Uvalde shooting: Police bodycam footage shows moments when law enforcement entered Robb Elementary

[@9ElevenCombatVet]

As a Combat Veteran this is infuriating to watch. How was there not a single officer with the courage to move towards the threat? You all let those precious little ones down in the worst way possible. Just standing around gripped by fear, waiting for backup when back up was standing right behind you! All while wearing bullet proof gear with more than enough firepower. Those kids and teachers had absolutely nothing to protect them. Not even you all that just stood around in the hallway, while the police chicken in charge tried to negotiate with that lunatic. I’ve been to war and in hostile environments and gun battles so I know what it takes. You move forward at all cost. Relentlessly. You all had everything you needed to get the job done. It’s so sad to see none of you had the courage to protect those innocent lives. It really is. What a disgrace to the uniform.

[@todd7148]

They had everything they needed to get the job done except a pair of balls. Cowards

[@ellendeleon8414]

Same here POLITICIANS MUST CHANGE THIER LENGTH OF SERVICE TO 10 YEARS MAXIMUM ITS NOT A JOB FOR LIFE

[@theateroftheabsurd2168]

They only want us to do that stuff on foreign land. We are proficient

[@scott83gmail]

Uvalde Police Officer Ruben Ruiz decided to move in and save lives. "Powers At Be" disarmed Ruben Ruiz and detained him for threatening their favorite mass murderer. Afterward mass murderer killed many more children. "Powers At Be" was overjoyed with the bloodbath.

[@somacinteriors]

What’s sad is when they were confronted by the KZbin veteran foul mouthed veteran they tried to bully him off public property for redressing his grievances. They were mad he spoke to them the way he did.

[@josephb.johnson8122]

"Please put your firearm down, sir." I don't have words for such cringing cowardice.

[@Xershade]

It's called de-escalation. They can't get in the room, they don't have the gear, and beleive it or not, most people act out because they need someone to listen.

[@josephb.johnson8122]

@@Xershade They had dozens of officers, many full tactical gear and shields, and didn't even try to breach after being repelled in the first three minutes of the massacre.

[@ralphholiman7401]

@@Xershade , they didn't even try. Turns out the door not only wasn't locked, it wouldn't lock, which is how he got in in the first place to shoot the kids. And, there is no agency that teaches trying to de-escalate an active shooter situation.

[@tmtz8056]

I heard it different" please put your firearm down sir,if you want to" with that calm voice he thinks the gunman got scared

[@starguy2718]

@@Xershade Boot licker alert.

[@eddiel2531]

As a retired Corrections Lieutenant, this is appalling. You always run towards the danger. Fear isn't a factor if your in that mode. This makes me sick. Those poor children.

[@MihailLevelingUp]

They need more back up but that was a lot of police officers already

[@eddiel2531]

@@MihailLevelingUp Our mentality was, even if you're the first one on the scene, you knew more were coming. This was Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia where I started. 120 inmates on an open block. You could hear the rumble of officers running whenever a whistle blew. And that's all we had, a whistle. So I personally don't get that they were scared.

[@ACCreationFilmStudio]

Exactly! And we knew we were outnumbered. In this case, the police outnumbered the shooter. So what gives? Make a quick plan and attack. They had to have taken this in school or at least had updated skills. In the Corrections field, our skills had to be updated every year back at the barracks.

[@Tew730]

corrections huh hey sir how do drugs get in prisons?? you wanna take a guess at that?

[@GracetotheLord]

Can't believe that they actually tried to negotiate with a monster gunning down children. Disgusting act of cowardice when those children really needed their help

[@verawallace9055]

More killing were going on when they were outside, you could hear the shots , poor children have to go through such horror with their Teachers, heart breaking

[@ralphholiman7401]

Complete and total incompetence with an extreme amount of cowardice thrown in.

[@fernandatv]

Ikr.. Please mr gunman, what is your name? Anything you want tell us, please? Ugh.. Smh

[@Rhaspun]

I know, while the shooting was going on. They should have been focusing on ways of getting in to end this situation.

[@AllRequired]

@@Rhaspun Well, you saw what happened to the mom that actually tried? Coming soon to a public school system near you.

[@joeycortez5014]

Disgrace to their badge. No excuse for their inaction.

[@wingmanbbc]

Spot on, JC.

[@sirace8352]

But did these Officers Support Blessed Israel That Matters

[@jpmccray6754]

Just think about this: THEY'RE STILL GETTING PAID WHILE LITTLE CHILDREN ARE BURIED.

[@coolerheadsprevail9312]

There are three reasons to fire those inactive responder: 1. Rebuild trust 2. Move forward 3. Punishment and message sent (not going to do a job, f**k off.)

[@randyfritz2094]

Joey Cortez Please read my post....Thank you.. The citizens of Uvalde have the POWER.....use it.....

[@Paulies-Hideout]

Hearing children that young scream in terror before losing their lives? Scared or not, how could you just stand there and just listen? That one mother with no armor or weapons went through this graceful police barricade and into the school herself to get those kids out. She had more courage than the entire department combined

[@adrianburnett7243]

At what point in this video did you hear screams?

[@Paulies-Hideout]

@@adrianburnett7243 The Austin American-Statesman, which obtained this video, edited out audio of children screaming before publishing it.

[@adrianburnett7243]

@@Paulies-Hideout oh. The thought of those kids screaming makes what the police chief said 'please drop uour weapon sir...' that much harder to comprehend dont you think? How can a man stand there, hear children be murdered, and calmly ask the guy to drop his weapon?

[@Sparrow9612]

I'm so sorry little ones. Those incompetent cowards failed you.

[@TheSupremeNerd1]

society failed them

[@wingmanbbc]

Well said & spot on.

[@Sparrow9612]

@@TheSupremeNerd1 Indeed. I hope the kids and their teachers can find peace on the other side. This kind of tragedy has happened FAR too many times since Columbine. Never once were any of these mass shootings foiled before lives were lost. Not once.

[@shancunma6001]

home of the brave is unfortunately filled with cowards.

