Former APD chief Art Acevedo on police response to Uvalde shooting | KVUE
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Former Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo joined KVUE to add context and perspective as a member of law enforcement to the response to the Uvalde shooting.
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Police are quick to draw their guns when they feel threatened but don't have the guts to stop a gunman from slaughtering innocent children. What a disgrace
Yeah they are really bad people.
Rather broad brush strokes there buddy.
Not all police.......
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Reply they don't even have the guts to defend their actions. The press showed up to their department to ask questions, and they called another department to have them removed. They couldn't even handle that themselves.
The mom who saved an entire classroom of kids and their teacher in direct disobedience to what the police was ordering her to do just to get her two sons out of there while the officers were all just outside posturing with their guns had more bravery than the entire Uvalde PD combined. And then of course, now that the threat has passed, they're now all brave and back to harassing unarmed civilians, threatening the brave mom as if she were a criminal.
It's insane; cops were just outside listening as kids were being shot at and killed. What other job lets you stay even when your inaction directly led to kids dying? Why is this so difficult? Anyone who looks at this knows it's open and shut; these so-called cops are nothing more than manchildren playing at being cops and aren't fit to protect anyone and should be sacked and then charged.
She deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom and TIME Person Of The Year. Can you name anyone more deserving? I can't.
@@rrussell9731 I concur
She never saved a whole classroom
@@Sk8RsFoRLiF3 yeah, I believe she saved her 2 kids and a couple friends
@@Sk8RsFoRLiF3 She saved more than the first ten cops on scene.
BOYS AND GIRLS CALL 911..."SEND THE POLICE!!"...OPERATOR."THE POLICE ARE THERE BUT THEIR LIVES ARE MORE INPORTANT THAN YOURS"....HEARTBEAKING
Thank you for knowing the difference between there and their. I sincerely hope they're all fired and fully prosecuted. 😉
Even if the chief said not to engage at least 1 cop should've had the heart to go in and TRY to stop the killing. That's the problem with police in America. They don't have the guts to do the right thing when they KNOW what's right.
Well Said
Ruiz tried to go in but was stopped and arrested.
They must train with the mindset that everyone is moving in together. When they find that a bunch of them are hanging back, that quickly destabilizes morale. And I bet they were never trained on what to do when your entire squad is cowering in fear. A training program like that would be bad publicity.
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That's the problem with cops in general.
Obedience is not a virtue. And yet its instilled in every government institution. Because if you question the government, then you're no different than a traitor.
I don't see how these officers can live with themselves.
U know they milked that over time …
Republicans have neither shame nor self-awareness.
They're cops. They're used to being cowards and scumbags.
Trust me, their consciences don't bother them a bit.
I do..... The Devil has no conscious.
“Dont worry we’re gonna investigate ourselves” the cops
… “we investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing”… let’s repeat the names again and move on”…
-ACAB
That is the policy. Why don't you get arm self defense
If they were too cowardly to go in they should have at least given the parents who were willing to go the opportunity. Even if just a few lives were saved it would have been better than none. They have no problem kicking people's doors in but couldn't here? I get officers safety against criminals but I would think saving children would be something worth putting your life on the line for. But that's just me.
These cops have 60 bullets for a fleeing black guy but none for a school shooter.
They were detaining parents outside in handcuffs . Made them sit down handcuffed while they were treated like gang members. And made them watch. All the cops should be charged.
I can't imagine the feelings of rage and disgust from the parents who saw their local police stand around for an hour and do nothing. Almost an unbelievable level of incompetence here.
Exactly!!! We feel rage when someone has wronged us, but imagine that rage intensified to the level of infinity. My heart goes out to all of them.
And then allow the chief to become a council member and then retire with benefits!!! No wonder they didn't want recorders in the meeting.
These cops acted as if this was a hostage situation or a negotiation when it was clearly an active shooting. They failed those poor children. Shame on them.
All of those "cops" need to resign/turn in their badges/and/or otherwise give up anything in law enforcement. They have no right to ever hold a position of authority over citizens. They are big and bad only when they deal with unarmed, ordinary law abiding citizens.
