‘Multiple systemic failures’ in Uvalde
Post Reports
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🗓️ 18 July 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Today on “Post Reports,” the most comprehensive report to date on the Uvalde school shooting blames multiple “systemic failures” of law enforcement on the scene.
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On Sunday, a special committee from the Texas House of Representatives released the most exhaustive report yet on the May 24 mass shooting inside a Uvalde, Tex., elementary school.
The mass shooting left 19 children and two teachers dead. The report spread blame on every law enforcement agency responding to the attack, faulting local police for mistakes and more experienced agencies for failing to take charge.
Surveillance video was also released along with the report that showed the gunman entering the school. The video also shows law enforcement outside of the hallway where the shooter is; they appear to be waiting in the hallway for more than an hour.
Texas correspondent Arelis Hernandez has been following the story and explains how the report found “systemic failures and egregious poor decision making” by the nearly 400 members of law enforcement on the scene and why agencies across the board are to blame.
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| 0:00.0 | Over the weekend, a new report was released about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, |
| 0:07.0 | where 19 children and two teachers were killed. |
| 0:10.4 | This report is the most comprehensive to date about what happened on that day in May. |
| 0:16.2 | Along with the report was a surveillance video. |
| 0:19.1 | It shows what happened over the course of more than an hour. |
| 0:22.6 | In the video, you see the gunman, saunter into Rob Elementary School, carrying an AR-15 |
| 0:28.8 | almost casually. |
| 0:30.7 | He enters the school, totally undeterred, and then he walks into a classroom. |
| 0:36.4 | Parts of this video were leaked last week by the Austin American Statesman and KVUE, |
| 0:41.2 | a local TV station. |
| 0:43.2 | In that version, they included the sound of gunshots, but then it cuts to silence. |
| 0:49.2 | There's an editor's note that says the sound of children screaming has been removed. |
| 0:54.8 | Then you see the law enforcement officers enter the hallway. |
| 0:58.4 | Some of them are decked out in gear. |
| 1:00.9 | With firearms and ballistic shields, they look ready for action. |
| 1:05.9 | But the video shows that for more than an hour, they seem to just be waiting. |
| 1:10.0 | At one point, one officer stops to use the hand sanitizer dispenser. |
| 1:14.7 | He rubs his hands together and walks back to his original position. |
| 1:19.5 | And as you're watching this video, seeing these officers in this hallway, there's a part |
| 1:25.4 | of you that hopes that someone will do something sooner. |
| 1:29.3 | That things will turn out differently, even though we know what happens. |
| 1:38.0 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
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