[@thegrudge]

@@TheSupremeNerd1 maybe in the large scheme of things yes, but there is a very direct moment of failure in this situation - the police response, or lack there of. Don’t you look past that. Have to address the current issues in order to address the large scale issues.

[@jonbravo9278]

Once he shoots one round they should have breached the door. They failed those kids. Blood is on their hands.

[@davidjohnson8655]

You are all showing how pathetic and sheepish you truly are. Your masters want you to defund the police, and you will beg them to do it. These children were murdered before the police ever entered the building, Why do none of you care that all the doors were unlocked? Because you do what you are told, pathetic sheep. Die for your masters.

[@marlan5470]

What kind of men are running around with a badge these days? They don't deserve to be free. They deserve the same treatment they gave those children.

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

You heard the 911 operator say the kid was alive he bled to death in the 72 minutes they killed those kids

[@Jeremy-ul3it]

They fail people all across this country every day so why are there so many cops suckers out there🐑

[@Carter-dv4hz]

Im sure you would be fearless as a police officer. When are you joining the force?

[@cuccamunga]

The names of all Uvalde officers on scene that day need to be released to the public. This will go down as the single greatest display of cowardice in American history.

[@SilverLayna]

From the moment this happened they have repeatedly lied and changed their story. The police and the city officials can blame whoever they want but, it will never change the fact that they stood there while children were screaming for their lives and being murdered. They show a greater sense of urgency during traffic stops. This was an absolute failure on their part and the parents and survivors deserve nothing less than complete ownership of their failure and refusal to act. So heartbreaking and soul crushing. Reading about the child who covered herself in her friend’s blood to save herself wrecked me. We need to do some serious soul searching as a nation.

[@chrisortiz8072]

This is what has become of our nation... Endless heartbreaks over the last 20 years. Mass shootings won't stop because no one will truly change anything. The left doesn't have the voting power and the rights answer is to just make getting guns easier. Definition of insanity right? Something keeps failing yet certain people keep trying to go with the same thing acting like something will change. The more Texas relaxes the gun laws the more mass shootings they have had but hey they got the answers.

[@ChA0s_AgeNt]

This was law enforcement business-as-usual, unfortunately.

[@Dearsociety333]

Sue the cops for dereliction of duty. All them grown me with big guns. Standing and hiding behind each other. How pathetic. Me and a few friends coulda stopped the dude a lot faster than These morons.

[@t.m9341]

democrats paid them to do it

[@t.m9341]

@@ChA0s_AgeNt ya lets focus on the puppet masters rather than the pawns shall we

[@webu-sadley]

Children died because of Uvalde "police" inaction. They should be held to account. Absolutely sickening!

[@shaunduffy5180]

Those cops should be shot!!! Publicly!!

[@LarryJ602]

The sad and terrible truth is that they can't held accountable. The way the law is written, they are not legally obligated to save a life. They can if they choose to, but if they do not, there is no legal action anyone can take. Legally, they can watch you being stabbed to death then arrest the guy after he is done.

[@suminternetsht290]

It wasn’t just the uvalde pd Troopers and rangers also

[@thinking1085]

Yes one of the teachers bled to death and many of those kids bled out

[@davidfuentes2636]

I agree. They should be charged with this and there children children should feel the financial ruin of there cowardly fathers choices

[@Ray-ml6iy]

As a 20 year LEO and instructor, I am sickened by ALL of the officers/agents lack of action while on scene. We are trained specifically in an active shooter situation to go after the stimulus (gun fire) and put down the suspect. Period. It doesn’t matter if you are by yourself or with a team. What I saw was complete confusion and cowardly acts by the brass on scene. No one stepped up, put their foot down, and took action by leading the way into that school like a true leader.

[@UnknownNameUnknownNumber]

What's LEO, not everyone is a cop😒or from Uvalde

[@renevargas6669]

@@UnknownNameUnknownNumber law enforcement officer

[@littlecaesars1821]

i can’t believe they handled this situation as a suicidal person locked in his bathroom, they’re a disgrace to their badge and to citizens of america

[@muahhbebbee1901]

I SEEN VIDEO OF A POLICE TREAT A METALLY ILL PERSON WORST THEN THIS MONSTER HOW DISGUSTING 😭😭😭

[@chubsbarrera14]

Okay lets say they acted smart and quick, how.many more would have died, we know that room was full of victims

[@darylsmioth1904]

Over 300 officers all tacti-cooled out but were more worried about using their body armor to arrest parents instead. They all need to be behind bars.

[@wingmanbbc]

Or a least forced to turn in their badge.

[@nepheshsoul6379]

Yes they do in general population. COWADRS!

[@lynamor2959]

RIGHT!!! I concur!!!

[@axledestrl8172]

Exactly this.... they spend millions of dollars in gears with tax money so they can play pretend cops.

[@Janeth15]

Maybe not all

[@mrfilamfishing]

As a combat vet and someone who used to work closely with law enforcement, negotiation went out the window the moment he opened fired in the classroom. In search and rescue, we have this thing called the golden hour where an individual fatally wounded has an hour to get the proper medical treatment they need to survive. It only takes approximately 5 minutes for anyone to bleed out from a gun shot wound. I'm pro law enforcement, but there was no excuse here at all. NONE!

[@mackennachristine]

*They were cowardly, and they were selfish. They failed those children and took part in their deaths. They decided to flee and "negotiate" through a door while the children they were supposed to keep safe were literally dying on the other side of it. The lack of organization, communication, and response was fatal. I'm sorry, little ones- I'm sorry those you trusted to protect you in your city failed you that day. I'm so so sorry, you deserved better and should've had better.*

[@pagpapaitim]

So no blame on the school for not securing the doors?

[@BandtheHoorse]

@@pagpapaitim Found an Uvalde cop that was in the school!

[@Mingonator87]

And they were pro choice

[@ChA0s_AgeNt]

@@pagpapaitim One of the weakest deflection attempts since the word entered circulation.

[@nicydarko552]

Dude if they tho kids DEAD the shooter would have killed them as a warning to back off

[@gregrussell1787]

"Please put the gun down sir, we don't want anyone else hurt." Wow.

