Texas police accused of bungling the response to a mass shooter in an Uvalde school where 19 children and two teachers were killed aren’t likely to be held liable in a civil court, benefiting from broad immunity granted government entities.
The law enforcement response is under intense scrutiny. According to the timeline provided by Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, 19 officers were in the school for almost an hour before police entered the classroom where the gunman was and killed him. Students had been calling 911, begging for help while the shooter was still active.
“I certainly think the police activity, or non activity, was awful but I don’t think there is any recourse in suing the police officers,” David Crump, law professor at University of Houston, said in an interview Friday.
