Uvalde city officials avoid handing over police records on school massacre

Uvalde city officials are trying to keep records on the Texas school district's police response and the police chief of the school massacre on May 24 that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The reason for holding back the records that were requested by the media may have something to do with the fact that it took 77 minutes before the shooter was neutralized even while shooting inside a classroom while the police waited, for some reason.

Lawyers hired by the city wrote to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, giving 52 reasons why they should not have to go along with "numerous" requests for the truth under Texas' sunshine laws. But there are 21 reasons why they should, and they all have names.

The proverbial excrement hit the fan when it was revealed that Uvalde's police chief Pete Arrendondo, had his gaggle of cops go in after the gunman as he was behind a closed door shooting kids while dozens of officers stayed safe in the hallway hoping he would stop shooting them.

The New York Post requested the audio from the 911 calls, some made by terrified students, as the killer entered the Robb Elementary School. Other media outlets requested records related to Arrendondo.

The city lawyers' letter asked AG Paxton to rule on whether the information requested by media outlets is "excepted from disclosure under the Public Information Act." After all, the city doesn't want to embarrass the cops nor Arrendondo. 

Not-so Fun Fact: the mother of one of the children tried to enter the school but was stopped and temporarily handcuffed by the police who were nowhere near the 'danger zone.'

"The City claims that the requested information is not information that is collected, assembled, or maintained under a law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by a governmental body or for a governmental body or is excepted from disclosure," the letter, signed by attorney Cynthia Trevino, said.

Arredondo has received the brunt of the blame, for some reason, of the cowardly police response to the shooting after he moronically ordered law enforcement to try talking it out with the gunman while he was busy pulling the trigger. It was almost an hour before a group, comprised mostly of US Border Patrol agents, to go against Arrendondo's orders, and stormed into the classroom, killing the scumbag.

And the Left demonizes the US Border Patrol.

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Valdez Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell refused to reveal last week whether Arredondo was still employed by the city because he was embarrassed to do so. The Uvalde Chief of Police has kept a low profile out of fear. people will say mean things to him and make him feel unsafe.

Question: How many Uvalde police officers  does it take to change a lightbulb?

Answer: None. They'll wait for the US Border Patrol to change it for them.

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