Chris Hayes Slams Texas Cops Who Stood By as 19 Kids Were Murdered: ‘Police Utterly Failed’ (Video)
thewrap.comdetained, harassed and even arrested parents who begged them to save their kids. They also, supposedly, prevented federal law enforcement officers from going in.Worse, they appear to have later gathered outside of the classroom where the shooter was holed up, doing nothing.
All the while, for almost an hour, children who hadn’t yet been killed by the gunman were desperately, and repeatedly, calling 911 begging for help.
It’s almost certain now that their refusal to act likely increased the number of dead children — at least half of the class taken hostage by the shooter was still alive when 911 calls started.
And these cops are still claiming they didn’t think it was an active shooter situation.Making it worse, the excuse these officers are hiding behind is that — and we swear this is not a joke — they were scared they might get shot.
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