'Coward!': Outrage Spills Over At Uvalde School Board Meeting

Outrage and heartbreak were on full display at a tense school board meeting where parents demanded answers after the release of a scathing new report calling the shooting response at Robb Elementary a "systemic failure." NBC News correspondent Sam Brock reports from Uvalde, Texas.
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'Coward!': Outrage Spills Over At Uvalde School Board Meeting
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[@killer44spl]

Any police officer that would leave children alone with a guy the gun who's killing them for an hour does not deserve to wear a badge

[@eviliswhereevilthinks9617]

This is the part of that day that keeps thinking and reliving in my mind-what those children must’ve thought of all of us adults the poor little ones.

[@rogerscalf231]

DESERVE TO WEAR A BADGE???? You make it sound like an honor to be a cop. They are bullies with guns. They will chase a black man down and put 40 bullets in him, but put them up against ANYBODY ELSE with a gun shooting children, decapitating them in the process and they turn and run just like bullies do in the end. Hear that trump chumps?

[@undrwatropium3724]

But the cops went in and rescued their own kids

[@CrusaderGamin]

They should be exterminated same way kids died

[@emilyfeagin2673]

Stop paying them! If the only ones they protect are the wealthy. Let the wealthy hire their own goon squads. Stop using taxpayer dollars for them

[@lauracresswell9699]

I can't imagine being one of the children that survived, and going back to any school. Unbelievable.

[@tylerfrey8528]

They probably won't

[@nottiification]

When these kids grow up and become americas leaders, they are going to repeal 2A. This generation sees themselves as the "school shooting generation" The boomers had woodstock and the summer of love, gen-x had flannel and apathy, these kids have constant abject terror. If 2A really is important to america on a fundamental principled level, then we absolutely have to put a stop to these shootings, because in 30 years these kids are going to be in charge and theyre not going to see the value in allowing madmen to carry around military weaponry like its a fashion accessory.

[@champagneson9]

then they are responsible for not getting their diploma and not getting any social skills.

[@kellykebo3497]

@@champagneson9 Excellent point!

[@lauracresswell9699]

@Alex Green You're right, kids are resilient....but this situation is horror level. How their brains process things are so different and I feel so sorry for these little ones.

[@Anthony-xt7im]

All I see are overweight, overpaid, and overfunded cowards that deserve jail time.

[@Joe-is-too-old]

I guess you missed the body positivity memo.

[@rohankurian5641]

🤔👊✌🔥

[@8188jlpc]

they certainly havent spent much time AWAY from the trough HA!

[@BedwetterCDN]

@@Joe-is-too-old Slight over reaction

[@Ministry-Of-Truth]

Just your daily reminder that police officers are not your personal meat shields. The Supreme Court has long ruled that police officers are not legally obligated to protect citizens. They are called “law enforcement” for a reason. Their sole duty is to enforce laws set forth by Congress. There isn’t a law on the books that say that you’re entitled to police protection. 😊

[@paulsaguto9563]

"I'm not a coward, I served" yeah ok buddy

[@stevejette2329]

paul - I did not hear him say he was actually in combat.

[@wisconsinandillinoisrailfa8428]

@@stevejette2329 he still said he served with. Chances are he was in combat.

[@mathiasbartl903]

Then he should know better.

[@captain007x]

"Oh the yellow cops of Texas, hoorah, hoorah.

[@anamerican8399]

And buddy, If you’re so tuff- why aren’t you Outraged like we are at the Cowardly conduct of these so- called Policemen??!!!

[@laskey2175]

"I am not a coward" says the man who is afraid of answering a question.

[@dotnb]

He has to go. Like yesterday.

[@ab8588]

Putting out his military record like it means anything?? What a coward snowflake. Looks like he learned nothing in the military.

[@dr.zoser-raneterkehtel557]

Actions always speak louder than words 🙊🙉🙈🦁👁️

[@nicknguyen8788]

If he isn’t a coward, he disgraced the military branch he served.

[@lisapan9387]

Yes

[@bryansivy9607]

A mother ran in and got her kids out. She was braver then the cops. Never underestamate the love of parents.

[@asenseofunreality6880]

that mom is being harrased by the uvalde police over her statements, that whole departments need to be fired/arrested to hire an entire new staff

[@kevind1650]

I love this line, even though its completely false. A mother went to another classroom clear on the other side of the building from where police had the suspect pinned down.

[@monicagamm8633]

@@kevind1650 police pinned down the gunman after he was dead?? That sounds pretty stupid of them!

[@shanehiggins3033]

@@kevind1650 none of what you said is true. You're a lier

[@kevind1650]

@@shanehiggins3033 its factual information that has been reported in detail by multiple news outlets. Do some research before commenting ...and learn how to spell..."Liar"

[@PaloDuro1021]

The reality that your 9 year old was slaughtered in his classroom at school is a nightmare. Add to that the police stood right outside the door and did nothing about it for 77 minutes seems like it would be unbearable. Anger is an understatement, more like rage!

[@MsJanetWood]

The gunman shot the students and their teachers with a semi-automatic assault rifle, an M15! They were ALL DEAD long before the police were even called! The police officers did their JOB and CONTAINED THE GUN MAN TO ONE AREA! If the police had not been there standing in the hallway, the gunman would have had FREE REIGN of the ENTIRE SCHOOL, and he would have gone on to even more classrooms and killed even MORE STUDENTS AND MORE TEACHERS! But, he didn't do that, because the HEROIC, BRAVE LATINO POLICE OFFICERS WERE STANDING THERE GUARDING THAT HALLWAY! THEY NEVER LEFT THEIR POST!

[@doneestoner9945]

I'm filled with rage, and I live very far away from Texas. Beyond angry !