Those cops need to be taken off the force and sent to prison.
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@Marie Herald I couldn't agree more.
Agree smh
Family's were willing to go in without armor.
One women named Angelina did go in got her 2 kids out later on police threatening her with arrest to not tell her story of what she did(and what police didn’t do)
Because they were blinded by their emotions. Family's rushing in would have made everything far worse. The cops did the right thing stopping them.
@@johnO21
Who told you this, and why do you believe them?
@@thomasg4324 the local news
@@tylerfreal6472
Oh....the local news says so.
When you know gang members have more balls than the police shows how much of a disgrace this is.
What gang members?
@@valorgaming7114 like a Biker Gang Members or Street Gang Members i guess
I know plenty. I’m from the southside of Chicago and I know several who would engage with that suspect to save those kids..
Thank you guys for releasing the video.
I'm downloading it for posterity, you know, in case they later want to backtrack this disgrace. Thanks for uploading the video!
@@ForbiddenFish Great idea. The internet needs to work together and gather MORE information on the Uvalde Police Department. We can't put too much weight on the legal system doing anything about this atrocity. This video does not line up with the initial reports AT ALL and there's certainly more that this police department is hiding.
I’m surprised the vid wasn’t “accidentally” deleted with the lies mounted on top of other lies
@@ForbiddenFish It looks like video of a drill. I would like to see the video that shows the rooms with dead children. We need the crime scene photos and autopsy photos. We need the birth and death certs of all the victims and shooter. Maybe someone needs to start exhuming the bodies to make sure there were actually bodies.
@@biss3328 They were supposed to wait until the parents saw the video this Sunday, then release it. That is my understanding. Releasing it for the public to watch before the parents saw it is unforgivable beyond belief.
Big problem is it takes a special type person that really loves the community and people. Most police want the money , benefits and power that's their motive for being cops .Let's start fixing the problem by starting with police but before that clean the entire Criminal system out starting with Law makers , states Corrections right down the line. Entire systems dirty !
Amen
It's because said systems are solely the people who comprise them; nothing more, nothing less. And it takes a special kind of slime to want to pursue a career in politics or law enforcement... as a generalization.
They love eating, it shows.
Is it true that the Uvalde mom who ran into school to save her two kids says Ulvade police are harassing her for speaking out?
yes
Confirmed. She had to get a lawyer against police contacting and following her.
@@skaetur1 really? That's so sad
different part of the school
Yes
AS SOON as a ballistic shielded officer with a long gun arrived there should have been ENTRY and killing of the shooter.
AND it looks like within around 5 minutes this did occur - and yet they sat there for like an hour. Just incredibly insane.
One of the mothers outside had more bravery than the Police.
Shields, helmets, smoke grenades, lomg guns etc.
No before the any shield send in cops after cops until one of the cops takes him down. One child or teacher is more important than thousands of cops. But cops always go by officer safety first.
They say back for an hour and made sure those kids died. They prevented the parents from going in and wouldn't go in themselves. The police have one objective and one goal. If you're unsure of what that is, go and try to exercise ANY of your rights. 🇺🇲🗽 Our FREEDOM is dying.
Amazing...cops are well known right wingers..and I see the Right finally waking up to how f___ed up our nations cops are....
Finally.
"They're probably dead."
Arredondo and company is worthless. "Probably" isn't the same as being sure. If most parente hear their kid shout out in pain no matter how small or loud, is going to look to be sure at home if they're ok. The same line of instinct you'd think would go for anyone or anywhere.
Most parents fail their children anyway. Most people won't help unless it benefits them.
The teacher in 111 that was shot and couldn’t move had to watch his fellow teacher pass away and his 11 children he knows the truth and is hurting
He also had to watch the shooter unleash a second round of gunfire on his injured students that never would have happened if police entered immediately
@@henryfox6293 Watch the video. All the gunfire happened before the police entered the building only 3 minutes AFTER the gunman entered.
@@charlesf4428 the audio is edited. If you look up the conversations of the officers they talk about how he is still shooting well into the standoff.
