Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are…
…what might have been:
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On opening doors and closing doors at Robb Elementary
“Old Texan” asks a question: Were there not firemen also on the scene [at Robb Elementary], lots of emergency back up perhaps with the ‘jaws of life’ which are are a hydraulic-extrication rescue tool used in a number of difficult … Continue reading →
What one Border Patrol agent says about the efforts of officers at Robb Elementary
This is from a border patrol agent who rushed to the Uvalde school after getting a frantic text from his wife, a fourth-grade teacher at Robb Elementary. The siege was ongoing at the time [emphasis mine]: Albarado said he raced … Continue reading →
Beware of imagining you know more than you do about the Uvalde school shooting
I was going to write a huge post on this issue today, but I got busy with other things and decided to postpone it till tomorrow. But here’s a piece of information (hat tip: commenter “Kate”) that was revealed today … Continue reading →
The Etute trial
Ever hear of it? I hadn’t heard of this case until today when commenter “j e” wrote a comment about the verdict in the second degree murder case, which was an acquittal. The facts of the case are both disturbing … Continue reading →
The girl who played dead in Uvalde
You’ve probably already heard of one fourth-grader in Uvalde who smeared herself with the blood of her dead friend, intending to pretend to be dead herself if the shooter returned to her classroom from the adjoining room where he was … Continue reading →
The story of the Uvalde police response just gets worse and worse…[also see the UPDATES at the end of the post]
…and still not especially clear. I’ve noticed, also, that many people who are following the story – be they newscasters or pundits or commenters on blogs – keep getting the details mixed up and either inferring things that weren’t said … Continue reading →
How Israel protects its schools
How does Israel protect against school shootings?: Israel could not prevent attacks if its efforts were based solely on armed security guards at each school, he said. Israel “invests heavily in monitoring profiles of people,” Hazony continued. It has a … Continue reading →
More information emerges on the Uvalde school mass murder and the police response or lack thereof [scroll down for UPDATES]
This is something I previously had suspected as a possibility – that by the time police got to the scene at Uvalde and entered the school building, and then got to the barricaded classroom, they thought the shooting of children … Continue reading →
The Uvalde’s perp’s parents both had records
From that same Daily Mail article I wrote about in the post below this one – the article contains a lot of extra information, including the following about Ramos’ parents’ police records: Ramos is the son of Reyes and Salvador … Continue reading →
On that report that police in Uvalde were just standing around
Here’s the story as it now stands. I caution everyone to ask questions, though, before jumping to conclusions. For example: Video emerging online from Tuesday’s schoolchildren massacre in Uvalde, Texas shows local police more concerned with stopping parents than stopping … Continue reading →
The motive for the murder of innocents
This is absolutely heartbreaking – photos and short bios of the teachers and children who were killed in Uvalde. People who kill random children are not just homicidally inclined, it’s a particular type of sadistic vengeance, and the target of … Continue reading →