Amid revelations by Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Chris Olivarez that nearly ninety minutes passed between the arrival of Uvalde Police to Robb Elementary School and the death of demented gunman Salvador Ramos, Texas Representative Joaquin Castro (D) is calling for a full FBI investigation into law enforcement’s response to the mass shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
Criticism of the police has been steadily mounting as videos of frantic parents begging police officers to act have gone viral.
As BizPac Review reported, Olivarez told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that officers didn’t want to encounter the gunman without backup because “they could’ve been shot,” sparking outrage from all sides of the political spectrum. Desperate parents were reportedly handcuffed, pepper-sprayed, and tased for trying to take matters into their own hands.
Representative Castro took to Twitter Thursday to call out the inconsistencies in the Uvalde timeline.
“State authorities have provided the public with conflicting accounts of how the tragedy in Uvalde unfolded,” he tweeted. “I’m calling on the @FBI to use their maximum authority to investigate and provide a full report on the timeline, the law enforcement response and how 21 Texans were killed.”
State authorities have provided the public with conflicting accounts of how the tragedy in Uvalde unfolded. I’m calling on the @FBI to use their maximum authority to investigate and provide a full report on the timeline, the law enforcement response and how 21 Texans were killed.
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) May 26, 2022
“The people of Uvalde, of Texas, and of the nation deserve an accurate account of what transpired,” Castro wrote in a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray. “However, state officials have provided conflicting accounts that are at odds with those provided by witnesses, including: Whether the school security officer and the gunman exchanged fire outside the school; [and] How long law enforcement officers were in adjoining classrooms while the gunman barricaded himself in a classroom with students and teachers.”
“Moreover,” Castro continued, “a block of time between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. local time has yet to be fully accounted for. Onlookers allege that parents unsuccessfully urged law enforcement to enter the building during this time and confront the shooter.”
“I urge the FBI to use its maximum authority to thoroughly examine the timeline of events and the law enforcement response and to produce a full, timely, and transparent report on your findings,” he concluded. “Your agency must ensure that the American people have a complete and comprehensive account of how this tragedy occurred.”
Asked if President Biden would support such an investigation, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre suggested that POTUS is waiting on “more details.”
“The president — we’ve been watching the reporting on this — the president has the utmost respect, as you all know, for the men and women of law enforcement… I know that right now authorities are working to piece together more details of what happened so we won’t prejudge the results from here,” she said.
‘We won’t prejudge the results…it is always a good idea to look back and try to find any lessons we can learn,’ said press sec Karine Jean-Pierre when asked about the WH’s view on the police response to the Uvalde shooting pic.twitter.com/OIJWUxjtX1
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 26, 2022
In a Thursday press conference, Department of Public Safety South Texas Regional Director Victor Escalon stated that Ramos did not encounter law enforcement prior to entering the school.
“He walked in unobstructed initially,” Escalon said. “He was not confronted by anybody. Four minutes later, law enforcement are coming in to solve this problem.”
When asked why so much time elapsed before the shooter was stopped and whether more lives could have been saved with more aggressive actions, Escalon stressed that more officers still needed to be interviewed before that determination could be made.
“There are a lot of possibilities, there was numerous officers at that classroom,” he said. “Once we interview all those officers and find out what they were thinking, we’ll have a better idea.”
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Bottom line here as I see it ,the local key stone cops screwed up royally.
Costing the school children Their lives.
You say the FBI are looking into this , that’s laughable .
With their track record ?
I believe that this was all planned to divert attention of the mess fjbiden
Has put the USA into a free fall and the mid term elections .
My condolences to the families that lost a child to the senseless crime. I don’t trust that the shooter acted on his own any more than I trust the FBI to identify what took place and tell the public the truth! The police officers who stood down while children were shot to death in cold blood are equally as culpable as the shooter himself! Who stands by while children are being shot and killed in cold blood? This appears to be sinister plan that involved more than one man!
What does it matter if stupid Biden has any say in this event? The FBI is a division of the Dem party but can still investigate major criminal events. Even though any FBI findings will be screened by the Dem party, we still need to identify and charge the Texas officers with criminal negligence. We don’t want cowards in law enforcement! Children bled to death for 45 minutes while the cowards waited outside…
Yes the police chief fkr needs to be fired .
I personally would like 5 minutes with him myself if I lost my child that day .
And it would not be pretty .
FBI. ?????????
Are you fkn serious?
I would not trust these proven corrupt clowns as far as I can spit .
They have lied ,covered up the facts , the truth to many times .
I understand this democrat’s feelings, but I’m not sure the FBI can be trusted to “investigate” anything these days!
Investigate THIS- Why weren’t PREVENTION actions done?
> Unauthorized people not allowed in schools
> No guns for teachers the schools to Defend students
> Teacher Unions and School Board not acting safely
> No Identification of mentally ill
Oh. ‘Libbys Can Not Recognize Common Sense’
And who will investigate the FBI?
FBI KGB.
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The FBI is being proven to be so corrupt they should not be allowed to investigate anything. A better choice might be the Texas Rangers.
The FBI…The deep state owned and operated sycophants, who most likely set-up this
false flag operation. Been caught in the so-called Whitmer kidnapping, why wouldn’t
they stage this to create the ‘problem’ with the Second Amendment and in doing so,
provide the deep state with an opportunity to provide a ‘solution’.
They “investigated” the Las Vegas massacre. They never even found a motive.
Calling in the FBI to investigate is like calling in the fox to watch the hen house. My theory is the government is setting up these mass shootings so they can move forward on taking our guns away.
BINGO !!!!!!!!!
This is all a planned diversion for the Mid Terms .
The shootings ?
I would not doubt one minute it was all planned .
People are waking up to your plans you bastard demorats ,rhinos . Gun control restrictions.
Not the gun that kills ,it’s the shooter. You Pricks .
BINGO !!!!
The fbi are Demorat suck ass swamp parasites.
Of course it should be investigated! But he is politically puffing
Are these the same Democrats who have been screaming for defunding and destroying our police departments for social workers? Just curious.