Adrian Gonzales is charged with allegedly placing more than two dozen children in “imminent danger” by failing to respond to the crisis as it unfolded.
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Nearly four years after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in a Texas elementary school, a jury is set to decide whether a police officer should be held criminally responsible in connection with one of the worst school shootings in American history.
Jury selection began Monday in the trial of former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales, charged with allegedly placing more than two dozen children in "imminent danger" by failing to respond to the crisis as it unfolded.
Prosecutors allege that Gonzales, one of the first of nearly 400 officers to respond to the rampage, failed to engage the shooter despite knowing his location, having time to respond and being trained to handle active shooters. It ultimately took 77 minutes for law enforcement to mount a counter-assault that would kill the gunman.
Prosecutors in June 2024 charged both Gonzales and Uvalde schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo -- the on-site commander on the day of the shooting -- with multiple counts of endangerment and abandonment of a child.
Gonzales and Arredondo are the only officers charged. Both have pleaded not guilty.
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Unclear why this guy is singled out, I’m sure the trial arguments will explain why and defendants will explain why not. I do hope found guilty so as to have more accountability for police officers.
I get there’s a line that someone can’t be legally required to be a hero and put their life in great risk, but there’s also line of how much risk to stop children being killed. So let’s find that line.
