Posted on 06/01/2022 9:28:51 AM PDT by conservative98
CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz attempted to get some answers from Uvalde Independent School District Police Chief Pedro Arredondo on Wednesday, confronting him outside his office, but Arredondo dodged his questions.
[cut]
In the video clip aired by CNN, Prokupecz can be seen walking up to Arredondo as the chief exits his car, and saying to him that they wanted to talk to him about his decision.
Arredondo rebuffed the question, saying that they were “not going to release anything,” because “we have people in our community being buried.”
“How do you explain yourself?” Prokupecz asked him for his response to McCraw identifying him as the person who made the decision not to go into the classroom.
“We’re going to be respectful, respectful to the families–” said Arredondo a few times.
“I understand that,” Prokupecz interjected. “You have an opportunity to explain yourself to the parents.”
“We’re going to do that eventually, obviously,” the chief replied.
“When?” Prokupecz asked.
“Whenever this is done, the families quit grieving, then we’ll do that obviously,” said Arredondo. “Just so everybody knows, we have been in contact with DPS every day, just so you all know, every day.”
“They say you’re not cooperating,” Prokupecz said.
“I’ve been on the phone with them every day,” Arredondo claimed.
“They say you’re not cooperating,” Prokupecz repeated.
“Just so you know, we have been talking to them every day,” Arredondo insisted.
“What is your reaction to–” Prokupecz attempted again.
“Y’all have a good day,” said Arredondo as he turned to enter the building.
(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...
“What is your reaction, sir?” Prokupecz called out one more time.
Prokupecz told CNN Newsroom anchor Poppy Harlow that they had given Arredondo “ample opportunity” to respond, asking the questions “several times,” but “he chose to dodge those questions.
“We have been looking for him for days,” Prokupecz continued. “We have been reaching out to him, wanting him to respond to this community, people here are very upset over some of the decision-making,” but Arredondo was still “dodging some of the key questions in this, claiming he’s cooperating in this investigation, he claims he’s going to address some of these questions at some point.”
“We’ll see,” Prokupecz concluded. “Look, there’s still a lot of questions that he needs to answer, as well as law enforcement in general here.”
“Absolutely,” Harlow replied. “He said when the families stop grieving — they’re never going to stop grieving and they deserve answers.”
Watch the video above, via CNN.
This ass clown needs to be tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail.
That’s just for starters.
L
CNN doing some work. Where are the Fox’ies? No Griff? How about the young, black kid who has a show on Sunday night? He at least has a pulse.
When the gov’t gives a killer 40+ minutes of unobstructed time to commit their murders, the tool being used becomes irrelevant to the discussion.
Keywords.
we have been talking every day = we, others, not me.
I have been talking every day = to say he won’t do a follow-up interview, can’t talk now, etc.
This reporter is asking some tough questions.
Are you sure he’s from CNN?
(Just kidding. I guess sometimes pigs actually do fly.)
Sad that only CNN seems to be going after this somewhat, at least til. They get orders to stand down.
I think recent time lines put the delay closer to 70 min.
I wish one of these jokers would make the same effort when they talk to Hillary or Hussein about the response to the Benghazi tragedy.
Maybe someone actually took real journalism classes in college
Licht is starting strong as the new CEO. I was a bit skeptical but CNN has had several good stories lately. No where to go now but up.
Steve Bannon discussed his concerns about the Uvalde shooting on this mornings warroom.
He is concerned about:
1. Where did Ramos get the money to buy the guns?
2. He wants more detail on the timeline.
3. Ben Bergquam is in Uvalde and is asking the questions not being asked by the media.
When you see photos of the Supreme Court headquarters, Congress, and the White House surrounded by heavy-duty fences and their denizens protected by troops of armed guards, doesn’t your blood boil?!??
No sense of shame.
This police hack is dodging answering questions.
If he is confident he made the right decision why is he dodging?
Needs to be booked on “Dancing With The Stars”.
Dancing the Tyburn Jig.
“Pour encourager les autres”.
Pete Arredondo, intensely coached by lawyers. A disgrace for #Uvalde, #Texas, #America. He tells #CNN he will answer questions when parents are done grieving. Uh, which will be never. He's been in contact with investigators. But have you answered ???s https://t.co/rK3OlCxsvT— Angry...again (@MediaMan666) June 1, 2022
I have heard such reports as well. But I am using the conservative number until more can be confirmed.
Unfortunately, the Uvalde Police Department and School District have stopped cooperating with investigators.
Everyone is lawyering up and we may never know all the truth.
I’m as unimpressed with the questions CNN posed and the dodgy answers.
“How do you explain yourself?” is not intended to solicit the truth — just to create drama and make the target squirm. The guy’s hardly going to answer, either “I chose to let the children die slowly rather than risk getting LEO’s killed, because I am unintelligent, cynical, and incompetent”, or “feds from DC ordered me to stand down and said I’d be visiting Ft Marcy Park if I told”.
“Reporters” should ask about factual details. From the matrix of details emerges the truth.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.