The tensions between certain people and LE in the HEB area is long simmering, and their worries about affluence are valid IMO. I don't want to divert to that t much, as it doesn't really add to the discussion here.
I will say, it's fine for LE to feel defensive and to take some comments from the community personally. They are human and they doing a job that is hard, and probably completely sucks right now, However, I think airing that out in a presser the day after a child's body has been identified...showed poor decision making. That presser SHOULD have been about the victim, exactly what steps they are now taking, reassuring the community that LE hears them and they want to be there for them. Asking for tips, leads, etc. That presser was personal to benefit LE. They should not have talked about what the parents said multiple times. They should not have used valuable and vulnerable time with the community, to be defensive. Time is of the essence right now, and they wasted it. It was a wildly inappropriate time for that, IMO.
I am the first to defend LE in these situations. People often blame and question LE in murder investigations. Time and time again, LE proves they worked their tales off to get the perp. I'm sure LE is doing that here, but they aren't giving the appearance of it. And I can't find ways t defend that presser. JMO.
