Uvalde police officer had gunman in his rifle sights before he entered school
BY PGF
1 year, 9 months ago
Generally, conspiracy theories are a waste of time. But, with this report, one has to wonder if the government sat down and said; let’s gin up a grand conspiracy and make it public.
A Uvalde, Texas, police officer armed with a rifle spotted the gunman outside of Robb Elementary School before he entered the building and asked his supervisor for permission to shoot, but the supervisor either didn’t hear the request or didn’t respond in time, allowing the suspect to enter the school, according to a report released Wednesday by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center (ALERRT).
So wait, the cops were already there? Having seen a few timelines around the web, carefully considered, I thought, that can’t be what happened! But, maybe it can be?
The gunman would go on to murder 19 children and two teachers before a Border Patrol tactical team eventually breached the classroom and took him out over 70 minutes later, a delay that has been sharply criticized by lawmakers, state law enforcement officials, and the Uvalde community.
Why didn’t he take the shot?
It’s unclear why the initial Uvalde police officer did not immediately fire at the gunman, who had already started shooting into classrooms as he walked along the perimeter of the school.
Again, what were police doing there, and why didn’t the officer take the shot?
On July 7, 2022 at 9:35 pm, George said:
There sure has been a lot of smoke and mirrors regarding this incident.
Lots of unanswered questions. Lots.
On July 7, 2022 at 11:03 pm, luke2236 said:
Whats the difference between a conspiracy theory and Fact?
Oh…its down to about 3 weeks now…
On July 8, 2022 at 7:19 am, Okanogan Offgrid said:
There are NO good cops.
On July 8, 2022 at 8:04 am, Nosmo said:
Greg Ellifritz, at his web site, mentioned this and reported “the officer did not take the shot because he was afraid of missing the shooter and striking one of the children who were in the line of fire beyond the shooter.”
That’s a valid concern but…Ellifritz – a retired 22-year cop from Ohio who has run his own firearms and self defense training organization for years – points out two things: First, if the cop missed the shooter, or over-penetrated the shooter, and struck a child he would be excoriated by the media and his agency management and quite probably wind up not just losing his career but also with a long prison term, and; this highlights the training inadequacies in law enforcement generally, in that the cop did not have the confidence in his equipment and abilities to make the shot.
Ellifritz pointed out that had the cop taken the shot and failed he was doomed; by doing nothing he was golden, protected by agency policy. The cop in question in this case was making a wise career decision – he would suffer no consequence for the resultant 19 deaths but would have suffered severely had he made the attempt and his skills been found wanting.
I’ll agree that should he have made the attempt and injured or killed a child the furor would be extreme, regardless of any success in stopping the shooter, and in that event so would the consequences, but in the absence of action with potential consequences the truly responsible parties – agency management, training staff, federal and state authorities responsible for establishing officer performance requirements and confirming continued compliance with those requirements, media whose only interest is being “firstest and loudest” – are just as guilty of promoting the inaction. None of them will suffer in the slightest.
Such is, very unfortunately, not true for the citizens and families involved.
On July 8, 2022 at 8:13 am, Bill Buppert said:
I’m very skeptical of this. On an ordinary day (before it becomes a shooting incident), a cop is in a static position with his rifle aimed (sights optic or irons) at the door of a school b/c they have identified a man entering the school with a gun(s)? He has a rifle trained on a school entry portal that children are passing through? The cops have an active perimeter watch on the school daily monitoring the entries and exits?
Uvalde simply demonstrated who the coproaches really work for…
On July 8, 2022 at 9:27 am, Paul B said:
Something smells bad here.
On July 8, 2022 at 7:05 pm, Longbow said:
Asked permission from his supervisor?
Let me guess… he was probably asking, “Yo, Lootinnant, is this guy part of the drill?”