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LetMyPeopleVote

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Sat Jul 2, 2022, 02:19 PM Jul 2022

Pete Arredondo steps down from Uvalde City Council

This asshole was responsible for a number of children and maybe a teacher dying because he was too much of a coward to confront the Uvalde shooter without additional and unneeded equipment



https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Pete-Arredondo-steps-down-from-Uvalde-City-Council-17281189.php?utm_campaign=sftwitter&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=twitter.com

Embattled Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo is stepping down from his new post on the Uvalde City Council.

Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News on Friday that he is resigning from his seat on the City Council. Arredondo, the police chief of the Uvalde , was elected to the District 3 council position in early May.

He was sworn into the role in a private ceremony a week after the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in which an 18-year-old gunman murdered 19 elementary school students and two teachers.

The police chief has come under a firestorm of criticism for his handling of the shooting and the lengthy delay that took place before Uvalde peace officers, Department of Public Safety troopers and federal Border Patrol agents killed gunman.
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Pete Arredondo steps down from Uvalde City Council (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 OP
Good! allnews Jul 2022 #1
Next he needs to be fired as police chief - nt Ohio Joe Jul 2022 #2
Yes! 👆 crickets Jul 2022 #3
Should have already happened. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #6
Uvalde schools police chief resigns from city council LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #4
About time! n/t momta Jul 2022 #5
I'm sure they'll miss him. He never attended a meeting. rsdsharp Jul 2022 #7
Good n/t Beringia Jul 2022 #8
Texans are *still waiting* on answers about Uvalde LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #9

LetMyPeopleVote

(144,945 posts)
4. Uvalde schools police chief resigns from city council
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 02:32 PM
Jul 2022


https://www.npr.org/2022/07/02/1109577232/uvalde-schools-police-chief-resigns-city-council-pete-arredondo?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
I agree that this asshole needs to be fired as police chief and barred from the law enforcement professiion

UVALDE, Texas — The Uvalde school district's police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.

Chief Pete Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News on Friday that has decided to step down for the good of the city administration. He was elected to the District 3 council position on May 7 and was sworn in — in a closed-door ceremony — on May 31, just a week after the massacre.

"After much consideration, I regret to inform those who voted for me that I have decided to step down as a member of the city council for District 3. The mayor, the city council, and the city staff must continue to move forward without distractions. I feel this is the best decision for Uvalde," Arredondo said.

Arredondo, who has been on administrative leave from the school district since June 22, has declined repeated requests for comment from The Associated Press. His attorney, George Hyde, did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment Saturday.
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