MEMORIAL: Reggie Daniels remembers the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. Photo: Eric Gay/AP
That’s according to a new report about the school shooting in the small Texas town.
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- A new report from the US Department of Justice is scathingly critical of the police’s handling of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
- 19 children and two adults were killed in the attack.
- The report points out, among other things, the long waiting time before the police got control of the perpetrator, the lack of a command post, inaccurate communication and failing management.
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Police are under fire from the US Department of Justice in a new report on the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in the town of Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022.
It writes news agency AP.
19 children and two adults were killed in the attack.
GRIEVING: Relatives of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde when the Ministry of Justice presented a new report which is crushing against the police’s handling of the incident. Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP
The report states that “pervasive errors” were made and points out, among other things, the following:
- The police waited far too long to confront the perpetrator.
- They failed to establish a command post.
- The communication with the next of kin was inaccurate.
- Failing training, communication and management, as well as technology problems contributed to the mass shooting taking longer than necessary.
SCHOOL MASSACRES: The crosses in front of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, commemorate the 21 people who were killed on May 24, 2022. Photo: Kaylee Grenlee Beal / Reuters
Attorney General Merrick Garland issued an unreserved apology during a press conference on Thursday, January 18:
“I told the families gathered yesterday what I hope is abundantly clear from the hundreds of pages and thousands of details in this report: Your loved ones deserved better,” Garland said.
The authorities have already been heavily criticized for their handling of the tragedy.
REGRETTED: Minister of Justice Merrick B. Garland during a press conference in Uvalde on Thursday 18 January 2024. Photo: Adam Davies / EPA
According to AP, the new report emphasizes how the police mistakenly assumed that the mass shooter had barricaded himself, was arrested or dead – even though he continued to shoot.
The police waited for nearly an hour before taking active action against the mass shooter, local high school student Salvador Ramos. The 18-year-old was eventually killed by a patrol led by border police, 77 minutes after local police first arrived at the school.
A CROSS FOR EACH NAME: The memorial outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP
Velma Lisa Duran (52) is the sister of one of the teachers who was shot dead. Duran tells AP that she is grateful for the Department of Justice’s work.
But what she really wants is for government officials to be held accountable in a courtroom:
– A report does not matter when there are no consequences for actions that are so vile, murderous and evil, says Duran to AP.
– What are we going to do with a new report?
Watch video: The school principal in Uvalde, Texas, spoke out about the school shooting
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Published: 19.01.24 at 03:28
2024-01-19 02:28:31
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