The biggest sin in what happened in Texas is that an 18-year-old man with a murder in his heart broke into a public school and shot and killed 19 children and two teachers. What the police did is a big shock – their incompetence at the scene and outright lies afterwards. This aspect has stunned the American people.
Uvalde was not an “apparent law-enforcement failure”. It is the largest law-enforcement scandal since George Floyd, and therefore the largest in US history. The children, some had already been shot, some not, were trapped in adjacent classrooms. There were 19 policemen gathered just outside the hall. The Washington Post’s timeline shows the killer walking into classrooms: “The attack lasted so long, witnesses said, that the gunman had time to taunt his victims before they were even killed, one student told CNN. Also inserted songs described as ‘I-want’ – music that makes people die.’ ,
opinion | Uvalde Police Case
The biggest sin in what happened in Texas is that an 18-year-old man with a murder in his heart broke into a public school and shot and killed 19 children and two teachers. What the police did is a big shock – their incompetence at the scene and outright lies afterwards. This aspect has stunned the American people.
Uvalde was not an “apparent law-enforcement failure”. It is the largest law-enforcement scandal since George Floyd, and therefore the largest in US history. The children, some had already been shot, some not, were trapped in adjacent classrooms. There were 19 policemen gathered just outside the hall. The Washington Post’s timeline shows the killer walking into classrooms: “The attack lasted so long, witnesses said, that the gunman had time to taunt his victims before they were even killed, one student told CNN. Also inserted songs described as ‘I-want’ – music that makes people die.’ ,