dyears later After the tragic elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, one of the most devastating events in American history, the families of the victims have announced a financial settlement with the city. This agreement comes after confirming that the police authorities did not respond adequately respond to the community’s calls for help.
Although this news is received with mixed feelings, the families see it as a step towards justice, while they continue with other lawsuits against state authorities, arguing that the tragedy could have been avoided.
An extensive investigation led by US Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed that 376 officers from at least five different law enforcement agencies It took them 77 minutes to respond. to the multiple emergency calls from the school and its surroundings. This significant delay was a crucial factor in the fatal outcome of the tragedy.
The attorney general lamented what he described as a “lack of leadership, training and failed policies” that prevented officers from restraining the perpetrator of the shooting.
The families have expressed his outrage at the handling of the incidentpointing out that the authorities They did not adequately deal with the situation as an active shooter, allowing the perpetrator to continue his attack for more than an hour.
In addition to economic compensation, the agreement involves the implementation of training programs for Uvalde police officers and mental health support services of both the families and the survivors. It was also agreed to create a committee to establish a permanent memorial honoring the victims.
Former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump has taken advantage of the occasion to dhighlight the importance of the Second Amendment and has asked for voter support to protect the right to bear firearms, an issue that will surely continue to be relevant in the political debate in the months to come.
Day of events
Ramos arrived at the primary school and shot 19 children between 7 and 10 years old and two teachers. It is stipulated that the number of deaths was 21.
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Ramos, who would have came of age days before the attackbought two AR-15 rifles and 375 ammunition, which he uploaded to social networks three times.
In the first publication he uploaded a photo of the weapons with a description that said “I’m going to shoot my grandmother”, in the second publication he confirmed that he did it, and in the third he said that he was going to attack an elementary school . The attacker died in the middle of the confrontation with the Police.
Who was Salvador Ramos?
A student who had been friends with Ramos during his eighth grade shared with him Washington Post who was a reserved teenager who He faced constant bullying due to his stuttering and other reasons.
The student reported that Ramos, with whom he used to play video games like Fortnite and Call of Duty, began to show worrying changes in your behavioras self-harm on the face. Additionally, he began wearing black and military boots, absenting himself from school for long periods, which raised questions about his graduation.
A neighbor of Ramos, 41, informed CBS, the BBC’s American partner, that the young man He had faced difficulties in life. This neighbor also noted that Ramos’ behavior had changed drastically since he was 14 or 15, becoming difficult to communicate with and becoming an outcast at school.
Testimonies indicate that Ramos maintained contact on social networks with people he had met online. Additionally, he tagged a young woman in an Instagram post with a photo of two rifles before carrying out the attack, despite not knowing her personally. Her parents claimed that he “wasn’t a monster, just aggressive.”
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