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Officers had rifles and shields 19 minutes after gunman arrived but waited an hour to breach Uvalde class

Local police have been under scrunity for catastrophic delay

The Independent UK

Texas Senate Democrats call again for a special session on gun safety in response to Uvalde shooting

The senators said they would support proposals like raising the age to legally own an assault weapon from 18 to 21, creating red flag laws and regulating private gun sales.

The Texas Tribune

Law officers testifying for committee on Uvalde shooting

A legislative committee investigating the deadly shooting at a Texas elementary school last month is set to hear more testimony from law enforcement officers

The Independent UK

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Texas Law Enforcement Is Aggressively Fighting Public Records Requests About the Uvalde Mass Shooting

Transparency advocates say police could invoke a notorious loophole that allows them to hide records of deaths in custody and police killings.

Reason

Senators Want To Control Google Search Results About Abortion

Plus: Uvalde cops didn't check classroom door, Texas GOP slides further to the right, telemedicine deregulation in peril, and more...

Reason

Meghan Markle's kind phone call to family of teacher killed in Texas shooting

The nephew of Irma Garcia, a teacher who was killed alongside 19 children and a fellow educator during a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas last month, said that "sweet and lovely" Meghan Markle has shared her condolences with the family

Daily Mirror

Red flag law used in 6 recent Bay Area school gun threats

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The day after an 18-year-old fatally shot 19 young pupils and two teachers at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and reignited the nation’s firearms debate, Los Gatos police said a middle school boy claiming access to guns had threatened to “shoot up the school.”

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Uvalde classroom door may have been unlocked entire time as officers waited 77 minutes for key, says report

Surveillance footage shows police officers never even tried to open the door to the classroom where Salvador Ramos was holed up with his victims

The Independent UK

Uvalde officer with AR-15 hesitated and missed chance to shoot gunman before he entered school, say police

There were at least two missed opportunities where officers could have stopped Salvador Ramos before he entered Robb elementary school, killing 21 victims

The Independent UK

Uvalde officials are using a legal loophole to block the release of shooting records

After 19 children were killed at a Texas elementary, law enforcement officials have given little information. They're now using the "dead suspect loophole" to prevent the public release of records.

WEKU

Texas lawmaker says Uvalde police agree to cooperate with probe

In recent weeks, law enforcement officials have stopped providing new updates about the shooting, raising concern.

Al Jazeera

Private law firm argues Uvalde doesn’t need to release school shooting records to the public

Lawyers working for the private firm argued that the records could be ‘highly embarrassing’ and cause ‘emotional/mental distress’

The Independent UK

Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey hires DC lobbyists in push for ‘responsible’ gun laws

WASHINGTON — Actor and Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey is continuing his push for federal gun law changes, now hiring a team of D.C. lobbyists to represent him on Capitol Hill.

Tribune News Service

Texas committee still trying to question Uvalde police

A Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde elementary school massacre is signaling that local police have still not committed to speaking with it about the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers

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Some Texans want police in every school post-Uvalde. Is that the answer?

DALLAS — Anna schools Superintendent Michael Comeaux says his police department is barely keeping up with the district’s booming growth. The Collin County district has one officer for every 1,000 students. As the district’s enrollment hits 5,000, it is adding a fifth officer – but Anna has seven campuses.

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Editorial: Botched police response in Uvalde is exactly why we need body cameras. Release the footage

One really disturbing crime is sometimes all it takes to enact change at any level. The Uvalde shooting has done that, encouraging new federal gun legislation and school safety provisions.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Texas leaders want to boost mental health care. What about a ‘red flag’ law?

Progress can be slow to reach the halls of the state Capitol, so we are glad to see Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan treat mental health care as a priority in the aftermath of the Uvalde massacre.

The Independent UK

Chairman: Voluntary testimony from Uvalde police uncertain

The chairman of a special state House committee taking testimony on the Uvalde school shooting says it's uncertain whether city police officials would testify voluntarily to the committee

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Raiders owner donates $1million to Uvalde school district

‘We are proud to be part of something to make the children in these schools safer,’ said Mark Davis in a statement

Sports Illustrated

Raiders’ Mark Davis Donating $1M to Uvalde School District

The donation will go toward protecting schools in the area following last month’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Texas Observer

Journalists Are First Responders, Too

It takes a toll on journalists to cover tragedies on their own communities

Salon

Abbott seeks to shield Uvalde records

Texas public safety officials cite the "dead suspect loophole" to prevent records from being released

The Independent UK

Uvalde 11-year-old was avid runner, is remembered for energy

Layla Salazar adored Koala bears and loved the NFL's Dallas Cowboys and dancing to TikTok videos

Tribune News Service

Trauma surgeons detail the horror of mass shootings in the wake of Uvalde and call for reforms

When Dr. Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician in Uvalde, Texas, testified before a U.S. House committee June 8 about gun violence, he told lawmakers about the horror of seeing the bodies of two of the 19 children killed in the Robb Elementary massacre. They were so pulverized, he said, that they…

Salon

Cruz "does nothing" about gun violence

Cruz was asked to explain his gun violence action plan during Wednesday's Judiciary Committee hearing

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