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Hoodat:
Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo fired over botched response to shooting that killed 19 students and 2 teachers
From the time police entered the building May 24, 1 hour, 14 minutes and 8 seconds passed until the gunman was killed.
Tim Stelloh, Phil Helsel and Alicia Victoria Lozano | Aug. 24, 2022, 8:13 PM EDT
Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo was fired Wednesday by the Texas city’s school board.
The board voted unanimously in favor of the embattled chief's ouster after a recommendation from the school district superintendent.
Arredondo's removal caps off three months of outrage over the botched law enforcement response to a deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 children and two teachers.
One hour, 14 minutes and 8 seconds passed from the time police entered the building May 24 until the gunman was killed, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw has said.
Before Wednesday's vote at a special school board meeting, one speaker who appeared to be a child said: "I have messages for Pete Arredondo and all the law enforcement there that day. Turn in your badge and step down. You don’t deserve to wear one."
Arredondo did not attend the meeting that was called to address his employment. In a statement, his lawyer said Arredondo has faced death threats and did not believe the meeting was safe.
The lawyer, George Hyde, said it was “beyond any doubt that discharge from public employment under circumstances that put the employee’s reputation, honor or integrity at stake gives rise to a liberty interest” under the Constitution’s equal protection clause.
Hyde said that a person in those circumstances is entitled to a procedural opportunity to clear their name.
Hyde also portrayed Arredondo as a victim of those affected by the massacre. Instead of being able to lash out at the gunman, who was fatally shot by police, they sought “more retribution by identifying a new target to focus their grief on, with the belief that it will help them stop hurting,” he said.
“Unfortunately, it won’t,” Hyde said. “Retribution will not bring anyone back . . .
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uvalde-schools-police-chief-pete-arredondo-fired-botched-response-shoo-rcna39025
Right_in_Virginia:
Uvalde school board fires police Chief Pete Arredondo after mass shooting
CBS News, Aug 24, 2022
The Uvalde school district's embattled police chief was fired Wednesday following allegations that he made several critical mistakes during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
In a unanimous vote that arrived after months of angry calls for his ouster, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District's board of trustees fired Pete Arredondo in an auditorium of parents and survivors of the May 24 massacre. His ouster came three months to the day after one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history.
Cheers from the crowd followed the vote, and some parents walked out in tears.
"Coward!" parents yelled in a Uvalde auditorium as the meeting got underway.
Arredondo, who has been on leave from the district since June 22, has come under the most intense scrutiny of the nearly 400 officers who rushed to school but waited more than an hour to confront the 18-year-old gunman in a fourth-grade classroom.
Arredondo was not in attendance with his career on the line.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uvalde-school-board-fires-police-chief-pete-arredondo-after-mass-shooting/
Bigun:
--- Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on August 25, 2022, 04:34:03 am ---Uvalde school board fires police Chief Pete Arredondo after mass shooting
CBS News, Aug 24, 2022
The Uvalde school district's embattled police chief was fired Wednesday following allegations that he made several critical mistakes during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
In a unanimous vote that arrived after months of angry calls for his ouster, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District's board of trustees fired Pete Arredondo in an auditorium of parents and survivors of the May 24 massacre. His ouster came three months to the day after one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history.
Cheers from the crowd followed the vote, and some parents walked out in tears.
"Coward!" parents yelled in a Uvalde auditorium as the meeting got underway.
Arredondo, who has been on leave from the district since June 22, has come under the most intense scrutiny of the nearly 400 officers who rushed to school but waited more than an hour to confront the 18-year-old gunman in a fourth-grade classroom.
Arredondo was not in attendance with his career on the line.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uvalde-school-board-fires-police-chief-pete-arredondo-after-mass-shooting/
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Took three months to do what should have been done on day one! I'm NOT impressed!
Right_in_Virginia:
--- Quote from: Bigun on August 25, 2022, 01:20:59 pm ---Took three months to do what should have been done on day one! I'm NOT impressed!
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Personally, I think he belongs in prison @Bigun
Bigun:
--- Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on August 25, 2022, 01:23:33 pm ---Personally, I think he belongs in prison @Bigun
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No argument from me @Right_in_Virginia and he's not the only one either!
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