they swooped down with 4 cop cars to pull over one car with a damned headlight out, but shrink in cowardly retreat when really needed. May they never be forgiven and May their remaining days on earth be filled will misery, guilt and torment for all the lives lost because of their cowardice and incompetence.
Unarmed men, women and children are the only ones these cowardly criminals go after.
Shame on them.
Ever wonder how these modern shooters choose their locations? "Gun-Free Zone" has an opportunistic meaning to those individuals.
@@chaotict3088 They should be imprisoned! At the very least. This stinks to high heavens. This just makes no sense.
@@chaotict3088 Libertarians and Anarchists have been saying to fire AT them since the dawn of the country
First, police were hiding from responsibility to protect and save those little angels. Now, where is school administrators are hiding from neglecting kids safety in school there?
Since the Columbine High shooting every department has said the exact same thing "we should have went in, instead of waiting".
This is an absolute massive failure in judgement. Whoever’s call this was should resign in disgrace.
Let's rename "wrong decision" to what it truly was: A MASSIVE FAILURE!!!!!!!
He had 80 minutes, these officers made mistakes that could’ve lead to over 50 dead children, this has to stop.
Not a "wrong decision,": but a cowardly one which cost children their lives.
There's absolutely no need for these police.
Bro, they live Texas. The only duty they get is school shooting. And those shooters are dam good at shooting. Yes they are truly COWARDS than the kids. It’s pretty cool how kids made a movie scene.
Is it possible they didn't know if it was a hostage situation by the time they arrived? Where they had to plan before going in? Or they just really messed up.
Resignations should come from the Police Chief, Lutennants, Sargent, all that were in charge.
Law enforcement isn't somewhere you get to make mistakes; lives were literally on the line here. Every single one of them should, in the least, resign in disgrace.
'resign in disgrace'
there are 19 dead children here, the solution is a 308 round or a guillotine.
Hire veterans and pay them well. They are trained and have proved that they will sacrifice their lives for our children. The local police response to this was absolutely deplorable. I'm an EMT and if I worked this horrifying scene I know myself and my crew would have been in there, cops or not.
Emts have my respect. I don’t doubt it. And veterans are the right call. But how will we make sure that they are homeless if we give them an opportunity?
Crazy story. I’m was an EMT in Virginia Beach. When I was in the academy we had a talk on MCIs and the literal next day the Virginia Beach courthouse shooting happened.
It’s sad bc in the back of my mind during the class I was like “what’s the chances” and I was very quickly humbled.
Isn't it easier to prohibit 18 year olds, notorious for short tempers, from buying weapons of mass destruction? Maybe the cops would have been a bit more brave if they only had to confront a pistol instead of a war weapon?
@@ferrisbueller9991 I'm not 100% sure what your question is but I think I understand. There's definitely a systemic issue in this country with the way veterans are treated and that likely needs to be addressed first. Better housing options, better health care, and DEFINITY better mental health care.
@@tailorforeman7082 I think my teacher said like 20 years ago they didn't even teach us about mass shootings in EMS school... When I was in school we spend a week on it
That town needs a whole new police force. This is one of the greatest failures in history.
Terrific. Always good to learn from mistakes. Always a shame they have the time to relearn what they knew at the expense of human lives. I cannot imagine how awful it must be there.
The biggest error was there were officers reported to have been in the school to retrieve their own children. If that's true, the school could've been breached sooner. Not saying anyone could make that tough decision to Rambo their way in and out of an active mass shooting but law enforcement failed plain and simple.
Yeah they admitted they got their own kids out first. On the news Live.
Actually they could have stormed in rambo style since they had ballistic shields. The Uvalde PD is full of cowards that must be replaced.
@@BUTTERY-APEX wouldn’t you have protected your kid first too? They’re humans, we make mistakes
@@Ooga_Boogaaaaa I heard the best defense against bad guys with guns is good guys with guns. So this is the best defense here? Somehow the rest of the world can have zero kids dead to shooters at schools. America First?
