Fathers Of Uvalde Shooting Victims Slam Release Of Surveillance Footage
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2022
- Families of the victims in the Uvalde shooting are speaking out and demanding accountability after surveillance footage was released from the hallways of Robb Elementary School during the massacre. NBC News’ Tom Llamas is joined by two fathers of victims who are outraged the release occurred before they were able to view it.
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Law enforcement that didn't stop the shooter immediately should be in prison. This is unreal.
I'd actually have to agree with this, or else when are police ever going to be held accountable, they almost never are, and there is plenty of abuse of power by police all over this country. As they say, bullies like to become cops for their power trip, but everyone knows a bully is a coward to the core! Edit: But to the men and women in blue who are good guys, they are amazing!
Should be, yes.
But the Supreme Court said that police are immune to lawsuits and criminal charges as a result of cowardice. Scalia’s opinion made it pretty clear that police do not have any obligation to save you, or anyone else. They have no obligation to save lives, stop crime, or even prevent crime. Their sole obligation is to investigate crime after the fact.
The police basically killed the kids
I think the really big insult wasnt the police didn't go in because they were cowards, but the stopped others from entering that weren't.
@@keh-dalia809 id actually have to disagree with this. Those cops did everything they could, they were quite heroic when they stopped the shooter.
Those cops stood in that hallway for an hour, and listened to children scream for thier lives. Not only are they unfit for police work...they're unfit for humanity...
They need tactical, each man through that door would be gunned down just like the children. These weapons are weapons of war. These are not guns, they are weapons that obliterate the human body. Put on a uniform and join, cops need all the help they can get with what they are dealing with today.
Not one pair of balls in the bunch.
Exactly!
all of them should be in prison for the rest of their lives, to pay for the people who never had a chance to live
I agree w/one of the dads here. Those officers who failed to act to save lives should NEVER be able to resign or get fired from their job there and go somewhere else in America and be employed as a police officer again, especially the chief. It was disgusting to watch one of the officers be more interested in using hand sanitizer and the other checking his phone than going in to save innocent children's lives standing there for 77 MINUTES while children are slaughtered. Most were wearing bulletproof vests and there were more than 10 of them, and they can't take down one 18 year old shooter? All these officers need to be put on a DO NOT HIRE national list for police departments to never work again. They knew the responsibilities of the job to protect and serve, and they failed horribly.
They all should have helmets and a shield. The one gun man could have taken them all out as soon as he noticed them. But they didn't even try to sneak up and get a shot. ....
Of course the police did this...it's not as if they were doing what they usually do which is shoot unarmed people of color in the back.
The guy checking his phone got a message from his wife saying she got shot and she's dying. Apparently he's the one that got stopped by his fellow cops from going in and got his gun taken away. Bet you he's the only one to question his profession from that clown group.
The parents of the children the cops let die should protest outside of their houses till they for sure feel the shame they deserve. 💩🤡🤮
Yes, and drinking water while these innocent kids and teachers being slaughtered. Disgusting cowards!! Prison is the least they deserve!
The 1st little boy who stopped in his tracks is so blessed, hold him tight. THESE COWARDS ARE PAID TO MUCH TO MURDER AND NOTHING ELSE
Sign up to be a police officer, they are sorely needed. Outgunned, not respected, and should shoot, not shoot, what if they would of hit a kid? Hmmm, maybe the job is harder than it looks.
@@kmlund42 You are a sick example of a human being for defending those cowards. To even make that comment as if what you are saying is valid in any way. I am a retired officer of 26 yeas and this is by far the worst example of what this job consists of or should look like and I've seen it all. I worked with female officers who had more backbone then these cowards. Officers are paid well, have all the equipment needed to protect themselves and others, most importantly they act in units not by themselves. NO EXCUSES AND I MEAN NO EXCUSES !!!
@@kmlund42 You need mental evaluation.
@aaron2342, I agree with your comment except for the point where you reveal your own bias in, “I’ve worked with female officers that had more backbone……” Did you notice that the children survivors testified their kind, nurturing teachers tried to shield their students with their bodies? Women who had not the intention or personalities to become police officers???? Are you not familiar with a lifetime of experiences of women who act courageous in the police, military and other dangerous jobs? Do you not know stories of women who have acted courageously???? Courage isn’t something that’s genetic.
@@j.j.9123 Myself and my mother are / was very courageous. The teachers went above and beyond, naturally.
The video had to be released asap. Texas officials need to be held accountable.
It’s out
It is
It's out, the cries and screams of the kids were edited out.