[@horschiday9449]

Am I the only one who thinks that was too polite??

[@boredom247]

"Wow" My thoughts exactly he's asking a evil person to put the gun down

[@alwaysyouramanda]

Sir? Yeah, I thought that was weird. They usually try and be informal like “man”

[@realrareap2420]

They show respect for a armed killer that shot 20 kids but will shoot no questions asked at a unarmed man... AmeriKKKa

[@spinynorman887]

"Anyone else" meaning the cops.

[@WildflowerAnn]

The sickly sweet tone of voice the officer used to negotiate with a child killer is infuriating! He sounded like he was trying to convince 90-year-old grandma that it really was safe to unlock the door, that they really weren’t bad guys, you are safe honey. Disgusting.

[@sweetmemes1365]

That’s what negotiating is🤦‍♂️ you can’t make the suspect mad or it’ll just make things worse

[@WildflowerAnn]

@@sweetmemes1365 there should be no ‘negotiating’ in this case. Look what happened.

[@sweetmemes1365]

@@WildflowerAnn yeah I know but it a procedure that police have to do in scenarios like these

[@youdontknowmestopasking1173]

I bet it’s easier for them to harass and hurt the innocent rather than saving children

[@caincorn]

No need to bet that is simply a fact at this point.

[@yakivpopavich]

Do some research, there have been supreme court ruling proving and stating legally the Police have no legal obligation to save your life and or risk their own. You need to get a conceal and carry pistol permit and start carrying daily. Defend yourself and your family and loved ones. Don't fall victim to a decaying society and failed state assets like these poor students and teachers did. Stand up for yourself and others, bear arms.

[@nonombre5409]

@@yakivpopavich You have no content on your page but have 18 followers. Suspicious. Bot

[@billyobfas6962]

They didn’t sign on to save people

[@GeneralXal]

@@nonombre5409 TF does his follower count have to do with anything?

[@itsracheljanae]

If that young man was soulless enough to un-alive innocent children, what made them think he’d respond to, “Please put your firearm down, sir.” This makes my blood boil. All of them need to be fired due to their cowardly inaction.

[@archdornan81]

un alive innocent children

[@badvibesonly3526]

@Tama the worst part is appearantly Uvalde police were trained just two months before the shooting to storm shooters to unarm them as quickly as possible.

[@randyscott9720]

wont happen

[@Shadowdreamcast]

“Sir” I will never respect a cop in my life if they continue to call criminals “sir” and citizens and innocents “perps/suspects”

[@simonblanco4864]

He stood Arredondo as a coward.He made excuses at the beginning. Now we can see his lies to cover his cowardice.

[@wingmanbbc]

The police should spend more tome protecting innocent children & less time worrying about their safety.

[@nicydarko552]

IT WAS A HOSAGE SITUATION THE KIDS COULD HAVE (more) IF THEY STROMED in

[@cryptoico2647]

@@nicydarko552 wrong, hostage situation is when the shooter demand something from the police or else he will harm the kids. This is not the case, since the police can hear shots in the classroom, kids screaming, 911 calls from kids asking to be save... this is consider active shooter situation...

[@kaynefrostbachelorslifesty5651]

he was a terrible negotiator! telling the gun man, can you put your firearm down please. like the guy is going to say ok, yeah i give up. I mean the Arredondo guy is a goofball from the get go!

[@BarryNYC-28]

@@kaynefrostbachelorslifesty5651 - I totally agree.

[@yourstigma1213]

The fact it has to be "Leaked" is a really bad thing in of itself

[@Barrymccockiner41]

We shouldn’t let this go. Those officers are responsible for the loss of lives because of their inaction. You can’t just say try harder next time.

[@tfredrick01]

if police dont have legal obligation to protect children and parents dont have the legal authority to save their children, then new law needs to be written to give one or the other precedent.

[@randyscott9720]

morally yes, legally no. Most likely they will get PTSD though.

[@billthebutcher1910]

As a former security forces vet, I’ve seen some incompetent officers trust me. However, I’ve never seen such coward and confused behavior from an entire department. Every single one of those officers should be held accountable and charged with negligence and refusal to perform his duty. How disgusting is this?! You notice the eyes on every officer in that school? They were terrified, confused and had no idea what they were even doing in there. They looked as scared as the children and that’s absolutely unacceptable. Those children deserved heros and instead got a tag team of incompetent, untrained cowards.

[@acudnam]

best comment ive read so far, hard to believe we all dont see it like this...

[@1917VIL]

well said.

[@ralphholiman7401]

Same here. I've been on some critical incidents where one or two officers froze up or didn't really perform, but I've never seen a large group like that just totally shut down and fail all together. It's disgusting and sad, and embarrassing, but it's also very strange.

[@eflo4115]

Including the guy who's wife was in the classroom

[@chasetherabbit2548]

Perfectly said…..Cowards, ALL of them……🤦🏻‍♀️

[@hhunstad2011]

Respect is earned not given because you wear a badge

[@stevesmith9617]

Tell one that to their face and see what happens. Try it while being black Asian or Latino too. See the police response

[@adriangeh6414]

To be fair though, cops prefer harassing and bullying unarmed civillians for minor infractions. Its a lot safer and it still gives them a power trip.

[@blaze-uz6or]

@@stevesmith9617 The dept is mostly Hispanic trust me I'm white cops treat me like 💩 .I've been slammed by black and white cops doesn't matter.

[@AK4974U]

@@stevesmith9617 sir calm down

[@ChA0s_AgeNt]

@@stevesmith9617 I mean... you're just proving the point he made. Cops only have big brass balls when it's entirely innapropriate to pull 'em out & slam 'em on the table. Easier to smash 'em that way, though.

[@DivinityC]

As a mother of a young child, this is heartbreaking. Truly devastating!!

[@stephaniegamble3571]

Are you KIDDING ME??? THIS is PROOF chief LIED... He said he thought it was a 'Barricade' situation.. HE WAS IN THERE HEARING THE SCREAMS CRIES AND FIRING... I have NO WORDS to explain how I feel.. Those poor babies.. Those precious families. HOW can these people live with what they did. They basically HANDED these children over to save themselves.