@@Ooga_Boogaaaaa That's the job, we have debt collectors not civil servants. They look out for them not us. Exactly why this backfired. They will not be there to protect you. Goes to show why we need our own protection hu ....
Time is of the essence in an active shooting situation. You cannot wait to intervene. Huge respect to the Border Patrol agents who acted.
Something similar happened at Parkland - but only one police officer stayed back.
As a retired LEO of 30+ years, I am crushed. Action had to be taken at once. Prayers for family and friends of the children and teachers returned to God too soon.
The few that made it out of that classroom will never forget the longest 80 minutes of their lives. It's worse knowing that first *responders* didn't respond. Instead they held back parents who were willing to engage a suspect unarmed.
“Our job isn’t to stop crime, but to catch criminals”
-Police slogan
😖😖
Please.
They dont even catch criminals anymore. They just wrote tickets and steal money.
Ohh and abuse, harass, and kill Civilian. Don’t forget that!
they think going home alive is the most important thing its not to protect and serve is most important even if they all die
Love how they’re laying fault at everyone’s feet and not at the feet of the gun-mans parents and the gunman himself.
So how do you get through the door without breech tools?
Policing deserves all of the reputational damage they'll suffer because of this.
I'd say the parents need to sue the sacks off these officials, but none of them have any. This is disgustingly pathetic.
Exactly civil law suit just wait for it its coming
Money won’t bring them back bozo
Parents will be in heavy pain of losing the kid. Not sure if they will have strength to fight for speculations.
@@floridabeast and btw, "bozo", the only reason this kid got the weapons so quick is because of the kickbacks the TX and National gov get from the gun lobby, so yes, taking their money through lawsuits is speaking in a language they understand. The only one.
Now, go tickle mommy's taint.
Did someone or some organizations order them not to go in?
This is exactly why the average citizen needs to be able to be well armed, if they choose. As an instructor, I think how completely helpless we/I am if something like this happened. As a former Army NCO and decades long competitive shooter, I think how absurd it is that my workplace prohibits me from possessing the capacity to defend myself and my students.
Cowardice, then compounded by a pack of lies. Utterly disgraceful, particularly when you discover 40% of the city’s budget goes to their incompetent police department.
Hold those that swore an oath accountable.
The Supreme Court says that you can’t. They have no duty to protect.
La suprema corte dice “primero su protección y después el público,so con quien vas a quejarse,los políticos,la suprema corte los protege,solamente seguir el ejemplo de La Niña
border patrol guys lol those fat boys an oath lol they are paid rent a cops
Mandatory Mass Lawsuit against the police department
For not entering the school right away......shame of all zizzy cops
Those officers stood behind the line to save themselves and didn't try to protect children who were being murdered.
So just leave the gunman in the school with no distractions and let him do exactly as he intended..... Instead of rushing in and maybe causing the gunman to focus on something else besides shooting innocent children.... Are you kidding me....
they used those children and those teachers to keep him distracted while they evacuated everyone else from the school. THAT is why they took so long to enter that classroom
Chief should be fired. The entire swat team should face charges for such gross negligence.
Lock them up!
40% of the city's annual budget so a bunch of guys can play swat only for them to completely and utterly fail when needed.
Its not the swat teams fault its the 19 officers who were already there and didn't go in
I’d say you could even go as far as dereliction of duty; willingly avoiding their professional responsibility. Something this terrible demands immediate retributjon
they will be thought as yellow bellied for the rest of their days they probably will go into depression at least some of them
This is just unexceptionable smdh🤬 absolutely 100% had they’ve acted sooner a lot of lives would’ve been saved. What a tragedy, my heart breaks for these families🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
“To serve and protect” becomes “To serve the state and its interests”
😞
Why did they wait ? Omg my heart hurt for the families in so sorry condolences to you all .
They were involved.
Because they need as many dead kids as they can get.
