{"id":2153048,"date":"2024-01-18T17:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-report-uvalde-shooting-could-have-been-stopped-sooner-cites-unimaginable-horror\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T17:39:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:39:17","slug":"doj-report-uvalde-shooting-could-have-been-stopped-sooner-cites-unimaginable-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-report-uvalde-shooting-could-have-been-stopped-sooner-cites-unimaginable-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ: Uvalde Shooting Could&#8217;ve Been Stopped Earlier, Cites &#8216;Unfathomable Horror"},"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\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a 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<\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril \u200cElfi<\/a><br \/>2:21 PM \u2013 Thursday, January 18, 2024<\/p>\n<p>A Department of Justice report into the shooting at Robb Elementary in \u200c2022 has revealed \u201ccascading failures of leadership\u201d \u200cduring\u2063 the massacre.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday\u2064 morning, the report was released\u2063 describing \u201ccascading failures of leadership\u201d during the attack at the school in Uvalde, Texas and an \u201cunprecedented\u201d level of misinformation in its aftermath.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: A nearly 600 page DOJ report claims Uvalde police\u200c officers did nothing \u200dfor *77 minutes* while\u200c 19 children were \u2063shot dead (Warning: Disturbing audio)<\/p>\n<p>These officers should be in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of hunting down the gunman,\u2062 one officer was seen checking his cell phone while\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qEa5MQbhoj\">pic.twitter.com\/qEa5MQbhoj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg \u2064(@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1748057873052270845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The report found that a \u2064review team that was investigating \u200bthe\u200c fatal shooting \u2064\u201cidentified several critical failures and other breakdowns prior to, during, and after the Robb \u200dElementary School response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the \u200breport, there had been insufficient \u2064planning and students and teachers did\u2064 not have established\u2062 active-shooter protocols. <\/p>\n<p>On May 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022, an 18-year-old gunman \u200bentered Robb Elementary School and killed 19 students and two teachers before police broke through the door and took the gunman\u2019s life.\u2064 It took the responding \u2063state and local police \u2063officers about seventy-seven \u2064minutes \u2064to enter \u2063the classroom and take out the gunman.<\/p>\n<p>The police reaction was scrutinized almost immediately, and a string of falsehoods made by officials in the wake of the shooting exacerbated resentment \u200cin the close-knit community. <\/p>\n<p>After \u2062first applauding the bravery of first responders, state and local\u2063 officials, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw, referred to their performance as an \u201cabject failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe extent of misinformation, misguided and misleading narratives, leaks, and lack of \u2062communication about what happened on May 24<sup>th<\/sup> is unprecedented and has had an extensive, negative impact on the mental health and recovery of\u2063 the\u200c family \u200dmembers and other victims, as well as the entire\u200d community of Uvalde,\u201d \u2063the Justice Department report\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During \u2062a press\u2063 conference, Attorney General \u2062Merrick Garland referred to the officer\u2019s response during the\u2062 shooting\u2062 as a \u201cfailure \u2064that should not have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAs I told families and survivors last night, the department\u2019s review concluded that a series of major failures \u2014 failures and leadership in\u2062 tactics and\u200b communications,\u200b in training \u2062and then\u200d preparedness were made by law enforcement \u2063leaders and others responding to the mass shooting at Robb \u200dElementary,\u201d\u2063 Garland said. \u201cAs a result, 33 students and three of their teachers, many of whom had been shot, were trapped in a room with an active shooter\u200b for over an hour as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-departments-experience-difficulty-combating\/\" title=\"Police departments experience difficulty combating\">law enforcement officials remain<\/a> \u2064outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following the tragic event, the Justice Department launched a \u201cCritical Incident Review\u201d\u2064 and Garland had commissioned\u200b nine \u200dlaw enforcement experts to review the evidence and conduct interviews to craft a \u201ccomplete incident reconstruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This resulted in a 575 page report \u2064about failures \u200bin \u2062the police response, lack of preparation for an \u2063active shooter and misinformation \u200dof\u2064 the aftermath of the shooting. