{"id":1558529,"date":"2022-07-17T16:19:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T20:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1558529"},"modified":"2022-07-17T16:19:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T20:19:17","slug":"egregious-poor-decision-making-nearly-400-cops-gathered-at-uvalde-school-before-anyone-did-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/egregious-poor-decision-making-nearly-400-cops-gathered-at-uvalde-school-before-anyone-did-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Egregious Poor Decision Making\u2019: Nearly 400 Cops Gathered At Uvalde School Before Anyone Did Anything"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fegregious-poor-decision-making-nearly-400-cops-gathered-at-uvalde-school-before-anyone-did-anything%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=1558529&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>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/static.texastribune.org\/media\/files\/d005cf551ad52eea13d8753ede93320c\/Uvalde%20Robb%20Shooting%20Report%20-%20Texas%20House%20Committee.pdf?_ga=2.216812497.696777951.1658086082-733005564.1658086082\">new report<\/a> released Sunday, almost 400 officers were gathered outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, before anyone attempted to breach the school and take down the shooter who had barricaded himself inside.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/07\/17\/law-enforcement-failure-uvalde-shooting-investigation\/\">report<\/a>, compiled by a Texas House Committee, detailed a series of missteps on a number of fronts \u2014 from the shooter\u2019s family failing to identify warning signs to the school\u2019s apparent habit of leaving doors unlocked or propped open \u2014 but the strongest condemnation was reserved for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/they-couldve-been-shot-texas-cop-explains-why-police-waited-to-enter-uvalde-school\/\">law enforcement officers<\/a> who arrived on the scene and then waited to act for over an hour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety,\u201d the report read, openly criticizing law enforcement for failing to act in the face of a clear emergency \u2014 and making it clear that the biggest failure had not been in a lack of manpower or equipment but a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/of-course-it-was-not-the-right-decision-dps-director-says-cops-should-have-charged-uvalde-school\/\">lack of leadership<\/a> and communication at a critical moment.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New report blasts &#8220;systemic failures and egregious poor decision making&#8221; from multiple people during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Uvalde?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Uvalde<\/a> shooting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bfgvx0gasO\">pic.twitter.com\/bfgvx0gasO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VAKruta\/status\/1548758570241560578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MSNBC host and Politico White House Bureau Chief Jonathan Lemire shared the report\u2019s assessment on Sunday afternoon, tweeting, \u201cReport: Findings reveal nearly 400 officers were at Uvalde elementary school as police waited to confront gunman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UVALDE, Texas (AP) \u2014 Report: Findings reveal nearly 400 officers were at Uvalde elementary school as police waited to confront gunman.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonLemire\/status\/1548731244099371021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While much of the heat in the wake of the shooting has been directed at local authorities \u2014 Uvalde school district officers and local sheriff\u2019s deputies \u2014 the report indicated that the overwhelming majority of responders on the scene had been state police officers (91) and U.S. Border Patrol agents (149). The remainder were\u00a0U.S. Marshals, federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) officers, and local authorities from neighboring counties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese local officials were not the only ones expected to supply the leadership needed during this tragedy. Hundreds of responders from numerous law enforcement agencies \u2014 many of whom were better trained and better equipped than the school district police \u2014 quickly arrived on the scene,\u201d the committee wrote, adding that any one of those other officers \u201ccould have helped to address the unfolding chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report was authored by three committee members \u2014Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock; Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso and former state Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman \u2014 with the stated goal of creating a comprehensive enough account to aid in making new policies that might stop such a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/its-about-the-parents-of-those-children-forget-about-me-dps-chief-breaks-down-when-reporter-asks-how-hes-doing\/\">horrific tragedy<\/a> from happening again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee issues this interim report now, believing the victims, their families, and the entire Uvalde community have already waited too long for answers and transparency,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new report released Sunday, almost 400 officers were gathered outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, before anyone attempted to breach the school and take down the shooter who had barricaded himself inside. 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