Posted on 06/21/2022 7:04:13 PM PDT by conservative98
Cheers erupted on Tuesday after Pete Arredondo, the embattled police chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (CISD), was denied a continued leave of absence from his new role as member of the Uvalde City Council.
Arredondo, who was privately sworn into the council one week after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School took the lives of 19 children and two adults, has not attended any meetings since joining the council and has largely remained out of the public eye amid heavy criticism of his actions as incident commander during the massacre.
During a city council meeting on Tuesday, members of the public cheered after it was decided that Arredondo's future absences would not be excused, according to Fox News reporter Ashley Soriano.
A short video clip shared to Twitter by Soriano on Tuesday evening, purportedly recorded just after the council voted against the leave of absence, shows a crowd clapping and cheering during the meeting. During the forum, local residents urged the council to avoid "adding fuel to a raging fire" by allowing Arredondo leave, preferring that he "fall on his own sword," according to San Antonio ABC affiliate KSAT.
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Wow. An unexcused absence.
Am I back in High School?
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He needs to be fired as school police chief, kicked off the city council and be charged with some sort of crime, I’m thinking Manslaughter at minimum.
Hides while children died, then hides after the fact.
How could one live themself after all this ?
Uvalde Mayor McLaughlin addressing newly elected council member and UCISD police chief Pete Arredondo who was not present at tonight's meeting - "if he misses his three meetings, I'm sure Pete will go." When asked if he'll vote him out, Mayor says he'll vote yes.— Bryan Mays (@BryanM_KVUE) June 22, 2022
In answering final questions Mayor McLaughlin confirms that Robb Elementary school in Uvalde will be demolished.— Bryan Mays (@BryanM_KVUE) June 22, 2022
This POS doesn’t seem to want to do his job either as Sheriff or as City Council member.
Need to let him go somewhere private and do the right thing.
His name is mud.
I doubt he has the integrity.
Back the blue till it happens to you.
“Back the blue till it happens to you.”
I stopped backing them years ago. Their jobs are no more or less important than mine, or dangerous for that matter. At least they get to open carry in the commie state I reside in.
“If he misses 3 meetings in a row, they can vote to remove him.”
It shouldn’t have to come to that. The useless sack of meat should go somewhere quiet and suck start his own pistol.
This Police should have already been fired.
How many cars do you approach in the dark of night unaware of the intentions of the occupants?
Dereliction of duty.
Falling on your sword is usually a methphor, but in this case...
It would be interesting to know the story behind his being appointed by the School Board to begin with. How many candidates for the position were there? What was the breakdown of the vote to appoint him Chief? Were parents allowed to sit in on the eligibility review of the candidates, if one even took place?
Fired? As in firing squad?
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