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October 28, 2022

Families Demand Texas' Top Public Safety Official Resign Over Uvalde School Shooting
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In Austin, Texas, families of victims of the massacre in Uvalde packed a
public safety commission meeting Thursday to demand the resignation of
Texas's top law enforcement official over the botched police response
during the mass shooting, and the mishandling of the investigation that
followed. Newly released body-camera footage shows Texas law enforcement
officers at Robb Elementary School on May 24 acknowledging they should
confront the gunman, but saying they were afraid of getting shot.
Nineteen students and two teachers were killed that day, as over 70
minutes passed before police finally entered the fourth-grade classroom
and killed the gunman. Democratic State Senator Roland Gutierrez, who
represents Uvalde, spoke at Thursday's meeting. 
bq. State Senator Roland Gutierrez: "No help arrived. We'll never know
how many children could have been saved. Two, three, four. A few died on
the way to the hospital. Eva Mireles died on the way to the hospital.
The actions by DPS in the aftermath of the shooting are nearly as
egregious as their inaction on May 24th." 
To see our interview with Texas State Senator Gutierrez go to
democracynow.org.


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