One shocking stat from Uvalde is raising bigger questions about policing

A new statement from the state's director of public safety indicated, among other things, that officers on the scene could have stopped the shooting within three minutes. [View in browser]( [Image]( June 22, 2022 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [One shocking stat from Uvalde is raising bigger questions about policing]( by Zeeshan Aleem The ongoing conversation about police reform, and how many American tax dollars go to police forces, has recently become even more fraught with emerging reports that local police apparently acted with deadly incompetence at the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. A Tuesday statement from the state's director of public safety indicated, among other things, that officers on the scene could have stopped the shooting within three minutes. Instead, it took more than an hour, and 21 deaths, for the shooter to be stopped — shot dead by an officer. Because of this and similar instances of police ineptitude, [Zeeshan Aleem writes](, "Critics are not just challenging the idea of excessive use of force, but questioning whether the police are good at what they're supposed to do, particularly when it comes to intervening in violent situations." 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