Families of Uvalde school shooting victims are suing Texas state police over botched response
Source: AP
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde elementary school shooting in Texas on Wednesday filed a $500 million federal lawsuit against nearly 100 state police officers who were part of the botched law enforcement response to one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.
The families said they also agreed to a $2 million settlement with the city, under which city leaders promised higher standards and better training for local police.
The lawsuit and settlement announcement in Uvalde came two days before the two-year anniversary of the massacre. Nineteen fourth-graders and two teachers were killed on May 24, 2022, when a teenage gunman burst into their classroom at Robb Elementary School and began shooting.
The lawsuit, seeking at least $500 million in damages, is the latest of several seeking accountability for the law enforcement response. More than 370 federal, state and local officers converged on the scene, but they waited more than 70 minutes before confronting the shooter.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-mass-shooting-robb-elementary-38351326b48d7eb9d020b42f24b53cfe
Faux pas
(15,090 posts)keithbvadu2
(39,192 posts)TexasTowelie
(115,335 posts)Texas has a two year statute of limitations for tort claims.
mzmolly
(51,418 posts)too. Police should have intervened much sooner, but they were up against a military weapon. A case for better regulation if there ever was one.
Martin68
(24,100 posts)Prairie Gates
(2,213 posts)BigmanPigman
(52,129 posts)shooting at an elementary school shows how they were successful and did their job to take down an active shooter. I have watched body cam from those police officers and they did the opposite of Ulvade. Seeing their actions should be required by all police officers. It is the step by step process and trained officers know what to do. Ulvade chose not to follow these actions.
LeftInTX
(29,155 posts)NBachers
(17,837 posts)Texas cop helps himself to a generous portion of hand sanitizer and applies it with gusto; then checks phone while kids are massacred.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SaGgW5YNe5Q
ck4829
(35,598 posts)bluestarone
(17,871 posts)But, it's Texas. Fucking Texas.