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2064report also\u200b found \u200dthat\u2063 the school and the district were \u201cunprepared\u201d and that most officers \u201clacked specialized, advanced\u2062 training and \u200cpreparation to handle such situations\u201d and the school district had cultivated \u2064\u201ca culture of\u200c complacency regarding locked-door\u200b policies.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201c[Some] families received incorrect information suggesting their family members had survived when they had not,\u201d\u2064 the report noted. \u201cAnd others were notified \u200dof the deaths of their family members by personnel untrained in delivering such news.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is also \u200bwritten that the\u200c most \u201csignificant failure\u201d was the officers who retreated \u2064from the classroom, and treated the gunman as \u200ca\u2062 barricade subject.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe\u200b most significant failure was\u2063 that\u200b responding officers should have immediately\u2064 recognized the incident as an active shooter situation, using the resources and equipment that were sufficient to push forward immediately and continuously toward the threat until\u200c entry was made into classrooms 111\/112 and the threat was eliminated,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even after Uvalde Consolidated \u2062Independent \u2063School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo arrived, the report identified him as the de-facto on-scene commander. <\/p>\n<p>After the initial failure to pursue \u200band confront the shooter, communication breakdowns exacerbated\u2064 the confusion\u2064 on-scene. <\/p>\n<p>According to the report,\u2062 Arredondo \u200b\u201clacked a radio,\u201d having thrown away his \u2063radios upon\u2062 arrival on the grounds that he didn\u2019t need them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cLeadership demonstrated no urgency for establishing a command and control structure, which led to challenges related to information sharing, lack of situational statuses, and limited-to-no direction for personnel \u2063in the hallway\u2064 or on \u2062the perimeter,\u201d the report found. \u201cCounter to well-established active-shooter training methods, Arredondo \u200ddirected officers intending to gain entry into the classrooms to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Joe Biden \u2062responded to the report calling on\u200c Congress to\u200c pass \u201ccommon \u2063sense\u201d gun laws, including background checks, \u200da \u200dnational federal law and a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! \u200cReceive \u200dbreaking \u200dnews blasts directly to your inbox for free.\u200b Subscribe \u200dhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A bipartisan \u200bgroup of lawmakers holds a candlelit vigil for Israel as their war \u2064with\u2062 Hamas \u2064continues. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>California\u2019s Senate Bill 2 designates 26 types of public locations that even concealed-carry permit\u200c holders can\u2019t bring guns. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Donald\u2062 Trump hosts a\u2062 campaign rally in Portsmouth New Hampshire after attending his defamation damages trial in Manhattan. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Millions of people across\u200b the country are dealing with vicious\u2063 winter weather.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Executives at the WEF say they\u200b are\u2062 grappling with how\u2064 to turn early demos \u2064into money-makers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple ended Samsung Electronics\u2019 12-year run as\u200c the largest seller of\u200d smartphones in \u200bthe world.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla\u00a0CEO Elon Musk said he would be uncomfortable growing the automaker to be a leader in AI and robotics without having at least 25% voting control of the company.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google is set to go before \u200ba federal\u2064 jury in Boston on Tuesday \u200cover \u200baccusations that its \u200cprocessors infringe\u2062 a computer\u2062 scientist\u2019s patents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What were the key failures in leadership and communication identified in the Department of Justice report on the shooting at \u200cRobb Elementary?