[@mikenguyen9683]

yes. i did say that.

[@teddmented]

He lied about the doors being locked too

[@bob-ov4iq]

One of the kids called the police and told them the teacher and some kids had been shot so the police knew what was happening, the police knew about the killer before he even got inside the school

[@jessg.9368]

Now all of a sudden cops don’t want to engage with a dangerous person..

[@roderickcortez138]

Back the blue bro. Durrrrr....

[@adriangeh6414]

"That's why we need even More funding... so we can have more training and weapons and stuff so this won't happen again. Remember, we need Lots of $$$."

[@cobracommander9138]

Someone should have told the police there was an unarmed black man inside they would have quickly shot him in the back.

[@TheEllisPrice]

Exactly. If someone as so much as used foul language with a cashier before encountering a cop they'd use it to justify shooting them but this guy they wanna talk things over. Maybe get that gun off the street

[@orian3131]

They are too busy killing innocent black ppl at traffic stops. But watched while kids were being shot

[@brendamarshall8572]

I’m disgusted. How could anyone stay outside a room knowing babies were being killed? I could not live with myself if I did NOTHING.

[@GerardoHernandez-sf1wt]

Those police officers should've never assumed anything - yet they did this and failed the children they're supposed to protect

[@wingmanbbc]

Cowards with a gun & a badge shouldn't have either.

[@zicob2536]

You're being too kind to these cowards.

[@tehevilengineer7939]

@@zicob2536 look at the clip a lot of them are in default postures, like the proper procedure just got lost and traded with hostage negotiation mode

[@MKR5210]

Will people ever understand, Police are NOT supposed to protect anyone. SCOTUS ruled that neither the Constitution, nor state law, impose a general duty upon police officers or other governmental officials to protect individual persons from harm - even when they know the harm will occur. Police can watch someone attack you, refuse to intervene and not violate the Constitution.

[@mburg33]

This should remind everyone that cops are not constitutionally required to protect anyone. SCOTUS said many times that they don’t have to “serve and protect”. I wish “news outlets” said this every single day.

[@katd367]

This makes my blood boil. As a parent especially, but those who promise to "serve & protect" seen standing around trying to "negotiate" and asking to "put the weapon down sir." Get your best shooters up front, bust in, and take him down!!! Would it have saved every life? Maybe not, but it would have been much less. RIP to all the victims, condolences to families, friends, & community.

[@SaravanjaSteele]

Trust me when I say you don't have to be a parent for your blood to boil. I still cannot fathom what happened here. Not one of those officers stood up to the incompetent "leader." I can't wrap my mind around it.

[@ChA0s_AgeNt]

@@SaravanjaSteele It wasn't just the "leader"; every cop there was on the same page.

[@MadaraUchiha-cq9hb]

I bet if he was black, they would've moved swiftly.

[@bendietrees]

@@MadaraUchiha-cq9hb Oh yes I'm sure 🙄

[@ruck27]

I wonder how many uvalde officers were let go for not being vaxxed? Cause those officers are the critical thinkers and don’t tend to blindly follow orders

[@eligreg99]

Should’ve said the shooter was a black male with a gun. Probably would’ve seen a swifter response.

[@thesquiddler]

And there’s the race baiter

[@Scarlet_Officer]

True lmao.

[@insipidwallflower565]

If you chose a profession as a police officer your duty is to protect and serve. You know that you could end up giving the last full measure of devotion in the line of duty, and you signed up for it. Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the choice to rise above it, and if you’re not prepared to be brave and serve your community in the face of a terrifying situation like this one, you are not cut out for the job. A mass shooter is not going to have the mindset to respond to a cop talking to them like they are a little kid throwing a tantrum. Every minute counts in these situations, inaction could cost another life, and yet they stood around in bulletproof vests and did nothing for an hour.

[@MKR5210]

Police are NOT required to protect. Take a step back and look at the ruling of the SCOTUS...... SCOTUS ruled that neither the Constitution, nor state law, impose a general duty upon police officers or other governmental officials to protect individual persons from harm - even when they know the harm will occur. Police can watch someone attack you, refuse to intervene and not violate the Constitution.

[@ashli4411]

Facts! Couldn't have said it any better than this

[@DesertStateInEU]

That chief messed up big time. If you served in the military or law enforcement you know that one incompetent superior can make everybody look bad. I feel sorry for the cops who wanted to go in, but didn't cause it took them time to figure out the chief doesn't know what hes doing.

[@NoOne-hn6gs]

@Open-Minded Skeptic they are only obligated to protect the laws and serve the city officials. If I'm not mistaken there was a Supreme Court case that settled that "protect and serve" fallacy

[@NoOne-hn6gs]

@@DesertStateInEU you should be ashamed of yourself for feeling sorry for the one who allowed children to died at the hands of an illegal border jumper who was most likely funded by the cartels or the FBI. Still no one has explained how an illegal alien was able to purchase 10k worth of guns, ammo and body armor.

[@Enegetickicks]

All they know is harassing people during a traffic stop. Y’all can even do your job such a shame. They could’ve save more life.😭

[@jakk221]

You go do it then

[@Enegetickicks]

@@jakk221 On my way!

[@greenbrain8725]

“There was only about 20 of us! We needed back up”. “We forgot all about the simple directive drilled into us and there was no one to tell us what to doooo! “. “Then when there were 400 of us, we still didn’t know what to doooo”. “But we did tase and handcuff some parents to show them who’s boss.”

[@justrightPD]

"Please put your firearm down sir"? This is what the chief is saying to the shooter while he wastes innocent children? This is absolutely unbelievable. Officer Peterson (the cop who hid during the Florida Parkland Shooting) is doing time for this. This so-called chief needs to join him.

[@teddmented]

Pathetic

[@brucekilby9957]

They are so useless. All of them should be sacked,there all cowards.Why are they cops with Mgs and kicking the doors in? Get rid of these Morons. The cover up will be interesting. Cancun Cruz has disappeared of course. Bless those kids.🚔🎳🇺🇸🙏

[@RC093]

What ever happened to "We do not negotiate with terrorists"? This was domestic terrorism.

