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Best Case Worst Case

290 | Uvalde Shooting: A SWAT Perspective

Best Case Worst Case

X-G Productions

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.23.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Retired LAPD SWAT officer Mario Cortez discusses the police response to the Uvalde school shooter with Jim and Francey.

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An hour later after they had tackled here, the Border Patrol finally said,

0:05.0

we're going in and killed the shooter.

0:09.0

I'm finding out that there was a police officer who's wife called him,

0:13.0

who's bleeding out, and he went there and then he was held back.

0:18.0

It's a very difficult thing to do, but this is what you swore to do,

0:23.0

the police draw the fire.

0:37.0

Hello and welcome to Best Case Worst Case.

0:39.0

This is Jim Clemente Retider, B.I. Pro file of former New York City prosecutor

0:42.0

and writer-producer of CBS's Criminal Mind. And with me today is...

0:46.0

Hi everybody, it's Francie Hakes, former state and federal prosecutor Jim.

0:51.0

We have an amazing return guest.

0:54.0

He's one of our favorites, even though I think he's only been on one time.

0:58.0

It's not my fault Mario, just so you know, Jim has kept you off the podcast.

1:02.0

And one of our listeners to know I've been asking for Mario to come back.

1:06.0

And Jim just said no, no, no, but I finally prepared for that.

1:11.0

Oh, Lord, you just think you can get away with anything, don't you?

1:15.0

Totally.

1:16.0

And we're turning, is Mario? Mario? Introduce yourself, yep.

1:22.0

Hi, my name is Mario Cortez, retired LAPD detective sergeant with LAPD SWAT

1:30.0

and also worked probably homicide detectives in various gang units that worked in

1:38.0

came friends with Jim and Tim and Francine with their production company a couple of years ago.

1:45.0

And we're here to kick around the current topics and share some ideas and frustrations.

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