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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Fired uvalde chief plays the victim | History Defined

Attendees hold signs as they walk out of a Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Board special meeting to consider the firing of Police Chief Pete Arredondo on August 24, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. (Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images)

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UVALDE — The Uvalde school board agreed Wednesday to fire Pete Arredondo, the school district police chief broadly criticized for his response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, in a vote that came shortly after he asked to be taken off of suspension and receive backpay.

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