[@justrightPD]

@@RC093 Exactly. Chief was an embarrassment, glad he was fired, should be charged.

[@vintageragdoll1991]

Absolute COWARDS! Running in saying "go go go" for what? Stand in the hallway while they heard children dying. I feel so sorry for the family and this community. As a born & raised Texan, this is unforgivable. I am part of the generation that lives, watching pre 9/11. America back then had REAL heros running towards their deaths to help people.... 20+ years later we no longer have heroes. Just everyone looking out for just themselves.

[@Celtic-Acid]

As a former 4-Star General in Vietnam, this makes me very sad and angry. They need to give up their badges

[@albertvaldez214]

That man needs to be held accountable for his lack of action.

[@ChA0s_AgeNt]

All of 'em.

[@corruptsolja]

lack of action what would of u done o wait u say u would until ur in the situation and dont or cant

[@kwamebushman606]

Blue Lives Matter...enjoy licking that boot some more

[@ithamarlowe2629]

Just standing outside listening to the gunshots go off every few minutes, how can they live with themselves.

[@albertvaldez214]

@@corruptsolja so you would have just stood there letting children get murdered like they did? When you sign up to be a cop you sign up to put your life on the line.

[@bldlightpainting]

In this newly released report we now know that near 400 officers from over 20 different state and federal agencies responded to this active shooter incident, yet no one breached the classroom doors or windows to neutralize the suspect until after he had shot and killed dozens of children while they waited in the hallway for well over 1 hour. This is dereliction of duty on the largest scale ever seen in US history. The level of incompetence of leadership is mind-boggling, the height of cowardice is incomprehensible as the report states that officers put their safety above the lives of those they were sworn to protect, thus they contributed to the murders of these children and teachers. Therefore they must be fired and charged with negligent homicide.

[@Mike-qz4by]

Joe Brandons America

[@AliensAnonymous]

@@Mike-qz4by Abbot's Texas.

[@kelleyspears1218]

@@Mike-qz4by You can thank all the lax gun laws for allowing this to happen. Has zero to do with Joe Biden. Maybe look to the Texas Governor and legislature for your answers. There were plenty of mass shootings under Trump. Should we blame him too?

[@Falconlibrary]

OFFICER SAFETY FIRST. That's their training and their culture. This is a result of that.

[@autisticphaglosophy7128]

@@AliensAnonymous If the parents of these kids hadn't hopped the border they wouldn't be dead now.

[@jorgeroldan2241]

What a disaster these officers have No courage, the uniform is too heavy for them R.I.P Little angels

[@micah2767]

Absolutely unreal. This department is an embarrassment to police officers everywhere. If they’d breached sooner, this could have been much less deadly.

[@violentdreams96]

All police departments are an embarrassment in this country.

[@micah2767]

@@violentdreams96 I wouldn’t quite go as far as to say that, but unfortunately, a large majority need a lot of reform.

[@JoeSpaghetti006]

Fire these officers right now this is criminal negligence!!

[@Lee-bp8sp]

Wow this is just sickening

[@Chaser4906]

so much tactical gears and no balls... condolences to the families.

[@MikeBarbarossa]

One video shows them in every form of body armor and ten deep, yet you see the ones in the rear back up to safety when it went down

[@bettygann]

left their balls in the car

[@Xershade]

@@MikeBarbarossa Yeah no, that's not real body armour...what the BORTAC team showed up in when they went in, THATS body armour.

[@jamesbell2902]

“Stop the killing. Stop the dying”. That’s what is trained to all officers in active shooter situations. You charge the shooter instantly & end the threat. If you give your life trying to save children, so be it. Yes, risking your life is asking a lot but it’s the job you signed up for. When you have parents willing to go in unarmed & face the shooter just for a chance at saving their children while groups of trained officers in tac gear stand around jerking each other off is sickening. They should all be charged for every shot heard after they entered the building.

[@Carter-dv4hz]

The parents put the children in that situation in the first place lol.

[@Carter-dv4hz]

Yall got the option to home school but nah thats effort.

[@Carter-dv4hz]

Im sure you would be fearless as a police officer. When are you joining the force?

[@jamesbell2902]

@@Carter-dv4hz Too old to join the force. Thought about it as a career after the military but since I wasn’t allowed to join the military I went a different route. Now I do a job that has taken the lives of many in my field, severely injured me & many others & puts my life at risk multiple times every day. Am I fearless? Nobody is truly fearless but when it comes to doing my job I don’t think about the risk involved. I just do it because it’s my job. It’s the job I chose to do, knowing the risks. I’m not running into gunfire but other peoples lives rely on me doing my job correctly & not letting fear overcome me. Nobody can say what they’d do in the situation those officers were in until they are actually in it. I’d like to think that if I was trained like them & a vet like I’m sure many of them are, I’d be able to face my fear to go save innocent children being shot in the next room if it’s the job I signed up to do. I am curious how you see it being the parents fault tho. Because they put their children in public school? Humor me

[@jamesbell2902]

@Ruska How is doing your job throwing your life away? If your job title literally is to protect & serve then how is throwing your life away if you are doing that? I’m not saying you dive in front of bullets, tho I know there are many people that would’ve in that scenario. I’m saying that if you are a person that has spent their entire professional career training for that type of scenario, then do what you were trained for when asked to do it. I can’t not do my job cuz I have a bad feeling one morning that something bad is gonna happen. People are relying on me to do my job to provide a safe environment for them to do theirs. Those kids went thru their short lives thinking that the police & adults were there to provide a safe environment for them & they were failed on every level. Plus if you lose your life saving children from some sick murderer, that’s not what I would call “throwing my life away”. If my father would’ve died being shot saving children trapped in a school with a psychopath I’d be honored to say that’s what he died doing.

[@brianjennings1624]

Have you ever witnessed cowardice on such a large scale? Never. Maybe someone should have told them there were donuts in the classroom. Then watch them race into the classroom.

[@dennisheadley4408]

All those cowardly officers should lose their jobs and all retirement benefits. I don't think they can be charged criminally, but they sure deserve to be. How pathetic to let those kids get slaughtered in that way.