The police failed the children and teachers. Charges need to be maid 😡
You can't beat policy over your feelings
@@kaecake9575 uh kids died assh****
Maximum security prison in general population
@@solutionsforabrightfuture3579 arm the children teach them no is gonna save you in this life.
What policy where you’re literally hearing kids brung slaughtered policy out the door dude you must be one of the police officers
They just seem to not understand that there are casualties needing medical attention. Just because the gunfire stops does not mean the treat is over
Threat not treat right?
@@militaryuniformprincess yes, threat
You can't beat policy over your feelings
“Sorry we were waiting on the big strong men to arrive “ the cops
They were waiting for the "master keys" to get through the security door.
@@thomasg4324 the door was unlocked...
@@MommaMeals
The classrooms all had lockable security doors, and the school was in lockdown. The shooter fired upon them when they got to the door.
@@thomasg4324 No, they didn't. The DPS chief even came out and said all the doors were unlock-able from the inside.
@@jeffkaczmarek3577 Just to clarify, "unlock-able" meaning that they weren't able to be locked from the inside, not just that they were able to be unlocked from the inside.
To lock these doors, you had to have the key, and lock it from the outside. You'd still be able to open it from the inside to get out, but you wouldn't be able to get in.
We can see in the video that the gunman did not lock the door with a key, and also walked straight through the door into the room after opening it. The door couldn't have magically locked itself after that. Only caveat could be that the door was propped wide open before that but it does appear that he reaches over and opens it, and I can't see why the door would be propped open but only a little bit.
CHEIF-Punk-Pete has said he didn’t know he was an incident commander
A chief(a boss) of his police department had no idea he could be an incident commander in charge of his officers
I wonder if his mom still lays out his clothes?🤔
He's probably still nursing from her.
As a Former Cop myself; Officer Safety is
immaterial. You swear an Oath that you may have
to give up your Life when wearing that Uniform
Just
like Soldiers. It better Not be Cowardice.
Unacceptable.
Somebody needs to speak up. Who gave orders that day? This is a cover up.
Supreme Court disagree with you unfortunately. I don't think there is a legal chance to hold the officers accountable.
I just watched the full video and could not be more disgusted with the clown show that was the police response. My advice to the Uvalde parents who lost their loved ones is don't watch the video as it will do you further harm to see the police just feet away for over half and hour before breaching the classroom. All these men should be fired immediately. I am beside myself with anger right now. I couldn't have imagined just how cowardly these officers could be. The crowning absurdity is the officer who used the hand-sanitizer dispenser an hour into the video. I'll just let him know now that this stain on his honour will never, ever wash away.
Condolences to all who lost loved ones on that horrific day. I sincerely wish it was more that I could offer.
Very well said. I agree with you 100 percent! My exact feelings after watching the full video.
Most sincere and impactful words I've read on RUclips. You and one other commenter put into words what I wasn't able to.
@@migbham1 Thank you
They could have been playing corn hole down there and no one would be fired.
Whether he used the hand sanitizer or not, no one wanted to go in, so it didn’t make a difference. I’m sure you wouldn’t have wanted to go face to face with someone shooting dozens of rounds at you!
Everyone's an operator until it's go time. Never saw so many incapable "law enforcement officials". Shame so many lost their lives for the failure of those who are suppose to protect and serve.
"Protect and Serve" is only a slogan like North Korea calling it's self Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Officers are more concerned about their pensions than doing what is right
I'm sure those "tough" questions will be answered with their lawyers present. Their reason for not going in was the safety of those Obese and overweight men who had on tactical gear. Its so shameful, utterly disgusting that these men did nothing.
Thank you. I was trying to find words, but everything I wrote fell far short of adequately expressing my anger, grief, disgust and disbelief at this. You summed it up satisfactorily. I don't often feel vengeful, but part of me wants to go after these pigs.
