Hours before the #Uvalde City Council was expected to reject a report clearing local police officers of wrongdoing during the Robb Elementary School massacre, the city’s police chief abruptly announced he is quitting.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/us/uvalde-former-mayor-report-robb-elementary?cid=ios_app
“Twice, my daughters have confronted the stark reality of guns in Uvalde schools. ...”
From our magazine: As the anniversary approaches, a mother who lost her daughter, and a photographer who embedded in the southwest #Texas town, reflect on the #Uvalde tragedy. https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-two-years-later-photo-essay/
(CW: #GunViolence
#politics #USpol #schools #education #SouthTexas #photography #news
Did Meta, “Call of Duty” and gun manufacturer Daniel Defense “groom” the shooter who killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas? Wrongful-death lawsuits brought by the victims’ families say yes. Read more from Tech Crunch: https://flip.it/QVEKdG
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#Uvalde families reach settlement with city, county ahead of 2-year mark: Can 'begin rebuilding trust'
Two teachers and 19 students were killed in the May 24, 2022, mass shooting.
GOOD.
WaPo- #Uvalde parents are suing gunmaker, Meta and ‘Call of Duty’ manufacturer
Former #Uvalde school district police chief charged with child endangerment after shooting that killed 21
Pete Arredondo, the former police chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, was charged with abandoning and endangering a child individual.
#Uvalde Police Failed to Turn Over All Body Camera Footage From Robb Elementary Shooting, Department Says
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After an officer noticed that part of his bodycam footage was absent from a recently released trove of records, an audit found “several additional videos” that were not included.
It’s unclear if prosecutors previously had access to this video.
#News #Texas #Police #Government #Schools #Students #Crime
https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-police-failed-turn-over-body-camera-video-robb-elementary
“This is very confusing. We’re going to take responsibility, but we’re not responsible. We’re going to punish a couple people, but we’re not going to punish them.”
Director Steve McCraw reinstated a #Texas ranger he’d fired over the response to the Robb Elementary shooting. The ranger’s appeal could have brought scrutiny on his agency. https://www.texasobserver.org/dps-mccraw-transparency-uvalde/
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Featured story: Even before the estrogen had time to actually alter my figure, I felt overcome with a sense of wholeness. I laugh more, and when I laugh, my heart rises. I’m more present to my family. Even my eyes are different. I am alive.
https://www.texasobserver.org/trans-children-are-gods-gifts/
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