If it was released the day of the massacre, the governor and his bootlickers wouldn't had time to prepare their BS speech about thoughts and prayers...
No officers will be held accountable. They were ordered to stand by for SWAT. This is only one piece of the story. The audio will be what saves these officers. Hold off for SWAT, Hold off for SWAT!!!
I feel terrible for the families affected but the video had to be released. It’s only by seeing what happened can those officer be held accountable for their cowardice.
Just so everyone knows, they tried to tell everyone to stop giving them hate on Facebook. They're mad about people being upset with them.
How exactly do you hold someone accountable for cowardice in this century?
By firing them and change policies. But it is not only cops needed to be held accountable here but the school admin who did not enforce the rules regarding picking up parcels only at the front door. The door was left open and the inside doors only lock from the outside. These kids were sitting ducks.
It didn’t HAVE to be released! It was already apparent the police didn’t do their jobs. The tape could have been released after the families were informed and had viewed it similar to a death notification, and the audio off would have been sensitive to the family instead of trying to sensationalize the deaths of those children and teacher(s).
Completely agree
I think it's important for all to see. I watched it. I sobbed while watching it, yelled, exclaimed. I realized it was so much worse than I thought. They waited till they had like 50 men in there and even then waited 30 more min w a small army in the hallway. It was a display of cowardice and was shameful.
It’s unforgivable the amount of time they wasted. They weren’t there to save lives. Im sorry they did released the video.Shame on all the police there in the halls.
they were there only to save their own lives, the thin yellow line
4 real if u want to be a cop why act like that. The video shows how corrupt our police are if it takes someone longer to get a barbershop license then to be a policeman in America that’s 😭 sad
Look, they want someone to be held responsible for what happened, but they will have to accept that day will probably never happen. The shooter was a coward and so were the officers, sadly they will never get justice and my heart goes out to them, can't blame the inanimate object, only how other people parent their kids, or lack there of.
You’re taxes are supporting them
@@RollerBladingSuxs your taxes fund EVERYTHING government does. Not just Law Enforcement.
The gentleman summed it up when he said no one is telling them anything. That is why the reporter is so important - he's the only one that has released information. He did what was needed.
they could have easily turned the sound off themselves, or chose not to watch it. You're 100% right, this needed to be released.
My heart goes out to the parents and understand their issues with video being released. But at the end of the day, I do not blame the reporter for releasing the video because the public should see what happen cause the local police should have done this months ago. The local mayor keeps blaming the state government while at the same time not releasing any information from the local investigation. The local government trying to cover up what happened is the reason why it seems to be getting worse because we keep finding out how much worse the situation was.
@@skankhunt3624 now the body cams and the dispatch logs asap
@@opppopp2322 body cams will be very interesting. I doubt we'll ever see unredacted footage.
These families need some very Good Attorneys to step forward and bring some Justice to them!🙏🏼
All you see in the unedited version is greaseball after greaseball, making hand gestures for 77 minutes and camping a doorway with the worst angle imaginable. A bunch of overweight, balding, cowards... taking their sweet time to finally grow a pair and end the degenerate within a matter of seconds. Imagine being wounded and having a chance at surviving during the first three minutes upon their arrival, only to end up waiting what most definitely felt like an eternity, bleeding out in pure agony. Absolutely despicable.
Yes the video needed to be released for accountability purposes but those families should have been able to see them first or been made aware of when it was going public. Absolutely horrifying. My prayers are with all the families.
Agreed… the lack of respect for the families makes this even more devastating.
The parents were arrested for being in the crime scene. Do they actually care for the parents.
Police officers are not obligated to protect you. Thats why the 2nd amendment is so important.
So the solution to increasing gun violence and police inefficiency is even more ... guns, and not proper police training and mandated mental health check for current gun ownership?
@@savageboxing1402 * eye roll
It needed to be released. The police tried covering it up the day it happened. This adds pressure to ensure “something gets done”
It did not need to be released before the families saw it, which was going to happen this coming Sunday.
I can't imagine the pain these men are going through.
They need to held accountable!
Yes they do.
Agreed
This breaks my heart. How could those officers be standing around after hearing gunshots coming from inside of the classroom? Then continue to stand around after hearing more gunshots…with all that equipment…heartless, gutless, and no balls whatsoever.
One of them did take the time to clean his hands with the hand sanitizer. Although, he never did anything to help the kids being shot.
Let Governor Abbott tell us again how bravely the police rushed into the line of fire.