[@maanihamskii6392]

PRISON TIME FOR ALL OFFICERS INVOLVED EVEN THE ONES OUTSIDE STOPPING PARENTS FROM GOIN IN

[@kevinbaird5169]

25 to life everyone of them

[@if131]

Firing squad would be karma

[@randyscott9720]

we all know it should but won't happen

[@yolyrom7233]

Exactly

[@firestarter105G]

How about finding out who sent in this mind controlled assassin in the first place?

[@mattgaspar5307]

People of Uvalde, now is the Time to act and remove these problems from your community and vote to remove them from the state and remove their badges and start fresh, make your Voices Loud, and your Votes Count.

[@diverbob33]

The only ones who did anything for the first 77 minutes were the teachers who died trying to protect the kids and the kids who called for help from within the classrooms!

[@S36542]

Yet the police are quick to arrest members of congress about abortions rights.. yet it's been a while they can't figure out what went wrong and what police officer to blame and and see where they went wrong in the shooting of those poor kids.

[@CatherinePearl100]

Also the parents who ran in before anyone had a chance to stop them

[@kristopherleslie8343]

No, the actual first officer on scene was denied the option to shoot first. He had the capacity to stop while situation. Also the next officer that was the first to walk in the school was the only one that pushed. The people behind him were not helping and they had the capacity to fight and chose to.

[@diverbob33]

@@kristopherleslie8343 Right, my bad! I believe the second officer you mentioned actually took some shrapnel injuries after facing the shooter with only a pistol.

[@kristopherleslie8343]

@@diverbob33 he absolutely did and he was accountable and commendable for his actions. It’s just sad two people behind him were filled with cortisol and adrenaline, so they got tunnel vision in the bad way. I think the citizens wanted and demanded more considering they have foot the bill for hiring them. I can’t fault people if they had no training in this type of scenario. Like it’s been said before there are no bad teams, just bad leaders and leadership. -Jocko Wilink

[@patcomerford5596]

"Systemic Failure" is a clumsy euphemism for police cowardice and ineptitude.

[@firestarter105G]

Armed Indiana citizen killed one of their assassins before he could inflict untold damage. God is good.

[@patcomerford5596]

@@firestarter105G Typical trumpfart and NRA deflection. So god has a gun license?

[@jimg2850]

Why are these officials so afraid to admit failure and why do they pretend to not understand how that is cowardice?

[@Deez762]

@You're tripping they should let the parents who had some guts handle it

[@Eddiesire]

@You're tripping same could be said for your comment you wasn't there so shhhh

[@gloonnug4797]

You can copy and paste this about the current president..

[@jaobidan2358]

Because the FBI told them to stand down and allow it to happen like they did with Buffalo.

[@PurplePumpkaboo]

This just opens up more opportunities for criminals to just laugh at this police force and continue to do horrendous crimes. Who's gonna stop them? Surely not this police force

[@kayouellette2856]

An unarmed mother walked in for her two kids and walked out with a classroom of kids. She deserves a medal, an award, and some pretty weak men taking some of her lead.

[@realone2423]

👏Agreed

[@korey403]

that is a purple heart level medal !

[@kerrialexander4211]

SHE should be involved in the hiring of new police personnel, let her interview them. …what an amazing mom!

[@reverendbStaard]

How about a cash award? The equivalent of all those LE officers pay for that month for each child she brought out...paid by those officers.

[@pplrstrng]

Lol that never happened.

[@bettycasvin8877]

Actions speak louder than words. My heart breaks for the surviving families.

[@firestarter105G]

Victims of Biden and his "world order" people's agenda to disarm the American citizens.

[@commiesnzombies]

someone is using yellow spray paint and writing " COWARDS" where it used to say Police on the cruisers in that town

[@commiesnzombies]

someone is using yellow spray paint and writing " COWARDS" where it used to say Police on the cruisers in that town

[@adriandaw3451]

The worst image was the officers standing in the hallway as the shootings happened, and one comforting the other rather than going forward. Outrageous

[@bwell6941]

no…seeing them retreat

[@lesterross1]

How Arredondo has the nerve to remain in his position is beyond me. He should have resigned immediately IMO, and certainly after the latest report citing the abject failure of all involved, especially those in command.

[@seanabernethy5345]

Easy paychecks no workload like most lazy cops

[@andretokayuk8100]

He loves his tax dollars.. makes one want to slave extra hard.. NOT.

[@newagain9964]

He should be barred working in any kind of law enforcement. And maybe even jailed for dereliction of duty.

[@rachelblackburn669]

The police should be fired… wth

[@noahlupu5719]

He’s protected by the governor of TX

[@minfanger2534]

YET THEY ARE ALL GETTING PAID AND ON THE JOB. WHAT BULL S**T.

[@stevejette2329]

M - It's Texas.

[@commiesnzombies]

they will be expecting a 9% raise in their next contract too

[@pikayell]

How do any of the law enforcement supervisors remain in their positions? The "response" was reprehensible, disgusting.

[@mattt5006]

They should apologize from there knees and resign. Then be forced to leave town.

[@tylerfrey8528]

Are you a former police officer?

[@tylerfrey8528]

@@mattt5006 You're sick lol

[@erismana2105]

@@tylerfrey8528 doesn't matter

[@anewman]

They have to gut the whole department

[@HWwise]

How do these people still have jobs? How has the sheriff not been fired? I'm shocked the parents are staying this calm.

[@fonzerela]

They are scared they will get arrested for speaking out

[@Theundisputedelite]

@@fonzerela we should not be fearing the people who SERVE us, it should be the other way around, if they cant do the job we pay them to, they shouldnt be in power anymore, its time for a change…

[@commiesnzombies]

i would be visiting some homes at 3 in the morning

[@ScottH.]

What a bunch of incompetent fools. From the police to the school board. I cant imagine being one of those parents having to deal with these people.

[@opiatepix]

The fact that there’s even a “playbook” is beyond tragic.

