Posted on 05/28/2022 8:53:09 AM PDT by logi_cal869
The father of the 18-year-old who shot and killed 19 students and two teachers at an Uvalde elementary school after shooting his grandmother in the face has apologized for his sons actions — but demanded “I don’t want them calling him a monster.” Salvador Ramos Sr. told the Daily Beast on Thursday, “I just want the people to know I’m sorry man, [for] what my son did.”
The 42-year-old admitted that he had not seen his son in some time due to his fears about being exposed to COVID-19. He said that his son became frustrated with his COVID concerns about a month ago and stopped speaking to him.
“I never expected my son to do something like that,” Ramos continued. “He should’ve just killed me, you know, instead of doing something like that to someone.”
Ramos told the outlet that he was working when his mother called him to tell him what was going on. He called the local jail looking for his son, before realizing what had happened.
“They killed my baby man,” he said. “I’m never gonna see my son again, just like they’re not gonna see their kids. And that hurts me.”
The Daily Beast reports that “Ramos insisted that his son was ‘a good person’ who ‘stuck to himself.'”
The father of the killer said that he wished his son had just shot him instead.
“My mom tells me he probably would have shot me too, because he would always say I didn’t love him,” he said.
The seemingly MIA parent blamed his son’s reportedly drug-addicted mother Adriana Reyes for not buying him more clothes. He said that he was often bullied at school for wearing the same pants every day. The father was, apparently, not concerned enough to buy him some himself.
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“I don’t want them calling him a monster… they don’t know nothing, man,” he said. “They don’t know anything he was going through.”
The killer’s mother also made excuses for the monster she helped create.
In a Spanish-language interview she asked the public not to “judge” him because he “had his reasons.”
“I have no words. I have no words to say. I don’t know what he was thinking,” Reyes told CNN affiliate Televisa. “He had his reasons for doing what he did and please don’t judge him. I only want the innocent children who died to forgive me.”
Asked by the reporter what she would say to the victim’s families, Reyes said: “Forgive me. Forgive my son. I know he had his reasons.”
When asked what possibly reason he could have had, Reyes said “to get closer to those children instead of paying attention to the other bad things, I have no words. I don’t know.”
So sorry. What a heartache.
My cousin raised two sons identically. One is a responsible and has raised a decent family. The other was a sociopath and it was evident when he was a small child. Bad seed, I guess. Dead now. Died in a ditch in the snow in Buffalo, drunk.
His kids are being raised by his brother. The best thing that happened to them, I guess.
“...Iraq had WMD”
Iraq DID have WMD. We dilly-dallied long enough to allow Iraq to destroy them before the inspectors went in.
And it pisses me off that even conservatives who know the truth are spreading this crap. Satellite photos were clear. WMD clearly there. Then ... abracadabra ... gone. Then ... inspectors.
yes.. so punishing the law abiding is just stupid
“OR having America return to God and no drastic measures would be needed. Too much evil now.”
That’s the only REAL solution.
The bitch’s mother can’t even speak English. This is the kind of people we let into this country.
Just how pervasive are the effects of a “harmless” plant on those whose brains haven’t matured to age 26?
It can be very pervasive and very dangerous. Marijuana use can induce psychosis and/or aggravate a growing bipolar disorder in this age range. It’s the dirty little secret that the pot-loving legalizing libs refuse to face.
"Don't ask".
Marijuana is illegal in Texas - demonstrating once again how prohibitions drive substances into the black market beyond the reach of effective age restrictions.
The Saudis did not carry out 911.
Syria and Iran both had much more to do with it.
Saudi citizens were involved in the September 11 attacks. The "report identifies Saudi Arabia as the primary source of al-Qaeda funding", and 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi citizens.
Your attempt to deflect failed.
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