Posted on 05/31/2022 12:31:57 PM PDT by lightman
The police chief of the school district in Texas where a mass shooting at an elementary school took place on May 24 can assume the City Council seat to which he was previously elected, according to the city’s mayor.
Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arrendondo was elected to the Uvalde City Council about two weeks before the shooting. He received 126 votes, or 69 percent of the total, in the election.
“There is nothing in the City Charter, Election Code, or Texas Constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office,” Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said in a statement to news outlets on May 30. “To our knowledge, we are currently not aware of any investigation of Mr. Arredondo.”
However, Arredondo, who told a local paper after being elected that he was “very excited” to take on the new role, will have to wait.
The swearing-in ceremony was scheduled for Tuesday but is being postponed due to the first funerals of those who died in the attack on Robb Elementary School.
“Our focus on Tuesday is on our families who lost loved ones,” McLaughlin said. “We begin burying our children tomorrow, the innocent victims of last week’s murders at Robb Elementary School. The special City Council meeting will not take place as scheduled.”
McLaughlin did not say when the rescheduled ceremony would take place.
The law enforcement response to the shooting has become heavily scrutinized after it was revealed that officers, after entering the building, waited about 45 minutes to breach the classroom in which the shooter was killing students and teachers.
Arredondo, according to Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw, was in charge of the response and chose not to have the officers immediately breach the classroom.
He said Arredondo, who has not spoken to reporters since the revelation, made the choice because he thought the situation was a barricaded suspect, not an active shooter one.
That wasn’t true, though. Multiple 911 calls made from the classroom as officers stood outside showed that children were still alive. At least one of the callers survived, McCraw said.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced over the weekend that it is probing the response.
“The goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events,” Anthony Coley, a spokesman for the department, said in a statement.
McLaughlin requested the probe.
The mayor said Monday that he cannot change Arredondo joining the City Council and that he does not want to intervene.
“I mean, he was duly elected, and that’s something Pete and, I’m sure, the people in his district will come to terms with,” McLaughlin said.
Whoa! Dont rush him. He will need at least 60 minutes, maybe 90.
First, there should be no “good news” for this idiot.
Second, he’s not “embattled”, he’s incompetent.
When Democrats stir corruption and affirmative action appointments together, you sometimes get 19 murdered children.
Not that I think the DOJ will give an unbiased and impartial investigation, everything at this point is alleged wrong doing.
Given that, the guy was elected.
Democrats elect POS all the time.
“There is nothing in the City Charter, Election Code, or Texas Constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office”
Because shame is a realization unknown to the communists, and courage is a quality unknown to republicans.
Paintball?
The Mayor may want to ban Twinkies sales in town for a while....
:-)
(For those who don’t remember: https://www.famous-trials.com/danwhite/588-defense)
Perfect representation of what is wrong in this culture...
He should be run out of town and be happy if
he survives.
Pete Arredondo: “the Scott Israel of the Southwest”.
fixed it
The police chief in the town north of me is running for State Delegate. The lunatic asylum they call the General Assembly only does damage, I mean meets 90 days a year so it’s considered a part time job.
I had a very long conversation with her the other day and came away impressed.
It’s pretty telling that the door-propping teacher hasn’t “done the right thing” by now...
“It’s pretty telling that the door-propping teacher hasn’t “done the right thing” by now.”
We can find out the home addresses of all the conservative Supreme Court justices - but NO WAY can we find out the identity of the door-propper.
I'm just sayin'...
the mascot is cute...
CORRECTION: ...the police are only 78 minutes away from letting someone else rescue the children on the other side of a door.
In my past I’ve done things at least as stupid as the door-propper. I bet everyone has. We were just lucky that nothing bad happened.
But don’t forget that the real responsibility lies with the shooter. If not for scum like this and the drug-pushing therapists that enable them none of these precautions would have been necessary.
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