[@Carter-dv4hz]

Im sure you would be fearless as a police officer. When are you joining the force?

[@dennisheadley4408]

@@Carter-dv4hz Your statement is just as pitiful as the officer's response. They were payed to protect, and they failed miserably.

[@skepsisrollins1711]

@@Carter-dv4hz If those officers protected those kids with half the fervor you protected their reps in this comment section, this wouldn't even still be in our news cycle.

[@starguy2718]

@@Carter-dv4hz How long have you been a boot licker?

[@Rhaspun]

They can be sued in civil court.

[@allaboutNDIRISH]

Not a single one of them should be allowed to wear a badge again.

[@Defffunnystuff]

Probably can’t afford to loose officers unfortunately. How pathetic they listened to kids screaming and crying for help as they died. Ridiculous

[@thea2696]

Watching the Nashville response and then this one is infuriating.

[@shawnmartin1449]

There is no negotiation, you are trained to engage, find, and eliminate the hostile target at all cost. We can't bring those babies and adults back! What a shame to know that those who sworn to protect and serve ran 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ instead of going to the target to save lives at all cost. Sad!!!! They all need to be prosecuted for failure to carry out a sworn duty under oath.

[@TheOnlyGamerToDoIt]

They treated it as a barricaded gunman. The police chief just isn't a trained negotiator, luckily my city's police department has dedicated officers for hostage negotiations like this.

[@ralphholiman7401]

@@TheOnlyGamerToDoIt , any department that decides that they need to open negotiations with an active shooter, with dying children laying on the floor bleeding out, needs to be disbanded, and started over again from scratch.

[@oldmanx1234]

@@TheOnlyGamerToDoIt This was no hostage situation. The only negotiation was to shoot the perp.

[@wojtekwilk3938]

@@ralphholiman7401 Exactly, negotiations are made for people who actually want to save themselves, and always done before someone is hurt. You do not simply "negotiate" with someone killing children at the spot. Terrible cowardice.

[@haileymakenna1438]

"please put your weapon down sir we dont want anyone else getting hurt" NOBODY should have gotten hurt in the first place. they should have put their lives on the line, like law enforcement should be doing to begin with to protect those children. rest in peace little ones.

[@eko2_]

It doesn't say police die to save you.

[@oldironsides4107]

The one officer could have at least tried to save his wife who was a teacher and his daughter. But he didn’t and she died

[@oldironsides4107]

I mean you don’t want to lose your job over someone murdering your wife and her students classmates and your daughter.

[@juliaweber212]

@@oldironsides4107 that brutal police and military are trained to obey I'm sure this very heartbreaking for the officers involved

[@ctiffany8136]

The police’s inaction is hurting the children. If the police just rush in and confront the killer earlier, many of them could have been saved given earlier treatment, and some could have avoided extra shots to death during the 45 minute long wait.

[@CastCasita]

“Waiting for backup” theres like 50 “cops” there and ONE shooter. This is so infuriating to watch.

[@jessicamccrady5210]

They never need back up or permission when they shoot an unarmed citizen over a traffic violation

[@jeffkaczmarek3577]

Video of 7 of the 367 officers on the scene is not acceptable, we want to see all of it, with audio, and unedited.

[@flyingjew2994]

As well as the inside of the classroom when they entered

[@PumpkinJuice69]

@Dickless Dan a lot of them were dead or dying within the first 10 minutes.

[@Xershade]

@Dickless Dan Dead kids and kids who saw what happens to loud kids tend t obe quiet.

[@secretagentkay5670]

This makes me want to puke. Even if there was only one cop there, it's their job to put themselves between the gunman and unarmed, innocent, children. It's disgusting how they all waited, armed to the teeth, for the gunman to finish his killing spree. It's heartbreaking how children had to stare at death for an unimaginable amount of time while cops stood outside doing nothing except bar parents from taking matters into their own hands and trying to save their own children.

[@bucklejrjjbg8197]

Did the gunman keep shooting children while the police waited outside the classroom?

[@clarence6124]

@@bucklejrjjbg8197 did you not watch the video? You can plainly hear him shooting children while they were in the hallway

[@FatherAirBorne7]

Supreme Court rules police have no Duty or obligation to protect citizens of the United States only to enforce laws in the safest May possible.

[@RC093]

This is exactly what happened when you have former mall cops become real cops.

[@oddshot60]

@@FatherAirBorne7 That may be the "legal, constitutional" thing, but the procedural AND the moral thing to do ... is to engage and eliminate the threat of an active shooter

[@Devildog547]

The failure to act seems like it was almost intentional. So freaking evil. They should all be fired and Criminally charged.

[@chris55529]

"Please put your firearm down, sir." I can't BELIEVE I just heard that. These cops had GUNS. If I'd been there I would have at least tried to take him down, even if all I had was a bologna sandwich. Arredando, it's gonna take you a million showers to wash away your shame.

[@mesh475]

And you would be a hero with your bologna sandwich. I'll trust 10,000 men willing to fight pure evil like this with a sandwich than pure cowards with guns that will stand and listen to children being killed.

[@chris55529]

@@mesh475 Great comment, bro! Thanks.

[@chris55529]

@@onehealthpoint7643 Agreed.

[@d.o.c.9930]

As Man, Father, Grandfather and former Marine, I am stunned by the inaction and level of cowardice that's being displayed! 1st as a Father and Grandfather my natural instinct is to protect and if that means laying down my life to preserve the premature death of babies so be It! 2nd as a Marine we are trained to run towards conflict "Gunfire" not stand and wait or negotiate or pass the buck! Now I'm not a cop but I'm sure they must have similar training maybe not as extensive in combat but similar! This was not only an epic failure of policing! But more importantly it is an epic failure of MANHOOD!!!!!!

[@Xershade]

Yeah no, if you think cops even get remotely close to as much training as a marine, you're not a marine... I know people who are actual marines, there's a reason they get the respect they deserve. To even imply run of the mill officers even get close to that, no thanks, not real.

[@lightninggaming016]

Facts

[@batman4y2k]

Well said sir.

