Transcript for Timeline, police response raise questions surrounding elementary school shooting
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHEN HE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENGAGED BY THE
OFFICERS ON THE SCENE.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> WITH A BIT OF HINDSIGHT ON
WHERE I AM SITTING NOW, OF
COURSE IT WAS NOT THE RIGHT
DECISION.
IT WAS A WRONG DECISION.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT.
BUT AGAIN, I WAS NOT THERE.
I AM TELLING YOU, FROM WHICH WE
KNOW, WE BELIEVE THE SHOULD'VE
BEEN INTERESTING AS YOU CAN.
WHEN THERE IS A MASS SHOOTER,
RULES CHANGE.
IT IS NO LONGER, OKAY, NO
LONGER BARRICADED.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT MATTERS.
BY THE WAY, TEXAS EMBRACES
ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING, ACTIVE
SHOOTER CERTIFICATION.
AND THAT DOCTRINE REQUIRES --
WE DON'T CARE WHAT AGENCY YOU
ARE FROM.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LEGAL
--
EVERY OFFICER LINES, UP GOES
AND FINDS WHERE THE GROUNDS ARE
BEING FIRED AT, AND KEEPS
SHOOTING UNTIL THE SUBJECT IS
THAT.
DEAD.
>> THAT DID NOT HAPPEN,
OBVIOUSLY.
BRINGING IN AARON KATERSKY,
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY
ALICE PARKS, AS WELL AS --
HE IS A FORMER SAN BERNARDINO,
CALIFORNIA, POLICE CHIEF.
I JUST WANT TO START WITH
AARON.
WE HAVE JUST HEARD THAT THE
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY CHIEF, STEVE MCCRAW, SO
IT WAS WRONG TO NOT ENGAGE THE
SHOOTER ONCE HE WAS LOCKED IN
THE CLASSROOM.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW.
AFTER HEARING THESE NEW
REVELATIONS, WHAT?
ALL RIGHT, I WILL START WITH
YOU.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE, FOR SOME
REASON WE DID NOT HAVE YOUR MIC
UP.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
>> ONE BIG QUESTION, TERRY, I
THINK, WHAT LED TO THE INCIDENT
COMMANDER, HEAD OF THE UVALDE
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
POLICE DEPARTMENT, MAKE THE
DECISION TO WAIT 35 MINUTES
FROM THE TIME THE TACTICAL TEAM
ARRIVED ON SCENE, TO ACTUALLY
SEND THEM INTO BREACH THE
CLASSROOM?
WHAT MADE HIM ASSUME THAT HE
HAD TIME TO WAIT?
HE TRANSITIONED TO THE INCIDENT
FROM AN ACTIVE SHOOTER TO A
BARRICADED SITUATION.
AND, ACCORDING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY,
BELIEVED THAT HE HAD TIME.
WHAT'S GAVE HIM THAT
INCLINATION THAT HE HAD TIME?
AND THAT THERE WERE NO MORE
CHILDREN AT RISK?
WHEN WE KNOW FROM 9-1-1 CALLS
THAT PEOPLE INSIDE A CLASSROOM
1:12 AND 1:11, THOSE ADJOINING
CLASSROOMS, WE'RE MAKING CALLS
PLEADING FOR HELP.
AND INFORMING OPERATORS THAT
THERE WERE, IN FACT, SHOTS
BEING FIRED.
IT WAS, AS A DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY HEAD STEVE MCCRAW
SAID, NOT THE RIGHT DECISION.
>> THE RIGHT DECISION.
AND I WANT TO GO TO JARRED --
AS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER,
FORMER POLICE CHIEF OF A
SIZEABLE CITY.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, I
JUST WANT YOUR REACTION TO WHAT
WE HEARD.
>> MY REACTION IS JUST
DISAPPOINTMENT.
WE TALK ABOUT LESSONS LEARNED
IN THIS BUSINESS.
