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Multiple officers were inside Robb Elementary School with rifles and at least one ballistic shield at 11:52 a.m. the day of the shooting, new video and other evidence shows. They didn’t enter the classroom for another 58 minutes. More soon via @statesman and @KVUE . 1/2

UVALDE, Texas — On Monday, KVUE and its news partners at the Austin American-Statesman exclusively obtained surveillance footage from inside Robb Elementary School on the day of the May 24 shooting. The footage shows that multiple officers were inside the building with rifles and at least one ballistic shield, 19 minutes after the gunman arrived. They didn't enter the classroom the shooter was inside for nearly another hour. Investigators believe this will prove to be a significant development as it indicates they had more than enough firepower and protection to enter that classroom before they actually did. Authorities have since...

The Tempe, Arizona, cops who refused to rescue a drowning man were following their training, a local police union said. Members of the Tempe Police Department receive "no training in water rescues," the union said. Sean Bickings, 34, died on May 28 after he jumped into a lake and drowned while police stood by. The Tempe, Arizona, cops who refused to rescue a man drowning in an area lake were following their training by not jumping in to save him, according to the local police union. Members of the Tempe Police Department receive "no training in water rescues" and do...

Not a happy video, but one of a grieving angry great grandfather.

A viral video making rounds online shows anxious, angry parents pleading to the police to go inside the school while mass murderer Salvador Ramos spent more than 40 minutes inside. ..... Snip..... According to multiple reports, the deranged shooter spent more than 40 minutes inside as loved ones and onlookers begged the police to charge into the building. TRENDING: Exclusive: Wireless Services CEO Destroys Ignorant Attacks by Fake Fact-Checkers on "2000 Mules" -- The Fact-Checkers "Don't Have the Technical Foundation for the Comments They're Making" Javier Cazares, whose daughter died in the attack, urged the bystanders to “rush in because...

Homeland Security Advisory Council Co-Chair and former Police Commissioner of Boston, Los Angeles, and New York Bill Bratton said that the crime problem in the U.S. “has been created by the politicians in many of our cities and states,” and the consequences have been seen. Bratton said “during the height of the defund insanity in this city,” there was a push to take police out of schools. “I speak out frequently…about the need for more, the stupidity of the defund the police movement that they quickly retreated from. We have almost 100,000 fewer police officers today than we had several...

A Chinese national at the University of California San Diego remains in prison on attempted murder charges. Yuhao Du, a doctoral student at the public university, “entered a dual plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity,” according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office. “The defendant remains in custody on no bail status,” Public Affairs Officer Tanya Sierra told The College Fix via email. Du (pictured) will appear back in court on July 6. An unsigned email from the university’s media relations team to The Fix stated that Du remained a student. The university did...

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of just two nominally pro-choice Republicans left in the Senate, called the cops on Saturday night over a pro-abortion rights message written in chalk in front of her house in Bangor. According to Bangor Daily News, officers responded to a call at 9:20 pm on Saturday after the message "Susie, please, Mainers want WHPA —–> vote yes, clean up your mess" appeared on a public sidewalk on West Broadway street.

Cops in Raleigh, North Carolina, shot and killed a man who was throwing Molotov cocktails outside the police station Saturday, authorities said. The incident started around 1:20 p.m. when the unidentified suspect began lighting cars on fire in the police parking lot with the incendiary weapons, officials said at a press conference. “Commands were given to this individual to stop his actions,” Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson said. “The individual continued to throw multiple Molotov cocktails in the parking lot and eventually towards our officers who were there.”

A grand jury in Dallas County, Texas, indicted three police officers for allegedly assaulting protesters in the wake of the George Floyd murder. The grand jury handed down multiple indictments against two Dallas Police Department officers and an officer from the Garland Police Department, WFAA ABC8 reported. The two Dallas officers were previously charged in February.