Nothing but bunch of pansones puro pajaro nalgon
Not like women officers helped:)
This is totally unacceptable no excuses
It's policy
There ya go. "The safety of the officers took precedence over the safety of the innocent children"
Atrocious
🤦🏻♀️so sad, i dont even know how the parents felt when they saw that video, if they are looking at the coments we are praying for u💗 you are not alone, i know how it hurts 😕 idk what the cops were thinking that time, when the kids were needing their help this is horrible 😞
They actually don't want to see the video and are trying to put the video down.
He's the one to ask about "making the wrong call" ask him about "no knock warrants" the Tuttles and being dishonest with the public
…couldn’t even wiggle that door handle to see if it was open
Seth Myers made a joke that stuck Jurassic Park dinosaurs messed with that door handle and went in
I have no idea how that officer whose wife was in that classroom dying stood back and didn't go in, even if it meant his life.
officer accountability, charge the negligent officers
Thank you KVUE from San Antonio 🙏🏽
Art would not have done anything
I’d seen Art on 6th st, when street is closed to car traffic, guy looked at me weird
You would not have broken through sheet rock while under fire.
@@lylarose2696 neither would u, U sound like the type that calls the cops on ur neighbors for loud music
Thank you for sharing this, absolutely heart breaking and an utter failure on law enforcement's part. Just wow, so sorry to all involved.
Dear lord this is just another stab to the families , not because of the sounds of the gun shooter but from the cowards holding their guns and semiautomatic rifles doing absolutely nothing at all
Where was the verification that there were no more children alive in the classroom? In all that time? There were nearly 360 law enforcement in and around that school. Did anyone look through the windows??? Nobody could run in the school hallway and tell someone that there were active 911 calls?
there is a phone in the classroom and intercom for the school
@@albundy8192 So, did they use that?
@@kirkfrodslemow8797 i do not think they communicated with the shooter at all. heck throw a rock threw the window. slip a not under the door...use a drone to tap on the door..he must of had a cell phone...impossible not to communicate with him or at least try all options.
I want to see all the 911 calls from inside the school. When did the calls start and when was the last one.
did anyone call the classroom, use the intercom, slip a note under the door, throw a rock through the window. go to one one while he was in another?? nothing..was there a way in from the top. smoke bombs and rush the door? he nust have a cell, they SHOULD of been talking with him immediately after he went in that room.
A total lack of leadership and not just from on the scene. It goes back to training. Soldiers train and train and train for combat and this is what this was. When you are running toward the gunfire you are in combat. You ask any soldier who has seen combat, they will tell you they fall back on the training they received and the leadership during training and during the battle. Yes, the Chief was wrong but, anyone of those officers could have stepped up and said, let's go. It wasn't until the Border patrol tactical team showed up that someone said "Let's go." I wouldn't doubt one or more of them had military experience and knew what to do when they got there. All of those officers who were standing around waiting for someone to take charge were afraid, and that's OK. Running toward gunfire is a scary thing and anyone who says they wouldn't have been scared is lying. What's not OK is they couldn't get the courage to do the right thing to save those kids and teachers.. They don't deserve to wear the uniforms or the badges they were given when they swore an oath to protect and serve. They failed to do both. This just made me sick watching it.
.. doubt 1st cops read police conduct for law enforcement.. many don’t read law books to know what existing laws to enforce
Those Bortac guys didn't go in because someone had "military experience" they went in because they are a highly trained SWAT team and received extensive SWAT training. Whether one was military if not has nothing to do with their performance. Military weapons and tactics training is actually pretty basic, even with a infantry MOS. Only guys who have tactical training is your special forces operators.
What we learned is that all the officers, commanders, etc should immediately resign or be placed on indefinite leave. They protected no one and only served themselves.
Abject failure.
Stop with your feelings
The first cops responders had to go in immediately. You can heard the gunshots. They had to rush. They failed man.
They did. They got shot at and got scared.
Police safety number 1
Keeping parents back give directives/arrest them for interfering in ongoing investigations number 2
Milk that over time number 3
Kids??
The way uvalde cops thought that day
@@teddmented
they didnt go in, they were at the door, heard shots, and ran back.
btw, the door wasnt even locked...