[@littledikkins2253]

What is more than tragic is that has to be a ''playbook''

[@EroticOnion23]

@@littledikkins2253 what is more tragic is there is violence and pain the world, and the water isn't wine and steaks don't grow on trees 😁

[@BigDanOz]

Systemic failure? It's called cowardice 😠

[@ha6737]

@KING CONDOM III in other words you have a cheap moral compass…

[@seanabernethy5345]

@KING CONDOM III yes vote for your communist sympathizers republican party

[@davidmhale521]

So why don’t you go show us how it’s done. Go show us your bravery

[@PleaseInsertCash]

Only in American soil.

[@jamess8045]

@KING CONDOM III bot

[@tenbroeck1958]

They are cowards. Shameful and spineless. I thought they were big, tough Texas conservatives?!

[@peterclarke7240]

They're big men on the range. Not so much against someone else armed with one of their precious guns.

[@MoneyComethToshelia]

Cops are only good at gunning down UNARMED BLACK MEN!

[@jamesanthony5257]

All hat, no cattle. Posers!

[@hydrolito]

Texas is a big state not everyone in Texas is conservative.

[@rogerscalf231]

That's why Texas is the one star state. Definitely NOT a five star state!

[@lilac408]

How can they live with themselves?! Their incompetence, cowardice and complete lack of caring and conscience for lives of innocent children is unbelievable, maddening and absolutely heartbreaking.

[@nottiification]

Theyre republicans. Jesus washes away the guilty feelings every sunday so that they can go back to being incompetent cowards with a clear conscience.

[@katyaflippinov9197]

They probably won't live with themselves for long. I'm guessing that half will be dead by suicide in a few years. As it is, Law Enforcement, Military, Fire, First Responders and Prison Guards have high suicide rates. Considering how they failed these children and their teachers so wretchedly, if these men have a conscience, shame and any self-respect, then, I think, it will literally be too difficult for them to live with themselves for very long.

[@jasonfinch4165]

@katya Filipino if they had any conscience at all they would have went in

[@chinookadventuresrv]

How do you not respond to crying children? It’s as if the police were deliberate in their lack of response. It’s as if they let the shooter have his moment.

[@DagDebrini]

I hate to say this but as much as I love Texas, the authorities have a history of not responding when an egregious mistake has been made.

[@gpackwood1]

A three hour meeting doesn't seem that long to me. It would take at least three hours to decide who is getting the first lawsuit.

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

Chief of police. He sets policy. But every cop that was there and didn't act should be fired.

[@gpackwood1]

@@AdamBladeTaylor ==> What if policy was not to EVEN think about acting until the threat is verified? ...Including the possibility of a bomb since anybody could have walked through those doors that were NOT locked.

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

@@gpackwood1 If policy is to literally refuse to do your job, then the chief definitely needs to be fired and charged with malicious negligence.

[@mkself3231]

Until they can own up to their failures...how can these parents ever trust them, and send their children back into classrooms?

[@mattt5006]

They should demolish the police station not the school.

[@marshamariner7897]

If I had kids in 🏫🎒🏫 rite now.... THEY'D NOT B IN SCHOOL AT ALL....UNLESS the boe could guarantee me they'd be SAFE....happening too much....and u live in IA 🌎🌍👀🌎🌍👀

[@zacharywalker524]

@@marshamariner7897 even if they own up to their failures why would any parent trust them? I don't feel safe sending my kid to school but I feel less safe sending her to a school where there's already an officer there every morning. Its always made me uncomfortable. Her school looks more like a prison than a place to learn with all the fencing and police.

[@deeannwatson4453]

In 2 years they will rewrite this historical event also, to teach those and all Texas children.

[@erniebru959]

@@deeannwatson4453 to teach them what? That their state police are cowards! How reassuring!

[@wreck993]

O'lordy I was in the navy! What does that have to do with anything!? They should all be fired, PERIOD!

[@kevind1650]

What it has to do with is someone in the crowd called him a coward, and he defended himself by saying he served in Vietnam.

[@quinnleydean8335]

@@kevind1650 Not that great of a self-defense because he didn't answer the question posed by the mom, who point blank asked him, "You're a vet. What would you do in this situation?" Lack of answer from the guy is telling. If he had given an answer, then I'm sure there wouldn't have been an audience-call of coward.

[@kevind1650]

@@quinnleydean8335 He can't answer the question without causing serious legal repercussions to the school, and she knows it, thats why she asked him. Shes actually the one who brought up him being a veteran, not him.

[@jlbueno0611]

@@kevind1650 then he is putting the legal liability of the school and town ,before the safety of the kids . That's a coward in my book, regardless of service.

[@stevedirt5269]

Wonder "how" he served could be he was in catering,just saying

[@arcadie3374]

Uvalde police should really be ashamed of themselves. I sincerely hope these cops pay for their cowardice

[@nickodemusjohnson]

Yeah they'll pay for it alright, with back the blue Tax payer money to the families, virtually the public paying for the deaths of the kids

[@corabell6734]

I doubt they will, because of how hard the leadership in Uvalde is fighting for those cowards

[@KingKofi01]

Well hopefully this motivates the parents and community at large to replace the school board members, city councilman, police chief, and their idiotic mayor who cares more about photo opps with Abbot than actual dead children. There's a clear crisis in leadership and these citizens need to elect people that actually care about their community.

[@mattt5006]

They need to run the whole department out of town and start over.

[@GrouchoTM]

Get rid of gun free zones!

[@scottgreeff7043]

@@GrouchoTM so that there can be more mass shootings? what needs to be fixed to reduce mass shootings is to fix the gun worship culture in America and put proper gun restrictions. it's shameful how you want to prevent actual change that will save lives

[@nomoremicrotransactions3070]

@@GrouchoTM get rid of guns. Problem solved. Or idk maybe have any kind of regulation whatsoever when it comes to weapons of destruction and morons and psychopaths being able to buy them at will.

