Uvalde mayor now insists police chief DIDN'T lie about massacre

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The 50-year-old Arredondo has spent much of a nearly 30-year career in law enforcement in Uvalde, returning in 2020 to take the head police job at the school district.
47% : Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin appeared to acknowledge at a press conference last week (above) that he'd been given bad information, but now insists that local police did not lieUvalde Police Chief Pete Arredondo, who was the incident commander during last week's massacre at Robb Elementary, is under fire for apparently ordering cops to wait an hourLaw enforcement work during a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School where a gunman killed nineteen children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas on May 24
43% : Meanwhile, a debate has been renewed about whether graphic images of the bodies of young school shooting victims should be shared with the public in a bid to spur action on gun control laws.
43% : People leave a funeral home after attending a visitation for Amerie Garza, a 10-year-old victim who was killed in last week's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas on MondayVisitors depart from Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home in Uvalde, Texas, on May 30, 2022, during the visitation for Amerie Jo Garza, who died in the mass shooting at Robb ElementaryLaw enforcement personnel stand outside a funeral home during a visitation for Amerie Garza, a 10-year-old victim who was killed in last week's elementary school shooting in UvaldeMeanwhile blame for an excruciating delay in killing the gunman has been placed with the school district's homegrown police chief, Arredondo.
39% : They believe it could spur debate on gun control, but move could anger families
29% : The mayor of Uvalde, Texas has hit back at claims that local law enforcement lied about their initial response to last week's deadly school shooting, after the state's lieutenant governor accused cops of dishonesty.

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