The conservative, predominantly Hispanic town has long supported law enforcement. But some wonder how — or if — the heavily criticized response to the shooting will change that.
A bus driver for Robb Elementary school stood outside of Sacred Heart Catholic Church with her son at the start of Mass on Sunday., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
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 only voices that haven’t prominently entered the conversation are those of the people whose loved ones make up the 21 slain students and teachers. Grieving people, including parents and siblings, will spend this week saying goodbye in a series of funerals that are just beginning.
“I think we have a pretty close tie with the police department,” Martinez said of Uvalde. “They’ve always been there for us, helping us out for whatever comes up.” Martinez said he saw the viral videos of the desperate parents trying to get past the police. A state lawmaker told The Texas Tribune that DPS troopers restrained two parents who tried to reach their children. Parents also reported being hit with Tasers and handcuffed by law enforcement officers at the scene.
Ranchers and farmers describe fences and gates torn up and broken into by individuals they identify as Mexican cartel members, sending cattle and livestock deep into neighbors’ property and causing costly, often futile repairs because the fences just get cut again. Other residents cite car thefts and even abduction attempts.Frustrations about cartel-related crime, residents say, are why they increasingly support, and rely on, Border Patrol, the county sheriff and law enforcement as a whole.
The couple pointed out that Uvalde is a small town, and while the school and city police departments haveJeff, who is white, scoffed at the idea that the people of Uvalde, as a whole, would grow angry with the police.But the town’s majority-Latino community has varying opinions of law enforcement.Castro said that some officers, especially Border Patrol agents, often profile Latinos in Uvalde. It’s a lot of “small stuff,” Castro said.
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