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Uvalde Texas Cops Let Kids Die Because They Were Cowards
Uvalde Police’s ‘shocking collective cowardice’ led to 21 deaths at Robb Elementary school
Uvalde School Police Chief Fired!
Pete Arredondo, the police chief of schools in Uvalde, Texas, was fired for his handling of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in May. Victims’ families say it’s just the beginning. Janet Shamlian reports.
Uvalde School Board Fires Police Chief Arredondo
Three months after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde’s school board fired the district’s police chief Pete Arredondo. NBC’s Priscilla Thompson, who attended the meeting, tells MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell about the tension as the meeting started with calls for transparency and how the families reacted to finally seeing some accountability.
Uvalde ‘Greatest Failure In Modern American Law Enforcement History’ During Active Shooter Situation
Tom Winter, investigative correspondent for the NBC News Investigative Unit, breaks down the timeline of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety Director, saying that to him, this was the “Greatest failure in modern American law force history, as it pertains to an active shooter — period.”
Lawrence On The Cascade Of Failures By Uvalde Police
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why everyone involved in the Texas coverup of the mass murder in Uvalde, from the Governor to the police department and school board, is at fault.
Texas Officials’ Uvalde Response Is Wait ‘And Do Nothing’
Lawrence O’Donnell discusses what he calls “the most important editorial ever published by a small town Texas newspaper,” which was published by The Uvalde Leader-News looking at the town’s “darkest hour” when police did not respond as the shooter remained inside Robb Elementary School, plus the response by officials from Uvalde all the way to Greg Abbott’s office which seems to be to wait out the outrage.
Coward Uvalde Cops Reveal Why They Didn’t Save School Children’s Lives
An official from the Texas Department of Public Safety publicly stated that police officers were hesitant to storm the school building and save the children from the shooter because they were afraid of getting shot. Uvalde police waited for around an hour outside of the school, preventing parents from rushing the building and waiting for back-up instead of doing the job they signed up for, which was saving lives during these situations.
Parkland Father To Cruz And Abbott: ‘You Are As Low Of A Human Being As Can Be’
In the wake of the Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting, anti-gun violence activist Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter Jaime was murdered in the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018, joins The ReidOut. “I say screw you Ted Cruz and Gov. Abbott,” Guttenberg tells Joy Reid. “You want this fight? I’m done talking to you. I’m done trying to reason with you. You are who you are. You are as low of a human being as can be. We will fire you. And that’s what we need to do.”
Lawrence: Republicans Don’t Want You To Know The Truth About TX School Massacre
For years, Republicans have argued that the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why the mass murder of 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, has again proven that Republican plan will never work.
A Political Party That Doesn’t Care If You Get Shot
Despite clear evidence to the contrary, the GOP continues to push the idea that liberal policy is the culprit for gun violence in America. Fred Guttenberg, who lost his daughter in the mass shooting in Parkland, FL, joins Katie Phang to discuss.
Being Murdered In School Is A Uniquely American Way Of Death
May 24, 2022 MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell covers the tragic news of yet another mass shooting in an American school, this time an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and looks back at the history at this uniquely American way of death.
Lawrence: GOP Position Is Kids Have To Die Because The Constitution Says So
Texas Democratic candidate for Governor Beto O’Rourke interrupted a press conference in Uvalde, Texas, being chaired by his political rival, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, telling Abbott the Uvalde shooting was “totally predictable.” MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell covers that and how the Republican solution to school shootings didn’t work in Uvalde, Texas.
Preventable But Predictable: Activist Slams Abbott, GOP After 18 Children Killed In TX Shooting
Eighteen children are dead after the deadliest mass shooting of 2022 occurred at a Texas elementary school. MSNBC’s Ari Melber is joined by activist Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland school shooting, to discuss the shooting and the need for gun reform in America. Guttenberg reacted to Mitch McConnell’s response to the shooting, telling Melber that “he probably put out the exact same statement after my daughter was killed.”
Only In America: Child Legally Purchases Firearm
Despite being denied access to lottery tickets, cigarettes, and beer, a 13-year-old child takes advantage of America’s Gun Show Loophole to legally purchase a firearm.
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