Nice to see things we've been shouting about for MONTHS corroborated by the NYT.
DPS Sgt Maldonado, meet internet. Internet, meet the cop the authorities don't want you to know about who was there FIRST and yeah, there's video. So much more video. DPS director McCraw has it. We demand it.
Massive NYT investigative story here.
TL: DR
Everything they said about Uvalde is a lie, they are lying now and they hold all the evidence and hope to hide the massive trove of new evidence we just learned about. DPS is corrupt and in charge now and on May 24th and top NYT reporters are all over the proof despite the stonewall and coverup continuing.
okay, let’s ingest this mess, fellow sin eaters:
Here’s the potatoes:
The available footage shows the D.P.S. timeline — which Mr. McCraw told lawmakers was corroborated by “frame-by-frame” video analysis — miscast Mr. Arredondo’s role and omitted actions, and inaction, by other officers, especially D.P.S. troopers and federal agents, who were involved earlier or more centrally than it notes.
Footage shows BORTAC, the Border Patrol’s elite tactical agents, took charge about halfway into the response, and learned right away that children were trapped inside with the gunman. But it took 37 minutes of planning, testing keys and readying equipment before BORTAC breached the classrooms.
and extra stuffing:
Mr. Arredondo was designated to take command by the school’s active shooter plan, which he wrote, and footage shows some officers referred to him as “in charge,” but there’s little visual evidence he actually directed the response, or even stayed abreast of key developments from the position he took during the incident.
And here's the meat, IMO.
A photo (screen grab from Canales bodycam) of DPS Sgt Juan Maldonado at the west door.
Footage also captures Sgt. Juan Maldonado of D.P.S. standing outside the north entrance at 11:37 a.m., five minutes before the D.P.S. timeline indicates their first agent arrives on scene.
D.P.S. said Mr. Maldonado drove Mr. Ruiz to the school but was omitted from the timeline because he did not enter the building with him and the other officers.
In the footage, Mr. Maldonado, armed with a rifle and wearing a tactical vest, is holding the door open. When Mr. Canales stumbles outside bleeding and says, “We’ve got to get in there,” Mr. Maldonado does not run toward gunfire as active shooter protocol dictates. Instead he says, “D.P.S. is sending people,” and remains outside.
Mr. McCraw told The Times they now have additional evidence from Mr. Maldonado’s dashcam indicating he parked at the school at 11:34 a.m.
(D.P.S. said Mr. Maldonado is currently under internal investigation. Mr. Pargas was put on administrative leave.)
And there's more. Be sure to read and watch it all.