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title:\u2062 Cascading Failures of Leadership\u2064 Revealed in Department of Justice Report on Robb Elementary Shooting<\/p>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>A recent Department \u200dof Justice report on the shooting\u200b at \u200cRobb \u2062Elementary in 2022 has exposed a series of &#8220;cascading failures of leadership&#8221; \u2063during the tragic incident. The\u2062 report highlights \u200bnot only the lack of appropriate response to the\u2064 attack but also unprecedented levels of misinformation in its aftermath. This article examines \u2063the key \u2062findings\u2063 of the report and underscores the importance of\u200d addressing the deficiencies in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-parent-allegedly-engaged-in-serious-physical-altercation-with-teacher-over-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"California Parent Allegedly Engaged In \u2018Serious Physical Altercation\u2019 With Teacher Over Mask Mandate\">school safety protocols<\/a> and law enforcement response.<\/p>\n<p>Insufficient Planning and Lack of Active-Shooter Protocols<\/p>\n<p>The report emphasizes the presence of critical failures and breakdowns in the response to the shooting. \u2064Insufficient planning and the absence of established active-shooter \u2062protocols for students and teachers at Robb\u2063 Elementary rendered them vulnerable to\u200d the attack. The tragedy unfolded on\u2063 May 24th, 2022, when an 18-year-old gunman entered the\u200d school, ultimately resulting \u200cin the death of 19 students \u200band two \u2063teachers. Shockingly, it took approximately 77 minutes for police to enter the classroom and confront the assailant.<\/p>\n<p>The Impact of Misinformation on the Community<\/p>\n<p>In the \u2063aftermath of the \u200cshooting, the community faced a \u2064wave of\u200b misinformation,\u2064 which exacerbated the distress and resentment experienced by the affected families\u2063 and the entire close-knit community of \u2063Uvalde, Texas.\u200c Falsehoods\u2064 propagated by officials initially praising the bravery of first responders were later contradicted, with the Texas Department of Public \u2064Safety Director referring to \u200dtheir performance as an &#8220;abject failure.&#8221; This misinformation had severe repercussions on the mental health\u200b and recovery of the victims&#8217; families and the community as\u2062 a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Failures of Leadership \u200band \u200dCommunication<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland, during a press conference,\u200c spoke \u200babout\u2064 the\u2063 failures in\u2063 leadership, tactics, and communication during the tragic incident \u200dat Robb Elementary. He acknowledged that law enforcement officials and others responding to the shooting made several grave errors leading to the prolonged delay in rescuing the trapped students and teachers. The report highlighted the lack of preparedness, both in the form of \u200bspecialized training for such events and \u2062established\u200d communication protocols, which contributed \u200dto the \u2064tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Critical Incident Review and Need for Reform<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, the \u2062Justice \u2064Department\u2063 initiated a &#8220;Critical \u200bIncident Review&#8221; to thoroughly examine the evidence and conduct interviews in order\u2063 to construct a comprehensive incident reconstruction. The resulting\u200b 575-page report shed light on multiple failures in the police response, the school&#8217;s lack of preparation for an active \u200dshooter situation, and\u2063 the spread of misinformation in the aftermath of the incident. The report also underlined the\u200c absence of specialized training and a complacency \u2064towards\u2064 security protocols within the school district.<\/p>\n<p>Recommendations\u200c and Call for Action<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice \u2062report not only presents a chronological account of the failures but also seeks to identify areas for \u2063improvement\u2062 and reforms. It emphasizes the need\u200b for comprehensive active \u2064shooter\u200c training, effective communication \u200dprotocols, and \u2063a\u200b clear command and control structure during crisis situations. Additionally, the \u2062report raises \u2064the importance of\u200d preventing the dissemination of misinformation and providing appropriate support\u2064 to the victims&#8217; families.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice report on the shooting at Robb Elementary brings to light the \u200ccascading failures of leadership that occurred during the tragic incident. It serves as a reminder of the urgent need to enhance school \u2062safety protocols and improve law enforcement response \u200cto such attacks. \u2063Addressing the deficiencies highlighted \u200bby\u200d the report will\u200c be critical in \u200densuring the\u200b safety \u200band well-being of students \u2064and teachers across the nation, as\u200d well\u200c as fostering a \u2064sense of security \u200cwithin communities affected by\u200c such tragedies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robb Elementary in 2022. 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