Uvalde Parents Settle With City for $2 Million, File New Suit Against Texas DPS
No sooner had the city of Uvalde, Texas settled with the families of the victims of the 2022 Robb Elementary School murders — for $2 million — than the families announced they’d filed of a new lawsuit. This latest action is against the Texas Department of Public Safety, listing 92 individual troopers who opted to […]
A Lesson From Uvalde: Hold Schools Accountable For Childrens Safety and Security
Ultimately, it’s up to parents to do everything they can to ensure their kids’ safety and security. We expect school officials to keep our children safe while they’re at school. Unfortunately some school officials don’t. Some are too lazy to ensure exterior doors are secure. Others suffer from a mental denial response that anything […]
DOJ Report Chronicles Failures at Every Level in the Uvalde Shooting Response
The Justice Department report, the most comprehensive federal accounting of the maligned police response to the May 24, 2022, shooting at Robb Elementary School, catalogs a sweeping array of training, communication, leadership and technology problems that federal officials say contributed to the crisis lasting far longer than necessary. All the while, the report says, […]