[@corabell6734]

I never thought I would love to see the day that those people would call for a true change, but they are people not to be trifled with! They are proving that everyday

[@Cory_Springer]

But there were only 377 armed officers with body-armor on the scene that day. How could they possibly do anything to stop a single teenager with a rifle?

[@runlevelone]

Especially poignant since a 22 year old private citizen just stopped one with a rifle in his tracks with his Glock. No special training, no body armor, no rifle, no backup, just him. He did more in one minute than all the myriad LE in Uvalde with rifles, body armor, and backup did in an hour.

[@dorothydotson7154]

@Paul Getty They had training plus a trained SWAT team. They knew what to do. They were cowards.

[@nottiification]

@@dorothydotson7154 Go ahead and tell us about all the times you charged headlong into enemy fire. It takes superhuman amounts of courage and self-sacrifice to do that. The fact that our only line of defense depends on average people suddenly displaying superhuman attributes is what is the problem here. Some cars can jump over the grand canyon... but im not going to risk it in my old camry. We've got madmen walking our streets with military grade weaponry and you want to act all surprised when one of them goes nuts. And then act even more surprised when not everybody in the world is John Rambo Wayne Eastwood Schwarzenegger, bulletproof space hero karate champ. Its a wakeup call i know.. but those guys really only exist in the movies.

[@jessd7284]

Was there any other way in? Like a window or roof? Did they try anything else in those 77 minutes besides stand there in the hallway.?

[@garymarino6659]

@@nottiification Since you keep posting the same redundant comment. Why don't you enlighten us as to when you went into enemy fire.

[@leematthews8111]

"Everyone considered him the coward of Uvalde" Kenny Rogers

[@TheDarkDresser]

"The Coward of Uvalde" folded and ran, not walked, away.

[@nubianprincess2771]

Lee Thanks for a smile during these dark times. 😊

[@reallovechannel1309]

This attitude of the Uvaldi school board is reflecting what the mayor and his government is showing in this issue and others !!!

[@mikemannsongs5406]

"egregiously poor decision making" sums the the GOP for the last decade.

[@shanehiggins3033]

Do what? Considering the state of this nation under Old Joe vs under Trump. You've got to be blind

[@anamerican8399]

Republicans-The LAWLESS BLOOD-THIRSTY-INSURRECTIONIST PARTY of DEATH

[@bbb8182]

People who were cowards were to blame. "Systemic Failure" is a buzzword to deflect responsibility.

[@Joe-is-too-old]

It was a combination of both. When border patrol showed up, they were not informed their were children in the room with the shooter. Lack of communication lead them to find out only after entering the room and seeing the horror. Epic failure by those first on scene from top to bottom.

[@troyelam8978]

@@Joe-is-too-old yes! Those first three or four officers that took fire from the shooter and retreated, without ever returning back to the fight need to be placed in jail, until further notice! They were extreme cowards, with no excuse good enough. I could’ve possibly forgiven Arredondo, had he not showed up there. However, seeing him on film asking the shooter to come out politely, as he hears him blasting kids, he to should have a nice cell for him in a medium security prison.

[@omm5960]

By laying all the blame on law enforcement, the Texas House Investigative Committee absolved Texas republicans who have been pushing rapid-fire, high-capacity, high-velocity rifles into Texas communities for years of any responsibility for the slaughter. The NRA and Texas republicans are delighted that it is so easy to deflect blame from themselves.

[@eviliswhereevilthinks9617]

The only time Republican governance agrees with the word systematic anything is when it refers to something they conduct from-they certainly don’t agree that it’s systematic racism throughout government.

[@cfosnock]

Hear, hear!

[@gailhasler8435]

I would have to be physically restrained! Cowards, don't deserve to wear badges. 😝😝😝

[@lisachicoine5172]

Unfortunately there are several parents who were restrained and prevented from rescuing there own children! One woman was put in handcuffs and is still being harassed by the police, another man was tazed to prevent him from rescuing his children…

[@marshamariner7897]

@@lisachicoine5172 and after the Pigs released her ....she jumped the fence and got her two kids out...💖🌎🌍👀

[@jaobidan2358]

If the FBI told you to stand down or else, you'd stand down. This is what really happened, same as in Buffalo. LE cannot admit to cowardice b/c it isn't true nor can they admit to the FBI's involvement to allow the even to transpire else they lose everything.

[@VakzFFA]

@@lisachicoine5172 lets not forget one of the people who was allowed to run inside was an officer who ran inside to save his wife & child while civilians were being pushed & tazed trying to save their children outside.

[@davidmhale521]

So you support the second amendment ?

[@fdxdsm]

This is a HUGE failure and black eye for law enforcement in this case. Heartbreaking. I know if I were armed and in that hallway with my supervisor ordering me to stand down, my response would have been if I live you can fire me when I come back but until then Im going in.

[@Sandra-by9rq]

I’m a 77 year old great grandma & NO ONE COULD HAVE STOPPED ME FROM GOING IN TO SAVE THE CHILDREN. The cowards who failed them must never be in law enforcement again. Gutless wimps everyone of them.

[@undrwatropium3724]

Ma'am the police were actively ARRESTING PARENTS TRYING TO GO IN

[@stevejette2329]

Sandra - YES. If either of my grandkids were in danger, I would die for them.

[@melissachartres3219]

That's what everyone says from behind a keyboard.

[@stevejette2329]

@@melissachartres3219 Interesting comment. From the keyboard. As you do not know me, my grandkids or our situation.

[@melissachartres3219]

@@stevejette2329 The comment wasn't directed specifically at you. It was directed at the UNSTOPPABLE seventy-seven year old grandma. I suppose it could include you though. Amazing how everyone feels the insatiable need to announce to the world all of the things that they would have done in different scenarios and situations. I don't know you, steve jette... but I know your ways.

