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Member even saying, just tell come out and tell us what the decision is already, stop wasting our time. and so, this was by no means a done dell. many of the families here felt like they have been hiccups and misinformation every step of the way. nothing about this process has been easy and they expected that they were in for a fight tonight. as for chief arredondo, he did not attend in person, his attorney, of course, releasing that 17-page statement, calling for his reinstatement and also calling for back pay, and benefits, that obviously did not happen. tonight, many of the families are cal...

Statement, essentially defending his actions that day, showing no kind of compassion, no kind of responsibility, and what he said was that the reason why the chief was not now the -- the former chief was not going to attend was because he was afraid for his own safety and then he wrote how arredondo saying that arredondo would not participate in his own illegal and unconstitutional public lynching and respectfully requests the board immediately reinstate him with all back pay and benefits. that's what arredondo wanted. he wanted his job back. clearly not in touch with what the community wants,...

To due process and went on to say arredondo should be reinstated with back pay and full benefits. we asked some folks at the meeting last night about arredondo's response. i want to play what one person had to say about that. take a listen. >> you didn't have a car wreck into a stop sign. you had a loss of life, 2 is of them, 22 coming to pass away from a broken heart. you to come out and you're asking -- you're asking for back pay? how do you even come up with something like that? >> reporter: no word yet on if arredondo plans to appeal this decision or possibly even sue the school district b...

They just thought it was incredulous and ridiculous that he would even suggest that, and even more so, in that 17-page statement that was released just before this meeting got under way, arredondo's attorney going so far as to say that he should be reinstated with back pay and benefits, something that many people here just, again, found absolutely astounding, and it was a far cry from the type of response that we saw in that very emotional and very charged meeting last night where, as soon as public comment opened, it was very clear that there was still a lot of anger in that room. everyone wh...

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