Ottawa police are now going after local business owners who served the truck drivers, like this coffee shop that served coffee to them, thanks to tips by local residents. They are forcing them to close. pic.twitter.com/Lo78wuQrc5 — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) February 20, 2022

<p>Protesters gathered in Minneapolis on Friday evening after the sentencing of former Minnesota police Officer Kim Potter to two years in prison in the April 2021 shooting death of Daunte Wright, according to reports.</p><p>In addition, reports were emerging on social media that looting was underway at stores in Brooklyn Center, the Minneapolis suburb where Potter worked and where the death of Wright occurred.</p>

FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. — Two officers and a suspect were injured in a shooting Friday in Frederick Maryland, according to Frederick County Police Chief Jason Lando. According to Lando, officers were sent to the intersection of Key Parkway and Waverley Drive around 12:43 p.m. for a report of a "suspicious male" on scene. A male and female officer, as well as a suspect, were subsequently shot. It is not yet known what led to the shooting.

Chicago woman charged with felony for allegedly vandalizing memorial for slain cop Illinois police have arrested a 26-year-old woman accused of defacing a memorial for Chicago Police Officer Ella French – who died in a shootout with suspects last year. Anna Kochakian allegedly tore down a photo of French placed at the memorial just days after her murder, crumpled it up and threw it in a trash can on a Chicago “L” platform, state police said Wednesday. It wasn’t until this week that police obtained a warrant for her arrest on a felony charge of defacement of a police memorial....

The Chicago Police Department is losing cops at an “almost alarming” rate, and the city is having a hard time finding replacements. That’s the word from John O’Malley, the deputy mayor for public safety. O’Malley, other CPD leaders, and local politicians spoke Wednesday evening on a Zoom meeting organized by East Lakeview Neighbors (ELVN). In another highlight, State Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (6th) told participants that she is working on a “pack of bills” to address concerns with the state’s year-old, 600-plus page justice reform legislation.

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) chapter in Washington, D.C., criticized the media's response to a police officer shot and wounded Sunday in the city, claiming officers are automatically treated as "heroes," Fox News reported Monday. A suspect is still at large after firing on officers in Petworth, the Metropolitan Police Department said. An officer shot in the incident suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. "Let's not jump to conclusions," the group replied sarcastically in a Twitter thread on Sunday to news of the shot officer. "Let's wait till we have all the information (isn't that what y'all tell us). Oh...

Two New York City police officers were struck in a shooting in Harlem Friday night, days after a 16-year-old boy allegedly shot another officer in the Bronx, according to authorities. An NYPD spokesperson confirmed that two officers had been shot near 119 West 135th Street in the NYPD’s 32nd Precinct but said their conditions were not immediately available. They were rushed to Harlem Hospital. Multiple police sources told Fox News Digital that both officers have died. The suspect's condition was not immediately clear, but he may have turned the gun on himself. Authorities could not immediately confirm his injuries.

Tens of thousands of police officers were deployed to China’s Xi’an where public anger has exploded among the city’s 13 million residents who were left bargaining and bartering for essential foodstuffs amid ongoing food shortages, as the city entered its 13th day of lockdown amid a wave of COVID-19 cases. As some people took to social media to appeal for assistance as their food supplies ran low, or they were unable to access medical care, others started local trading networks in residential compounds to try to meet each other’s needs through bartering. “Everything is getting bartered in Xi’an,” a resident...

Cops in New York City were called to a Brooklyn corner after a mob swarmed a spot where the city was giving out free at-home COVID-19 tests. According to the New York Post, on Friday, "tempers flared as the larger-than-expected crowd descended on Flatbush and Church avenues, one of five spots in the Big Apple where city health officials were doling out tests amid a surge in demand over the holidays and lack of supply." "We've opened new city-run testing sites in all five boroughs and have been handing out at-home #COVID19 tests to those waiting in line," Mayor Bill...

A Los Angeles detective has warned against people visiting the city due to rising crime rates while adding that police are unable to guarantee their safety. “We’re telling people don’t visit because we don’t think we can keep you safe right now. And that’s just sad to say,” Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detective Jamie McBride told Fox News on Tuesday. McBride blamed Governor Gavin Newsom, L.A. County DA George Gascon, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for propagating the Proposition 47 bill that has led to such a situation. “How did we get here? The ACLU advocated for...