Uvalde Victim’s Family, Chaplain & Reporters Asked To Leave City Hall Before Police Testify About School Massacre

Authored by deadline.com and submitted by eeca20

A man pays his respects at a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

Parents and reporters were asked to leave Uvalde City Hall this afternoon before a Texas House of Representatives committee held a hearing to gather testimony from officers involved in the response to a school shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers and wounded 17 others there last month.

Video posted by CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz shows a fire marshal telling Prokupecz that they are being asked to leave the meeting because “someone is intimidated.”

As the conversation continues a chaplain walks by saying he’s “come down to protect our children.”

Another man, whose nephew reportedly was among those killed in the shooting, asks the fire marshal, “What people are intimidated, the officers?”

The fire marshal responds by asking the man — who is wearing a pin with a child’s picture on it and a “Uvalde Strong” T-shirt — to leave the building.

“Are you a parent, sir?” Prokepecz asks the man as he walks out.

“Yeah, I am, and my kids are scared,” he responds.

Reporters were asked to leave Uvalde City Hall because people are intimidated by us. Texas legislators are meeting here with law enforcement behind closed doors. The fire marshal also told a local chaplain and father of a victim to exit from the building. pic.twitter.com/ukyTmtHbOt — Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) June 20, 2022

According to the Associated Press, committee chair Dustin Burrows said the group would be hearing testimony from Uvalde Police, a school district officer and someone from the Department of Public Safety during the city hall meeting. Burrows reportedly made his opening statement and then blocked the public from listening to witnesses’ testimony.

Hearings will continue tomorrow in Austin, per AP.

MeghanBoBeghan on June 21st, 2022 at 03:20 UTC »

Video posted by CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz shows a fire marshal telling Prokupecz that they are being asked to leave the meeting because “someone is intimidated.”

Another man, whose nephew reportedly was among those killed in the shooting, asks the fire marshal, “What people are intimidated, the officers?”

How is this real life anymore

HelpStatistician on June 21st, 2022 at 02:43 UTC »

the excuse that guy gave was that someone had a panic attack last week like how does that qualify as a reason to strip citizens of their rights?

cantproveidid on June 21st, 2022 at 01:49 UTC »

The more they hide, the worse it gets.