WE TALK ABOUT THE LESSONS
LEARNED FROM ALL THE PREVIOUS
INSTANCES.
HOW TO HANDLE THEM, HOW TO
RESPOND, HOW TO MANAGE.
AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THERE
ARE A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED IN
THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT.
BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING
THIS CONVERSATION.
WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THESE, WE
KNOW HOW TO RESPOND, WE KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
IT JUST DOES NOT DONE IN THIS
CASE.
AND WE FEAR IN THE DAYS LEADING
UP TO THIS, AS THE MAYOR KEPT
EVOLVING THAT SOMETHING WAS
VERY WRONG, SOME THINGS WERE
NOT LINING UP, WHEN YOU
EVENTUALLY THIS WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
FROM MY OWN VIEWPOINT, WATCHING
THIS FROM WHERE I SIT, I WISH
WE WERE HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION TODAY'S.
AGO BECAUSE WE KNEW THESE FACTS
TWO DAYS AGO.
THINGS COULD'VE BEEN RESOLVED
IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS OF
PEOPLE HAD JUST BEEN
TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT.
>> A GOOD POINT.
THAT IS ON THE GOVERNOR.
TEXAS EITHER INTENTIONALLY OR
UNINTENTIONALLY, HE MISLED
TEXANS AND THE COUNTRY.
I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON
THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, A LAY PERSON, A
CIVILIAN, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
IT SOUNDS LIKE A TERRIFYING
RESPONSIBILITY.
WHEN THERE WAS AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE HIM
OUT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
HERE.
AND THESE OFFICERS WERE STILL
HEARING GUNFIRE.
THE TIMELINE OF THE GUNFIRE
AFTER THEY BASS DOWN BACK DOWN,
THERE WERE STILL BEING SHOTS
FIRED IN THAT CLASSROOM.
AND I JUST WONDER, I GUESS IT
IS HUMAN.
ARE YOU SURPRISED THEY DID NOT
GO IN?
>> I AM SURPRISED, ACTUALLY, TO
BE HONEST WITH YOU.
SURPRISED FOR A NUMBER OF
REASONS.
SO, JUST A PERSONAL STORY.
I WAS A POLICE OFFICER.
AND I CAN REMEMBER HOW THAT
INCIDENT, GETTING THE FIRST BIT
OF TRAINING.
THERE WAS A SHIFT IN THE
MINDSET, WE HAVE THIS TRAINER
KILLING US.
SAFETY PROTOCOLS GOING OUT THE
WINDOW.
ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE BEEN
TRAINING ABOUT.
STAYING SAFE, SURROUNDING THE
PARAMETER, CALLING --
IN, THAT IS OUT THE WINDOW NOW.
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
YOU DO NOT HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY.
AND YOU REALIZE YOU ARE NOT
GETTING THAT TRAINING IT WAS
VERY HARD TO MAKE SOMETHING
CLEAR.
AND THAT WAS THAT, YOU PUT ON
THE BADGE, IT IS YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO DO IT.
WE HOPE TO GOD YOU NEVER HAVE
TO DO IT, BUT WHEN THAT HAPPENS
YOU HAVE GOT TO RISE TO THE
MOMENT.
AND IN THIS CASE IT APPEARS
THEY DID NOT DO IT.
AND THIS FRIGHTENING.
IT DOES NOT SURPRISE ME THAT
THEY DID NOT DO IT.
WHAT REALLY SURPRISES ME IS
THAT YOU HAVE THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF, WHO ONLY
HAS FIVE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR
HIM.
IT IS A VERY SMALL DEPARTMENT.
PROBABLY NOT CAPABLE IN ANY WAY
SHAPE OR FORM OF TRULY
RESPONDING TO SOMETHING LIKE
THIS EFFECTIVELY.
WHO IS RUNNING THE SCENE.
