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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Eli Stokols

‘Enough!’ Biden, decrying mass shootings and excessive force, signs executive order on policing

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Wednesday marked the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer by signing an executive order aimed at reforming policing at the federal level.

But the event was overshadowed by yet another act of violence — a shooting at a Texas elementary school that left at least 21 people dead — 19 children and two teachers.

“I’m sick and tired of it,” Biden said of the rampant gun violence, announcing he’ll travel to the Uvalde, Texas, campus in the coming days. “We must ask, when in God’s name will we do what needs to be done?”

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