[@riverraisin1]

Firstly, thank you for your service to our country and also to mankind. I am not a father, nor have I been in the service, but I can tell you without a doubt that I couldn't stand by and let this happen. Without hesitation or fear for my life I would have charged forward.

[@gangoffour6690]

As cowardice as a human could be. HOW CAN THESE COPS EVEN LIVE WITH THEMSELVES. They should face criminal charges. In a situation like this a cops last concern should be their own safety. SHAME

[@KKarama1]

I bet they all went to Krispy creme afterwards to congratulate themselves for stopping a unexperienced shooter

[@loslingos1232]

Look at them! They are fully equipped! Yet, they don't breach! Shame on the captain (or whoever was in command) that did not order to breach!

[@jedinxf7]

breach? the door was unlocked. all they had to do was turn a handle.

[@adancontreras6383]

And they're overweight & old

[@loslingos1232]

@@adancontreras6383 Not really.

[@loslingos1232]

@@jedinxf7 Oh, I was just going based off what the video said.

[@TheBooban]

@@loslingos1232 where did it say it was unlocked? Earlier they said they were waiting for the keys. Was that a lie?

[@chrisrodriguez6502]

Is that top cop fired yet?? And those that went in 3 minutes after gunman and ran away ... all should be fired!!!

[@mrbrochacho99]

"please put your gun down sir!" He didn't even forget to use his manners

[@mikeca98]

I hope it was the proper gender pronoun as well.

[@laskey2175]

The Uvalde police will be forever remembered for their incompetence.

[@riversshadow9678]

There were many law enforcement agencies involved in this fiasco, not just local police.

[@starguy2718]

Incompetence, and cowardice.

[@timburks3806]

400 cowards would not save a single child but one unarmed woman did. Talk about cowards!!!

[@alexandersears8538]

And Uvalde police are STILL harassing the young mother who ran into the school to save her own kids and made them look like fools. Report on that act of cowardice as well.

[@LazyPicture]

If you're not prepared to die a hero then this profession is not for you.

[@MKR5210]

SCOTUS would disagree with you. Real life is NOT like TV or the movies. In real life your Supreme Court is very clear..... SCOTUS ruled that neither the Constitution, nor state law, impose a general duty upon police officers or other governmental officials to protect individual persons from harm - even when they know the harm will occur. Police can watch someone attack you, refuse to intervene and not violate the Constitution.

[@Falconlibrary]

95% of cops would've done the same. They have a sick culture.

[@Biruk-n7l]

@@Falconlibrary There were all Hispanic officers, maybe they should have hired white cops and not lowered the standard.

[@thesquiddler]

@daniel Bradford most are very competent, but these uvalde officers and their leaders are absolutely garbage

[@Robnord1]

"PLEASE put your firearm down SIR" says Arradondo. 🤦‍♂️ These are the words of a small man paralyzed with fear. Time to fire them all, bring them up on charges, and hire some meat eaters.

[@tomgoralczuk]

They will never say: ‘I did everything in my power to save these kids’. It’s hard to watch. Poor angels and teachers.

[@Xershade]

Teachers. Plural.

[@abriggs656]

They all should be fired this is horrible!Get some real police that know how to handle this situation just heartbreaking!

[@Carter-dv4hz]

Im sure you would be fearless as a police officer. When are you joining the force?

[@kerrysullivan6294]

@@Carter-dv4hz that the only remark you have or know how to type?

[@oliverlehman9345]

They should be charged with negligent homicide and manslaughter charges

[@iamnotkyle7248]

Nobody forced these officers to sign up for the job. You don’t see firemen waiting almost one hour to go into a burning building to save lives.

[@aninebula6985]

They should all get 21 life sentences

[@brocktex_bullies1307]

This chief needs to be fired immediately

[@GratefulServant1111]

They should have entered immediately. Almost all of them are armed with automatic weapons, body armor, and some with helmets. How pathetic.

[@ProdbyNorthside]

Not a single police department has automatic weapons

[@charliedeegan1598]

They needed "backup" clearly 15 armed officers isn't enough for 1 kid.

[@dehz4948]

@@charliedeegan1598 1 kid with a rifle and you enter through one door is a death trap. All he needs to do is spray down into the “fatal funnel” of the doorway and he can easily win the encounter. There was no way to enter that classroom without getting killed.

[@ChA0s_AgeNt]

@@ProdbyNorthside Oh noes; they forgot your semi. Oh noes, oh noes... Pedantic, hair-splitting garbage.

[@ChA0s_AgeNt]

@@charliedeegan1598 400 wasn't enough, apparently.

[@matthewpamatian4853]

They never breached the classroom... he ran out into the hallway at them

[@Mewomi]

makes sense as to why they edited the footage. they even said the bodycams go dark in this vid

[@synchronicityking]

Wow.

[@tamlynn786]

Where did you get this info from or are you making it up?

[@jackwhite4091]

That's not true. They entered the class and he came out of a closet and they shot him

[@leestreatbluenote7179]

Yes jack, that's what I heard too. from the news media.

[@xxwhispersxx2856]

"Serve and protect" means nothing according to the Supreme Court. They do not legally have to save anyone. And that is truly disgusting.

[@n.m.3760]

Why edited? Release the full video.

[@Freepatriotthatsdefinitelyfree]

How come you can't hear any vhiIdren yeIIng?

[@alwaysyouramanda]

They say it’s about the kids but you can still hear a body drip and kids screaming. Sprinkled it at the end too- what so we can hear the cops come in..? Pretty bad taste. And during the time lapse it was silent, those kids eventually stopped yelling and screaming.. what were the cops saying?

[@PumpkinJuice69]

@@Freepatriotthatsdefinitelyfree You can hear someone dying a minute in.

[@luigiwastaken]

I literally have zero formal training and I would have willingly died to even, not even with any certainty, just maybe potentially save one of them. I just don't understand it.

[@Jack-oz4bf]

When you have formal training it's even more odd. An active shooter doesn't get to call a timeout. And even if it's a barricaded suspect the moment one shot is fired they're supposed to be a plan in place for a hasty assault. I honestly wonder if somebody paid these people to stand down because it's just so odd and against police procedure.