AND IT SURPRISES ME THAT HIS 19,
20, 14, 15 OFFICERS, IF
SOMEBODY ELSE DOES NOT TAKE
OVER AS ESSENTIALLY THE
COMMANDER AND MAKE A DIFFERENT
CALL.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THEREOFFIT
THERE SAYING, WE ARE NOT DOING
THE RIGHT THING, WE HAVE TO GO
IN.
>> THAT IS A QUESTION.
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN.
IT IS HUMAN NATURE.
THEY ARE CHILDREN, IT IS SHOTS
BEING FIRED.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, ESPECIALLY
AS YOU SAY, IF YOU ARE WEARING,
THAT YOU WANT TO GOING.
MARY ALICE YOU ARE COVERING THE
WHITE HOUSE FOR US.
WE KNOW THAT THE, WHITE HOUSE
THE FIRST LADY, ARE SET TO
VISIT THE VICTIM, AND THE
UVALDE COMMUNITY THIS WEEKEND.
THERE IS A STOP, AS THERE
ALWAYS HAS BEEN AFTER THE
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND SHOOTING
UP GROCERIES EVERY PLACE ELSE
IN AMERICA, THAT YEAH, TERRY,
WELL THIS TIME WE DO MAYBE YOU
SHOULD DO SOMETHING IN CONGRESS,
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
HAVE ABOUT TEN MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE, A BIPARTISAN GROUP THAT
SAY THEY'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ON TALKS.
THERE ARE THINGS LIKE UNIVERSAL
BACKGROUND CHECKS, AND RED FLAG
LAWS, THAT ARE EXTREMELY
POPULAR WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
THAT ARE ON THE TABLE.
SO WE WILL SEE IF THEY REACH
SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT.
ANOTHER A LOT OF MY FELLOW
REPORTERS HERE IN WASHINGTON,
IT IS SO HARD BECAUSE WE'VE
JUST SEEN THIS BEFORE AND I
THINK IT DONE, THAT THE NEW
PATH.
I DO THINK THAT THIS
CONVERSATION GATHER HAVE-ING
NOW WILL PUT EVEN MORE
ATTENTION AGAIN ON JUST THE
STYLE OF WEAPON, THE TYPE OF
WEAPON.
WAS THAT A PART OF WHAT LED TO
SOME POLICE OFFICERS TO
HESITATE HERE, A FEAR THAT THEY
ARE JUST OUTGUNNED.
SO MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION IN
THE WHITE HOUSE, THE PRESIDENT
BIDEN LIKES TO BRING IT UP JUST
WIDE WE ALLOW FOR KIDS SO YOUNG
TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE SUCH
HEAVY WEAPONS OF WAR?
SO QUICKLY?
LARGE, BIG MAGAZINES IN BODY
ARMOR, AND ALL THE ACCESSORIES
OF WAR THAT GO ALONG WITH THESE
WEAPONS TO.
AND I IMAGINE THAT SOME OF THAT
WILL BE PART OF THE
CONVERSATION AT LEAST PART OF
THE QUESTION THAT THESE
LAWMAKERS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO
FACE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THOSE EFFORTS IN THE PAST ABOUT
RESULTED IN VERY MUCH, ALL THAT
THEY DID OUTLAW THE
MODERNIZATION TO THE AIR RIFLES
IT MADE IT MORE LIKE AN
AUTOMATIC RIFLE.
AND AARON, THE SENSE WE GOT
FROM THAT PRESS CONFERENCE IS
THAT POLICE WERE WORRIED ABOUT
BEING OUTGUNNED, AS MORALES
JUST SAID.
THEY HAVEN'T SAID THAT, BUT IT
IS QUITE POSSIBLE AND WHAT DOES
THAT TELL YOU ABOUT AMERICAN
POLICING RIGHT NOW?
OH, TERRY, THEY ARE TRAINED TO
GO IN.
AND YOU HEARD DIRECTIONAL CROSS
SAY THAT TEXAS SUBSCRIBES TO
THE DOCTRINE THAT CHIEF BURKE
WHAT WAS DESCRIBING.
