Posted on 07/02/2022 12:41:46 PM PDT by Houserino
The Uvalde, Texas, school district police chief is resigning from his community’s city council amid criticism of the response to the shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb elementary in May. Pedro “Pete” Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News that he was stepping down from the city council post to which he was sworn in just seven days after the massacre, the outlet reported on Saturday. Soccer teammates of Tess Mata, who died in the shooting, cry, visit a makeshift memorial in Uvalde after the shooting. Why did they wait? Uvalde anger grows over bungled police response Read more A statement from Uvalde’s mayor, Don McLaughlin, said the city government had learned of Arredondo’s intent to resign through the local newspaper and called it “the right thing to do”. However, McLaughlin’s statement added, the city had not seen “a letter or any other documentation of [Arredondo’s] resignation” as of Saturday afternoon. According to the Leader-News, Arredondo continued maintaining that he was not the commander of officers who waited more than an hour before confronting and killing the shooter at Robb on 24 May. His statement is contrary to the findings from the state’s department of public safety chief, Steve McCraw, who concluded it was Arredondo’s call to delay officers that day despite the fact that they had adequate numbers and weaponry to put a stop to the carnage much sooner than they did. Arredondo told the Leader-News that he offered prayers to the school massacre victims’ families. “In speaking with other communities that have had similar tragedies, the guidance has been the same: continue to support the families, continue to support our community and definitely to keep our faith,” Arredondo said.
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The only job Arredondo is qualified for is flipping burgers and even then he’ll still be incompetent.
So you are one of the many that believes you have no responsibility for your own security. Government knows best right homie?
Name one what?
Lol @ low IQ “so” tell.
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