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Texas Officials Want To Revoke Gender Marker Changes On Trans People’s IDs
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Officials Want To Revoke Gender Marker Changes On Trans People’s IDs

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Texas officials are seeking to reverse the gender marker changes that trans people have already legally obtained on their driver’s licenses and state IDs, according to a letter that the head of the state’s Department of Public Safety sent to the Texas attorney general. But in August, after the state attorney general’s office raised concerns about the …

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DPS reinstates Texas Ranger fired for Uvalde shooting response
4 months, 2 weeks ago

DPS reinstates Texas Ranger fired for Uvalde shooting response

Raw Story  

"DPS reinstates Texas Ranger fired for Uvalde shooting response" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. DPS Director Steve McCraw said in a Friday letter to Christopher Ryan Kindell that Kindell could return to his former position now …

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Texas trooper gets job back in Uvalde after suspension from botched police response to 2022 shooting
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas trooper gets job back in Uvalde after suspension from botched police response to 2022 shooting

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety has reinstated a state trooper who was suspended after the botched law enforcement response to the shooting at a Uvalde elementary school in 2022. In a letter sent to Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell on Aug. 2 and released by the agency on Monday, DPS Director Col. Steve McCraw removed the …

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried goes to jail as judge revokes bail
1 year, 4 months ago

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried goes to jail as judge revokes bail

The Hindu  

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a federal courtroom in handcuffs on August 11 when a judge revoked his bail after concluding that the fallen cryptocurrency wiz had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him. Judge Kaplan said there was probable cause to believe Bankman-Fried had tried to “tamper with witnesses at least twice” since his December 2022 arrest, most recently …

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Texas state police won’t punish more officers over Uvalde
1 year, 10 months ago

Texas state police won’t punish more officers over Uvalde

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas state police will not discipline any more of its officers over the Uvalde school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead as heavily armed agents hesitated to confront the lone gunman, a spokesperson confirmed Friday. It also raises new questions about how many of the nearly 400 law enforcement personnel who were at Robb …

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Texas chief says state police ‘did not fail’ in Uvalde
2 years, 1 month ago

Texas chief says state police ‘did not fail’ in Uvalde

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ state police chief said Thursday that his department “did not fail” Uvalde during the hesitant law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, as a Republican congressman joined angry parents of some of the 19 children killed in the May attack in calling for him to resign. Col. Steve McCraw, the head of the Texas …

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2 more Texas DPS officers to be investigated over actions on day of Uvalde massacre
2 years, 3 months ago

2 more Texas DPS officers to be investigated over actions on day of Uvalde massacre

CNN  

CNN — The Texas Department of Public Safety referred two more officers to the agency’s Office of Inspector General late last week for formal investigation over their responses to the Robb Elementary massacre in Uvalde, a department spokesperson told CNN on Tuesday. A total of 91 officers from department responded to the Uvalde shooting on May 24, according to a …

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Exclusive: Texas DPS chief rejects claims of cover-up in Uvalde investigation and denies telling his captains ‘no one is losing their jobs’
2 years, 3 months ago

Exclusive: Texas DPS chief rejects claims of cover-up in Uvalde investigation and denies telling his captains ‘no one is losing their jobs’

CNN  

Brownsville, Texas CNN — Texas’ top cop Col. Steven McCraw vowed Thursday to fire any member of his Department of Public Safety who did not do their job the day a gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images He told CNN Thursday that “no one gets a pass,” reiterating a …

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Uvalde schools’ police chief resigns from City Council
2 years, 5 months ago

Uvalde schools’ police chief resigns from City Council

Associated Press  

The Uvalde school district’s police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead. “The mayor, the city council, and the city staff must continue to move forward …

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Pete Arredondo resigns from Uvalde city council after botched response to school shooting
2 years, 5 months ago

Pete Arredondo resigns from Uvalde city council after botched response to school shooting

CNN  

CNN — Uvalde school district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo has resigned his separate position on the Uvalde city council in the wake of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in May, according to a resignation letter he sent to the city. “The Mayor, the City Council, and the City Staff must continue to move forward to unite our community, …

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Uvalde school police chief on leave after mass shooting
2 years, 6 months ago

Uvalde school police chief on leave after mass shooting

Firstpost  

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell said that he put schools police Chief Pete Arredondo on administrative leave because the facts of what happened remain unclear Dallas: The Uvalde school district’s police chief was put on leave Wednesday following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students …