WHEN THERE'S AN ACTIVE SHOOTER,
YOU GO IN.
HERE ARE THE COMMANDER SEEM TO
BELIEVE THIS WAS NO LONGER AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER.
THERE ARE SO MANY AS 19
OFFICERS THAT WERE INSIDE THE
SCHOOL.
THE FIRST COUPLE WERE TAKING,
FIRE AND WERE HIT AND THEY HAD
TO RETREAT.
BUT THERE WERE OTHERS THAT WERE
THERE THAT DID NOT BREACH
LOCKED DOORS.
TERRY, THE POLICE ALSO I THINK
ARE FRUSTRATED AND THIS WAS
REFLECTED IN LACROSSE COMMENTS
TOWARDS THE END, THEY COULDN'T
STOP THE SHOOTER BEFORE HE EVEN
THOUGHT ABOUT BECOMING A SCHOOL
SHOOTER.
AND HE RELAYED THE SOCIAL MEDIA
POSTS THAT BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER
OF LAST YEAR, WHERE THE SUSPECT
APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ASKING A
SISTER TO BUY HIM A GUN.
SHE REFUSED, BUT THEN A COUPLE
OF MONTHS LATER IN FEBRUARY OF
THIS YEAR WITH THE SUSPECT IS
STARTING TO BE DESCRIBED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AS A POTENTIAL
SCHOOL SHOOTER.
THEN ON MARCH 3RD, I HEAR YOU
ARE BUYING A GUN.
THAT IS WORD ON THE STREET ONE
POSED TO HIM SAID.
MARCH 14TH, TEN MORE DAYS HE.
POLICE AND THE USER REPLIES,
ARE YOU GOING TO SHOOT UP A
SCHOOL?
SO THERE WERE THESE DIGITAL RED
FLAGS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN UNCOVERING.
JUST NOBODY WAS ABLE TO CONNECT
THE DOTS.
AND I WONDER, AND IF I CAN GO
BACK TO JARRED FOR A MOMENT ON
THIS, FIRST I SHOULD NOTE THAT
YOU AFTER THAT TRAINING DID
HAVE AN EXPERIENCE WITH A 2015
SAN BERNARDINO MASS SHOOTING
THERE.
AND SO, WE ARE DRAWING ON THAT
EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT RED
FLAG LAWS.
THEY OPERATE A LITTLE
DIFFERENTLY THAN JUST SEARCHING
PEOPLE SOCIAL MEDIA BUT I
WONDER, AND I'VE SAID THIS,
BEFORE YOU GO ONLINE, YOU'RE
SHOPPING FOR SOMETHING, YOU
CLICK ON IT.
INSTANTLY YOU ARE GETTING ADS
AND ALL OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA
FEEDS, JUMP TEXT, EMAIL.
THEY TRACK, YOU THEY FLAG YOU
AND THEY SEND THAT INFORMATION
TO MERCHANTS.
WHY CAN'T THEY DO THAT IF
SOMEBODY IS TALKING ABOUT
SHOOTING UP SCHOOLS?
OR WHO HAD TORTURED AND KILLED
ANIMALS AND TALKED ABOUT I IT
ONLINE?
I JUST WONDER HOW MUCH THAT
MIGHT HELP FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE?
WILL >> I DON'T KNOW THE LOST
DICTATE WHAT IS SHARED OUTSIDE
OF THE MARKETING TIME, AND I
WILL TELL YOU FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT, WE
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ANY
DATABASES THAT SAYS THAT WHEN A
CERTAIN PERSON IS DOING TYPES
OF THINGS, OR SOMEBODY IS
ENGAGED IN, IT FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT WHAT WE
ARE RELY ON IS THE PUBLIC OR
SOMEBODY BRINGING SOMETHING TO
US.