[@billybob8835]

Just look up the definition for Coward....definitely fits the description of the Uvalde Police Department.

[@marknesbit2809]

And the governor didn’t go to not one funeral for any of those kids. TX needs to get rid of all this horrible people. This is absolutely ridiculous

[@DavidJ222]

Exactly!!!

[@Joe-is-too-old]

You really think that would have even been possible? I mean I'm not real happy with Abbott, but come on we have to be realistic. Let the families mourn in peace rather than turn it into a political fiasco by having politicians show up.

[@anthonyemering3234]

The governor has been dealing with the onslaught of illegal immigrats thanks to the lawless Biden administration. P.S. Thanks for the 100,000 fentanyl deaths Joe. Please cover the deaths of those children also.

[@fishdog70]

I guess Ted had reservation’s in Mexico

[@commonsense3632]

@Kat Thomas TX is known for being filled with illegal Taco's!!!

[@perishedsins]

"I was a combat vet in Vietnam." If anything that just shows that you should have been the most experienced person to deal with this situation, but instead you decided to allow children to die and only wish to avoid accountability. Total PoS, his prior service does not abstain him of his inaction.

[@memawknowsbest4978]

That was a member of the school board, not a member of law enforcement. The guy would have to be in his 70's by now if he was a Vietnam vet. He wasn't the guy in charge during the shooting, just a random old guy from the community that was elected to the school board.

[@kevind1650]

Do you even know who you're talking about? You know this guy was not at the school during the shooting, right?

[@100perdido]

I got drafted too but that does not make me anything special.

[@jlbueno0611]

@@memawknowsbest4978 as a member of the school board, he is putting the liability and legal responsibility of the school, ahead of the safety of kids within those schools. I dnt care if he was the one who shot bin laden, he , at that moment that they asked him the question, he answered it as a coward.

[@memawknowsbest4978]

@@jlbueno0611 And my comment was to the OP who seems to think the vet was the on sight commander of the law enforcement response to the shooting. I'm not saying the school board isn't at least partially responsible for what happened that day, just that the old guy on the school board wasn't in charge of the police response.

[@scottwilliams1681]

If these officers had any moral compass whatsoever they'd resign and shouldn't have to be fired which they won't be. Obviously their not cut out to do the job.

[@zacharywalker524]

theyre police officers. of course they lack a moral compass. idk why people think that if you're a police officer you're honest & selfless. theyre not doctors, they put themselves first and everyone else last if that isnt obvious enough. Its more important they make it home then risk their lives. Ik theres good cops out there but way to few.

[@monk4ever]

Of course, they won't resign. They can get paid to stand around and eat donuts.

[@amandasmiraclechipmunkmilk9369]

That community paid 40% of their towns budget to train those exact cops to respond to this exact scenario. Um refund?

[@medbob1]

Train the teachers. They are there with the kids and would be the first on scene. it is also my understanding that this school was not only unarmed, but they were unprepared to offer even active protective resistance from violent actors.

[@MrDrManPerson]

@@medbob1 Bro the cops were there in less then 5 minutes after the shooter. They had the opportunity to end it. One cop even had the shooter in his sights but didn't take the shot. Don't even need to arm the teachers this was a complete cop failure from step one.

[@medbob1]

@@MrDrManPerson How many kids were killed in the first 5 minutes? I would remind you that in a mall in Greenwood Indiana, a man with no military or police experience acted in 15 seconds after the shooter revealed himself. There were two other people killed before he could act IN 15 SECONDS. While this was a complete failure of bravery by the Cops, if one of these teachers had been armed, it could have stopped long before all of these kids were killed. I would also mention the Church shooting where a protector was killed, but a second protector in the church had the opportunity to take down the shooter while he was engaged with killing the other protector. Until we allow those who will be brave enough to protect, to carry concealed everywhere, every day, we will continue to debate response times. Truly, the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

[@MrDrManPerson]

@@medbob1 The teachers should be allowed to carry if they want to but it shouldn't be their job. It's just too much strain on an already underfunded school system to train teachers in that manner. If you want hire good guards and make better schools that can actually lock their doors and have security shutters.

[@MrDrManPerson]

@@medbob1 Also "it could have..." Is a HUGE could have. The shooter has a rifle and body armor. The teachers with any CCW type weapon would have been severely out matched in firepower.

[@alicewright4322]

2:21 "I am not a coward, I just carry their water, do their dirty work, and lick their boots". with soldiers like him no wonder the USA lost vietnam.

[@InBreadDragon]

Im so tired of people saying the cops did nothing! The cops were SUPER active for those 70 min. They arrested and threatened multiple parents, made many phone calls, talked to each other, shifted accountability, ignored reports of victims calling for help, and made sure to use hand sanitizer when possible. True heros...

[@VirtualBilly]

I mean that’s funny and all, but you’re not actually Chris Evans.

[@shanehiggins3033]

That's flippin funny right there

[@katyaflippinov9197]

People need some humor in a situation like this. Good for you.

[@InBreadDragon]

@@VirtualBilly More than one person in the world can have the same name smoothe brain...

[@derekbaker777]

I'm Conservative, but have to agree with MSNBC on this one. My heart breaks for the childen killed and their families. These Police Officers belong in prison!

[@HazyPolitics]

Exactly. I can’t stand MSM but in this one case, I wholeheartedly agree with the anchors’ comments at the end of this video. Shameful.

[@jaobidan2358]

They were under orders from the FBI to stand down to allow the event to transpire. I'll bet anything on that.

[@plop199]

Texas remember what your governor said “it could have been worse”. Remember that!!!!

[@dnealgail8244]

@KING CONDOM III Inflation is a result of many factors, many of which began during the reign of the Orange Snot Goblin. Inflation was much worse under Jerry Ford than it currently is, this not even close to double digits we saw in late 76 early 77.

