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But lawyers for Arredondo called him "a courageous officer" and his firing an unconstitutional public lynching
Families of the victims and survivors of the gruesome school shooting in May this year in the US state of Texas are planning to file a whopping USD 27 billion civil right lawsuit against district and state police authorities for negligence in performing their duties, a media report has said. On May 24, a gunman stormed into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers, in the deadliest school shooting in the US in nearly a decade. Since that massacre, several celebrities from different walks in life have appealed for ensuring gun responsibility in the US. On behalf of the family members of the victims and survivors of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting, attorney Charles Bonner announced that he is filing a USD 27 billion civil rights lawsuit against the authorities of the state for negligence in their duty, KSAT News, a Texas-based media organisation, reported on Monday. The law suit in particular is against Uvalde Consolidated Independent School Distr
The nearly 80-page report, obtained by multiple media outlets, was the first to criticise both state and federal law enforcement, and not just local authorities in the Texas town
The first public hearings in Texas looking into the Uvalde school massacre have focused on a cascade of law enforcement blunders, school building safety and mental health care
The new bill aims to take firearms away from dangerous people and provide billions of dollars in new mental health funding
In a highly personal 22-minute speech, McConaughey offered a full-throated exhortation for a gridlocked Congress to pass gun reforms that can save lives without infringing on Second Amendment rights
The school district police chief criticised for waiting too long before ordering law enforcement to confront and kill the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas school did not appear at a meeting
The agency investigating the mass shooting at elementary school in Uvalde has determined the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded
Nineteen children and two teachers died in the attack at Robb Elementary School, the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade
An exterior door at Robb Elementary School did not lock when it was closed by a teacher shortly before a gunman used it to get inside and kill 19 students and two teachers, state police said
This comes as local police are under scrutiny in the aftermath of the mass shooting, which killed 19 children and two teachers
US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Uvalde, Texas, to grieve with the community and comfort them after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a school shooting
The visit to Uvalde was Biden's second trip in as many weeks to console a community mourning a staggering loss after a shooting
No female worker shall be bound to work without her written consent before 6 am and after 7 pm
The NRA is on the ropes after a series of costly financial scandals and lawsuits
Donald Trump said that the US government should prioritise funding for school security in the country rather than sending aid to the war-torn Ukraine
Trump rejected tighter gun control after a Texas school shooting, telling a NRA meeting that solutions include mental-health care and training teachers to carry concealed weapons
The National Rifle Association began its annual convention in Houston on Friday amidst widespread protests over gun control law
The suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18, say authorities
Students trapped inside a classroom with a gunman repeatedly called 911 during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school as nearly 20 officers waited in the hallway for more than 45 minutes