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They retreated for their lives not the children. Chief Arredondo needs to be accountable for his cowardice
Arredondo was not involved with this.
Don't worry everyone, someone will be held 'accountable'.
Lol
Judgement day comes we all are going to be judged
It blew me away when they actually moved in and started to shoot the guy then everyone in that hallway wanted to go no one moved before that cowards everyone of them
I remember a Art Acevedo in a failed Houston employment as Chief.
The mom that went in and got her kids deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom and TIME magazine Person Of The Year.
I know the PMOF usually goes to big campaign donors, but maybe President Biden can can do the right thing and award her. I can't think of anyone more deserving.
After seeing the video, I seen one officer stop to sanitize his hands while the shooting was still going on 🤬🤬🤬
Was Acevedo describing himself there, that dude is a failure.
The crocs cop stumbling around with his tactical crocs on. Get out of the way.
Fire all of them. They don't deserved to be a cop.
I think each one of those cops deserves a medal, and immense praise for doing as best a job as they could given the circumstances at the time. *I think people like you do not deserve to vote, because you are emotion reactionaries rather than reasonable thinkers.*
@@thomasg4324 if you believe these cops deserve a medal I'm going to assume that you would also wait 77 minutes outside your house while your family is being terrorized by a gunman. Because you're afraid of getting shot.
@@thomasg4324 These blue costume wearing welfare queens don't even deserve their taxpayer funded paychecks and pensions, let alone medals. Every single one of these socialist sponges should be fired then branded with a hot iron that reads Uvalde coward.
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This Acevedo wasn't the same Acevedo who got fired by the Miami police department was him??.........
Yes.
Thanks for the release.
Police we need coffee ☕ an doughnuts 🍩 first then we act
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20+ Resignations need to be on table now.
The thin yellow line of cowardice
Simple: they were scared.
That’s it. And the chief called everyone off until less cowardly better trained police came.
After watching the video I'm appalled. I get the impression the shooter was running out of ammo. Did this really happen in a State that prides itself on the 2nd amendment ? This is a prime example of a lack of planning, training, courage and tactical awareness. Goes to show you that just toting a gun around doesn't cut it. Texas law backfiring on itself with gun licensing. The governor is an idiot along with most of Texas idiotic law.
Their answer will simply be more guns. Which is odd, as Texas is lenient with them but this still happened there. It is almost like.... more guns = more dead.
Great post. 100% correct.
Sorry I don’t see anyone doing anything but standing around!!!🤬
Police need to be held responsible for their cowardice!!!!!
I hope the spirits of those murdered that day will haunt the police officers and their families for eternity
How evil of you.
Me too ✋
@@thomasg4324 no he's not glad he said that
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Well trained? The amount of crossfire was insane
These cops should be fired and charged
If that cop had life insurance on his wife he needs to be investigated that's disgusting.
The first mistake is they should have told 911 there is an unarmed black male and the police would have shot immediately!!
Correct very true
These heroes will unload their guns on an unarmed person doesn't surprise me that they ran away
Time to bring public neck stretching back for the officers involved. They let innocence die. Time to pay the piper.
Courage comes from the heart. It cannot be trained. Cowardice also comes from the heart.
DISGUSTING 😭😭😢😢🙏🏻❤️
Those cops were scared and most of them were cowards, the SWAT guys train for this but yet never enter, WHY! Can't believe what I was seeing, made my stomach turn. What if one of their kids was in that room, would there be a different outcome, guess we'll never know. Pitiful!!
Hope all repugs and nra are watching this.
They did, and didnt care. Just like always.
Out of all those trained guys all u needed was 1 guy to enter then others would have followed. Living with the shame of cowardice far worse than risk of injury or even death. In Nam we ran into fire many times, no one backed down and we were just poorly trained kids.
It is so sad that the coward cops were there hearing the poor children steaming for help and doing nothing, there were over 100 cops running around outside looking , lots of them with starched shirts and pants and cowboy hats but didn't do nothing but stop the parents, they were brave with them, if it would have been a man with. Hands up running away, they would have shot him 60 times in the back and get away with, but they were thinking about themselves what a shame,
There were actually 400
Thank you Mr. Acevedo!! Finally an HONEST Lawman!!!!
