Council members said they lacked authority to dismiss police officers over the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. A consultant exonerated the officers.
UVALDE — A day after Mayor Cody Smith abruptly resigned, an angry crowd was back before the City Council on Tuesday night, demanding the firing of police officers who responded to a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School nearly two years ago. Some in the crowd had been anticipating the meeting, hoping that Smith would announce disciplinary action against officers for failing to save more lives at Robb on May 24, 2022, the day a gunman killed 19 fourth graders and two teachers.
But the victims' family members have made it plain they’re determined to see someone pay for the loss of life. “I know that y’all ain’t talking about this,” said Brett Cross, guardian of one of the children killed, 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia, and leader of a loosely affiliated protest movement. “Y’all keep saying, 'Oh, give us time, give us time. You’ve had two years.
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