Robin Abcarian: The pathetic lessons of the Uvalde school shooting in Texas
by Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
Jan 22, 2024
3 minutes
The Justice Department's report on what went wrong in Uvalde, Texas, nearly two years ago when an 18-year-old gunman armed with a high-powered rifle slaughtered 19 children and two teachers in their classrooms is utterly depressing, and utterly damning.
It will not make anyone who reads it feel one bit better about the grotesque events of May 24, 2022, including the helplessness of the 33 students and three teachers who were trapped in a classroom with the gunman for more than an hour as police officers milled around in the hallway outside.
But it
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