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‘Systemic failures’ in Uvalde shooting response

There were “systemic failures and egregious poor decision-making” involved in the deadly school shooting at Robb elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, a committee of state lawmakers found. The 77-page report from the Texas legislature details glaring failures in the years leading up to and during the 24 May shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead, along with 17 others wounded.

Nearly 400 law enforcement officers from myriad agencies went to the school after the killings started, but they were stymied by a lack of coordination, according to the report. Officers told investigators they assumed Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo was in charge at the scene, but Arredondo has said publicly he did not believe himself to be in charge. Law enforcement waited more than an hour before confronting and killing the shooter. The report details an officer asking if there were kids in the classroom. Another officer responded “whoever was in charge would figure that out”.

While Arredondo has been the focus, the report also faults other law enforcement agencies for not stepping in to fill the void.

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Steve Bannon goes on trial for contempt of Congress

Opening arguments were expected to take place this week in the federal trial against Steve Bannon, the top former Trump strategist charged with contempt of Congress after