Uvalde Failure: DOJ Report Finds 377 Officers Waited 77 Minutes as 19 Kids, 2 Teachers Were Killed

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A sweeping Justice Department report exposes the "cascading failures" of the police response to the 2022 Uvalde elementary school mass shooting when 19 children and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old gunman. Despite the presence of close to 400 officers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, it took 77 minutes for police to confront and kill the shooter. The scathing 600-page report lays out the "haphazard" initial response in which hundreds of law enforcement officers stood by as the massacre unfolded. Democratic Texas state Senator Roland Gutierrez, whose district includes Uvalde, says the report proves "what happened on May 24th was the worst law enforcement response to a school shooting in this nation's history." Gutierrez describes the events of the school shooting, where "everything that could have gone wrong happened," and why the shooter's AR-15-style rifle did so much damage and scared police. "We need an assault weapons ban in this country, once and for all," says Gutierrez, who is running for U.S. Senate against Republican Senator Ted Cruz. "These politicians are cowards on this issue."
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[@111Phoenix777]

What I can't understand is how so many law enforcement officers could stand around for 77 minutes while they know people are dying. Why are they even in law enforcement?

[@GottuboiBeachVolleyball]

Those Cops, Sheriffs, Police, DPS officers and any one in law enforcement on the scene need to be held accountable (and prosecuted) in the fullest extent of the law.

[@jeremiahjoseph3973]

Not only did they keep themselves from helping, they kept the parents from helping also 😣

[@lindazanihkowsky7002]

Truly sickening, the police showed total cowardice on that day. I hope every one of them will held accountable. 😡

[@mattrobinson47]

Amy is right. A photo of the carnage might be the only thing that changes this debate; in the 1950s Mamie Till catalyzed millions into action when she demanded her son Emmit’s horribly disfigured body be displayed in an open casket.

[@seanmclaughlin853]

This was the result of police culture - Officer safety comes first

[@nomenclature9373]

It was not a lack of equipment, it was a lack of commitment.

[@THEAAPO]

SUPREME COURT ALLOWS THIS TO CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE BY NO MANDATING OFFICERS TO ACT TO PROTECT AND SERVE. Cowards!

[@joannahampton5979]

I'm shocked that it took that long to come to an extremely obvious conclusion.

[@IbnGreenberg]

I couldn’t bare to listen to this whole video with the details! My heart is broken all over again as it was on the day this happened. The saying Republicans use about a “good guy with a gun” didn’t exist that day even though there were close to 400 officers on the scene. These politicians are corrupt and evil.

[@dianahill5116]

Remove law enforcement qualified immunity.

[@Chulitatr]

Based on the AG's report, the family's of Uvalde can sue the police departments.

[@johnnygoodman2003]

If you throw away a good burger at McD's you get fired. If you are a cop and you let 21 people get murdered over the course of 77 mins you get a raise.

[@Jettplayzgames]

9:38

[@rocioaguilera3555]

The American dream is a nightmare 😢

[@LAFITZ10]

that one child who ANSWERED the POLICE - WAS MURDERED BY THE POLICE as an ACCESSORY- i hope charges are BROUGHT -

[@suburbanhousewife40]

What is wrong with Texas men and the mothers who raised them. These “men” stood by while hearing the cries for help of children. The same is true of the Texas patrol that did nothing while a mother drowns with her two children.

[@IvarDaigon]

377 officers standing outside for 77 mins completly demolishes the "good guy with a gun" argument.

[@spursfamily]

Officers didn’t move because wasn’t their children like one officer said

[@PaulKRedd]

We want a refund of all the money spent hiring, training, and equipping all those police agencies. What a waste of money and air.