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TheCatt wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 3:08 pm JFC

A police officer had the Uvalde school shooter in his rifle sight before the gunman entered Robb Elementary School but didn’t fire because he believed he needed permission to take the shot, a report found.
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“The [Uvalde police] officer, armed with a rifle, asked his supervisor for permission to shoot the suspect. However, the supervisor either did not hear or responded too late,” the report said. The officer turned to get confirmation from his supervisor, according to the report, but by the time he turned back, the suspect had entered the building’s hallway.

Instead, the committee found that the officer was aiming at a school coach helping students get out of harm's way and that the cop mistaking the coach for the suspect had requested permission to pull the trigger from his sergeant, who hesitated when he saw children in the line of fire, according to the committee.

The initial account that the officer had an opportunity to shoot the gunman outside the school -- widely covered by news media outlets, including ABC News -- was part of an assessment of the police response made public on July 6 by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University in San Marcos.

Leisher wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 5:58 pm How many other cop shops are run like Uvalde? Probably a lot more than what the government wants you top think. This is thanks to terrible hiring practices and chiefs that are politicians and not cops.

'You have no right to judge my son': Uvalde shooter's mom to victim's family

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 10:45 am 'You have no right to judge my son': Uvalde shooter's mom to victim's family