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.
Sen. 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.”
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