Nation Jul 18 Texas state police launch internal review of Uvalde shooting response The review comes after a damning new 80-page report released over the weekend by the Texas House revealed wide failures by all levels of law enforcement.
Nation Jul 18 Damning report, bodycam video show chaos of police response to Uvalde shooting A damning report and hours of body camera footage laid bare the chaotic response to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school.
Nation Jul 17 ‘Systemic failures’ led to bewildering police inaction in Uvalde, report finds A report says nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting that left 21 people dead at a Uvalde elementary school. But “systemic failures” created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman was…
Politics Jul 13 A timeline of the Texas elementary school shooting Over an hour passed from the time officers followed the 18-year-old gunman into the school and when they finally entered the fourth-grade classroom where he was holed up and killed him.
Nation Jun 22 Uvalde school police chief on leave amid criticism of school shooting response The Uvalde school district’s police chief was put on leave Wednesday following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Nation Jun 22 Texas hearings on Uvalde shooting don’t address gun reform The first public hearings in Texas looking into the Uvalde school massacre have centered on law enforcement blunders, school building safety and mental health. But there's been only brief mentions about the shooter's AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and gun reform.
Nation Jun 21 Head of Texas Department of Public Safety says Uvalde police response was an ‘abject failure’ The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to stop the gunman.
Nation Jun 21 WATCH: Head of Texas police says Uvalde officers could’ve ended shooting early The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to stop the gunman.
Nation Jun 09 Justice Department investigates Louisiana police amid evidence of beating Black men The U.S. Justice Department is opening a “pattern-or-practice” investigation into the Louisiana State Police amid mounting evidence that the agency has looked the other way in the face of beatings of mostly Black men, including the deadly 2019 arrest of…
Nation May 27 WATCH: Texas Department of Public Safety says Uvalde police waited 48 minutes before pursuing shooter Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside of the classrooms during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman, authorities…