[@ivory867]

I’m not defending them but you don’t know that no one does until they’re placed in a situation like that

[@goldenknightevans1596]

@@ivory867 can’t take a gun fight with a 18 year old kid that barely even knows how to truly shoot his firearm mate??. If they were going to be so scared they should have let the military guys go inside the classroom they’re literally trained to get aggressive and take gun fights

[@chrisp3139]

@@ivory867 That's sorta of why they train for these exact situations, that way when it does happen they can react accordingly.

[@ivory867]

@@goldenknightevans1596 I was responding to the person saying what they would’ve done not the officers in the video

[@POLSKAdoBOJU]

Imagine the cops response if they were dealing with an unarmed black dude. 😢

[@houston356]

No parent should send their kid to school in uvalde until every single person in that department is replaced.

[@beamarlo3962]

I watched the school video. So what's the point of having cameras if they're unattended? The shooter walked a whole football field long land to enter the school and he wasn't hiding. Yet he walked in and started shooting. And then all those cops just standing around and ONE approaching the shooter but running back??? Trying to negotiate??? 100 Trained men couldn't handle ONE 16 YEAR OLD??? SHAME ON THEM!

[@tamlynn786]

He had just turned 18 in May but still I get your point.

[@ctiffany8136]

I couldn’t understand either. 400 police vs 1 shooter and still FAIL to do that ONE THING: get rid of the shooter and save the kids and teachers

[@Xershade]

@@ctiffany8136 Yeah you saw the overhead shot of that school right. The like six buildings, lots of perimeter to cover. I'll give you an eternity to process what most of those officers were doing, and unless you guess securing and evacuatin the school, you're wrong.

[@Rudolf215]

These officers allowed a monster to slaughtered 19 innocent children and two teachers, all because they did not have the balls and the guts to end the monster’s life. Even when they had full tactical gear on, a bullet proof shield and better weapons; they still failed to save those lives that were lost. What a group of cowards.

[@eatmoreeats9566]

rip to all the young souls lost due to these incompetent humans

[@davidtiemann1296]

Cowards they should be fired and charged

[@Cole-yk5zc]

@@cadrniadrctkers what charges do you want to put on these cops? What’s the name of the charges

[@SkyQuest24]

“Sir please put the gun down” this still sickens me 1 year later. Negotiation is out the window the second an innocent is shot. All they did was let more children die because of their cowardice.

[@curtizzlarsen5245]

To see those so called Policeofficers standing outside the classroom where that massmurderer was killing little schoolchildren, without doing absolutely nothing to stop him, is so heartbreaking!!! What was going threw their minds??? Hearing gunshot after gunshot, and now knowing that shots killed a child by every shot, it is beyond what I could think of piliceofficers!!! They must forever live with this ---knowing that they actually is to blame for the childrens death. I feel so sorry for their parents,who were told to stay back.

[@tigerber]

“Please put your firearm down sir” what a cowardice

[@farfalleus8568]

"Please put your firearm down, sir. We don't want anyone else hurt." In the most monotone voice imaginable.

[@dp-ub2vb]

This churns my stomach seeing how cowardly the police were. Yet Angeli Gomez had more courage than them all put together and saved many lives, twice! She showed them out. The Uvalde police are harassing her this has to stop!

[@bendietrees]

Are you dumb? Cops were evacuating kids the entire time..that woman was in an entirely different building from the shooter.

[@lidiagutierrez7983]

What happened here is unacceptable, there has to be accountability for letting this happen 😑

[@ms.chievouz789]

I see why that one teacher who lost all 11 of his students in the classroom might not able to forgive these officers, they're a few feet away, just outside the classroom, a dozen of them with bulletproof vests and all that, and they waited until 11 children died. I can't even begin to imagine the horror they went through inside that classroom

[@terribleTed-ln6cm]

A grotesque display of cowardice, and I assume these officers have been fired by now.

[@RockLee855]

"Administrative Leave" aka Paid Vacation

[@starguy2718]

Fired? They are probably in line for bonuses and promotions.

[@rogerstaton2777]

"Put your firearm down sir; we don't want anyone to get hurt." WOW.

[@gushansen4643]

Half of these children could have been saved if the first police officers had entered with shields into the classroom. What a shame !

[@faithunwavering]

Why aren't any of those officers overcome with rage because children are being shot on the other side of that door? Why aren't any of them trying to rip the door off its hinges with their bare hands to get to the shooter? Their "edited" video doesn't make them look any better.

[@alwaysyouramanda]

Looks like they put it out to try and make them look better. Looks like a big mess!

[@sigalsmadar4547]

Because the chief told them it was only the shooter in the classroom.

[@Falconlibrary]

OFFICER SAFETY FIRST!

[@ABC-pw5fq]

If u followed this incident. Than u would know that the door opens out n wen the guy Finally entered that classroom the door wasn't Even Locked. These police officers should B Charged with a crime 4 not doin Anything. Involuntary Manslaughter n they should ALL B PUT IN PRISON. There's Already parents in Prison for giving their son a Gun as a present n he killed other kids. But his parents were facing charges, so why not Charge these officers!!!!

[@Xershade]

@@ABC-pw5fq They have no reason to think its not locked. Even then so what. The shooter had a weapon that would turn most of them into paste before they got through the door. That's why they needed the suped up, fully armoured unit to go in.

[@makemwunder]

Did they show the hour and a half BEFORE they entered Robb Elementary?

[@woodyhayes7402]

The Chief should be charged with cowardice and the Officers who allowed themselves to be stood down should also be charged with cowardice.

[@kepler240]

2:15 That's all he can do is talk even after hearing those shots. UNBELIEVABLE

[@robertoj8950]

“Put your fire arm down sir we don’t want anybody else hurt “ = we don’t have the guts to confront you because we are afraid 🥺 of you . Bunch of cowards!!!!! 🤬

[@marcusbyrd3074]

EMBARASSING

[@slurmz123]

This is one reason why all police should wear body cams. And get rid of qualifed immunity.