By Joshua Manning • Published: 13 Jul 2022 • 8:46
Uvalde shooting Credit: Twitter @DiputadoCanelo
The footage of the police inaction during the school shooting at Uvalde, Texas, shows dozens of police officers stationed in corridors, taking 77 minutes to intervene.
The killer, Salvador Ramos, can be seen entering the school before barricading himself in classrooms.
The new video was captured by surveillance cameras from inside the school which show how the events unfolded.
The video was published by local media and was edited to remove the screams of the terrified children as well as the violent scenes.
What the footage did show was the inaction of the police, who took 77 minutes to intervene. The slow police response has provoked the indignation of parents as well as people across the globe.
Many took to twitter to express their outrage:
“WATCH: An officer wearing a ballistic vest found ample time during the Uvalde school shooting to squirt hand sanitizer from a dispenser and rub his hands together (12:30 PM timestamp, well before the gunman was killed).”
To which another user responded: “And he pulled out his phone. Unbelievable smdh I’m disgusted.”
And he pulled out his phone. Unbelievable smdh I'm disgusted. — Luv my Juju™ (@Gwendella) July 12, 2022
And he pulled out his phone. Unbelievable smdh I'm disgusted.
— Luv my Juju™ (@Gwendella) July 12, 2022
Credit: Twitter @Gwendella @MiaCathell
One user posted: “Looks like this officer was emotional & being held back & consoled💔”
To which another responded: “I think he was the dad of a 10 yo girl killed. He was LE, and they stopped him from doing anything.”
I think he was the dad of a 10 yo girl killed. He was LE, and they stopped him from doing anything. — atomїcplaygїrl 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 #Fella (@atomicplaygirl2) July 13, 2022
I think he was the dad of a 10 yo girl killed. He was LE, and they stopped him from doing anything.
— atomїcplaygїrl 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 #Fella (@atomicplaygirl2) July 13, 2022
Credit: Twitter @atomicplaygirl2 @brwneyesblktea
Further video footage showed police allegedly fleeing, with one user posting:
“Moment in which the Cops Run Away COWARDLY at the Sound of Gunfire from the Killer, Salvador Ramos. As children were slaughtered at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 24th.”
To which another user responded: “They should accompany the killer in prison.”
Esos deben acompañarlo en prision al acesino. — Luis Galindo (@LGal2020) July 13, 2022
Esos deben acompañarlo en prision al acesino.
— Luis Galindo (@LGal2020) July 13, 2022
Credit: Twitter @LGal2020 @DiputadoCanelo
Another tweet read: “The police failed them babies at uvalde elementary.”
the police failed them babies at uvalde elementary — saint laurent don (@meanmiraaaa) July 13, 2022
the police failed them babies at uvalde elementary
— saint laurent don (@meanmiraaaa) July 13, 2022
Credit: Twitter @meanmiraaaa
Another user posted;
“I just watched a video of the Uvalde elementary school shooting and it shows fully armed police inside the school running away from the shooter.,🤬”
https://twitter.com/SharronRatFink9/status/1547106680634474499
Credit: Twitter @SharronRatFink9
One tweet read: “That #Uvalde video really made me sick smh”
That #Uvalde video really made me sick smh — ☠☠☠IvanTheGreat☠☠☠ (@IvanTheGreat_) July 13, 2022
That #Uvalde video really made me sick smh
— ☠☠☠IvanTheGreat☠☠☠ (@IvanTheGreat_) July 13, 2022
Credit: Twitter @IvanTheGreat
Another user tweeted:
“The footage from Uvalde is absolutely gut-wrenching. How is anyone supposed to trust cops at this point? The US policing system needs a complete reboot & anyone who doesn’t see that is willfully ignorant.”
The footage from Uvalde is absolutely gut-wrenching. How is anyone supposed to trust cops at this point? The US policing system needs a complete reboot & anyone who doesn’t see that is willfully ignorant. — Megan McGrath (@meg_mcgrath) July 13, 2022
The footage from Uvalde is absolutely gut-wrenching. How is anyone supposed to trust cops at this point? The US policing system needs a complete reboot & anyone who doesn’t see that is willfully ignorant.
— Megan McGrath (@meg_mcgrath) July 13, 2022
Credit: Twitter @meg_mcgrath
Another tweet read: “The Uvalde tape is so upsetting it just crushes me.”
The Uvalde tape is so upsetting it just crushes me — Susan W Johnson (@SusanWJohnson3) July 13, 2022
The Uvalde tape is so upsetting it just crushes me
— Susan W Johnson (@SusanWJohnson3) July 13, 2022
Credit: Twitter @SusanWJohnson3
The Uvalde school shooting in Texas was one of the deadliest school shootings in US history on Tuesday, May 24, after 18-year-old Salvador Romas went to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and killed 21 people, including 19 children.
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