How many police should of went through that door to get gunned down before you would of been happy. This requires tactical units. These weapons obliterate the human body. Assault weapons are not even carried by regular cops and they new they were out gunned. Tactical should of been there sooner but he was in a room with only one entrance. We need good police, sign up.
@@kmlund42 Sorry, but everything you said is false. I would try to explain, but I don't think you would listen, would you?
I could not even watch past 6 minutes…I can’t even imagine being a parent watching these cowardly police officers. What happened to protect and serve? I’m so sorry for all of your losses these children were the future.
Ummm, so you won't watch the whole video but want to judge the police officers? What do you think of the one that got a head injury at the start, but still went down the hallway 2 times trying to stop the shooter. Also him clearing the classroom near by and getting the people inside to safety? Is he a coward?
If you think they protect and serve you, you're sorely mistaken. The supreme court has repeatedly ruled they have no duty to protect you. That's one of the reasons you have the 2A. It's called self defense for a reason.
@@DirtyPlumbus I don't you put on the blue uniform and show everyone how it is done?
@@sydtopia1 why don't you learn the law bootlicker?
@@sydtopia1 your comment makes no sense. She just said the police won't protect you and you told her to put on a police uniform.
If you want change, releasing it is exactly what needs to happen.
I watched that surveillance video today and I was involved in every second of it but as soon as I made the connection of my loved one being in there I instantly started bawling... That was these parents and husbands reality,. I would be beyond livid if I were them how many wounded kids laid there bleeding wondering when help was coming
Then there are the children who were murdered after the first few minutes after the police had enough equipment to have stopped and taken out the shooter. They’ve been very careful not to release the name of the girl who answered the officer who asked through the wall if anyone needed help. “Help” she called out and the child witness then said the shooter walked over and shot her.
They edited out the children crying for help
@@j.j.9123 OMG😭😭
@@j.j.9123 Its in the full video also. They edit her calling out help but you can hear the moment the gunman opens fire after the audio edit.
@@j.j.9123 so sad I think that was the little girl who’s father told the reporter they let her have a cellphone for her birthday that not long ago passed and she was trying to call on her phone for help
I don't know how these parents can get past this horrific tragedy
It's beyond my comprehension
It will happen again.
It's so so sad these parents saw this video like this BUT the city and world needs to know how the police "handled" this. I'm certain the police wanted to edit the video. Hopefully now there will be justice!
DISGRACEFUL COPS DISGRACEFUL RESPONSE
My prayers are with these fathers. 🙏 ❤
It's good that the footage was released to the public. Maybe the families should have seen it first. But I stand firm that the footage should be released no matter what. It is there to show the actual events, keeping it secret from the public only helps hide the incompetency. The public should always know the truth.
The families see it first. The officers will see their reaction and burn the footage. No one else will get to see it.
^^^yes, if he didn’t leak in directly to the public the parents would have absolutely been the last people to ever see the video
This is such a sad story.. BUT we needed to hear the shooting to SHOW HOW THE OFFICERS HEARD THE SHOOTING AS WELL....THAT WAY the police CAN'T SAY THEY DIDN'T HEAR THE SHOTS BEING FIRED!!!!
Listen closely...not all, but the majority of the shots took place before the cops entered the hallway? The shooter was probably on an extreme adrenaline rush from his wreck plus knowing what he was about to do and he unleashed fury and bullets the second he stepped in the doorway! The major the damage was done immediately, unfortunately. The cops did do a terrible job and let their community down in the worst way possible!
@@trailerparkcryptoking5213 agreed. The vast majority of the shooting was right away. There were a few more before the cops stormed the room and then a shoot out.
It doesn't matter how many shots were fired before police entered the school the kids called 911 at 12:16 12:19 and many more timesss stating they were still alive and that there were about 8 kids alive so. And room 111 a child called 911 that was still alive. There's no excuse.
Cops are really brave once they have a suspect in handcuffs!!!
Thank you for giving these grieving parents a place to put out their story, their words. They have been violated repeatedly in this ordeal and you just did something right by giving them this venue. I thank you. These parents deserve to be protected by us all in their pain.
A Colorado Mountain Grandma, USA
Of course all video and audio should be released. This is how you get to the truth of it all.
The shooting happened on MAY 22nd. Over a month ago and the police officers are still getting paid, the councilman hasn’t been removed and the mayor is still there. The people in that community need to get in the streets and protest. Going through the proper channels doesn’t work with corruption.
i’m mad it took so long to come out. how do we hold law enforcement accountable if they’re allowed to hide evidence? they shouldn’t have watched it, it’s kinda that simple, sorry for their losses.
