Nearly 400 Cops Failed At Uvalde
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🗓️ 18 July 2022
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Summary
None of the 400 law enforcement officials on location at the Uvalde mass school shooting in May did anything for over an hour to stop the gunman who eventually killed 21 people, mostly children. That’s according to a new report released by Texas officials on Sunday.
Patients around the country are reportedly having medical care delayed or denied over concerns from doctors and hospitals. Those providers fear that treating some pregnancy-related medical emergencies would run afoul of the abortion bans that have gone into effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Show Notes:
- Vote Save America: Fuck Bans Action Plan – https://votesaveamerica.com/roe/
- Texas Tribune: “‘Systemic failures’ in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details” – https://bit.ly/3PCVu7Z
- AP: “Abortion laws spark profound changes in other medical care” – https://bit.ly/3yLpF5W
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, July 18th. I'm Erin Ryan. And I'm Josie Deffy Rice. And this is what a day. |
| 0:11.1 | Shouting out the completionists, we're getting the Nova Vax vaccine after already receiving doses |
| 0:15.6 | of the big three. I feel like there are so many vaccines to choose from now. It's like why not just |
| 0:21.2 | build a walk-in closet in your immune system with room enough to accommodate all of them. |
| 0:31.1 | On today's show, there are new reports of doctors around the country refusing to provide medical |
| 0:35.7 | care out of fear of violating abortion bans. Plus, a congressional climate bill goes up in flames |
| 0:41.6 | because of Joe Manchin. Shocking. But first, almost 400 police officers and other law enforcement |
| 0:47.6 | officials were on location at the Uvaldee Mass shooting in May, according to a new report that |
| 0:52.2 | Texas officials released yesterday. But for over an hour, as the gunman killed 21 people, |
| 0:58.8 | including 19 children, none of those 400 officers did anything to stop him. Oh my god. |
| 1:04.6 | I know. It's unbelievable. How does the story keep getting worse? Every new thing. It's terrible. |
| 1:12.0 | Josie, tell me more about this report. Yeah, it's actually just so depraved on every level. So |
| 1:17.1 | this is an 80-page report. It's technically a preliminary report and it was released by the |
| 1:21.5 | Texas House Investigative Committee yesterday. It contains a number of devastating, if not particularly |
| 1:27.1 | surprising findings, such as that, quote, no one assumed command despite scores of officers |
| 1:33.3 | being on the scene, and that the head of a border patrol tactical team waited for a bullet-proof |
| 1:38.4 | shield and classroom master key, which likely wasn't even necessary. Also, the report makes clear that |
| 1:44.8 | it wasn't just the local Uvaldee police who failed that day. So, in fact, most of the 400 cops on |
| 1:49.8 | site weren't actually local police at all. 149, or from the U.S. Border Patrol, 14 from the Department |
| 1:56.8 | of Homeland Security, and 91 from the Texas Department of Public Safety. The report found that, quote, |
| 2:02.1 | the entirety of law enforcement and its training, preparation, and response shares systemic |
| 2:06.9 | responsibility for many missed opportunities. There's useless. And then there's like worse than |
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