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Gun debate a side note in hearings on Uvalde shooting
2 years, 6 months ago

Gun debate a side note in hearings on Uvalde shooting

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — 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 with only scant mentions of the shooter’s AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and gun reform. But the Republican-dominated committee examining the tragedy in Uvalde appeared to have little appetite for new …

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Texas mental health services hadn’t reached Uvalde before shooting as teacher says gunman ‘scared’ her
2 years, 6 months ago

Texas mental health services hadn’t reached Uvalde before shooting as teacher says gunman ‘scared’ her

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Texas mental health services …

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Texas Public Safety Chief Calls Uvalde Police Response An 'Abject Failure'
2 years, 6 months ago

Texas Public Safety Chief Calls Uvalde Police Response An 'Abject Failure'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING AUSTIN, Texas — Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, and they never checked a classroom door to see if it was locked, the Texas public safety chief testified Tuesday, pronouncing the police response an “abject failure.” Police …

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Police response in Uvalde shooting was ‘abject failure’: Official
2 years, 6 months ago

Police response in Uvalde shooting was ‘abject failure’: Official

Al Jazeera  

Texas Department of Public Safety official said there were enough police officers to stop the shooting three minutes after the gunman entered the school. The law enforcement response to a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers was “an abject failure” in which a commander put the lives of officers over those of the children, …

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Senator: Chief had no radio during Uvalde school shooting
2 years, 6 months ago

Senator: Chief had no radio during Uvalde school shooting

Associated Press  

UVALDE, Texas — The state agency investigating the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde has determined that the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded, a Texas state senator said Friday. Sen. Roland Gutierrez told The Associated Press in a brief telephone interview that a Texas Department of …

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‘Very angry': Uvalde locals grapple with school chief’s role
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Very angry': Uvalde locals grapple with school chief’s role

Associated Press  

UVALDE, Texas — The blame for an excruciating delay in killing the gunman at a Texas elementary school — even as parents outside begged police to rush in and panicked children called 911 from inside — has been placed with the school district’s homegrown police chief. It’s left residents in the small city of Uvalde struggling to reconcile what they …

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'You're All Going to Die': What Texas Shooter Said Seconds Before Opening Fire, Survivors Recall Horror
2 years, 6 months ago

'You're All Going to Die': What Texas Shooter Said Seconds Before Opening Fire, Survivors Recall Horror

News 18  

Fresh harrowing accounts emerged Saturday of the ordeal faced by survivors of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, fanning public fury over the massacre even as the deeply traumatized town prepared for a visit Sunday by US President Joe Biden. Ten-year-old Samuel Salinas was sitting in his fourth-grade classroom when the shooter, later identified as Salvador Ramos, 18, barged in …

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Officials: Texas shooter talked about guns in private chats
2 years, 6 months ago

Officials: Texas shooter talked about guns in private chats

Associated Press  

Texas authorities said Friday that the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers inside an elementary school discussed his interest in buying a gun in private online conversations, but backed away from earlier descriptions that he made public threats less than an hour before the attack. McCraw also told reporters Friday that Ramos asked his sister to help him …

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Texas School Shooting: Official Says ‘Wrong Decision’ Not to Neutralise Gunman Barricaded Inside Classroom
2 years, 6 months ago

Texas School Shooting: Official Says ‘Wrong Decision’ Not to Neutralise Gunman Barricaded Inside Classroom

News 18  

The Texas head of public safety said Friday that in “hindsight” it was the wrong decision for police not to immediately breach the Uvalde classroom where a gunman ultimately shot dead 19 children and two teachers. “From the benefit of hindsight… it was the wrong decision, period,” Texas department of public safety director Steven McCraw told a news conference at …

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Texas school shooting timeline: More than 1 hour of police inaction as children, parents pleaded
2 years, 7 months ago

Texas school shooting timeline: More than 1 hour of police inaction as children, parents pleaded

LA Times  

Esmerralda Bravo holds a picture of her granddaughter Naveah on Wednesday at the Uvalde County Fairplex during a memorial to honor the fallen victims of a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. But law enforcement officials on Friday said they “believed they needed more equipment and more officers to do a tactical breach,” and they thought they had more time because …

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