I agree that law enforcement should be held accountable. I’m tired of cops hiding behind a gun and badge. As for the video I feel the families should have been the first ones to watch it. Now that the video has been leaked. I expect charges to becoming soon with the exception of BORTAC. I’m so sorry for these families.
Just so everyone knows, they tried to tell everyone to stop giving them hate on Facebook. They're mad about people being upset with them.
It was not their faults it was the police chiefs fault for not ordering them in. They followed orders by not going inside.
@@bearboy879 Everybody holds some accountability you can't blame it all on the police chief..
Them cops are stright cowards Anybody that defends them loses my respect smh
@@igot5onit423 In the end they could have run in there alone and disobeyed orders. Should they have? YES! Those cops are cowards. All i am saying is that the police chief is the main person to blame. No one else is talking about that.
The is whole thing is disgusting and those cops from top to bottom need to be held accountable! That surveillance tape should NOT be released like this. Another clusterf&ck mess up over and over! Completely inexcusable and criminal the way the police mishandled this whole thing each and every disgusting step.
Why not? Let the world see what cowards look like. They arent worthy of being called Police officers, what they are, are cowards. They should resign instead of just collecting a paycheck and acting like they are doing their jobs.
Each one these cowards deserve the same fate as these kids. Breaks my heart.
The families should have been given the courtesy of viewing the video first.
Was there any news outlet that didn't release or play that footage prior to the families viewing it?
I could only imagine what these loved ones are thinking. “If they only acted sooner my child would maybe still be here with me” To live with that for the remaining days of your life, I just couldn’t.
This is the most Unthinkable and CRUEL tragedy I've ever heard of quite frankly.. 2 think it could have been stopped.. even the fact that this could ever even happen.. I'm not even related to the victims I think in my heart I will always be sad for the rest of my life over this 😪😪
I get that the video needs to be released but as Texans, we need to see for our own eyes how law enforcement failed miserably
I'm sure it's been edited
Everything is bigger in TX. The cowardly police and they're mistakes included.
@@ruthaakamonica5602 I saw it, I feel that they cut some parts off
@@carlossierra6416 Yes they edited. They said they did.
On the full video, only the screams are edited out.
I feel bad for these men and the other families.
It's gut wrenching..but I'm glad to see that they are asking for the cops in the hallway not to be in law enforcement any longer.
These families have been railroaded in every way. First they're handcuffed trying to save their little ones. Then they're lied to about the response. Then the video of cowardly police is released like it's nothing. If everything is bigger in TX, that definitely applies to the mistakes.
I'm amazed none of those cops have committed suicide. They were just standing there looking at their phones, and watches. One guy was reading something on a red clipboard pacing back and fourth. Guys with big military backpacks, helmets, and equipment, but they just stand there for an hour.
These fathers deserve more than truncated timeframes to respond to questions in a sound bite format
I don't understand how they can just stand there and hear the gun shots and not go in and engage the shooter. Take his attention off of the children. It doesn't make sense.
When this first happened and we heard about the officers waiting so long to engage the shooter I remember thinking about all of the firefighters that responded on 911, or I should I say the firefighters that didn't hesitate to respond on 911. The obvious difference is firefighters that didn't hesitate to honor their oath versus coward cops that probably never intended on honoring their oath to begin with. I just don't know how else to explain the lack of effort when so many innocent lives were in danger..
There used to be a video on CZcams of an interview with one (he probably died of cancer by now) who said he heard explosions in the basement.
If this had not been leaked, would the families had seen the cops running away as soon as they heard gunfire. Would they had seen the cop check his personal phone and would they have had the cop take the time to use hand sanitizer while their children were bleeding to death and the fact that some children had NOT been shot yet and COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED!!!!
THAT SAID, I am deeply sorry that these poor families just keep having the complexities of this event layered upon their broken hearts.
I just can not imagine how the coverage may have been edited before Sunday if it had not been leaked...also imagine how many situation the cops have changed the story line to hide their mistakes because there was no proof.
I agree with all of your comments except the cell phone. It’s been reported the police were on radio silence so the shooter would not hear police orders over the radio and that some offficers were communicating with dispatch using cell phone texts. So possibly there is a reason for the cell phone usage.
I were thinking the same. Had the video not been leaked. I am sure that the version put out by law enforcement would have been a very different one. And I'm sure the claim would have been to spare the grieving families anymore pain. As it is the Uvalde city officials asking head of Texas state police to some how put a positive spin to this video and portray UPD in a more positive light. I feel for the families my sincere condolences go out to them. But the fact is that the cops were not looking out for you and your loved ones then and most certainly not now.
