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"Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit" (bell hooks) || journalist || campaigner || @amnesty || Easily distracte

May 26, 2022, 5 tweets

“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

N.B. Answers will come...

We don’t know the details of what happened or didn’t happen nor the reasons behind why those things did or didn’t happen

Don’t let your outrage & heartbreak turn to anger

Don’t target the symptoms of the problem

Tackle it’s roots!
#UvaldeMassacre👇

“A decision was made...that there was time...to wait for a tactical team....With the benefit of hindsight, it was the wrong decision”

DPS’s McCraw confirms no efforts were made to rescue the children b/c they believed it to be a hostage situation. #Ulvade

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