The families of victims of the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting have reached a $2 million settlement with the City of Uvalde and filed a new lawsuit against Texas law enforcement officers over the massacre.
The settlement damages, per a statement shared with Rolling Stone, will be distributed to the families of 17 children killed, as well as the families of two children who were wounded (in total, 19 students were killed, along with two teachers). The agreement also includes several items aimed at improving the Uvalde police force and helping the community heal.
The settlement damages, per a statement shared with Rolling Stone, will be distributed to the families of 17 children killed, as well as the families of two children who were wounded (in total, 19 students were killed, along with two teachers). The agreement also includes several items aimed at improving the Uvalde police force and helping the community heal.
- 5/22/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
More details are emerging about the 911 calls made by children inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas as an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults at the primary school. On Friday, Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw held a press conference to discuss an updated timeline of the shooting, the police’s delayed response, and the harrowing calls made by students to 911.
“It’s better that I read it than you listen to it,” McCraw said before discussing the calls, taking a moment to collect himself.
Without naming the children,...
“It’s better that I read it than you listen to it,” McCraw said before discussing the calls, taking a moment to collect himself.
Without naming the children,...
- 5/27/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
This post has been updated to correct factual errors.
David Simon, the creator of HBO’s acclaimed cop drama “The Wire,” spoke frankly about the police response to the massacre of 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday — and contrasted that response to police officers he knew in real life.
On Wednesday, it came out that police officers stood by for nearly an hour as parents begged them to confront the shooter — dithering that might have helped create more deaths — and have since failed to offer a coherent explanation for their failure to act.
Simon, inspired by this news, offered his own thoughts in a series of tweets on Thursday. “I am writing to say that as a reporter, I knew men who could not have produced any smart or tactical reason to stand outside a school while children were shot and bleeding to death inside,...
David Simon, the creator of HBO’s acclaimed cop drama “The Wire,” spoke frankly about the police response to the massacre of 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday — and contrasted that response to police officers he knew in real life.
On Wednesday, it came out that police officers stood by for nearly an hour as parents begged them to confront the shooter — dithering that might have helped create more deaths — and have since failed to offer a coherent explanation for their failure to act.
Simon, inspired by this news, offered his own thoughts in a series of tweets on Thursday. “I am writing to say that as a reporter, I knew men who could not have produced any smart or tactical reason to stand outside a school while children were shot and bleeding to death inside,...
- 5/27/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Armed law enforcement officers were present on Tuesday as a shooter entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and slaughtered 21 people, including 19 young children. Witnesses say they weren’t doing enough to stop the shooter.
The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that onlookers urged police to go into the school and stop the massacre, to no avail. “Go in there! Go in there!” women shouted, according to one witness. Javier Cazares, whose daughter Jacklyn was killed, said police were congregated outside the building when he arrived, prompting him to suggest...
The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that onlookers urged police to go into the school and stop the massacre, to no avail. “Go in there! Go in there!” women shouted, according to one witness. Javier Cazares, whose daughter Jacklyn was killed, said police were congregated outside the building when he arrived, prompting him to suggest...
- 5/26/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
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