Uvalde police, school district no longer cooperating with Texas probe of shooting

[PSPS]

Source: ABC

Uvalde police, school district no longer cooperating with Texas probe of shooting

ABC News
Texas officials are probing law enforcement's response to last week's massacre.

The Uvalde Police Department and the Uvalde Independent School District police force are no longer cooperating with the Texas Department of Public Safety's investigation into the massacre at Robb Elementary School and the state's review of the law enforcement response, multiple law enforcement sources tell ABC News. A spokesman for Texas DPS, which is running the state's investigations, declined to comment.

The Uvalde police chief and a spokesperson for the Uvalde Independent School District did not immediately respond to requests for comment from ABC News.

According to sources, the decision to stop cooperating occurred soon after the director of DPS, Col. Steven McCraw, held a news conference Friday during which he said the delayed police entry into the classroom was "the wrong decision" and contrary to protocol.

Last Tuesday's attack, one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history, left 19 children and two adults dead.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/uvalde-police-school-district-longer-cooperating-texas-probe/story?id=85093405

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[groundloop]

1. Now the media will chase this latest drama instead of focusing on GUNS.

[spooky3]

2. Nothing says "innocent" like refusing to cooperate. Nt

[TheRealNorth]

4. Obstruct, obfuscate, and delay....

It's the Republican way.

[Magoo48]

19. Cowards in full panic mode, desperate to cover their over-exposed asses.

This situation is so horrific, it shines a powerful light onto the frantic and fearful. There’s no place to hide.

[StocktonNative]

3. Of course they do...Oregon Public Defenders

..said the Cop Unions and District Attorneys change reports and coach their cops to lie to the public and in court. I spoke to a few PDs at this event. https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/06/public-defenders-rally-in-portland-to-highlight-racism-faced-by-their-clients.html

[louis-t]

5. Because everyone knows it's all about covering some cop asses.

Not about 19 babies that were murdered in cold blood.

[Ray Bruns]

17. It looks like they are circling the wagons and are in CYA mode.

[louis-t]

21. I'm sure their attorneys told them to shut up.

Civil action will certainly follow.

[ck4829]

27. Yep

[regnaD kciN]

6. Gee. Imagine that.

[BradAllison]

7. Of course they are.

Circle the wagons. Lets forget the big picture.

[Xoan]

8. Nothing like screaming GUILTY!

[bahboo]

9. um...can they be forced to cooperate...wtf....

[Midnight Writer]

10. When the Attorney General himself is under indictment and refuses to cooperate with investigators,

why in the world would anyone in the whole damn State cooperate with investigators?

[Eugene]

11. Lawrence O'Donnell on now: Uvalde ISD police chief in hiding, except ...

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to be secretly sworn in as a city councilor.

[Martin68]

12. So the Texas police are now criminals. Big surprise.

[Aussie105]

13. Hurt their feelings?

Come on, the cops were on the scene, they were dressed for battle.

What more did you want?
Go into the school? With some nutter firing away? Are you crazy? Could have been dangerous!

[PurgedVoter]

14. Meanwhile people wonder about crime rates

I was just thinking, crime might go down if we had an organization or system that worked to prevent, stop and punish crime.

Does anyone remember the old cop shows where internal affairs used to try and rein in bad cops?

[NJCher]

15. Obviously

They are worried about judgments in the billions.

[former9thward]

23. Billions from who?

It is a small town. The amount of money victims could get would be very small.

[NJCher]

25. here's what happens in a situation like that

they raise the taxes. The taxes can go up an incredible amount.

Here's how I know this. On a recent case, I worked with a renowned attorney who got a huge judgment in a case where the police screwed up atrociously. It took decades for this case to be resolved. There were 8 defendants and some of them served 20 years. You can imagine what the jury wanted to see after the full extent of the police misconduct was. In addition, there was judicial misconduct.

They fought like hell to get out of paying but in the end, they had to pay and raising taxes was one of he ways they did it.

[NJCher]

16. Dupl. removed

[Marcuse]

18. One out of two ain't bad.

[intheflow]

20. I have to think this is in part due to trauma.

Yes, the cops failed, but the fallout from their failure, as well as the devastation to the small community. Honestly, trauma of any given violent incident is overwhelming, and then the public/media scrutiny is another whole level of trauma. I'm not excusing these groups not cooperating, managing everything when the shit hits the fan is what the leadership is paid the big bucks. But I am saying that when dealing with multiple layers of trauma it's often easier to just deal with what's immediate in your physical sphere because you don't have the bandwidth to deal with anything else.

On edit: I need more coffee before I start posting. I thought the OP said the local school board wasn't cooperating, but now I see it's the local school police. So, yeah, trauma... and also: fuck the police.

[Lasher]

22. I think it's just the Uvalde school district police chief who is being uncooperative.

That would be Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, who was just sworn in as a city council member. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[LiberalFighter]

24. How long had both the school and district police know the door didn't work right?

[ck4829]

26. Kick