Too honest - it's why Miami didn't like him an wanted him gone.
What happened? They meet AR15 bullets, and it scary.
Cowards
Where were you when the incident happened?
@@thomasg4324 where were you?
@@BH-pn8ci
I wasn't there. I just want to know where Rodney Sellars was whilst these cops dealt with this horrible situation?
Responsible ? start with Gov. Office and work the way down
They're cowards. That's why they worked in a small town. They are too fearful to do their jobs. If we aren't going to do anything about guns in the country we need to hire cops that are veterans who have been under fire. Or at least hire people who want to be cops for more reasons than it's an easy way to make a decent living with no skill set. Make police academy a 2-year degree. 6 weeks of training isn't enough. How do you even screen people in 6 weeks?
These cops don't even have to stay in shape. They are overweight and can barely run. I guess all they do is write tickets. It is an outrage that the Uvalde City Police get 40 % of the city's budget. What a waste of taxpayer money.
So basically everything they said about the door being locked was total BS. Arrendando should be prosecuted.
They had everything, armor, guns, training. Not one brave man. Now the one brave woman is being threatened.
People say ‘defund the police!’
Police say ‘but we need the high power equipment to protect you’
Bullet proof vests and shields would stop an AR-15 ..Why wouldn't they approach the Shooter?
They aren’t men, they are impotents. Just like abbot and Ted Cruz.
These cops didn’t have the balls to save the children 🤬 Uvalde PD, Border Patrol and the DPS with the Texas Rangers are all cowards and should be fired.
Can you imagine your in the hallway, and your wife is in the classroom and you stand there. You think he is going to save your kid, they wouldn't even go in for there fellow officers wife. They pulled him out of there. Bull.
Everyone on scene need to be fired...... cowards from the top down..
Why won't he call them cowards?
My question to the officer who was there....How do you sleep at night? How u show your face in the public?
So so shameful. Big “strong” men with all the armour and guns they need but they still pussied out. America , your tactical police can’t even protect your own children .
They should have left the audio. Imagine acting so casual while listening to babies screaming
1 hour footage . . . Hand Sanitizer and Checking phones . . . Wow man wow! Totally unacceptable 💔
when you get an overpaid salary, why risk your life u got a pile of money at home to enjoy with your own children
It was reported the kids were screaming, the screams were simply blanked out on the film.
So much gear it was literally getting in their way. So many armored officers they were tripping over each other. For 70 minutes. Tell me again how arming teachers is going to keep our classroom safe from such terrifying weapons.
We know it was a failure we need accountability!
I worked in law enforcement several years ago and before the internet was used, then so-called cops/deputies are a total embarrassment now, I'd fire them all and Never allow them to work in any lifestyle.
The fact u were a cop makes ur point invalid
Thank you Acevedo for the truth...glad we have someone like you.
Simply put...a shame and a disgrace, wondering how they would had reacted if it was their own children in that room...all of them should resign and live with the burden of not doing a thing...and it is on camera for the whole world to see...resign...you are NOT police officers, but cowards...and to the one who sanitized his hands...no hand sanitizer will wash off the blood on your hands, one of the 1st to arrive and never went down that hallway, not once!!!
isn't it the chief's fault mostly? didn't he instruct them not too go in since it was now like not an active shooter situation? correct me if I'm wrong cuz i didn't watch everything
Yes. He was the incident commander on the scene. Tragically, he didn't know what to do.
I watched the entire video and could not id Chief Arrendando. It looks like a drill not an real crime taking place.
I didn't watch the full video but sporadic shots were still happening 20 mins after the police arrived.
Why don’t they show the patrol guy who actually ran in there and shot the murderer?!
Fired from Miami and had numerous affairs with women! Yea he is great expert
The media here in Austin like him.
Then he’s a perfect lefty expert they are pro criminal.
Not ONE so called Officer in there had a child in that school. A Parent would have done what One Woman did! What a Disgrace to ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT!