An epidemic of "bailouts" — when human smugglers attempt to outrun police officers in high-speed chases — contributed to the slow response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, according to a new report released by a Texas state House committee that investgated the massacre.
The committeee found that schools in Uvalde, Texas were put under lockdown nearly 50 times from late February 2022 until May due to the bailouts.
"The frequency of less-serious bailout-related alerts in Uvalde diluted the significance of alerts and dampened everyone's readiness to act on alerts, the report determined.
