Uvalde father Brett Cross reacts to DOJ's Uvalde school shooting report
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- A Department of Justice review of the police response to the mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school found “cascading failures of leadership, decision-making, tactics, policy and training.”
The review, which was based on hundreds of interviews with police and others, said the biggest mistake officers made that day was considering the shooter a barricaded person and not an active shooter even though children were still trapped in the classrooms with him.
The report says officers made a critical mistake when they retreated after being fired upon initially, even though they knew, or should have known, that the gunman was still a threat because the shooter fired at least one shot during the standoff and a student called 911 from inside the classroom.
Still, the report says, officers on scene concentrated on evacuating people from elsewhere in the building and spent considerable time hunting keys to the classroom containing the shooter instead of confronting him.
“An active shooter with access to victims should never be considered and treated as a barricaded subject,” the report states. “Evacuations in such circumstances must be conducted in the most expeditious manner, limited to those immediately in harm’s way, and not at the expense of the priority to eliminate the threat.”
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I will read the DOJ report in hopes to be informed and to add my voice to the outrage over failure to protect school children.
Remember, the Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement isn’t obligated to help the public.
@@MA-hn9vo No, I don't remember. When and what is the specific docket number please?
@@brucesteele3052 there's something called Google. It is great for looking up things and buying an AR-15!
The report revealed that those hundreds officers gathering around the school did not have appropriate training to deal with msss shooting. Also it is horrible to know the fact that one officer called the children "if you need help, ask for help!" to which a child shouted "help!" which was heard by the shooter, who then entered the room where the child was hiding and shot the kid.... Unbelievable...one officer's voice invited unnecessary shooting....
I stand with every single parent or love one who is or was a victim of domestic terrorism . Im sorry, its not fair, u deserve justice, u deserve peace an unconditional luv 💓
I feel your pain. Time to vote these people out. They are cowards
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A law enforcement officials job is to protect and serve. If they are too cowardly to protect and therefore fail to serve, then they need to retire or quit their job. Clearly all those officers involved in the Uvalde school shooting should lose their police certifications for failure to fulfill their obligations and for their COWARDLY lack of action!
Can you honestly say that you would give up your life so others can live if you were put in that situation?
@@RollerBladingSuxs I spent 30 years in the military with the potential to have to put my life at risk if ordered to do so. If I was afraid, I definitely wouldn't have stayed in uniform for 30 years. The officers at Uvalde need to do some serious soul searching! If they aren't willing to risk their lives to protect and serve then they need to get out of the police business!
@@RollerBladingSuxsYes.
@@chiefmacarthur coming from a fellow retired veteran.....I CONCUR 💯 %.
@@chiefmacarthur I served in the No Limit Military myself too under General Master P.
My heart breaks for these families!!! I am glad AG Garland made this public announcement. I hope some good comes from it.
Continued healing strength and blessings to these families still in pain. To ALL the families around this country that have and are still suffering fates like this.
I can't imagine losing a child especially in the terrible manner like in Uvalde. But I can imagine myself in those parents shoes and agree that those coward officers that did nothing to save those children need to be held accountable!!!
Remember, the Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement isn’t obligated to help the public.
Community together is the new goal.
cowards then, cowards now. children died because they refused to face fear
and the cowards want their cowardice kept secret - this level of audacity is pestilent
The community needs to stand up
Hugs from Canada ❤
Move on? From having your child die while cops stood there? No, you don't " move on"
This man is absolutely correct. All the attention is on the horrendous police force, instead of the community that still supports them. We can all rightfully condemn these cops all day, every day, but nothing changes until we confront the society that would still defend and support these cowards.
@DistrustHumanz: The cult of cop worship is strong all across the US. There are reasons why police reform, such as it is, has come to a dead end in the US and why police accountability usually, only symbolically, only occurs for people in certain communities in the face of sustained unrest and protest as if it is still 1968. I doubt that the AG's report will do any more than collect dust just as similar reports about the sorry state of US policing have been doing for decades.
