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| Texas Department of Public Safety FIRES officer who responded to Uvalde school shooting - the first cop to lose their job after the horrific incident that saw 19 kids and two teachers slaughtered while cops stood in building hallways |
| 2022-10-23 |
He was the highest-ranking state trooper to initially respond to the scene, according to the Texas Tribune. He was also a 23-year veteran of the force. Nearly 400 officers received slack for waiting 77 minutes before breaching school premises and Maldonado was reportedly one of the first officers on the scene. Bodycam footage, released by the Uvalde Police Department, shows Maldonado near one of the school's entrances within four minutes of the shooting starting. SWAT Commander Sergeant Eduardo Canales' bodycam footage shows him tell Maldonado and another unidentified officer: 'Dude, we got to get in there.' The state officer replied: '[Department of Public Safety] are sending people,' while they linger by the door as another gunshot can be heard in the distance. By this point, more than 100 shots had been fired from Ramos' rifle. The first law enforcement officials arrive on the scene just three minutes after Ramos entered the building, and are seen running towards the classrooms - but soon turn around as they start getting hit. After about 30 minutes, officers with rifles could be seen arriving on the scene, and the first officers with ballistic shields arrives in under 20 minutes. Dozens of officers could be seen standing in the hallway, with 13 carrying long rifles, as Ramos continued to fire. None of the officers entered the classroom for more than an hour. Officials have previously admitted that the situation could have been stopped within just three minutes after images from surveillance footage inside the school showed heavily-armed police officers holding ballistic shields aiming their rifles down the hallway. The image was taken at 12.04pm on May 24 - 46 minutes before Border Patrol agents entered the classroom and fatally shot Ramos, and more than half an hour after he first entered the building and started firing. The officers were stopped by Arredondo, who claimed the suspect had barricaded himself inside and said he needed a key to get. It took Border Patrol agents entering the building to shoot and killed Ramos. Ramos entered the school at 11:33am, and wasn't shot dead until 12:50pm. Arredondo has said that he thought the gunman was barricaded inside, away from the children, and wanted more equipment for the police before they went in. But the children were calling 911 begging for help, and police outside were urging Arredondo to let them go in. Public school districts across Texas have begun handing out DNA identification kits to families that could help identify their children in 'emergencies,' just months after 19 students were killed inside an elementary school in the Lone Star State. After the shooting in Uvalde in May, parents lined up for hours to provide DNA samples to police to help identify the 19 children shot and killed. The kits are being distributed to K-8 students to take home with them and be held onto by their parents in case of an emergency. In the event of a school shooting or other tragic event, the parents can hand the identification card to law enforcement to help more easily identify their child. The kits originate from SB-2158, a law passed in 2021 by Texas politicians and signed by Governor Greg Abbott. The intended purpose was to help locate missing or trafficked children. Each kit includes an inkless fingerprint, a spot for saliva, and a place for you to describe your child's physical appearance, according to the Houston Chronicle. The kits are being distributed to the districts by the Texas Education Agency. A letter sent to parents and families within Texas' largest school system, the Houston Independent School District, noted that the distribution would begin this week and that the kits are optional. 'Caregivers are under no obligation to use the kits,' a letter sent out to HISD principals obtained by the Houston Chronicle reads. 'But they must be informed by your institution that the available kits will allow them to have a set of their child's fingerprints and DNA in that they can turn over to law enforcement in case of an emergency.' Related: Uvalde: 2022-10-08 Uvalde suspends ENTIRE school district police force over failed response to Robb Elementary School massacre Uvalde: 2022-10-05 U.S. Border Arrests of Migrants with Criminal Histories Up 350% Since 2020 Uvalde: 2022-09-13 German police kill man who yelled ‘Allah Akbar' during knife attack |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 That logic escapes many. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-10-23 13:01 |
| #5 With names like Arredondo and Maldonado, we would be talking "white hispanics." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-10-23 10:35 |
| #4 When are we gonna see "The cops are white, the kids were brown"? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-10-23 10:26 |
| #3 Lots of guys freed up to work at Taco Verde |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-10-23 09:38 |
| #2 fixed |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-10-23 09:24 |
| #1 Flak, not slack. |
| Posted by: Too Old To Work 2022-10-23 08:31 |