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The Independent UK
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Nadia Lathan

Former Uvalde schools police chief who asked for charges to be dropped returns to court

Texas-School Shooting-Indictment - (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The former schools police chief in Uvalde, Texas, who has asked a judge to throw out charges accusing him of failing to take action during the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, is expected back in court Thursday.

Pete Arredondo, 52, has pleaded not guilty to charges of child endangerment and abandonment. U.S. law enforcement officers rarely face a criminal trial over their actions during a school shooting.

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