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Harrowing video shows Texas cops RESTRAINING parents outside elementary school shooting and telling them 'we're taking care of it': Cops took up to 90 minutes to get inside classroom where gunman had trapped kids 'because they needed a key'
Daily Mail (UK) ^

Posted on 05/26/2022 6:51:59 AM PDT by TigerClaws

Shocking new video has emerged showing Texas cops restraining parents as they tried to rescue their kids on Tuesday after a gunman unleashed terror inside the elementary school, as questions grow over why it took so long to get to the shooter after the first 911 call.

Salvador Ramos, 18, arrived at the school in Uvalde at 11.30am, crashing his car into a ditch.

A school resource officer was at the scene but he failed to stop him from making his way inside.

Two other cops also rushed to the school at that time - Ramos had just shot his grandmother in the face at their home less than five miles away. She survived and called the police.

When they arrived, Ramos is said to have shot at them then ran into the school, where he barricaded himself in the fourth grade classroom and shot 19 kids and two teachers dead.

It took another 90 minutes from that point for police to declare the shooting over.

Now, sources say police were struggling to get into the classroom and needed a key to open the door.

Eventually, a border patrol agent was able to get inside and the shooting was declared over at 1.06pm.

But it questions remain over why it took police so long to get into the classroom where the kids were trapped with the gunman.

One child told KENS 5 that he was able to hide under a desk, but that a girl who yelled out 'help' when police arrived was executed.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: ConservativeMind

My answer to this, is I don’t know enough facts. I don’t know the details of their training or orders in how to approach a situation such as this.


“If the city mayor or police chief said no police can engage the shooter because they want a high civilian death rate, would that make you happy?”


I would be shocked if anyone in authority gave such orders. I would not be happy about that.


121 posted on 05/26/2022 7:43:23 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

So you know nothing, yet feel compelled to criticize the reactions of others?


122 posted on 05/26/2022 7:45:47 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: TigerClaws

As usual, go to the Daily Mail to get the story. And it shows that typically the police are there to arrest you, not necessarily to protect you.


123 posted on 05/26/2022 7:45:56 AM PDT by vortigern
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To: Guenevere

I don’t get much from the video other than the cops trying to do crowd control to keep the understandably upset parents from putting themselves in danger. No problem there, that’s part of their job and yeah, they’ll have weapons and tasers visible. It’s the timeline that people here are reacting to.

And while in typical FR fashion some are jumping to conclusions while we are still in a “fog of war” situation where all facts are not yet known, anyone who calls for “lynching of police” is a moron. Everyone knows that police are guided by rules and procedures, the complaint is not against those who are on the front lines but those who make rules that make situations worse. Let’s see how this all looks after a few weeks when timelines and details are fully known.


124 posted on 05/26/2022 7:46:27 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Guenevere
STOP POSTING MADE UP STORIES!

I am sorry that you can't accept that the police response is often deeply flawed. It is really upsetting to think that the police would not just charge into battle with the killer. But that doesn't mean the story in untrue.

When the truth finally came out about the Parkland school shooting it turned out that the officers present at the beginning retreated instead of attacking the killer. Sad, but true.

125 posted on 05/26/2022 7:46:38 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: TigerClaws

Very detailed reporting by the DM. Thanks for posting.


126 posted on 05/26/2022 7:47:39 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: TigerClaws

We’re from the government, and we’re here to help.


127 posted on 05/26/2022 7:48:33 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: brianl703

Don’t even need to take 1 minute to double-check the address.


128 posted on 05/26/2022 7:49:58 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

“This has markings of a planned “event”“

Keep the conspiracy bull$hit away.
That garbage is for kooks.
FR is not a place for kooks.


129 posted on 05/26/2022 7:50:08 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: vivenne
I agree with the quote of the guy who said the parents should just rush in

Not saying you're wrong, but what do you think would have happened after the cop(s) deployed taser(s) and the people kept coming?

131 posted on 05/26/2022 7:51:07 AM PDT by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them)
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To: TigerClaws
What? "To Protect and Serve" is a marketing slogan, like "New and Improved," or "Family Size." It's legally meaningless.

They are hired to clean up.

132 posted on 05/26/2022 7:51:17 AM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

His job is concern troll: to do nothing but criticize the statements of others, that might “make us look bad.” It’s literally 50% of what he posts.


133 posted on 05/26/2022 7:52:34 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

This is why there needs to be and “after shooting” analysis of what went right,
and what went wrong, .. and why it was wrong, and what to do to correct the situation.


Every situation is different though... 100 years ago the place would have gotten stormed by both police and civilians

it’s almost a no win situation these days though

for example

If he only shot 1 kid and was holding the rest hostage..

the police storm the place...and the result is kids getting killed in the crossfire by police bullets...they would be accused and being too agressive and get sued or something


134 posted on 05/26/2022 7:52:36 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: pnz1

so do I.

it may turn out he was specifically told not to try to go in and did it anyway.


135 posted on 05/26/2022 7:53:20 AM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: Roccus

I’m not sure I understand your question,?


136 posted on 05/26/2022 7:53:34 AM PDT by vivenne (")
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To: Trailerpark Badass

I am saying we need to wait for the facts to come out.

I am criticizing the strong hatred of police expressed by those who are so critical.

What’s your opinion, aside from asking a pointed question, which is a fair question to ask of me. But what is your opinion on all of this?


137 posted on 05/26/2022 7:54:47 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Guenevere
Haven't the police been vilified enough !

No.

138 posted on 05/26/2022 7:55:12 AM PDT by nonliberal (Z.)
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To: pnz1

odd part is local cops had to have kids in that school too

i don’t get why they would, given the above, stay out.


139 posted on 05/26/2022 7:55:43 AM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: Fury
I’ve had you (Fury) on my list of bad actors on freerepublic for years.

...which only further underscores that he's an obsessive, sociopathic retard.

140 posted on 05/26/2022 7:56:20 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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