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An armed police officer saw the perpetrator outside of #RobbElementary. Ready to fire, he asked for permission to take the shot and was not given the go by his supervisor before the perpetrator entered the building.

This is a catastrophic failure. #Uvalde
cnn.com/2022/07/06/us/…
Since Columbine, officers have been trained that you stop the killing (neutralize the threat) and then stop the dying (render medical aid), regardless of how many are on scene. They also need to be trained / empowered to neutralize the threat before lives are taken.
Here’s a direct link to the report, which catalogs failure after failure: alerrt.org/r/31
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🧵 My oncology colleagues know how often I say: #WordsMatter. So I’m thinking about words we use to talk about #RobbElementary & every other incident of #GunViolence in 🇺🇸. Part of why people can scroll past these things, why they may not even register as news to us... /1
Is that somewhere along the way, we had words like “school shooter” & “gunman” drilled into our consciousness as the usual terms. These things oddly sound more like jobs—‘school shooter’ sounds like school principal or school secretary & ‘gunman’ like fireman or repairman… /2
And hear me out on this because the same sentence lands very differently if you substitute, for example, mass murderer or elem school killer. Try it. Grab any article. Listen to any news story. Swap all the words. #Uvalde school shooting m becomes #RobbElemementaryMassacre. /3
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Below is an approximate timeline of what is known so far about the #RobbElementary mass shooting, including details about the events surrounding the massacre and conflicting reports. (Thread👇) theepochtimes.com/timeline-of-te…
Before May 24
Ramos turned 18 on May 16 and purchased 2 semi-automatic rifles separately, on May 17 and May 20, the @ATFHQ confirmed, reported @KHOU.

ATF authorities said he also bought 375 rounds of 5.56 ammunition on May 18.
Day of the Attack
On May 24, earlier in the day, students and their parents had been at #RobbElementary for an honor roll ceremony.

11:00 a.m.
Ramos posted on Facebook 3 times in the 30 minutes before reaching the school, Gov. @GregAbbott_TX said.
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#Uvalde
That's my daughter!

Full video of police inhumanity and brutality in #Uvalde at #RobbElementary School.
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“Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t doing anything like they are supposed to,” said Javier Cazares, whose daughter was killed in the 40-minute #RobbElementary school massacre in #Uvalde

This footage shows armed police pinning one man to the ground
The @nytimes reports that the gunman who killed 19 children & 2 teachers at #RobbElementary was rptdly inside the school for “ROUGHLY AN HOUR” hour before police shot him

The real outrage though, is the failure of successive US govts to introduce #GunReform.
#GunControlNow #guns
N.B. - I chose to post this video only after careful deliberation

Posting videos of families in such horrific circumstances should be avoided wherever possible

However, since no faces are clearly visible & since what the footage reveals is important, I took the decision to post
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It’s morning. It’s time to act. I’ve just left VMs at offices of @SenatorCardin, @ChrisVanHollen, @RepKweisiMfume. I’ve confirmed my whole fam age 18+ is reg to vote, I’m donating to @MomsDemand & volunteering. #LetsGo #GunSafetyNow #RobbElementary

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Register to #Vote, confirm that you are registered, request a mail-in ballot, or find your polling place here: vote.org. Stop scrolling & act. Ask your friends & family too. Help them w/ the process if they need it. #RobbElementary #GunSafetyNow
And if you feel like your views & concerns are not well-represented by your elected officials, maybe it’s time for YOU or someone else in your life to @runforsomething. #GunSafetyNow #RobbElementary
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NRA Contributions to GOP Senators

Mitt Romney (UT) $13,647,676
Richard Burr (NC) $6,987,380
Roy Blunt (MO) $4,555,722
Thom Tillis (NC) $4,421,333
Cory Gardner (CO) $3,939,199
Marco Rubio (FL)$3,303,355
Joni Ernst (IA) $3,124,773
Rob Portman (OH) $3,063,327

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Todd C. Young (IN) $2,897,582
Bill Cassidy (LA) $2,867,074
Tom Cotton (AR) $1,968,714
Pat Roberts (KS) $1,581,153
Pat Toomey (PA) $1,475,448
Josh Hawley (MO) $1,391,548
Marsha Blackburn (TN) $1,306,130
Ron Johnson (WI) $1,269,486
Mitch McConnell (KY) $1,267,139

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Mike Braun (IN) $1,249,967
John Thune (SD) $638,942
Shelley Moore Capito (WV) $341,738
Martha McSally (AZ) $303,853
Richard Shelby (AL) $258,514
Chuck Grassley (IA) $226,007
John Neely Kennedy (LA) $215,788
Ted Cruz (TX) $176,274
Lisa Murkowski (AK) $146,262

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*BREAKING* Robb Elementary School shooting. Uvalde Texas. This video shows the chaos outside of the school where parents were trying to find their children.

#Uvalde #RobbElementary #SchoolShooting
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