@@j.j.9123 sadly and I am not positive but I believe the main coverage of police checking his phone was actually the cop married to one of the teachers that had been shot. He was trying to get to her and she was trying to call him to say good bye.
That said it has come out that there were over three hundred police there and not one of them busted down the door because the shooter had an Automatic Rifle and the ones that did want to rush in were held back.
Over 300 police do not feel safe with Automatic Weapons used against them...then why are they still selling them.
I am still deeply saddened by this tragedy. These families are being strong for the unheard voices of their children. Change will come. We are right behind you all. To the fathers that spoke in this video, you are strong. Do not let them bring you down. #UvaldeStrong
I would be embarrassed to be asking these families questions like this. The anchor showed so respect.
So many failures and so much disrespect going on in that tragedy and the fact that there's STILL no accountability and Abbott is being so complicit is DISGUSTING!
My God, how many more people, young, old, any age? No one deserves to die from a gunshot wound when you are not at war, in a battlefield. No one should have access to assault weapons period.
Just heartbreaking....
Change does not come Respectfully.
Let them hear the screams, the voices being silenced...
Let them understand the Cowardice of the men who stood in that hallway listening to children in the throws of death.
And let them see what their weapons of war are capable of, so they understand the horror of what they're defending.
Well written and immaculately phrased.
Smashing.
Devastating. The above paragraph should be shown in every meeting thereof concerning this tragedy.
You’ve clearly never lost a child.
I agree, these horrific tragedies are so sanitized by the police and media that we forget how devastating each of these violent acts really are.
Children were being killed just feet away and these officers acted like they were buying donuts! Damm shame!☹
They looked clueless & without a game plan. After that initial attempt it’s like they just gave up! Not even another attempt to intercept, distract or engage the gunmen
I feel so heart broken for the families who lost a loved one, there is just one aspect of this situation that makes it all the hard it is to understand why it had to have happened this way and sadly that will never be shown to the public.
To watch 77 minutes of your child getting massacred without anyone trying to help has to be most traumatizing thing..
I cannot imagine the horror the parents felt, listening to their children’s screams, as the police huddled in the hallways, not going in to save those babies! Unbelievable!
They edited out the screams.
So sorry 🙏🙏
Out of te first officers on the scene, the one who got grazed in the head looked the bravest. He brushed off his injury and advanced forward several times But not one fellow officer would help him.
Then different officers appeared on the opposite end of the hallway in the way, if he needed to shoot.
As much as I agree and feel for the parents,I this video being aired is what's best. They deserve to have to watch it over and over and I guarantee in just this 24 hours that they have watched their cowardly actions a million times now. The country deserves to see where we are at
This. If it was just them and the police department/ local government it would have been another case of cops investigating cops and finding no wrongdoing. Now as a collective we watched them be cowards and cannot be told otherwise, and will now be making demands and the behalf of those who can no longer.
@@dedederp2693 serious. They deserve to have to watch it over and over and still be kicked out of the force
I have 5 kids. That's F I V E. This breaks my heart. I can't even imagine the depth of sadness and anger these folks are feeling right now. The faces of these two men are emotionally crushing. My heart goes out to these victims. Police officers who were there should be ashamed. They failed us. It's one thing to live in fear of police over reaching their civil duties on adults but to live in fear of police failing us in this way is unthinkable and unbelievable at best.
I’m so sorry, 🙏.
Leaders of our state, media, law… it’s just pathetic. I can not even imagine what these parents are going thru…
It's NOT the matter of wanting to see it. It is the matter of MUST seeing the whole, raw and unedited and full audio. Show the whole TRUTH! No edited videos or you're clearly tampering the true story. Accountability is necessary to held against the Uvalde law enforcement. All 8 different law enforcement agencies involved.
I’m actually glad the video ended up being released regardless. If you watch the interview from the broadcasters who leaked it, they edited the audio out of the kids and teachers screaming. Everything else went as follows. But for so long without getting answers at least someone was finally able to put it out there since clearly the city officials were doing nothing
I'm so sad for these Fathers and families. Such a brutal inhumane place especially Texas
It can be beautiful, but they have a depravity of life. The most unsolved murders occurs in Texas. Even the police departments know that. But it's a "we'll look, but if we don't find something in 48hra. They're a runaway. And if we ever find a body it's a homicide. They're pathetic law enforcement and they know it.
