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The last conversation Sandra Torres had with her 10-year-old daughter was about her nervous excitement over whether shed make the all-star softball team. Hours later, Eliahna Torres was one of 19 children and two teachers massacred at their elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
With little closure and few answers about law enforcements 77-minute wait on May 24 in the school hallway rather than confronting the gunman, Sandra Torres filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against police, the school district and the maker of the gun the shooter used.
My baby never made it out of the school, she said. Theres no accountability or transparency. Theres nothing being done.
The lawsuit accuses the city, the school district and several police departments of a complete failure to follow active shooter protocols and violations of the victims constitutional rights by barricading them inside two classrooms with the killer for more than an hour. The city said it doesnt comment on pending litigation and the school district and police did not immediately return messages.
Torres is being helped by the legal arm of the group Everytown for Gun Safety. Her suit also names the manufacturer of the AR-style semiautomatic rifle that Salvador Ramos used to fire more than 100 rounds in the horrific mass shooting.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/texas-mom-sues-police-gunmaker-uvalde-school-shooting-rcna59139
Ray Bruns
(4,020 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)This shit needs to end.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,153 posts)There should have been a whole lot of heads rolling. A total revamp and rehire of the Uvalde police as part of it.
Money, even if they win, is just coming out of taxpayers pockets and the cowards will probably get a raise next year.
IcyPeas
(21,737 posts)in my opinion.
good luck to Sandra Torres.