What exactly did they do that was cowardly? They are all on the job. They have to listen to command and leaders. If it is a lack of training that is going on here, then they need the proper resources to do it. If you read the report, the problem is the gunman barricaded himself into a closet. If you know anything about firearms, the rounds are ineffective as soon as they pass a barrier such as a thick doorframe. The gunman had full view of the room and was ready to ambush. They needed a tactical team to enter and due to a failure in communication that didn't happen until the border patrol came in with a shield and set up a team to enter. You should really be directing your anger to the school though because why would any school leave doors open? Just some strange person could enter regardless but the worst possible thing happened. Had the door been locked, the worst thing that would have happened is a shootout with the police and nobody would really say anything else about it.
@@Dan-di9jdcope
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@@Dan-di9jd I wouldn't push the "cowardness" narrative either. But that doesn't absolve the reinforced company of law enforcement that appeared on the scene of its responsibility or its failure to uphold the oaths that each and every one of those officers took. The obvious display of Indecision, the failure to follow basic protocol which requires moving towards the gunfire and attacking the threat or threats with the resources and intel that is available (the gunman is going to have an initial tactical advantage in most cases, not just at Uvalde) as well as the obvious lack of a clear chain of command, etc. lead me to make charges of gross incompetence. None of that can be pushed off onto the school personnel who are not police or soldiers. The "cult of cop" in the US gets in the way of clear analysis of situations like this and it has hindered genuine reform of police departments all across the country for generations. The problems of US policing are deep, they didn't start at Uvalde and they haven't ended in its aftermath.
This is all so tragic. It has made the subsequent school shootings have a much, much faster response time and most likely less loss of life. Can’t we get an armed officer in every school? Maybe take a portion of the money we’re wasting on stupid programs in this country and do something for our most innocent and vulnerable. Hugs to this community ❤
This guy is 100% right. The community is divided because of this, and they do not believe this"... Paxton, do your job! Remove guns from the streets, from the community.
Absolutely unacceptable behavior and inaction from LE. Absolutely no excuse for what happened.
These cops need to be fired from their jobs or put in jail
Can you honestly say that you would give up your life so others can live if you were put in that situation?
We the people will hold these cops accountable for not doing their jobs right in need to be a lawsuit against these cops too no one is above the laws
Would you have done the same?@@entertainmentextremenetwor652
@@RollerBladingSuxs If I took the oath that every police officer takes, then I would automatically understand that is part of the job. Your statement only proves that cops are fake heroes.
@@entertainmentextremenetwor652 Remember, the Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement isn’t obligated to help the public.
"Ramos, 18 broke into the school [Robb Elementary] despite being confronted outside by an officer who did not open fire."
A Uvalde Police officer who did not open fire.
Meanwhile, "Half of the parents...wanted to go in there [Robb Elementary] without vests, without guns to get their f****** kids" quoted a man on the scene.
And that's the difference between heroes and Uvalde police.
Unarmed citizens were willing to put their lives on the line to save children, while Uvalde police "confronted the shooter outside and did not open fire."
Who are you protecting? Who did you protect in this situation???
I saw a video of a Uvalde police officer pinning down a hysterical parent to the ground. You can hear gunshots going off while the Uvalde police are harassing parents.
Let me say that AGAIN.
There is video online of Uvalde police officers PINNING hysterical parents to the ground while gunshots can be heard in the background....the police focused on the unarmed parents... UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. BECAUSE VIDEO EXISTS.
If it was YOUR kids. The police would have pinned YOU DOWN to the ground and put a knee on your neck, instead of saving your children.
Who are you serving?
Google the videos for proof. Google the video of parents pleading with Uvalde police to intervene during the shooting, the Uvalde police get confrontational and even pin a parent to the ground. They don't get their guns and storm the school in the video, instead they harass crying parents. Google it for proof!
There are parents with dead children and the Uvalde police department ignored their pleas. Video exists of this.
These officers might not face charges - but the video will always exist.
I hope you give a speech at your daughters wedding, or your retirement party - remember everyone knows what you did May 22 2022.
Do you think people forgot? Because you will live with your actions FOREVER. This incident will outlive you.
When you eventually forget what happened due to dementia....guess what?
Your care takers will remember. Your family will remember what you did.
Get ready for life as complicit murderers.
Seriously enjoy your daughters wedding. Give a speech. But know what everyone is thinking about you.
And when you are gone... The video will STILL exist. :)
You will never escape it.
So etch it onto your graves. Set it in stone.
"here lies BLANK
During the Uvalde mass shooting May 22, 2022...he did nothing"
The videos of the Uvalde officers ignoring parents will never go away. That's your legacy now. That's who you were raised to be. Your mother's raised you to pin parents instead of save children....every one of your mother's is a F*** Up.
And that's how your friends, family and community will remember you. They will remember you harassing parents, and pinning them to the asphalt while their children were being murdered. When you are all gone, those videos will remain and your actions that day will never be forgotten.
You don't help people.
You made a lot of lives worse that day.
Quit. Or do the world a favor and go away forever.
Karma can wait a lifetime, Karma does not forget. Let's leave it to the universe to decide, and may karma bless each one of you with everything you ever deserved.
Brett is amazing !!!
“Neither the Constitution, nor state law, impose a general duty upon police officers or other governmental officials to protect individual persons from harm - even when they know the harm will occur,” said Darren L. Hutchinson, a professor and associate dean at the University of Florida School of Law. “Police can watch someone attack you, refuse to intervene and not violate the Constitution.”
The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government has only a duty to protect persons who are “in custody,” he pointed out.
U need everyones voices speak out! If it was your child what would u say or do then, sorry for those who lost love ones my condolences to all🙏🙏🙏
And if there folks that are close to any of those yellow belly cops are close to them they should take that huge failure seriously
I hope they all move out of Texas!
we don't want coward in my state
Defund the police.
Can you honestly say that you would give up your life so others can live if you were put in that situation?
@@RollerBladingSuxsat this point we are better off defending ourselves.
You lying they didn't tell theses parents to move 😡
I read the report. While the report does in fact list failures, the actions of the police in the hallway was correct based on the reports and status of the gunman. He was hiding in a closet ready to ambush anyone coming in. He probably took shots out of it hoping they would rush in but the fact is a door frame is enough to substantially slow a bullet down enough to not be very effective. As such the shooter has full view of the room and able to hit anyone coming in. As such, the only fault really is not being able to rapidly deploy a tactical team into the building and instead had to wait until someone with a shield arrived and then they were able to deploy. The problem is that they're ill-equipped to handled this kind of situation but the actual fault is more on the school and inability to hardened the doors. How can a door be left open for anyone to enter? And on top of that, someone noticed a man with a gun walking towards the school and they should have immediately went into lock down. The failure is really on the school and anger should be directed towards them. Had the door been locked the shooter would have never even carried out anything.
There are three main concerns with the police response: communication (many of them unable to communicate with one officer stating he did not even bring a radio in when he initially responded because he noticed the gunman and was trying to respond). Then there was a failure in tactics in that people were coming in but no one was really communicating what was going on or building up a tactical team to enter. Instead the border patrol agent who came in later managed to assemble a team and went in properly but before that everyone knew the gunman was in the closet and barricaded but they didn't know the next steps. The last concern really is that the school itself should have been in lock down which would have prevented all this entirely.
Too many guns" police can't always help
The denial and minimization was total insult to injury as was Alex Jones claiming school shooting victims didn't even exist and their parents were just crisis actors. The gaslighting should be criminal too it just further traumatized already distraught people.
The community is divided cause it wasn’t there child in that classroom cause it wasn’t they don’t care
i understand that police may not have done the best but what about the parents that didnt do the best with the kid that did this.parents arent held accountable for proper raising.
To push Gun Control
Crisis actors? Am I right?