Uvalde's conservative, predominantly Latino community is grappling with the need to square its “back-the-blue” values with law enforcement decisions that have raised serious questions about whether those choices cost the lives of innocent children.
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It took officers over an hour after the shooter went inside to kill the gunman, during which time distressed parents gathered outside the school and begged police officers to enter. The full scope of the police response — including exactly how many officers were on the scene, which agencies were present and what their roles were — is still unclear. But the U.S. Justice Department has already launched a review, which will “provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses.”
Juan Martinez, 66, was born and raised in Uvalde, and his family has been there for over a century. He’s the owner of Town House Restaurant, a Tex-Mex diner on the east side of town that serves chicken fried steak, catfish, and onions and calf liver. Residents pay at the counter. Martinez said he had heard that “they’re trying to pin a lot of the decisions” on Arredondo, his friend, which he found upsetting.
“I don’t think that people can get against the police because they’re always there to serve you anyway,” he said. “If they made a bad decision, that’s going to have to be explained, I guess.”The support of law enforcement includes backing Border Patrol, a major employer in the predominantly Latino city and county. Uvalde sits between the border town of Eagle Pass and the state’s second-largest city, San Antonio.
His wife, 86-year-old Anne Jacques, agreed. She said it’s not fair to criticize the police given the difficulty and complexities of the situation. Still, it’s not right to cast judgment on Uvalde’s law enforcement in the wake of the shooting, he said: “At the end of the day, they did risk their lives as well.”
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