{"id":1494774,"date":"2022-05-27T13:44:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T17:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494774"},"modified":"2022-05-27T13:44:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T17:44:44","slug":"its-about-the-parents-of-those-children-forget-about-me-dps-chief-breaks-down-when-reporter-asks-how-hes-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-about-the-parents-of-those-children-forget-about-me-dps-chief-breaks-down-when-reporter-asks-how-hes-doing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s About The Parents Of Those Children, Forget About Me\u2019: DPS Chief Breaks Down When Reporter Asks How He\u2019s Doing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fits-about-the-parents-of-those-children-forget-about-me-dps-chief-breaks-down-when-reporter-asks-how-hes-doing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494774&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw appeared to be choking back tears when, in the middle of a contentious press briefing, someone paused to ask him how he was doing.<\/p>\n<p>McCraw presented the timeline of events that took place on Tuesday, when a gunman entered through a door that someone had left propped open at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. He then barricaded himself in a classroom \u2014 where he killed 19 students and two teachers \u2014 before law enforcement was able to take him down.<\/p>\n<p>He then took a series of questions, most of which were critical of the on-scene commander\u2019s decision to wait for tactical assistance before having officers attempt to breach the classroom and engage the shooter.<\/p>\n<p>But amid the criticisms and the difficult questions, one reporter paused to ask McCraw how he was handling the situation \u2014 and he clearly struggled to keep ahold of his emotion.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;What is on your heart how are you doing?&#8221; one reporter asks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks a lot. Forget how I am doing, it\u2019s about the parents,&#8221; TX DPS Chief Steven McCraw chokes back tears as he answers. &#8220;Forget about me.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0B1wggVieg\">pic.twitter.com\/0B1wggVieg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VAKruta\/status\/1530227765588402177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this may be the most unpopular question here today, what is on your heart? How are you doing?\u201d one CNN reporter asked. \u201cYou\u2019ve been shaking the whole time you\u2019re up there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCraw stepped back from the mic, sniffing and covering his mouth, struggling to keep his emotions in check before he stepped forward again to answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, thanks a lot,\u201d he said, shuffling some papers at the podium. His voice cracked as he answered, \u201cYou know, forget how I am doing, it\u2019s about the parents of those children. Forget about me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t worry about me, or officers and stuff like that, we take an oath to uphold the law and protect people. Anytime something tragic like this happens, we want to know why it happened and if we could do better next time, that\u2019s the bottom line,\u201d McCraw continued. \u201cCall it like it is. It is tragic, quite frankly. There shouldn\u2019t have been anybody killed. Ideally, we\u2019d have been able to prevent it before it \u2014 identify this guy as a suspect and address it before he even thought about attacking on the 24th.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCraw also addressed a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/im-having-flashbacks-parkland-dad-excoriates-uvalde-cops-for-waiting-to-breach-school\/\">criticisms<\/a> during the Friday press conference, saying that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/they-couldve-been-shot-texas-cop-explains-why-police-waited-to-enter-uvalde-school\/\">local law enforcement<\/a> officers were <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/of-course-it-was-not-the-right-decision-dps-director-says-cops-should-have-charged-uvalde-school\/\">wrong<\/a> to treat the situation as a \u201cbarricaded suspect\u201d scenario rather than an \u201cactive shooter\u201d scenario \u2014 and that delaying entry into the school while waiting for tactical teams to arrive was the wrong decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw appeared to be choking back tears when, in the middle of a contentious press briefing, someone paused to ask him how he was doing. 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