#uvalde mass shooting

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I cant even fucking imagine the agony, rage, and pain of being the parent of a school shooting victim and seeing hundreds upon hundreds of cops mobilize like this against peaceful unarmed anti-war students protesting genocide, while they were handcuffed and held back in Uvalde as cops stood around in the hallway laughing and smiling and looking at their phones as a mass shooter executed their children.

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salvador ramos...

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Families of the victims killed in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, have filed two wrongful death lawsuits: one against the firearm manufacturer and another against two technology companies, Meta and Microsoft, for their alleged role in marketing the weapon used. Friday’s pair of lawsuits came on the second anniversary of the school shooting, one of the deadliest in United States history. The gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, attacked Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022, and killed 19 children and two teachers, leaving 17 more people injured.

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This is the Texas of Greg Abbott and Ted "Cancún" Cruz where kids get less consideration than guns.

If police had been told that the school library contained books about slavery or LGBTQ+ acceptance at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde they would have barged in with guns blazing instead of spending over an hour playing with themselves outside the school while kids were being murdered by yet another gun nut.

The long-awaited report detailed systemic failures by both state and local law enforcement surrounding the massacre, one of the worst school shootings in US history, including the events that contributed to the 77-minute delay between the arrival of first responders and when the shooter was killed. “The victims and survivors should’ve never been trapped with that shooter for more than an hour as they waited for their rescue,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said during a Thursday press conference discussing the contents of the report. “The families of the victims deserved more than incomplete, inaccurate, and conflicting communications from officials of their loved ones.” [ ... ] The report, based on a review of more than 14,000 pieces of data and more than 260 interviews, also directly called out Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department officials, including former police chief Pete Arredondo for instructing officers not to enter some classrooms until keys had been secured. While the police response to the shooting has been heavily criticized, it’s important to note that the Texas GOP has been blocking gun safety legislation that could’ve potentially stopped this shooting from occurring.

Among Texas Republicans, the right to conduct school shootings is revered and is enshrined in the sacred 2nd Amendment. Police in Texas have to be careful not to offend the gun-worshiping GOP establishment.

The Department of Justice report can be read in its entirety below.

Critical Incident Review Active Shooter at Robb Elementary School

We already know what a horrible tragedy this was. Reading about the lack of professionalism, gross incompetence, and outright cowardice of Texas law enforcement will make your blood boil.

Republican governors like Greg Abbott want to force women to have babies by denying them reproductive freedom. But once those kids are born they are of little interest to Republicans.

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This is Amerikkka

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Another Day, Another Mass Shooting in Texas

There have been more mass shootings than days in this year, that’s 192 mass shootings at the time of post. Enough is enough

See full thread with all links on Twitter

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"Hymn for the Hurting," Amanda Gorman

Everything hurts, Our hearts shadowed and strange, Minds made muddied and mute. We carry tragedy, terrifying and true. And yet none of it is new; We knew it as home, As horror, As heritage. Even our children Cannot be children, Cannot be.

Everything hurts. It’s a hard time to be alive, And even harder to stay that way. We’re burdened to live out these days, While at the same time, blessed to outlive them.

This alarm is how we know We must be altered — That we must differ or die, That we must triumph or try. Thus while hate cannot be terminated, It can be transformed Into a love that lets us live.

May we not just grieve, but give: May we not just ache, but act; May our signed right to bear arms Never blind our sight from shared harm; May we choose our children over chaos. May another innocent never be lost.

Maybe everything hurts, Our hearts shadowed & strange. But only when everything hurts May everything change.

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The Tragedy Prayer

"Let us offer up a prayer to those who have perished in this nightmarish act of cruelty today.

And I remind you all, once again, that we pray not to God, but to ourselves; to sharpen our minds and to focus our wills.

Our Power, which burns within Us, exquisite be Our Might.

Our Kingdom come, Our Will be done, on Earth as it is within Us.

Give Us this day our fondest wish, and improve ever upon Us, as we strive ever to improve Ourselves.

And lead Us not into corruption or malaise, but give Us strength to persist in the face of adversity.

Lives have been taken needlessly from Us by a loathsome lost soul on a mission of evil.

May the sickness of this rotten death-urge vacate Our collective Being.

May the exploiters of tragedy find that their words turn to shit in their mouths.

May the deniers of tragedy find that they are denied mercy until they repent.

May the cruelty of this world be alleviated by the love and fellowship and brotherhood and sisterhood and siblinghood that We may find in Ourselves.

To love One Another and to serve One Another and to serve those that love Us.

And may Those whose souls are on this day scorched with pain and anguish find Their way to the balm of kindness.

Let Those who have been so darkly touched by the worst of humanity see now the best of it.

And may Our differences be cast aside, and all the bullshit cut through, until all that is left is the truth.

Let it be so."

-TJ Kirk (May 2022)

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When you read about Republicans offering up their thoughts and prayers for the victims of the Nashville shooting, please remember that they also pray that kids be denied abortions. They pray that LGBTQIA+ youth hide who they are or just stop existing. They pray that universal health care never comes to pass.

They may not wake up, rub their hands together, and pray for a situation like Nashville or Uvalde, but they don't give a fuck about the lives lost.

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In the year since the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Tex., much of the blame for law enforcement’s decision to wait more than an hour to confront the gunman has centered on the former chief of the school district’s small police force.

But a Washington Post investigation has found that the costly delay was also driven by the inaction of an array of senior and supervising law enforcement officers who remain on the job and had direct knowledge a shooting was taking place inside classrooms but failed to swiftly stop the gunman.

The Post’s review of dozens of hours of body camera videos, post-shooting interviews with officers, audio from dispatch communications and law enforcement licensing records identified at least seven officers who stalled even as evidence mounted that children were still in danger. Some were the first to arrive, while others were called in for their expertise.

All  are still employed by the same agencies they worked for that day. One was commended for his actions that day.

The men identified in the investigation:

Uvalde police Sgt. Daniel Coronado

Uvalde police Sgt. Donald Page

U.S. Border Patrol Tactical Unit acting commander Paul Guerrero

Uvalde SWAT commander Sgt. Eduardo Canales

Texas Ranger Ryan Kindell

Uvalde County Constable Johnny Field

Uvalde police Lt. Javier Martinez

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A Father's Promise, from Abramorama, presents the story of professional musician Mark Barden whose life changed instantly, when his son Daniel was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary school, and the resilience to turn tragedy into hope.

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One of the ways america has pretended to care about mass shooting eventualities is by including mandatory trainings for what to do in the event of one. I’ve taken this same course over a dozen times. It’s horrific, but like the shootings themselves you numb yourself to it as it becomes more and more common.

Under the “hide” section they impress upon you that events are usually over between 10 and 15 minutes, and even in the best cases, help is minutes, not seconds away.

In Uvalde it was over an hour.

Last night it was three.

You will never be safe or protected from gun violence as long as they are considered an inalienable right. It’s the guns. It’s always been the guns. It will always be the guns.

Be safe, and if you have a differing “opinion” keep it the fuck to yourself.