[@b.t.2795]

@KING CONDOM III Thanks for the propaganda bible thumper. 🙄

[@kelperdude]

Having Joe Biden in the WH...........

[@andretokayuk8100]

@@b.t.2795 humper..)/*

[@b.t.2795]

@@andretokayuk8100 Ok. ⬇ 👌⬅

[@lindaguthrie558]

I stand in agreement with all of the parents. 🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️

[@rogerscalf231]

Another do nothing hand folder. Good for YOU. I'LL bet you're feeling proud as punch that YOU stand in agreement with al of the parents...sniff, sniff

[@lindaguthrie558]

@@rogerscalf231 what if it was your children! When you apply for a job in law enforcement you go through training even if you become scared you have too put that behind you and do the job you are being paid for and remember the oath you have taken . There were many ways to have stopped this guy and none were taken . So just remember the negative thoughts and words that you put out will come back one day .

[@Livetoeat171]

A male teacher was on a news report and said that every child in his classroom is now dead and he doesn't know if he can get over it. That is the most horrible thing I've ever heard.

[@m.collier708]

The moment he said he was a vietnam vet... I would have screamed over him. "NO WONDER WE LOST".

[@MoneyComethToshelia]

Lol 😂

[@tawnytirado143]

Umm my father did two tours how is that funny

[@Waynemann1]

you didn’t lose anything but your morals

[@coollikethat2691]

@@tawnytirado143 he is old

[@100perdido]

@@tawnytirado143 The fact that he volunteered to go back a second time says a lot about him. I won't elaborate.

[@keepthehustle9050]

We Latinos need to stand up and make a change!! In this state.

[@Bubbles99718]

Half of Latinos are magascum. So change will never happen

[@spencervidal3168]

VOTE BLUE!!!

[@SojuNinja]

@KING CONDOM III Name checks out. Sad that your parents didn't believe in contraception.

[@kelperdude]

You already are by voting red.

[@natashacutiepie6074]

Vote them out!

[@smasher1234]

If you have to tell everyone your credentials and how bad you are then you probably are a coward

[@emilyfeagin2673]

Just because someone is a veteran, it doesn’t mean they saw combat He could have been scrubbing toilets or something

[@smasher1234]

@@emilyfeagin2673 true that.

[@wisconsinandillinoisrailfa8428]

@@emilyfeagin2673 true but it makes you look worst when you have to bring that up to defend yourself. He clearly tried to use that as a counter argument but just made him self look even more stupid in the long run.

[@hess3451]

Tragically, the cops are more trained on how to avoid personal accountability en route to collecting retirement or bogus "line of duty" pensions. George Floyd has hastened this dynamic. Protecting the public has become a nagging afterthought. It's "us vs them" and we are all "them".

[@katyaflippinov9197]

Yeah, what you wrote. Didn't 1 state recently make it illegal for people to record police while they were actively responding to any situation? If that is the case, it seems as if that must be a violation of our Civil Rights.

[@emmamimieux936]

It's one thing to be a coward and let 19 4th-graders and 2 teachets die bleeding for 70 mins, and another one entireley to try to cover it up as you keep the job you fail at.

[@davidharrison8975]

Look it up: The police have NO responsibility to "protect and serve" the community. Their only mandate these days is to "uphold the law" - in other words, if you break the law, they're there all over you, but if you're in trouble, they're off the hook to help.

[@Joe-is-too-old]

The left has made it ever more difficult for them to step up. The demonizing of police has made officers second guess everything.

[@gulfmarine8857]

@KING CONDOM III ⬅️ Failed abortion

[@aaaggg6303]

Somehow no one is aware of this

[@michelevonherbulis6618]

Well the killer “broke the law”. Murder is against the law, so yes, the cops had a duty to uphold the law !

[@davidmhale521]

And if they would have shot him then the left would be protesting in the streets just like a black man shot after he shot into a woman’s apartment with her kids inside.

[@robertdavidsanders]

When you blame it on the "system" then no one is held accountable.

[@VirtualBilly]

*no one

[@TheDarkDresser]

EXACTLY! That was intentional.

[@Livetoeat171]

Once it was decided that someone was going to take the shooter out, it only took less than 60 seconds and it was over. So they waited an hour and 20 minutes for a 60 second resolve!

[@medbob1]

When seconds count, the police are only an hour and a half away... Teachers must be empowered to be First Protectors. I know several that would have stepped up in seconds if they were encouraged and empowered to carry in the school.

[@qodeshymchurchwell1851]

Keep it up parents your babies are worth it.

[@barano9729]

Deeply disturbing is the fact that many of the officers were veterans… catastrophic let down.

[@lisaaustin8150]

They need a PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT of their failure for accountability and an APOLOGY! And of course, some of these officers (I choked on that) need to be CHARGED for manslaughter at a minimum

[@douglasreagan4979]

Best support for the 2nd amendment and personal protection Ive ever seen or heard.

[@jeng1476]

Everyone involved in not going after the shooter should be fired. Not just one person. That "vet" is a coward, his job is to eliminate deadly threats.

[@memawknowsbest4978]

The school board, which the vet is a member of, wasn't in charge during the shooting. No one on the school board was at the scene in a law enforcement capacity. I agree the cops should be fired and charged for their inaction, but the school board had nothing to do with how the situation was handled by law enforcement. They need to fire the guy who was in charge, and make some changes to the school security, including getting rid of the cops who should have acted, but they likely only have hiring and firing authority over the school police department, not all of the various agencies and departments that were there. The school police department only has 5 or 6 people on it, so most of the cops there that day weren't cops the school board can fire.

[@BluePlanet470]

Obviously having a gun and a badge and drawing a paycheck as a peace officer doesn't make you one. Poser: A person who acts in an affected manner in order to impress others.