WHEN THE FBI ( BIDENS SS) TELLS YOU TO STAND DOWN OR LOSE YOUR JOB.. COWARDS WILL ALWAYS STAND DOWN. AND WE ALL KNOW POLICE ARE COWARDS
they didnt even do anything, i heard the border patrol are the ones who went in and killed the shooter
@@fordbuiltf.3838 BINGO. This is so unbelievably concerning and suspicious, I don't know how anyone isn't asking bigger questions. This was intentional.
Just disgusting and heart wrecking knowing they let kids to be in that situation and they just protected themselves- oh my God , I can’t imagine what these innocent souls went through and their families - shame on you
They were cowards! You don’t need authorization if there is shooting happening in a school!!!! You go in and save lives or otherwise you are useless as a police officer or a coward!
Wow this is crazy!! 😮😮
What's all that gear and equipment for???
Remember how we are told civilians don't need guns, only the police? Police do not prevent crime, they arrive after they get the call of an emergency. You are on your own with the criminal & terrorists until help arrives. I am keeping my guns to protect myself and family thank you very much!
Don't worry, this won't turn into a gun control issue, this will turn into anger.
This is such a poignant point and yet it happened in Texas, one of the least strict when it comes to gun laws.
This entire situation is so senseless and tragic... should we have to fight through police to save our children? People were detained for trying to get into the school.
More people being armed WOULD have helped, but they would have needed to already be inside the building. Security was needed and the police needed to not wait...
Who told the officers to stand down and not breach?
Police Chief probably but I also blame the pathetic governor of Texas. He got the information within minutes yet chose not to do anything. They could have had a lot of armed police, Swat team surround the school, breech it and clear it out within minutes yet chose not to do anything. They all need to pay the price. Now it is up to Biden to do something.
Let us be perfectly frank...this is one of the worst cockups in US history. Disgraceful behavior by all those involved.
It has just been failure after failure lately in Texas. What is going on there?
This is just unbelievable.
And Untenable
Sue them, sue them all from top to bottom for incompetency which led to the unnecessary wrongful death of these poor souls!
Cowards should be charged with manslaughter.
This is so sad poor babies they angles now💔
SO SAD, KIDS TRYING TO CALL FOR HELP, THEY COULD HAVE SURVIVED, OR AT LEAST IT WILL NOT BE THAT NUMBER OF DEATHS.
How do you the kids in class room next door werent calling for help? These arent fact we dont know. The media say one thing and everyone jumps . Wake up
@@RR-ty6zz doesnt change the fact these cops are human trash for not trying to save as many kids as possible
Yeah, god forbid we get rid of these guys.... Why crime would run rampant without cops like these protecting us🙄
I am having difficulty breathing, I can't stop imagining my own kids in their shoes calling 911 the most dependable service and getting betrayed like that.
Their needs to be a change and let those who are no longer with us Rest In Peace.
“It wasn’t the right decision.” When was that determined? After the first few minutes of them first reaching the school or the almost two hours they stood outside the school hearing children and teachers crying out for help and dying. But they personally signed up to be a police officers to uphold the law and protect the people. The cowardice of these lawmen is disgusting and they should be prosecuted just as if that demon had lived after ending the lives of those innocent babies. Condolences and prayers to the families who shouldn’t have to deal with this tragedy.
@Tiny Princess you sound moronic. That is their job; To protect and serve. To uphold the law and maintain the peace. It’s not for them to twiddle their thumbs while children are being slaughtered.
"First we overlook Evil.
Then we permit Evil.
Then we legalize Evil.
Then we promote Evil.
Then we celebrate Evil.
Then we prosecute those who still call it Evil."
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This wasn't a hostage situation. The shooter was out for blood and nothing else; why stagnate when the threat is at large?
They're acting like it's some big equation to figure out. Pretending "something went wrong".
It's actually very simple... the cops were cowards and didn't feel these kids were worth risking their own lives.