From the Uvalde, Texas newspaper of record, Uvalde Leader News:
… Cross was released around 2:20 p.m. on a personal recognizance bond, nearly four hours after his arrest.
Speaking the next day, Feb. 27, on the courthouse lawn, he said he feels the arrest was an attempt to intimidate him.
“I was a part of the meeting, how am I disrupting a meeting that I’m a part of? I signed up, that was my time to speak,” Cross said.
“It’s like I’ve been telling everybody, what they’re doing, what they did yesterday, was just showing and bringing to light what we’ve been telling everybody for a while. They want us to be quiet. They want us to be silent, they want us to shut up and sweep it under the rug. And unfortunately for them, it’s not going to happen because we’re going to continue to fight.”
Cross and his wife, Nikki, were raising Uziyah Garcia, one of 19 students and two teachers killed as a result of the 2022 school attack.
He has consistently spoken at county meetings, advocating for change. He was asked to leave a Dec. 12, 2022, meeting for contesting a speaker’s call to move on and stop criticizing public officials.
Cross first criticized Pargas for motioning to approve the minutes of a meeting Pargas did not attend. As he spoke, he referenced Pargas being absent from several meetings, then asked if Pargas was the reason many law enforcement officers were present at the 10 a.m. meeting. Cross swore while speaking, but did not call anyone a name.
A county constable and several members of the sheriff’s office, including courtroom bailiffs, were in attendance. Ratliff spoke about required traffic stop racial profiling reports, as did constable David Valdez.
Cross signed up to speak on the payroll agenda item, something Robb families have been doing for months, stating they feel Pargas and Sheriff Ruben Nolasco should not be paid with taxpayer funds after failing to take charge during the school shooting. Both men are elected county officials.
As a vocal advocate for change in the aftermath of the school shooting, Cross has turned to social media and staged numerous protests including a September of 2022 sit-in at the Uvalde school district office. …
ETA:
Mr. Cross may have additional troubles, and may have his own reasons for not having an online fundraiser…