[@kevind1650]

Your name seems a little poser-ish TBH

[@juanmangasmochas1533]

Peace officer was a title they never earned. They are government enforcers… thugs hired to make us more compliant. Their job had nothing to do with actual peace.

[@BluePlanet470]

@@kevind1650 Only to someone that's never served.

[@kevind1650]

@@BluePlanet470 Or maybe to someone who served plenty, but doesnt feel the need to announce it to the world in hopes for a pat on the back. Be honest, you're the type of "look at me" that walks around with military tshirts and buper stickers all over your car, right? Lol.

[@BluePlanet470]

@@kevind1650 Might need to seek a little anger management there sir, this is no way to have to go through life mad at the world.

[@jessspirittarot]

Keep in mind they eventually had over 400 law enforcement officials on scene and they all got PAID to stand around as these children were shot to death or bled out from their wounds. UNSPEAKABLE! We stand with the victims and their families forever.

[@stevejette2329]

So cop heroes have shown us what they are all about. Officer safety. Believe them.

[@LuxLifeTech]

I just can’t understand how not one single cop didn’t go against orders and charge that classroom so much sooner. I know there HAD to be many of them wanting to. Why didn’t a single one just do it??

[@hydrolito]

Modern education system is teaching people to be stupid and cowards.

[@mountaingator001]

ONE DID...AND TOOK OUT THE KILLER

[@undrwatropium3724]

They went in and saved their own kids!!!

[@LuxLifeTech]

@@mountaingator001 I’m sorry, I didn’t word that too well. I left out the word, sooner.

[@H4ppyCustom3r]

Republican government at work .

[@sprig5173]

They don't care about anyone except their corrupt mates.

[@The08450]

Does anyone think that that if there was an active shooter at a police Station....the responding officers would wait 77 minutes!? How about a federal building in texas!?

[@tykiisel8801]

New governor, new mayor, new superintendent of schools, new police chief, and new police officers! That's what they need to do.

[@duggygee6387]

They were well funded, received training, had all the equipment needed, and yet the Uvalde police failed those who needed them most. Shameful.

[@petepounds6167]

The state provided the gear and training.they simply over looked issuing balls.

[@mikegray1706]

That’s Texass.,,,big mouths, big guns, no balls.

[@melissachartres3219]

That's what you think. That's just the trash that people talk from behind a keyboard. I doubt you've ever been to Texas.

[@lulajohns1883]

Good guys with guns, yeah mmmkay

[@skaetur1]

Between this and the ten year old that had to get an abortion, it is easy to see which political party is evil and which one isn’t.

[@memawknowsbest4978]

The problem is they weren't good guys, just cowards pretending to be the good guys. The real good guys were being detained, cuffed and pepper sprayed by the fake good guys, and most of them didn't even have guns, just guts and determination to save their kids.

[@memawknowsbest4978]

@KING CONDOM III No, the cops at this school shooting were the fake good guys. And before you continue trying to make this a political debate, I'm not a Democrat or a Republican, I distrust all politicians equally.

[@memawknowsbest4978]

@KING CONDOM III And it's too bad your mom and dad didn't take your class.

[@lulajohns1883]

@@memawknowsbest4978 true that

[@TheaterPup]

Beto was right all along at that first press conference, and the silly Trumpists tried to kick him out. 🙄

[@douglasreagan4979]

What was he right about? He just pops off at the mouth and points his finger at people who are in leadership positions. And hes just an unemployed politician mooching off his rich wife's family.

[@shanehiggins3033]

I'm in Greenwood Indianapolis. Two blocks from that mall. Guy was armed exactly like that kid was. He got stopped in 20 seconds by a civilian

[@barbaragunn6472]

They were covering up their lies. Typical republican action these days. When do they say “let’s just move forward?”

[@shanehiggins3033]

@@barbaragunn6472 liberals cause problems. Conservatives solve problems.

[@LAR-hs2qt]

I'm still crying for that community... The sheer lack of humanity by the law enforcement on the scene is just mind-blowing. How craven and cowardly a police department could stoop to harass and attempt to intimidate a brave handcuffed Mother determined to escaped do-nothing police and save her two sons (something the police refuse to do). I pray Almighty God that justice will prevail for that community.

[@vnnyavalos]

The cops were there to protect the shooter from the parents.

[@AlexTheDiamond]

Parents should not have to DEMAND answers.

[@ha6737]

@KING CONDOM III …in other words you have a cheap soul…

[@janzzen9095]

@KING CONDOM III You are aware the Trump border rules are still in place? You are aware Biden doesnt set gasoline prices? But gas has dropped over 50 ct in a couple weeks time. You are aware Trump raised the National debt by 3 trillion dollar? In 4 years? By shoveling it into the pockets of the richest 1% in the US. Why on earth would someone vote republican???

[@fd9987]

Resignations needed, starting at the top. Gov Greg Abbott - resign now.

[@juanmangasmochas1533]

Why would Abbott resign?

[@fd9987]

@@juanmangasmochas1533 He’s a grossly ineffective governor. His policies are literally killing Texans. For Pete’s sake. Pick up a newspaper and find out what’s going on.

[@kevind1650]

Uh huh, because Greg Abbot in Austin had a lot to do with failed security measures in some po-dunk town 200 miles away, liberal logic

[@kevinbaird5169]

You better fire that entire bozo leader,and his cowardly force,and all officials whom refuse to act as elected officials,KICK ROCKS COWARDS

[@babsbylow6869]

Where's the 'good guy with a gun?" Oh right, sporting a badge and cowering in the hall. To protect and serve thy self.

[@rogerscalf231]

Hey, that entire quote ought to be on a bumper sticker. In fact, I'm going to put it on a piece of poster board and put in the passenger window of my 🚗 when I drive around town.

