Uvalde Parent Says He Was Arrested For Saying ‘F**okay’ At County Meeting

Brett Cross, whose son died within the 2022 mass taking pictures at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary faculty, mentioned in a TikTok video Monday night time that he was arrested earlier within the day for cursing in a county commissioners’ assembly.

“I was literally arrested for saying ‘f**k’ in a commissioner’s court because Mariano Pargas wants to sit there and act like he did nothing wrong when he knew that there were eight to nine kids that were still alive in a classroom and he walked the fuck away,” Cross mentioned in his video, .

Cross was arrested Monday morning after he yelled at Pargas, a Uvalde commissioner who was the performing Uvalde Police chief when the taking pictures at Robb Elementary occurred.

In Cross’ TikTok video, he shared footage from the assembly, which reveals him questioning why Pargas had been absent from current county commissioner’s conferences. When Judge William Mitchell warns Cross to look at his language, Cross yells, “Language, language, language. My child is fucking dead. Dead. And you have the balls and the gall to stand up here.”

Cross was then escorted out, arrested and charged with disrupting a gathering or procession, in line with CBS affiliate KENS 5. Uvalde Police referred HuffPost to the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office, which made the arrest. The sheriff’s workplace didn’t return a request for remark.

“That’s what they’re worried about,” Cross mentioned on TikTok. “They’re more worried about me saying the word ‘fuck’ than they are that my son and others were murdered.” Cross’ 10-year-old son, 18 different youngsters and two lecturers had been murdered within the taking pictures.

There must be “some respect, there has to be reverence,” Commissioner Ronald Garza advised HuffPost of the Monday assembly.

“I’m just disappointed at what transpired yesterday, but I’d like to just reemphasize the commissioner’s court will always support the parents and the families and they’re welcome to our commissioner’s court meetings and they’re welcome to express their opinion, but we’re a country of law and order and a courtroom of any level must be respected.”

Garza mentioned he “absolutely” understands why Cross can be offended and cuss.

“Uvalde’s hurting,” he mentioned. “The parents are hurting and Uvalde hurts with them.”

Pargas, together with fellow commissioners John Yeackle and Jerry W. Bates, didn’t instantly return a name.

CNN reported in November 2022 that on the day of the taking pictures, Pargas was advised at 12:16 p.m. that there have been eight to 9 youngsters nonetheless alive inside a classroom the place college students had been shot and killed however did not act in a well timed method.

Based on CNN’s evaluation of bodycam and surveillance footage, he walked to the hallway at 12:17 p.m. and talked about injured victims to a Border Patrol officer, however didn’t point out that there have been youngsters who had been nonetheless alive when talking a minute later to a Texas Ranger. Pargas was then seen strolling away from the varsity and didn’t enter the hallway close to the classroom for half-hour.

More than 400 law enforcement officials had been on scene that day and didn’t enter the classroom and kill the shooter till 12:50 p.m., 77 minutes after the taking pictures started.