Law enforcement officers speak to a man outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty Images A video uploaded to TikTok shows parents screaming at cops at the Uvalde school shooting. The video appears to show Texas law enforcement officers holding back parents in a parking lot. It’s unclear if the video was taken during or after the shooting.
Videos shared on social media shows Texas law enforcement personnel holding back desperate parents as they screamed for officers to go into the building at Tuesday’s deadly school shooting in Uvalde. One video, which was uploaded to TikTok, appears to show a large group of distressed parents as they plead with officers in a parking lot. It’s unclear if the video was taken during or after the shooting.
Parents and onlookers scream and cry in the video as police officers hold back parents from a yellow-tape barricade. Some parents can be seen holding back others — even pulling them away as they approach the heavily armed police officers. Police cars and school buses can be seen in the background of the video, behind the yellow tape.
At one point, someone can be heard shouting: “Kids are in the building!”A uniformed cop later puts his hands up and addresses some in the crowd. “We got guys going in to get kids,” the officer says. “They’re working.
They’re working. “A man dressed in jeans can be seen in the video pointing and shouting as law enforcement approach him. Moments later — after a person stands in front of the camera and obscures the view — the man is on the ground, with the officers standing over him.
“He’s a parent!” someone screams. “What the fuck are you doing to him? Let him go,” another person shouts. As the parents shout, one officer stands with his taser drawn.
Insider was unable to independently verify the videos. An upload of the video has been viewed over 4 million times on Twitter as of Thursday. Another video by the same TikTok user shows a young girl with what appears to be blood on her hands being escorted with other children by police and other adults.
Onlookers outside Robb Elementary School reportedly urged police to charge the scene and confront the 18-year-old shooter, whose rampage killed 19 children and two adults. Witnesses said onlookers told police officers to enter the school, but the police did not act immediately, the Associated Press reported. Onlookers even raised the idea of rushing the school themselves because they were frustrated with law enforcement’s inactivity.
When asked about the reports that officers refused to go inside the school during the shooting, DPS spokesman Sgt. Erick Estrada told Insider on Thursday, “At this moment we are not giving any further details. “The investigation is still “pending” and “more details will evolve,” Estrada said.
Estrada later told Insider that it was his “understanding” that “several law enforcement responded and started to make entry into the school to evacuate students, teachers, and staff. “Law enforcement have not made clear the details of how the shooter was able to enter the building despite being confronted prior to the shooting, nor the exact timeline of the police response. Authorities have also been unclear in explaining how the shooter stayed in the school for up to an hour.
Tuesday’s massacre marked the deadliest at an elementary school since Sandy Hook in 2012, and fueled renewed calls for firearms legislation from Democrats in Congress and various gun-control advocates. Read the original article on Insider.
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