[@StarVideoProductions]

Prayers to all of the victims. ❤️🙏🏻

[@Hal_T]

"Voices will be heard. Changes will be made." In Texas? By Republicans? What changes have been made to the Texas power grid?

[@davidjones6389]

Eventually the killer ran out of victims, well suited for such Law Enforcement POSERS!

[@seankearney6632]

Joe you come across as a man who has little regard for what the lady says. Let the lady speak she can hardly get a complete sentence out.

[@lostallhope675]

I've always noticed that, she's his wife which is sad. She should just divorce him. He has always been disrespectful to her on air! Glad I'm not the only one that noticed it.

[@donwaters9991]

22 year old kid with no formal training, no hand sanitizer, no body armor just killed an active shooter in under a minute. we need to defund the thin yellow line and just let hero citizens handle things, money won't fix cowardness

[@corabell6734]

That school board member was not attacked. He was faced with truths about himself. He is a coward and was a terrible teacher when he taught. He taught some of those cowards in the ROTC program he ran. He helped to create some of those cowards! His name is lambert!

[@colorsafebleach5381]

Nope.

[@lolopotatoes9397]

" their voices will be heard and changes will be made??" Doubt it.

[@jeanettesmith765]

If nothing else, they'll get Arredondo fired and maybe get someone with more sense in that position.

[@majordickbong5740]

It's funny they've chose just one cop, when it was all of them that let them down. All your "thin blue line" heros stood there and did nothing.

[@poulthomas469]

No one thought to break windows in that classroom as a diversion so others can rush in?

[@Noreb]

this whole thing is disgusting. not surprising, but still disgusting.

[@Ministry-Of-Truth]

Police officers are not your personal meat shields. The Supreme Court has long ruled that police officers are not legally obligated to protect citizens. They are called “law enforcement” for a reason. Their sole duty is to enforce laws set forth by Congress. There isn’t a law on the books that say that you’re entitled to police protection. 😊

[@snarkysharky7913]

@@Ministry-Of-Truth you’d think “don’t shoot children in their elementary school classes” would fall under ‘law enforcement’. Must not be a law in Texas to not murder children. A pro choice state.

[@UnworthySubject]

They could have flooded the class with smoke if they wanted to. Flash might have cause some injuries.

[@Ministry-Of-Truth]

@@snarkysharky7913 as you’re fully aware, not all crimes are stopped, prevented or solved. This case is no different. The threat was ultimately neutralized and therefore police were successful in fulfilling their duty. Police safety is _always_ first since they’re not legally obligated to protect anyone. Therefore police can act when it’s safe and feasible to do so. Or, not at all. As one California appellate court wrote, “police officers have no affirmative statutory duty to do anything.” 😊

[@jamesanthony5257]

Strange, a School board meeting Fox doesn’t cover. Must not been about CRT.

[@douglasreagan4979]

It was on Fox. Are you that bias?

[@randyjohnson6960]

"To Protect And Serve" has as much meaning as "To Protect And Defend the Constitution of the United States" 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@stevejette2329]

Randy - "To Protect and Serve" is just cop PR for "To Arrest and Convict." Because that is the way to raises and promotions.

[@randyjohnson6960]

@@stevejette2329 to protect & serve elites & corporations

[@stevejette2329]

@@randyjohnson6960 And to protect their brothers and sisters in blue. Protect them from the sinners, the evil doers, non-heroes.

[@blacktonight2919]

Thank Ted Cruz and Governor Abbot

[@ReVerseMe100]

Those poor parents….this is the heartbreaking reality of life in America today because our politicians are all bought and paid for.

[@jas1049]

I do have enormous sympathies for the parents who lost children to that murderer. Nobody deserves to go through such a horror - but I really wonder how many Texans, who have voted for GOP representatives, in the wake of such tragedies ever consider their own responsibility for voting in favour of a party that has resolutely resisted any and all attempts to introduce gun control laws.

[@edithali1263]

Such cowards! How can they sleep at night after this??! They got weak in the knees. What are they doing wearing an honor badge that says "To Serve and Protect"?!! They did nothing of the sort.

[@robinhoward6873]

You cannot fix cowardice. Fire them all. Just on principle alone.

[@blitzroehre1807]

Maybe those Uvalde cops should have realized, upon taking up duty, that the job does not consist of writing parking tickets or beating up some random black person, but actually stepping up with their own lives right away to protect the lives of others. Not the case here, sadly.. But thankfully there are also other policemen who care for their duty...

[@tomaslopez2940]

They're blaming Texas state officials, but I think this was on the Uvalde police department alone.

[@osso7891]

Nope, State troopers can take command due to having jurisdiction (basically all of the State). Depending on city ordinance, the Uvalde police department could have also taken command due to them having jurisdiction over the city. The Uvalde school district police has jurisdiction only on school campus grounds. Multiple failures all around, just like the report stated.

[@christinesmith1803]

They need to also do something about kids getting off the school bus to protect them, have to do more. I just saw a new monitor for school doors.😑

[@jcpmail]

The 10 year old girl that said those were my friends and this is the last dress they saw me on 😔 freaking sad !!!! Cops who stud 77 mins should behold accountability!! Cowards

[@ColoradoOwl]

And that so called "combat veteran" not having an answer to her question means he lost his spine a long flipping time ago and he should be off the board and in some place that's more suited for him. Let's say a pink dress picking flowers

[@littledikkins2253]

I have several pink dresses, and had I been a cop there I'd have gone in, orders to the contrary or not. My guess is one had gone in others would have followed.

[@archdukefranzferdinand4429]

As a Police Officer myself the bodycam footage was hard to watch. You took an oath!! “To protect and serve” and you spit in its face.

[@rchurch2769]

Yeah, I saw the man trying to negotiate with the shooter on the phone. There should've been no negotiation besides using as a tactic to distract the shooter so he could be neutralized.