In an age of corporate media punditry where, too often, partisan talking points are veiled as objective facts, the rush to perpetuate a narrative can inadvertently result in key details being overlooked. As such, while the threads of law enforcement and Second Amendment supporter culpability continue to be pulled on, one key element in the Texas school shooting seemingly unexplored caused a great deal of debate Sunday.
Investigators have been regularly updating the timeline from last week when an 18-year-old suspect entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and massacred 19 children and two teachers. While questions linger as to whether authorities waited too long to breach the classroom, few in the public eye have been seeking a response to the report that the point of entry had been a door propped open by a teacher that should have otherwise been locked shut.
Sara Gonzales, BlazeTV host of “The News and Why It Matters,” tweeted out such a question Sunday asking, “It’s been 5 days since the Uvalde tragedy. Has anyone heard why the teacher propped open the door?”
It’s been 5 days since the Uvalde tragedy. Has anyone heard why the teacher propped open the door?
— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) May 29, 2022
In and of itself, the question doesn’t appear to have any partisan leaning and in another time might have been treated as a routine feat of journalism. Instead, the query was received by some as the stirrings of some radical conspiracy theory.
Cause she wanted to let him in… Wtf of course she didn’t want to let him in. It’s hot as hell in TX maybe the AC wasn’t working. There’s a million reasons why and none of them matter frankly.
— GPinTN (@GPinTN1) May 29, 2022
What kind of question is that? Is it a crime to leave a door open for a few minutes? Was such a heinous massacre actually foreseeable from a failure to close a door?
— Luke Ramone (@lukeramone) May 29, 2022
Anyone operating from an objective, fact finding place and not pure emotion understands that the details surrounding HOW THE SHOOTER GOT IN THE BUILDING uh….matter a lot.
— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) May 29, 2022
Gonzales pushed past claims that she was hunting for some point proving detail by explaining that a legitimate investigation was meant to be conducted without a hindrance of emotional bias.
“Anyone operating from an objective, fact finding place and not pure emotion understands that the details surrounding HOW THE SHOOTER GOT IN THE BUILDING uh….matter a lot,” she replied to one detractor on Twitter.
Ironically, while Gonzales was being challenged over seeking the answer to what should have been a basic question, those decrying her fact-finding mission were more than happy to make excuses for what may likely have been a lapse in judgment without any support of their own theories other than emotion.
Because it’s May and all of us do it as we are doing projects or our rooms have no AC and our kids are dying of heat? Why do you care?
— Jessie (@jessie_now22) May 29, 2022
She wanted to let in fresh air?
Too cold in the room?
Too hot in the room?
Lots of reasons people prop doors open, don’t spend so much energy on that, focus more on how an 18yr old got his hands on a killing machine so we won’t have to worry about opening doors for fresh air.— bex0760 🇵🇷 😷 💉 (@bex0760) May 29, 2022
However, not everyone was so dismissive of the question and noted what should have been an obvious conclusion that if the door hadn’t been propped open the suspect’s entry could very well have been impeded long enough for law enforcement to intercede before the tragedy took place.
What good is a security door if you’re going to prop it open?
— David Davidson (@CubanDave87) May 30, 2022
Or maybe if the teacher didn’t prop the door open, the kid may not have been able to get in
— Steelers5821 (@Steelers5821) May 29, 2022
there’s no reason not to answer both questions and the many others
— MayaMaLamaDingDong (@WindyCityTotMom) May 29, 2022
As some astute users pointed out, all questions should be answered to determine what went wrong and the proper course of action that must be taken to prevent similar atrocities.
Reasonable question. Considering the scale of the tragedy, no stone should be left unturned. Who propped it open? Why was it propped open? Was it an aberration for said door to be propped open?
— HGHamptonEsq (@hg_hampton_esq) May 30, 2022
Hours after the initial debate had quieted down, Gonzales followed up her initial question with her assessment of those less than interested in learning all the facts.
Anyone who tells you the details we don’t have on the Uvalde shooting “don’t matter” are not good faith actors and should be treated accordingly.
— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) May 29, 2022
“Anyone who tells you the details we don’t have on the Uvalde shooting ‘don’t matter’ are not good faith actors and should be treated accordingly,” she wrote.
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Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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