....No words. My heart goes out to the parents and family, friends, and neighbors of those who lost their lives. I cannot even try to imagine the emotions RAGING through everyone in Uvalde. Not just from the sounds of the tragedy but watching those who took the oath to protect and serve, standing in the hallways, steps away from saving the children that BEGGED and waited to be saved until they couldnt. I saw a few outraged officers, a few who tried to break free and help but they were blocked and ordered to stand down. We may not know what happened with each individual officer branch but as a WHOLE....They failed those children and in turn, the town they work for. Unacceptable but most and most grievous of all....unforgivable. They MUST be held accountable so this doesn't EVER happen again!
Blessings to the 2 of you and all affected by this . Respect
I hope and pray that these families gain closure and justice. It will never bring the lives lost back but it will hold those in the wrong accountable.
“Remember. When you need a cop, they’re right down the hall.”
The reporter who got the video said he spoke to all famlies involved & said only one didn't want it released. Proof of the LE lack of action must be shown‼️
Where did you see that?
@@reina20two Tony polhesky, KVUE Austin investigative reporter. He has found much more info than just the video release. He's going to win an award with this expose' on this whole 🦇💩🤪🎪. Shame it has to be over something so horrible.
@@annem7806 But when the reporter said he spoke to all the families and only one didn't want it released, did he tell them that he had the video? Or was he just asking if they wanted it released and if they said yes, he could just decide for himself when and how to release it without even telling them he had it yet alone warn them it was coming. I'm of the mind that he didn't tell them he had it because if he had he would have worried that word would have gotten out that a reporter had a copy of the video and that perhaps would have caused some problems before he could release it. These 2 fathers certainly didn't seem to know he had it; so if the reporter had asked these 2 families if they wanted the video released, that's all he asked them.
@@lindatinjum2944 I'm sure it wasn't exclusively the reporters decision. Asking the famlies was part of the TV stations decision. Sure they have protocol being an ABC affiliate. And with all empathy the problem is bigger than 2 famlies decision.
@@lindatinjum2944 It's been public knowledge that KVUE Reporter had seen this video a few days ago, as Texas State had already done a minute-by-minute assessment of the situation, it was just a matter of time before it was released. They talked about it on the news Monday night that he had seen the video and had access to it. He did his job as a reporter. This is how we found out about Watergate, about child molestation in the Catholic churches, etc... all through investigative reporting.
Man I’m so sorry for the discomfort and sorrow that y’all are going through, maybe those children Rest In Peace.
I think it helps !!! To See How Stupid the LAW is !!!! Don't depend on them !!!!
I broke down hearing the gunshots that was so hard and heartbreaking I'm so devastated for all those families I'm praying this ends!
I had to stop myself from putting my fist through a glass door out of anger watching those cowards!
God bless you all my heart brakes I can't even imagine how they did not go in knowing that you guys cut off the audio now and knowing that those poor babies were crying out for help and no one went to help them it's so disgusting all these officers including the mayor should be ripped from their positions.
😢😢😢not enough tears for the parents, and family members of these precious children. 😢😢😢
Thoughts and prayers are with the families, heartbreaking.
I admire the self control of those parents.
Imagine knowing the cowardice of your neighbors.
Their efforts to obstruct, trivialize, spin the truth.
The fact that the Town spent a great chunk of their budget in " dressing up" these cowards.
Yes.. too bad the parents didn't have just a little more self control and discipline to be more active in their community to protect their children. I mean how long have we know about the potential threat of an active shooter.
How many school shootings has there been. This was not their first rodeo, parents should have ensured their child's school was safe to attend. They waited for cops to do their job, and since we're being sarcastic, how'd that work out for the parents.
What lesson have they learned!! Lol allow me... going after police, while they resign receiving 100% of their pension, let's punish the parents by making them work for Arredondo to enjoy the fruits of life!! while another gunman is plotting the next school attack, let's focus on videos. Yeah that'll teach those pesky gunman.
I feel bad for their family jesus bless them and heal them so sorry this happen at all
They muted the poor kids screaming getting shot at , this is very sad all you hear is the gun pop in that classroom. And that kid down the hall got so lucky that he didn't come out face to face with that shooter . Rip to all the kids and two teachers, that was their last moments in this world
Of course they didn't want to see it. Their kids Bless you all I'm from Tennessee but my heart is with yall
Enough is Enough of mass/school shootings!!😢 In memory of my Stepdad, teacher and coach Dave Sanders 😇 who was murdered at Columbine High school on April 20, 1999 along with 12 students in Littleton, Colorado!!🇺🇲
It took the SWAT 🚨 team 4 hours before reaching my dying parent!!😭 We sued Jefferson County Sheriff's department for wrongful death ☠️ and won!!✌️ #davesandersstepdaughter
A Big Thank you to these courageous Father's for sharing. ♥️And Thank you, "Lester Holt." ♥️
My condolences to all families, it hurts so much.
