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Despite ample school security plan, Texas shooter found gaps

The shooting massacre at a Texas elementary has spurred renewed calls, especially from Republicans, for more investment in school security

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Biden laments violence and fear as Texas official says police made ‘wrong decision’

Timeline suggests about 78 minutes passed from when the gunman entered school to when officers breached the classroom

The Guardian - US · May 27, 2022

Texas school shooting: Police made 'wrong decision' not to storm classroom sooner

Colonel Steven McCraw said that “in hindsight”, the choice made by the onsite commander to delay entering the classroom was the “wrong decision”

Daily Mirror · May 27, 2022

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Uvalde student begged for police to come

Texas police finally admit they screwed up Uvalde response — but still blame teacher for leaving door open

Salon · May 27, 2022

Texas school shooting: Who are Daniel Defense, the makers of Salvador Ramos’ AR-15?

Firearms manufacturer whose AR-15 semi-automatic rifle was reportedly used in Robb Elementary School massacre pledges to co-operate with law enforcement investigations into atrocity

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Kids Called 911 from Classroom during Texas Massacre as Police Waited Outside

Panicked children and teachers placed half a dozen calls to 911 emergency services from the Texas classrooms where a massacre was unfolding, pleading for police to intervene, while roughly 20 officers waited in a hallway for nearly an hour before entering the room, authorities said on Friday. At least two…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 27, 2022

Photos of the week ending May 27, 2022 - Roll Call

The Senate largely had the Capitol to itself this week, a somber one because of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

Roll Call · May 27, 2022

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Texas mass shooting: Uvalde school district had extensive security plan in place to prevent attack

Nineteen children and two teachers killed at Robb Elementary despite governing administration more than doubling safety budget in five years

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Children called 911 inside Texas school amid shooting as police response lagged, officials say

Throughout the attack, teachers and children repeatedly called 911 asking for help, including a girl who pleaded: “Please send the police now,” authorities said.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022

Teacher shares realities of her job in wake of Texas school shooting: ‘Unfair, frightening, and simply sad’

‘We are needing help. We are needing change,’ Taylor Mora tells The Independent

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he was 'misled' about the Uvalde shooting police response

Abbott says the information that he provided at a press conference two days ago was a recitation of what law enforcement had told him in a room beforehand.

WEKU · May 27, 2022

Uvalde's ugly truth: Cops won't help you

In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no "'entitlement’ to receive protective services" from police

Salon · May 27, 2022

Texas shooting survivor, 11, says gunman played music during massacre

The student told CNN producers that the gunman’s played what sounded like ‘I want people to die music’

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

FCS All-American LB Tucker-Dorsey Transfers to Texas

The redshirt junior notified coach Steve Sarkisian’s staff of his decision earlier this week.

Sports Illustrated · May 27, 2022

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Los Angeles Times · May 27, 2022

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school begged the police to enter their classroom and save them, repeatedly calling 911, as a team of 19 police officers waited in the corridor for an hour because a commander believed the situation had shifted from active shooter to a barricaded…

Axios · May 27, 2022

Texas official says police made "the wrong decision" during Uvalde shooting

Police waited several minutes to breach the classrooms where the gunman had barricaded himself with victims.

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Texas shooting – latest: Trump speaks at NRA meeting as Abbott ‘livid’ over police errors

Law enforcement admit wrongfully believing gunman was ‘barricaded’ despite active shooter threat

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage

The suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks

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The Guardian - US · May 27, 2022

NRA holds annual meeting in Texas under cloud of controversy

Texas governor backs out of in-person appearance as protesters descend on gun-rights group’s event

Los Angeles Times · May 27, 2022

Trump, protests expected at NRA convention in Texas days after Uvalde shooting

HOUSTON — Thousands of people gathered at the downtown convention center here for the controversial annual meeting of the National Rifle Association just days after a mass shooting 270 miles west in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 21 people, including 19 children.

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2022

America, how long will you sacrifice your children on the altar of gun worship?

This devotion to the right to bear arms is horrifyingly outdated. It brought terror to Texas – and it will happen again and again, warns Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Evening Standard · May 27, 2022

Texas school massacre: Police admit ‘wrong not to storm class earlier’

The on-site commander believed the gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was barricaded in a classroom during Tuesday’s attack and that the children were not at risk, a senior official told a press conference

Los Angeles Times · May 27, 2022

90 minutes of terror: Questions mount over Texas shooting

With pressure mounting to explain the delayed police response to the massacre at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers, Gov. Greg Abbott scrapped plans to attend the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Houston and will travel to the grieving town of Uvalde on Friday…

WEKU · May 27, 2022

What we know about the victims of the Uvalde school shooting

Two teachers and 19 students were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, making it the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. At least four others were injured.

Texas Observer · May 27, 2022

Greg Abbott Is Full of Shit

And culpable.

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