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‘Go in there!’: Parents of Texas school shooting victims question police delays

Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed an Uvalde elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.

France 24

Texas student arrested after report of person walking near school with a weapon

Police reportedly found military-style weapons in student’s car and charged him with carrying gun in weapons-free zone

The Guardian - US

‘Look at Chicago’: Politicians again use city as example of why strict gun control won’t work

CHICAGO — Aline Stern of Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood found it difficult to send her two children to school on Wednesday, the morning after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in an elementary school in Texas, killing 19 children and two adults.

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People begged cops to stop Uvalde gunman

Some parents sought to charge the school to save their children amid police inaction

Salon

Police face questions over delays in storming Texas school

Law enforcement authorities in Texas are facing questions and criticism over how much time elapsed before they stormed an Uvalde elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers

The Independent UK

Fox News host chokes up as she blames ‘political divisions’ for Texas school shooting: ‘Is this our fault?’

Ainsley Earhardt referred to the Bible and told parents: ‘Take your children to church’

The Independent UK

Texas school shooting: Anderson Cooper consoles heartbroken dad who learned of daughter’s death from her best friend

Angel Garza, a trained medic aide, learned of his daughter’s death while trying to help her best friend who was covered in his 10-year-old’s blood

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‘Go in there! Go in there!’: Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school during shooting

Upset that police were not moving in, one parent who rushed to the scene raised the idea of charging into the school with several other bystanders. “Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t doing anything like they are supposed to,” he said.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Why only in America?’: Ted Cruz storms out of Texas school shooting interview

The Texas senator became irritated after a journalist pressed about why mass shootings seem to happen so often in America

The Independent UK

Oklahoma governor signs strictest abortion ban law in US

Kevin Stitt approves legislation in effect outlawing all terminations with exceptions for rape and incest

The Guardian - US

Trans woman wrongly identified as Uvalde shooter hits out at internet misinformation

Photos of at least three trans women were being circulated to spread baseless theory

The Independent UK

Texas gunman was inside school premises for up to an hour before he was shot, officials say

Criticism has been directed at law enforcement officials, acccused of a lack of swift action

The Independent UK

Oklahoma signs into law US’s strictest abortion legislation

The law allows private citizens to sue abortion providers in almost all cases, a model first used in Texas.

Al Jazeera

Ted Cruz turns his back on reporter when asked about gun reform

SENATOR Ted Cruz has come under fire after walking away from a Sky News correspondent following a Texas school shooting that saw 19 children and two…

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Medic found out his daughter was Texas shooting victim as he treated her best friend at scene

‘How do you look at this little girl and shoot her? How do you shoot my baby?’

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Texas gunman was inside school for 40 minutes

More information has emerged on the deadly school shooting, including a timeline. Plus, Walmart apologizes for selling Juneteenth-themed ice-cream

The Guardian - US

Texas officials deflect questions on ‘missing hour’ when gunman was in school – as it happened

Texas department of public safety briefing creates more questions about hour gunman was in school but not confronted by officers

Daily Record

US school shooting experts compare Salvador Ramos to profiles of other killers

Criminologists have explained what we know about gunmen who carry out school shootings.

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Salon

America's gun madness: Don't be numbed

Yes, it's frustrating and enraging that nothing has changed. But we created this hell, and we can get out of it

France 24

NRA convention is 'slap in the face' to Texans after Uvalde school shooting

IN THE PAPERS - Thursday, May 26, 2022: The local paper in Uvalde, Texas publishes its first issue since the shooting that killed 19 children and their teachers: an all-black front page with the date of the massacre. Despite the shooting, US gun lobby the NRA is going forward with…

Ballotpedia

An update on this week’s battleground primary results

Welcome to the Thursday, May 26, Brew.

Roll Call

Earmark fans grow among House GOP as total requests swell - Roll Call

House lawmakers’ appetite for earmarking has grown a year after Democrats resurrected the practice, particularly among Republicans.

WEKU

Texas school shooter entered Robb Elementary unobstructed, police say

Officials in Texas release more information, while Americans across the nation continue to express shock and grief at the massacre.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Why The Onion’s take on the Uvalde shooting captures every parent’s worst nightmare

It’s the yellow caution tape that gets to me when I look at the pictures tweeted by the satirical website The Onion in the wake of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, yesterday. Emblazoned with the words “Sheriff’s Line Do Not Cross,” the yellow tape is draped…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Burden of proof is on gun law resistance

To put yourself in the proper frame of mind to weigh what we ask you to consider today, imagine that you were one of the parents waiting into the night Tuesday outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, knowing what had happened inside hours before — to put it bluntly,…

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