Dude, the media did this FOR THE FAMILIES AND FOR YOU. In order for change to happen, people needed to see this. DEMAND to see the video of the Mom that went in to get her kid out.
It was being released on Sunday, like the father said. The media did this for themselves plain and simple. As soon as they got a copy it was go time, no ethics involved.
Just like Edward Snowden did things the wrong way to make himself famous/special. Wrong place wrong time. Traitors.
I feel sorry for the families but, this video needed to be shown to public within days of shooting. This video, fights for and speaks what your children can't say. " These cowardly police officer's assisted in our killing. Look at them run from Gunfire. Look at them hide behind the shields like it was a training mission. Think 🤔 how is children alive, were waiting for these paid cowards to react. Your kids were wanting you as they died and look in the hallway what stood in your way to help them". No I as a parent would want the world 🌎 to see video the night of shooting. Your children are fading from the media spotlight, This video would have crushed the chiefs job, if shown when emotions were high, the governor would have had his head. Money isn't important now but a parent should have stepped up and sued the " chief, city council, and all", just to keep pressure on the police, while the world was watching.This is a mass shooting that the world 🌎 would and does, hate the police as much as the shooter. If he was a Black Chief and those were mainly White Kids, I don't 🤔 think the public would have allowed him to be on the earth to defend his being a coward.
I just saw the video, an its honestly insane that I fast forwarded most of it waiting to see the police move from behind a wall that looks about 20 feet away from the door. Its disgusting!! Texting, chatting, running... cowards all of them!!
Those poor families, you are in our thoughts and prayers
I sympathize with the families. But its important that there is transparency with this tragedy so that hopefully its not repeated.
They didn't mute the gun shots.
Which one killed my child??
The 5th---the 10th how many rounds were discharged before they entered the room? I would fall apart at each gun shot.....I am so sorry for their tragedy and failure of the Uvalde Police department.
So how were they going to get through the door? It is designed to keep active shooters out?
@xtopia, where have you been??? The doors were designed to be locked from the outside. Neither of them were locked. One door was even broken and had been reported. The police never tried the doors.
@@j.j.9123 Where have you been? Watch the senate hearing. The door outside door was not locked. The classroom door was locked from the outside. Thus, when you turned the handle the door handle would not turn. However, due to the door being supposedly damaged the door could be pulled opened. The door in question is in an evolve thus the CCTV could not see the door so there it no-way to determine if the police tried the door.
@xtopia. Try thinking and reasoning. It helps. If the police had tried the doors, they would have realized they were not locked and they could have gone in, not waited supposedly for 77 minutes while they located a key. They never tried the doors.
@@j.j.9123 Try understanding how doors work. So the lock of the door was functioning however the strike plate was not. The policy of the school is the doors are locked from the outside during school hours. Thus, all doors were locked.
The door the shooter walked through was open at the time. If you watch the interview with the little girl who saw it, she stated the teacher was going to close the door and the shooter stop her closing it and shot her.
The shooter closed the door thus the door is closed, locked but not secure.
This means in simple terms, when you turn the handle because the door is locked it will not turn. However, since the door is not secure when you pull at the handle the door will open.
You can't tell on CCTV if the police tried the door as the CCTV does not show the door as there is an open area in front of the doors because they swing outwards.
The DPS director was not really able to explain in detail in the senate hearing if the strike plate was completely broken or semi functioning. Means, sometimes the door may secure and other times may not. Maybe it just needs a bit of a shake to lock however. It was not clear what the case was.
So it is most likely police did try the door and found the handle would not turn because the door was locked, but possible they did not try to pull on the door handle. Or perhaps the door had secured in this case even with a damaged strike plate. We don't know at this time although it is possible.
Idk how I’d ever be able to live my life again being the parents they are so strong I pray and feel for them
This whole situation makes me so ill. I feel absolutely awful for those babies their teachers and their families.
This world is and has always been so dangerous to live in. Although very important and necessary for a child's development and future, the sad fact is that school is one of the most dangerous places to send your child to. You got fights, bullying, that dangerous commute for children in many cases, and then the ever so terrifying school shootings that are becoming ever so common. Seeing your child off to school is starting to feel like seeing them off to the Military. It's like "Hope to see you again!"
Nah suburbs are safe no shootings, no stabbings, just friendly people living life. Kids walk to school, can play outside without fear thats not normal at all. If anyone is in your community causing trouble eliminate them.
