{"id":456148,"date":"2022-06-01T01:47:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T22:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-june-1-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T01:47:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T22:47:56","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-june-1-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-june-1-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 June 1, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a240096b8f0d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a240096b8f0d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-june-1-2022\/#%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_June_1_2022%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 June 1, 2022&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-june-1-2022\/#The_Issue_The_slow_response_of_local_police_to_the_Uvalde_Texas_school_shooting_which_killed_21\" >The Issue: The slow response of local police to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, which killed 21.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_June_1_2022%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 June 1, 2022&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Issue_The_slow_response_of_local_police_to_the_Uvalde_Texas_school_shooting_which_killed_21\"><\/span><strong>The Issue: The slow response of local police to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, which killed 21.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Uvalde Schools District Police Chief Peter Arredondo is not the only one to blame for the lengthy delay in neutralizing the shooter who brutally slaughtered 21 people in Texas, including 19 elementary-school children (\u201cFailure to Communicate,\u201d May 29).<\/p>\n<p>Most troubling is the lack of coordination among the various law-enforcement agencies involved. Whether due to confusion, lack of radios or turf battles, these entities performed poorly, and their hesitation cost innocent lives.<\/p>\n<p>A class-action lawsuit should be filed against them. It won\u2019t bring the kids and their teachers back, but it would hold the people charged with protecting them accountable for their grievous errors. <\/p>\n<p><em>Stuart Ellison<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Brooklyn<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The one word I thought I\u2019d never use to describe Texans is \u201ccowardly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On 9\/11, New York City\u2019s Bravest and Finest rushed into the towers to save lives and do their job to protect and serve.<\/p>\n<p>I can now imagine if 9\/11 had h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened in Texas, the police and firefighters would have waited for the fires to go out or for the buildings to collapse before they to did anything.<\/p>\n<p>A slogan for Texas is no longer \u201cRemember the Alamo,\u201d but \u201cRemember Uvalde.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Cowardice was on full display by the police, but bravery was also on display from an unarmed mother, who had been handcuffed by the cowards before saving her children in the face of danger. <\/p>\n<p><em>Francis Rushford<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Brooklyn<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As we mourn the innocent victims of the horrific Texas massacre, we are left wondering why the police delayed in taking out the shooter, even as children inside the classroom kept making 911 calls desperately asking for police assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Call it poor judgment, lack of training or possibly even cowardice. Out of respect for the victims and their families, the police chief, Peter Arredondo, and the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Steven McCraw, should resign. And if they don\u2019t, they should be fired.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t pretend to know the first thing about being a police officer, but what I do know is that if you choose that profession you have sworn to protect the people, and that is what they miserably failed to do.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bert Wedemeyer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Bensonhurst<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/uvalde-police.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Police officers in Uvalde waited to enter Robb Elementary School while gunman Salvador Ramos was already inside.\" class=\"wp-image-22480232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/uvalde-police.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/uvalde-police.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/uvalde-police.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Police officers in Uvalde waited to enter Robb Elementary School while gunman Salvador Ramos was already inside.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Dario Lopez-Mills<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The police response in Uvalde was inexcusable; that much is obvious. However, there is a lot of blame to go around. We can\u2019t lay everything on the cops.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> reports, a teacher propped open an outside door, and the shooter had easy access to the school.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the classroom where the children were was unlocked, giving the shooter access to his victims.<\/p>\n<p>Then the shooter locked the door behind him, so when the Border Patrol agents finally arrived, they had to get a key from a janitor to make entry. They apparently did not have breaching tools themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Schools can have all the active shooter drills they want, but they are useless unless the people believe that \u201cIt can happen here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school system must not have stressed how important these drills were or carried out follow-up inspections to see if the staff were complying.<\/p>\n<p>I hope every school system in the country learns the terrible lesson of Uvalde.<\/p>\n<p><em>Robert DeCandia<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>New Hyde Park<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A key point made by Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Victor Escalon when asked about the slow police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting was that Uvalde is a small town.<\/p>\n<p>Very often, small towns have small police departments that are under-trained and unprepared. It is apparent the supervisor who responded to this incident was inept and made poor decisions and lost control of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers need to be better trained and better equipped. This is no time to defund the police and abolish ICE. After all, it was Border Patrol Agents who courageously stormed the school and killed the gunman.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nicholas Maffei<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yonkers<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? Send your thoughts (along with your full name and city of residence) to letters@nypost.com. Letters are subject to editing for clarity, length, accuracy and style.<\/strong><\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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