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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichigan sheriff recalls response to Oxford following deadly Texas shooting
Michigan sheriff recalls response to Oxford following deadly Texas shootingOXFORD, Mich. (WNEM) - New controversy surrounds who is responsible for police waiting outside a Uvalde, Texas classroom for nearly an hour before border patrol agents went in and killed the gunman.
The shooter killed 19 children and two teachers to at Robb Elementary School.
The Oakland County Sheriff said when chaos erupted in Oxford last November, his team didnt hesitate, they did what they were trained to do.
I know whats happening right now in Texas and I know theyre going through, not just the worst day of their life, but having a lot of second layer questions of: why did the response do what it did, Sheriff Mike Bouchard said.
Bouchard is recalling his own agencys own response to the shooting at Oxford High School last November. He said it took minutes from the first 911 call to when the suspect was apprehended. Five minutes, in fact.
The shooter killed 19 children and two teachers to at Robb Elementary School.
The Oakland County Sheriff said when chaos erupted in Oxford last November, his team didnt hesitate, they did what they were trained to do.
I know whats happening right now in Texas and I know theyre going through, not just the worst day of their life, but having a lot of second layer questions of: why did the response do what it did, Sheriff Mike Bouchard said.
Bouchard is recalling his own agencys own response to the shooting at Oxford High School last November. He said it took minutes from the first 911 call to when the suspect was apprehended. Five minutes, in fact.
More: https://www.wnem.com/2022/05/28/michigan-sheriff-recalls-response-oxford-following-deadly-texas-shooting/
FIVE MINUTES. Sandy Hook was 10 minutes until they got to the shooter.
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Michigan sheriff recalls response to Oxford following deadly Texas shooting (Original Post)
Novara
May 2022
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roamer65
(36,747 posts)1. They didn't care about the brown kids in Uvalde.
If it were a school with mainly white kids, it would have been 5-10 minutes.
Novara
(5,853 posts)2. I suspect that's a big part of this ...
... utter incompetence. Yes, it's utter incompetence but I think it's also racism. In every picture and video I've seen of the Uvalde police, most are white.
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)3. Do you have any proof of that?
Have you seen who is on the police force there?