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But lawyers for Arredondo called him "a courageous officer" and his firing an unconstitutional public lynching

Updated On: 25 Aug 2022 | 12:31 PM IST

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

Updated On: 23 Aug 2022 | 2:43 PM IST

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

Updated On: 18 Jul 2022 | 7:25 AM IST

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

Updated On: 23 Jun 2022 | 7:15 AM IST

The new bill aims to take firearms away from dangerous people and provide billions of dollars in new mental health funding

Updated On: 23 Jun 2022 | 1:10 AM IST

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

Updated On: 08 Jun 2022 | 9:19 AM IST

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

Updated On: 08 Jun 2022 | 7:38 AM IST

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

Updated On: 04 Jun 2022 | 8:02 AM IST

Nineteen children and two teachers died in the attack at Robb Elementary School, the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade

Updated On: 03 Jun 2022 | 7:10 AM IST

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

Updated On: 01 Jun 2022 | 10:53 AM IST

This comes as local police are under scrutiny in the aftermath of the mass shooting, which killed 19 children and two teachers

Updated On: 30 May 2022 | 10:08 AM IST

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

Updated On: 30 May 2022 | 8:02 AM IST

The visit to Uvalde was Biden's second trip in as many weeks to console a community mourning a staggering loss after a shooting

Updated On: 30 May 2022 | 7:12 AM IST

No female worker shall be bound to work without her written consent before 6 am and after 7 pm

Updated On: 28 May 2022 | 8:23 PM IST

The NRA is on the ropes after a series of costly financial scandals and lawsuits

Updated On: 28 May 2022 | 12:34 PM IST

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

Updated On: 28 May 2022 | 11:05 AM IST

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

Updated On: 28 May 2022 | 9:13 AM IST

The National Rifle Association began its annual convention in Houston on Friday amidst widespread protests over gun control law

Updated On: 28 May 2022 | 8:59 AM IST

The suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18, say authorities

Updated On: 28 May 2022 | 8:58 AM IST

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

Updated On: 28 May 2022 | 7:51 AM IST