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Police were reluctant to immediately engage with the gunman who spent an hour inside the elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., where he killed 19 children and two adults because “they could’ve been shot,” a lieutenant with the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a CNN interview. Law enforcement officers have faced mounting criticism from some parents who say police could have intervened sooner against 18-year-old Salvador Ramos in an effort from officers that was initially deemed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) as a “quick response.” Police who arrived at the school retreated as shots rang out, state authorities said Thursday, and it took an hour before a tactical unit led by federal Border Patrol agents went into a classroom and killed the gunman. Continue reading at Washington Post. (Chandan Khanna/Getty Images)
‘We are scared.’ Tacoma high school students hold walkout and protest over gun violence
Foss High School students wanted their voices heard Thursday after a Texas school shooting Tuesday left 21 people dead. Over 100 students staged a walkout and anti-gun violence rally on Tacoma’s South 19th Street. Students crowded sidewalks on both sides of the street near South Stevens/Tyler streets. Passing cars honked in support and a few passersby joined them. Continue reading at Tacoma News Tribune. (Cheyenne Boone/Tacoma News Tribune)
‘Thoughts and prayers are not enough’: 21 minutes of silence as LC students hold walkout to protest gun violence in wake of Texas massacre
The sun was shining and the air was warm as more than a hundred students walked out of class Thursday morning at Lewis and Clark High School. But this was much more than a chance to skip a lecture, and the students made that clear. “End gun violence,” the students chanted as they stood outside the LC commons. “Thoughts and prayers are not enough.” They also stood in silence for 21 minutes – one minute each for the 19 children and two teachers massacred by a gunman Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Continue reading at The Spokesman-Review. (Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review)
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