@@jasonmellone8902 Not everyone lives in the Suburbs, and if you're implying that violence doesn't occur in the Suburbs, you're very incorrect. As far as school shootings go, those happen even in the Universities unfortunately. Oh, and by the way, many of us have done are dirtiest works in the Suburbs and returned back to the hood to sleep and get ready for the next day's work in the Suburbs. Don't take my word for it if you don't want to, no biggie.
@@TisEYEthe1 If your implying there are murders and robberies everyday in the suburbs your wrong. Never been a school shooting in my state or any of the 10 around it and 1 week in 1 democrat city trumps all school shootings combined. Lived from the bottom to the lower part of the top the only place life is bad is the hood. If something bad happens in anyplace but the hood it's unexpected don't compare.
@@jasonmellone8902 Who said everyday fool? You're the one acting like no crime goes on in the burbs. Or is your point that much crime goes on in the burbs, but just not school shootings? I will agree though about those Democratic run States, quite a mess.
@Jason, correction, there’s never been a school shooting In your state YET.
It makes no difference when the video was released. Why is the media taking such a strang angle at this. I want the full video released, including ALL audio. It's time to play the audio outside our representatives houses. The blood has been spilt and it's on them. Listen to the children scream and tell me it's not about guns.
prayers...
Just when you thought the facts of this shooting couldn't get any worse...
Shame on this interviewer for asking the questions he did. Don't tell me those are appropriate questions. When people say the world is going crazy, I believe it. From the video being released with audio, to questions that are meant to expose people's pain, to law enforcement officers standing around for over an hour while children are murdered.
Yea, I agree with that. Very leading questions designed to try and get them to certain things. I would have just ignored his questions and said what ever I wanted.
Well yeah they were murdered by the gunmen, who else was gonna murder them? The police!! If you think you could have done better, why didn't you get out there and save the kids!! It was only a little ol 18 year old baby gunman with a little ol AR-15:assault rifle.
@@gordsruby5963 These people think that a baby playing next to the nuke launch button is perfectly safe.
@@sydtopia1 ? Sorry!
@@sydtopia1 Oh yeah I get!! You're actually correct!! Like I've said put a grenade in the classroom, it would have the exact same effect. People still don't get it!! I believe this is what people truly believe... if the gunman had already killed 13 children, who cares about the rest, just rush in and make a bigger mess a sort of "f" it what have you got to lose mentality.
This is heartbreaking
Wow so Sorry for your pain🙏🏾 God be with You ❤️
It's a shame how these so called officers seemed to be lost as to what to do, it looks like a circus with them coming and going and carrying guns as if to act courageous for what, they didn't do justice at all. They appeared lost in such a straight hallway coming and going as if to appear that they were lost and had no direction. Holding positions and forming a shield with each other as if they were ready to attack yet no action taken. If only one had taken matters into their own hands and gone in and subdued the shooter, that's all it would have taken. But to have so many law enforcement in that hallway and not take action immediately is not justifiable, these men need to be held accountable. Prayers to the families for having to endure everything.
A hallway is what's know as a "Fatal Funnel." There is no where to go and take cover if needed. A large group going down the hallway is a bad tactic. Four people is far more reasonable. The LEO's were disorganized, appear to be untrained, look more like they were getting ready to play a paintball game, and too many bunched up in the same location.
Both ends of the hall should have been covered. The windows should have been used. The LEO's should have had a coordinated response but lacked leadership and it appears that no one person on scene was looked to as a leader who could organize them. It's a poor display by the LEO's in both their training and their moral compass.
In the beginning I assumed witness statements must have been off due to the stress involved for those parents...
"Police were doing nothing" ect. It's just devastating and unfathomable to come to know now that the reports were accurate. Even after the fact and being over a thousand miles away watching the cctv footage is absolutely enraging.
I can't even begin to imagine the experience these parents had.
Good job officers, so brave...I'm speechless....
The video was terribly difficult to watch all the way through. To watch the lack a of any sense of urgency on the part of every officer there was horrifying. I can't imagine being a parent and seeing this footage play out. And it has to be worse being blindsided with it. That said, the release of the video does do a lot for transparency, which has been sorely lacking in this case.
only one reason they did not release this tape cover up
First , my condolences to all the Families of the Uvalde school shooting. Speaking of public (saftey) servants in general many of them only wear the uniform for self gratification and not to serve and protect. The video speaks the truth of public servants uniformed cowards who bully and freeze in fear when truly needed.