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Mom of Texas school massacre victim is told her daughter could have lived after being shot through the back but she bled out in the 40 minutes it took for cops to storm classroom - as DOJ launches probe into police response
Daily Mail ^ | 5/29/22 | Natasha Anderson and Jennifer Smith, Chief Reporter For Dailymail.Com

Posted on 05/29/2022 2:15:52 PM PDT by conservative98

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To: Nifster

It was probably very obvious. Dead body in the middle of a large pool of blood. They were shot, incapacitated and bled until they died. Earlier intervention would have most likely been beneficial.


61 posted on 05/29/2022 5:04:33 PM PDT by Delta 21 (It started as a virus, and mutated into an IQ test.)
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To: conservative98

This is a brutal meme of what happened!

https://preview.redd.it/t343z4sst4291.jpg?auto=webp&s=579b87e3cdfc53052fd4a6a04c1c51ffaca59c2d


62 posted on 05/29/2022 5:17:47 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (http://montypython.50webs.com/scripts/Life_of_Brian/8.htm)
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To: conservative98

The thin blue line has most likely been “vaporized”.
Standing down and letting the communists burn our cities to the ground was bad enough.
Standing down and letting them murder our children is way over the top.


63 posted on 05/29/2022 5:27:36 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: dfwgator

“Mistakes were made” BULLSHIT!!!! COWARDICE WAS ON DISPLAY!

If their pathetic lives are so GODDAMNED IMPORTANT to them, they should never have been RENTACOPS TO BEGIN WITH!!!!


64 posted on 05/29/2022 6:52:51 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: conservative98

If you’re shot, the earlier you get medical care the more likely you will survive.

What is the problem with this contention?


65 posted on 05/29/2022 6:55:06 PM PDT by nicollo
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Saying things like this is just hating on our hero cops who did not get injured on this day.

And to top it all off, they prevented people (parents) that were willing to run in there to save lives.

66 posted on 05/29/2022 6:56:54 PM PDT by voicereason (The RNC is like the "one-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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To: blueunicorn6

Because 99.999998 % of teachers vote for democrats, the only one I know who voted for TRUMP is my wife.

And I know probably 2000 to 2500 teachers.


67 posted on 05/29/2022 6:58:55 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

YUP; that pretty much describes the the Uvalde school district police.


68 posted on 05/29/2022 7:10:15 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: conservative98

My son, Justin, is a student at Timberview High School. On October 6, 2021, a student pulled out a gun and shot 4 people.

At 9:21 AM I received a text message from him that a teacher was shot and they were in lockdown.

I immediately called him. I told him to silence his phone and text me so that I could hear what was happening and he would not give his position away. From that point forward, we spoke in whispers. When he fell silent, he texted and I listened.

I had just started as the VP of a branch of a national company and had to pull myself together, lock my personal shit down, and keep calm for my son. As I explained what was happening to HR and the team, it gave me a few moments to compose before I jumped into my car and drove like a NASCAR monster to my son an hour away.

At 10:04, the text messages show that he thought he was hearing gunshots. Through the speaker in my car, cranked to 40 so I could hear everything, it sounded like booms. As it had several times before when I was in life or death situations, everything started moving in slow motion.

I whispered I love you to him more times in that hour than I had in an entire year.

Thankfully, it was the police clearing the hallways.

Nothing will crush your soul faster than having your child whisper that he does not want to die like this and you are helpless to do anything about it. His urgent plea was so haunting I memorialized it in a text to my sister that day. I think on it when I get frustrated that he didn’t finish his chores or when he stays up too late on his videos games. It tempers my pique.

It was a full 40 minutes from the time it started to the time help reached my son’s classroom. The shooter had already fled.

Only my prior experience in risk management and several life/death situations (including an active shooter situation in 2019) helped me stay focused.

In between I love yous, I did two important things: first, I asked my son what room he was in, continued to ask questions so I could gather information, assured him and his friends that help was coming and to stay alert. Second, I gave him pointers on how to survive (block the door, cover the windows, barricade if possible, look for weapons, if breached, throw objects and then rush the shooter with anything you can use as a sheild). My son has been to the range and knows how to handle a weapon. If he got his hands on it, he would have known how to shoot it.

No one knows how they will respond in the event of a true crisis until they are in it. By providing him with instructions, I increased his chances for survival by 50%.

If the Uvelde police let the parents in and they had been killed, there would have been lawsuits galore. Confusing desperate parents with a potential accomplice could lead to a lot more injured or dead. I’m not saying I agree with it, but I understand it.

As it is, the police did not follow protocol. They are supposed to neutralize the threat as quickly as possible. Standing around with their d!cks in their hands for almost an hour is not acceptable.

My boy is home safe tonight. For those 19 families, life will never be the same. My family knows the pain of burying a child. It never leaves you.

You can help you children survive by training them to be a survivor. Prepare them for emergencies. Teach them about situational awareness. Even just talking through scenarios provides their brains with instructions on how to survive, so that they do not freak out or panic should danger come near. Their brain can latch onto those conversations and respond quickly. The faster your response rate, the greater your chances for survival.

Obviously, those innocent little angels did not stand a chance through no fault of their own or their parents. The monster was already in the gates. The system set up to protect them failed.

Last, but not least, never EVER give up your guns. The system will not protect you. It is up to you to ensure that you and your family survive.


69 posted on 05/29/2022 8:40:29 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....!)
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To: voicereason

You can not get more heroic then that.


70 posted on 05/29/2022 9:01:50 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: ought-six

Yes. Sir. They are all business. And then they quietly leave.

Don’t think they ever play press games.


71 posted on 05/29/2022 9:02:13 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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