Former Uvalde school police chief, officer indicted in 1st-ever criminal charges over failed response to 2022 mass shooting
Former Uvalde school police chief, officer indicted in 1st-ever criminal charges over failed response to 2022 mass shooting
A grand jury has indicted two former Uvalde school police officers in the botched law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary school that left 19 children and two teachers dead, two Texas state government sources with knowledge of the indictment told CNN Thursday.
school police
School police? In my school police was called when needed, which wasn't often.
It’s common for school districts to have their own department in Texas
Probably going to get appealed. There's precedent that police are not legally required to do anything.
This dude straight up admitted he didn't know he was in charge... Gun shots going off, each one another dead child, listening to the chaos, and his excuse was, "It wasn't clear who was in charge."
Someone take charge! Fuck these cowards.
In before, "Would you run into gun fire?!" Yes. I would and I have. In the military you learn to never leave a fallen soldier and I'd certainly rank dying children higher than an adult soldier.
Indeed. All these cops LARPing as military don't have what it takes. It's why they are so trigger happy, because they are scared all the time.
Nah. This is some midwit Reddit bs that keeps getting repeated.
First off, this was ruled by the Appeals Court of DC, not SCOTUS. Not a national law ruling, and debatable if it's relevant at all in Texas.
Warren v DC's ruling is that the police have a duty to the public at large, and not to a specific individual at a specific time. The cops, even if well funded, can't be everywhere, all the time, and stuff will slip through. That is, if there are 20 cops on duty and 40 crimes happening by definition someone won't get get served; they can only be in so many places at once, and you're not able to sue because of that.
Same way you're not able to sue the Ambulance if the only free one is on the other side of town and grandpa died of a heart attack before the arrive.
Warren v DC is also a civil liability thing, while the former Police Chief is looking at Criminal Negligence. He can certainly try and appeal the ruling if he is found guilty, but Warren v DC won't have shit to do with that.
The entire incident is well documented through recorded 911 and response calls and tons of witness testimony. He's gonna eat shit, for sure. IMO it's not if he'll catch guilty, but how tough the sentence will be.
I definitely agree with you. My comment was more a statement of frustration and a bleak outlook on the efficacy of our legal system than it was my opinion of what will actually happen.
The former chief was booked on 10 counts of child endangerment and known criminal negligence, according to an official at the Uvalde County Jail.
Depends on what the statutes cover. For example, you can be charged with "Serious Bodily Injury to a Minor" by way of direct action or failure to act to try to prevent the injury. It's broad and open to interpretation for a reason, and that's where juries come in.
I imagine they'll use that particular legal precedent you mentioned as part of their defense strategy, though. It's almost like a loophole, except it's literally just a gaping hole in police oversight.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Family members of the victims have been meeting with the DA’s office to discuss the results of the months-long grand jury investigation, according to Brett Cross, the guardian of 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia, one of the fourth graders killed in the shooting rampage.
Earlier this year, the US Justice Department released a damning report that concluded law enforcement officers had many opportunities to reassess their flawed response to the May 24, 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School.
During the fallout following the massacre, DPS Director Steven McCraw repeatedly called the law enforcement response to the shooting an “abject failure” and said each of its officers’ actions would be internally investigated and scrutinized by the district attorney.
School employees and victims of the shooting began their testimony before the grand jury in March – shortly after the Uvalde City Council released an independent report clearing all local officers of wrongdoing.
The report found ample problems also emerged after the gunman was killed – from getting students away from the school and reunited with families to how bereaved parents were told their children were dead, the release of information about what happened, and the provision of therapy services.
In May, 19 families of the students and teachers killed or injured in the mass shooting said they settled a lawsuit with the city for $2 million and announced they are suing 92 officers with Texas Department of Public Safety, the school district and individual employees.
The original article contains 1,026 words, the summary contains 236 words. Saved 77%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!