THE SIZE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, THE
SCOPE OF IT, THE MASSES OF
COMMUNICATION IS SOMETHING
BEYOND THE SCOPE OF INDIVIDUAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO BE
ABLE TO MONITOR.
WE RELY ON PEOPLE TO REPORT
THINGS TO US, AND THEN WE TAKE
IT UPON US TO TAKE CERTAIN
ACTIONS TO INTERVENE, TO HELP,
TO GET SOMEBODY OUT OF CRISIS
ORLANDO MENTAL HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM.
WE RELY ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
WHEN YOU WORK WITHIN THE
CONFINES OF THE TOOLS THAT WE
HAVE, BUT REQUIRE SOMEBODY TO
COME TO US AND SAY HEY I'M
REALLY CONCERNED.
THIS IS WHAT I'M SEEING, THIS
IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
AND IT APPEARS IN THIS CASE THE
FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AWARE
OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE NOT
REPORTING IT TO LAW.
ENFORCEMENT AND THAT IS A VERY
GOOD EXPLANATION OF HOW LAW
ENFORCEMENT WORKS.
IT IS THE 21ST CENTURY AND WE
THERE ARE WAYS FOR THE SOCIAL
MEDIA COMPANY TO BRING OUT
SOMEBODY WHO MAKES A BAD JOKE
AND THEY GET BAND.
THEY CERTAINLY ARE WATCHING
EVERYTHING THAT IS ON THEIR
PLATFORMS AND YOU WOULD THINK
THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO
FILTER AND CHECK ON IT, THIS
KIND OF DANGEROUS ACTIVITY.
BUT I WANNA GO BACK TO MARY
ALICE.
ON THE NRA, SO FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAID THAT CHAD CRUISE OF
THE PROMINENT REPUBLICAN SAID
TO SPEAK AT THE AND AREAS
CONVENTION HOUSTON TODAY.
GREG ABBOTT, AND HIS LOSS HAVE
INFINITE GOVERNOR HAS CANCELED
A PLAN TO ATTEND BUT I GUESS
ABBOTT IS GONNA TRY TO ADDRESS
THE GROUP VIRTUALLY.
SO, THE TIMING HAS GOT TO BE
AWKWARD FOR THE NRA WITH, OR
MAYBE NOT.
SANDY HOOK, YOU NAME IT.
EVERY TIME YOU THINK THAT THERE
IS A SENSE THAT WE CAN'T GO ON
WITH THE GUN LAWS THAT WE HAVE,
AND THE GUN CULTURE THAT WE
HAVE, IT JUST ROLLS OFF THEIR
BACKS LIKE WATER OFF EJECTS
BACK.
SO TELL US ABOUT THE NRA
CONVENTION AND WHAT TO EXPECT?
>> HE, I THINK HE LAID OUT A
LOT OF IT.
WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THESE
PROMINENT REPUBLICANS THAT ARE
STILL PLANNING TO SPEAK.
THERE'S A LOT OF POLITICAL
PRESSURE OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS
FOR THE NRA TO POTENTIALLY
POSTPONE, OR CANCEL.
AND SO, FAR NO INDICATION THAT
THERE REALLY SCALING BACK.
WE ARE EXPECTING QUITE A LOT OF
PROTESTERS, QUITE A LOT OF GUN
SAFETY ADVOCATES, TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEIR PRESENCE IS KNOWN AS
WELL.
BUT YOU ARE RIGHT.
IN A LOT OF WAYS THE NRA IS
ACTUALLY SORT OF MOVED THE
GOALPOSTS HERE.
THEY HAVE ANSWERED EVERY MASS
SHOOTING WITH A POLITICAL
ARGUMENT THAT MORE GUNS IS THE
ANSWER.
GUNS ALL THE TIME EVERYWHERE
UNFETTERED ACCESS.
AND IT HAS SHOWED ME TO HOW THE
POLITICAL PRESSURE THAT HAS
BEEN PUT ON SOME OF THESE
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS TO REALLY
EXPAND THAT KIND OF ACCESS.
