The Uvalde Police Chose Dishonor
Where was their courage? Why were there no heroes?
by Elizabeth Bruenig
Jun 04, 2022
3 minutes
Society cannot demand courageous self-sacrifice; we can only ask for it. Most of us know we ourselves would be too frightened to face an armed gunman in a direct confrontation, and we accordingly choose to seek work that doesn’t put us in such positions—or shouldn’t. But perhaps even some of those who do volunteer for danger now lack the fortitude, the relevant virtues of courage, honor, and selflessness, to take up the task.
On Tuesday, the Texas Department of PublicSafety that Pete Arredondo, the chief of the Uvalde school district’s police, had
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