Gov. Greg Abbott calls police response to Uvalde shooting ‘disgusting’
Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerWhat was supposed to be a chance for Gov. Greg Abbott to highlight increased drug seizures across the state and to peddle his controversial border initiative Thursday abruptly turned into the governor decrying the police response to the Uvalde shooting tragedy.
“Obviously it’s disgusting to see what happened,” Abbott said. “It’s been clear from the time of Columbine that whenever there is a shooting … you run toward that danger and encounter that danger. You have to eliminate that shooter as quickly as possible. From what I have seen … it looks like that policy was not followed.”
“It’s clear that what was shown on the video was the exact opposite of the information I was given on the day I went out and explained what happened during the event,” he said. “None of the information that was in that video was shared with me on that day.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference after a tour of a DPS Crime Lab on Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Houston.
“When you compare the notes from all these different investigations, you will see all the facts come together, and the families will continue to learn more about that,” he said. “They need to be able to know all of this information,.”
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