LIKE I AM THINKING, ABOUT I WAS
JUST THINK ABOUT THIS LAST
WEEKEND IN TEXAS.
NEW LAWS, FOR EXAMPLE HAVE
PERMANENT LIST CONCEALED CARRY.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE
ACTUALLY UNPOPULAR WHEN YOU
PULL SORT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC,
BE UNPOPULAR AMONG GUN HOLDERS,
AMONG REPUBLICANS.
BUT THE SMALLEST SLIVER OF
EXTREMELY POLITICALLY ACTIVE
MEMBERS THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO
PUSH THESE, TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR PEOPLE NOT ONLY TO BUY
WEAPONS, ANY WEAPONS, BUT TO BE
ABLE TO CARRY THEM AT ALL
TIMES.
EXACTLY, IT IS EXTREMELY
ENERGIZE BASE OF THE GUN RIGHTS
ADVOCATES WHO HAVE BLOCKED THE
MAJORITIES.
WE'LL 90 SOME PERCENT, UPWARDS
OF 97% OF AMERICANS WANT
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS NOT
JUST FOR SALES BETWEEN THE
LICENSED DEALERS AND PRIVATE
INDIVIDUALS, BUT PRIVATE SALES
OF WHICH THEY'RE GREAT MANY IN
THE COUNTRY.
THE RED FLAG LAWS, AS.
WELL SO AARON, WHERE DOES THIS
INVESTIGATION GO NOW?
WHERE THEY LOOKING?
FOR >> I THINK THE EOVALDI
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
POLICE CHIEF, WHO IS THE
INCIDENT COMMANDER THAT WRONGLY,
THIS IS A BARRICADED SITUATION
TO POSE NO MORE THREAT TO
CHILDREN HAS A LOT TO ANSWER
FOR.
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY, EVEN STARTED DEFERRED
AND SAID YOU ARE WELCOME TO
REACH OUT AND CALL HIM.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE
CALLING.
AND WE WILL SEE WHETHER THIS
EVEN BECOMES A FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION, INTO THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.
THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIMELINE
THAT POLICE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY
FILL IN.
BUT WE HAVE THE PICTURE NOW OF
WHY POLICE WAITED SO LONG.
IT WAS JUST AN ERROR IN
JUDGMENT, AND ONE THAT MAY WELL
HAVE COST CHILDREN THEIR LIVES.
>> IT IS HARD TO THINK ABOUT.
BUT AARON, WHAT IS THE FEDERAL
ROLE HERE?
>> WELL, THE FBI SPECIAL AGENT
IN CHARGE IN SAN ANTONIO SAID
THERE REALLY ISN'T ONE BEYOND A
SUPPORT ROLE.
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN CHARGE
OF THE SCENE.
BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, WE KNOW
THEY HAVE A WORKING WITH THE
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY, TO TRACE THE WEAPONS,
TO LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND OF
THE SHOOTER.
THEY'VE OFFERED TECHNICAL
EXPERTISE.
WE ARE NOT SURE HOW MUCH TEXAS
TAKING THEM UP ON THIS, BUT WE
HAVE SEEN THE FEDS BEFORE TAKE
ON POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
ACCUSED OF FEELINGS.
AND THEY CAN DO AN
INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER
THERE IS A PATTERN, A PRACTICE
OF SYSTEMIC FAILURES LIKE THE
ONE THAT HOUSE SEEMS TO HAVE
OCCURRED HERE.
THEY CAN INTERVENE.
WE ARE NOT SURE IF CRIMINAL
CHARGES WOULD RESULT, OF
COURSE.
BUT THEY CAN REFORM POLICE
DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THEY DON'T
MAKE THESE KINDS OF MISTAKES.
>> WE HAVE TO OPEN THE FUTURE
THAT WE LEARN FROM THIS, AS
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