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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Uvalde police chief accuses board of ‘lynching’ as he faces firing over police response ‘failure’ in shooting

AP

Pete Arredondo, the school police chief during the May mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is accusing local officials of conducting a public “lynching” in an attempt to fire him without due process.

Mr Arredondo, the head of the school’s police force, declined to attend a Wednesday meeting of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District board, where local officials will consider terminating his contract.

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