Posted on 05/30/2022 11:02:51 PM PDT by conservative98
The school police chief faulted for having officers stay back during a gunman's deadly siege at a campus in Uvalde, Texas, last week is free to take his elected seat on the City Council, the mayor said Monday.
Peter Arredondo, the chief of police for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, was said to be the incident commander who ordered officers to remain outside during the more-than-hourlong siege at Robb Elementary School last week.
Despite the ultimate presence of city, state and federal law enforcement officers who presumably could have pulled rank and assumed command, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said it was Arredondo's decision alone to await more resources for what he believed was a barricaded suspect.
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Arredondo was elected May 7 to one of five council seats by getting 126 votes, more than two-thirds of the total in the city of more than 15,000. He was scheduled to be sworn in Tuesday, but Mayor Don McLaughlin said the event was being postponed so the city's focus can remain on survivors.
Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News in a story published May 12 that he was anticipating the additional role.
“I’m very excited, I am ready to hit the ground running," the chief is quoted as saying. "I have plenty of ideas, and I definitely have plenty of drive."
McLaughlin said in a statement Monday: "There is nothing in the City Charter, Election Code, or Texas Constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office. To our knowledge, we are currently not aware of any investigation of Mr. Arredondo."
Arredondo, facing questions about the wait that may have affected survival for those struck by gunfire, hasn't responded to requests for comment since he provided the news media with initial information about the tragedy May 24.
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The town doesn’t care, I don’t care.
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This.
I’m done giving one care in the world if the people actually being effected directly she that they don’t really care.
Fine, swear him in. And then the city council should unanimously vote him out. Done....
Now that he’s proven himself by a willingness to sacrifice children to further the gun grabber agenda, the deep state will reward him with political success far beyond just the city council.
While his house has armed taxpayer paid security on his ass 24-7.
I can’t post what I’d do.
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Related...
https://nitter.net/ByMikeBaker/status/1530357140191186944
Mike Baker’s nitter thread detailing the violations of the active-shooter protocol.
This is good news!!!!
As an elected member of the city council, he is subject to recall...
Just do it
The swearing in has been canceled.
A few local dads ought to tar and feather that sob.
His reward? He was elected to the position.
They care. They’ve been trying to stop the swearing in. They succeeded.
Beto supporter Chief - soaked in the ‘de-fund police/WOKE’ anti-cop BS’ chooses NOT to risk death as his duty - “Isn’t believing in the WOKE agenda enough”? says the Chief.
Social breakdown.
His duty to the elite agenda doesn’t include dying for the lives of poor children.
Beto supporter Chief - soaked in the ‘de-fund police/WOKE’ anti-cop BS’ chooses NOT to risk death as his duty - “Isn’t believing in the WOKE agenda enough”? says the Chief.
Social breakdown.
His duty to the elite agenda doesn’t include dying for the lives of poor children.
As the social contract breakdown becomes common, more innocents will die, more cops will quit, or fail, more excuses will be made, heavier pressure will be applied... rinse and repeat. New totalitarian pressures will be needed and added...
The problem the DOJ will miss? It’s too easy for greedy white liberal elites to destroy a decent traditional culture that works... Bottomless greed - selfishness ...
This cop should be fired... and Beto should lose soundly,.And ‘elites’ should step up to meet their part of the social contract.
Ooh, that’s harsh.
Applicable, but harsh. Congrats. :)
Mixed feelings on this. Only, ONLY, because he did admit that the decision to hold was a bad decision and was his.
When was the last time any piece of commie trash admitted to any mistake (even by another piece of trash)?
“There is nothing in the City Charter, Election Code, or Texas Constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office.”
Nothing except the family of the kids he helped murder.
Actually there isn’t a lot of diversity in that town—nearly 100% Latino I think.
126 votes is more than 2/3 of 15,000?
I have done accounting for 65 years.
Doesn’t make sense.
Related...
https://nitter.net/ByMikeBaker/status/1530357140191186944
Mike Baker’s nitter thread detailing the violations of the active-shooter protocol.
“elected”
do you really need that explained?
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