dunno if this has been posted, but here is a compilation of GoFundMe fundraisers to help families of the victims and victims of the Uvalde shooting:
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/donate-to-texas-elementary-school-shooting-relief
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Disclaimer: Been getting certain assholes reblogging this so as a reminder, if you by any ways think banning books with LGBTQ themes and deals with both gay also trans characters / written by queer authors from schools and libraries is okay or dare call them " Pedo books" and compare homosexuality to pedophilia. Please Fuck Off my blog & take your homophobic bigoted rhetoric to hell because you sure aren't welcome here.
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This is the Texas of Greg Abbott and Ted "Cancún" Cruz where kids get less consideration than guns.
If police had been told that the school library contained books about slavery or LGBTQ+ acceptance at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde they would have barged in with guns blazing instead of spending over an hour playing with themselves outside the school while kids were being murdered by yet another gun nut.
The long-awaited report detailed systemic failures by both state and local law enforcement surrounding the massacre, one of the worst school shootings in US history, including the events that contributed to the 77-minute delay between the arrival of first responders and when the shooter was killed.
“The victims and survivors should’ve never been trapped with that shooter for more than an hour as they waited for their rescue,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said during a Thursday press conference discussing the contents of the report. “The families of the victims deserved more than incomplete, inaccurate, and conflicting communications from officials of their loved ones.”
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The report, based on a review of more than 14,000 pieces of data and more than 260 interviews, also directly called out Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department officials, including former police chief Pete Arredondo for instructing officers not to enter some classrooms until keys had been secured.
While the police response to the shooting has been heavily criticized, it’s important to note that the Texas GOP has been blocking gun safety legislation that could’ve potentially stopped this shooting from occurring.
Among Texas Republicans, the right to conduct school shootings is revered and is enshrined in the sacred 2nd Amendment. Police in Texas have to be careful not to offend the gun-worshiping GOP establishment.
The Department of Justice report can be read in its entirety below.
Critical Incident Review
Active Shooter at Robb Elementary School
We already know what a horrible tragedy this was. Reading about the lack of professionalism, gross incompetence, and outright cowardice of Texas law enforcement will make your blood boil.
Republican governors like Greg Abbott want to force women to have babies by denying them reproductive freedom. But once those kids are born they are of little interest to Republicans.
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