Sheriff Ruben Nolasco won re-election despite pressure from victims’ families to step down and a Justice Department report finding ‘cascading’ failures among the law enforcement response that day
Sheriff Ruben Nolasco won re-election despite pressure from victims’ families to step down and a Justice Department report finding ‘cascading’ failures among the law enforcement response that day
For nearly two years, a Texas county sheriff has refused to step down after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in 2022.
Instead, on Super Tuesday, Uvalde County sheriff Ruben Nolasco faced voters for the first time in the wake of the massacre.
And he won re-election with roughly 39 per cent of votes against three Republican challengers, according to preliminary results.
The sheriff has repeatedly rebuffed calls to resign or withdraw his candidacy for re-election despite overwhelming public pressure from victims’ families, demands that he face criminal charges, and a federal investigation that detailed a minute-by-minute timeline exposing “cascading” failures in the law enforcement response that day.
I've said it before, Uvalde had a chance to bring about change and they immediately voted Abbott back in and their community reelected the same sheriffs and judges who did nothing while their kids died. After a point my sympathy is used to for these people, if they don't care about their own kids and community, why should I?
Yeah dude you're somehow some paragon of virtue as you judge me across the internet for your own personal reasons. You will project your insecurity as strongly as an evangelical or member of PETA in an attempt to convince yourself that your own shit doesn't smell. Loud and clear.
Bruh I live in Texas too, and the second that Abbott was re-voted in, in 2022, after the 6 week "Heartbeat Bill", AND he took Uvalde after his "Coulda Been Worse" comments, that's when I was like "To hell with this fucking state."
I vote in every election, even for the piddly local shit, but I do not expect change, and the second that I'm able to, I'm out.
You can only expect people to have compassion for those of us residing in deep red states for so long. Abbott was a popular vote. And he won by a lot.
I'm trying to remain hopeful/optimistic for Allred. I really do think he can usher in an Era of change.
Debate? It was a personal attack because they took my opinion personally. There is such a thing as being exasperated and I have a right to experience that without justification. Am I sorry that they live in a shithole state? Yes. Do I have any more fucks to give? No.
Debate? It was a personal attack because they took my opinion personally.
That's not what happened. They didn't take your opinion personally, they were pushing back against the assertion of your opinion, debating you. They were not emotional in any way.
There is such a thing as being exasperated
And you hit that point way too quickly. Honestly, it seems like you were the one being emotional and taking things personally, and not the person you were responding to.
and I have a right to experience that without justification.
No, not really. At least not if you are participating on an online forum of conversation. You are polluting the conversational 'town square' with your overly emotional responses, and they ruin the conversational experience for the rest of us (which is already borderline here on Lemmy). You really need to take an inner look at how you respond to others in public.
Am I sorry that they live in a shithole state? Yes. Do I have any more fucks to give? No.
Fair enough (and sorry to hear that, hope the situation changes for you in the future, truly). But that doesn't mean you get to emotionally dismiss and/or be rude to others, delude yourself to that fact, and when they challenge you on your responses not expect any kind of pushback.
Anyway, take my advice any way you want (I'm not going to respond further), but for the record, it was given sincerely, and not to score Internet points. If we the community don't strive for a higher standard of intercommunication with each other, then the 'town square' goes to shit.
As a Canadian who lives in Alberta, this pains me.
I despise our provincial government. I vote in every election. I reach out to my electors who I disagree with. And it doesn't matter because a bunch of old "got mine" boomers rich on oil money, keep voting in their shitty friends who are looting the public in plain view.
Why don't I move? Because the whole fucking world seems to be going this way, and the housing market is insane.
This is also why it’s worth living in a place like Vancouver or San Francisco. Yes it’s expensive but you’re safe and will be respected by the people around you.
How can you live in that community and be happy with this as an outcome?
Zero accountability for anyone with the blood of literal children on their hands but I’m sure they’ll go after the corrupting influence of ‘woke’ Democrats.
Because their police standards and practices are, by and large, our deep blue city police standards and practices. Some minor differences sure but you transplant people from one department to another and they'll fit right in.