No ‘Villains’ Other Than Attacker in Uvalde Shooting: TX Legislators
A Texas House of Representatives investigative committee points to a lack of clear leadership and flawed communication in the state and federal police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde.
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A July 17 report from a Texas House of Representatives investigative committee on the Robb Elementary shooting points to a lack of clear leadership and urgency and flawed communication in the state and federal police response to the May shooting in Uvalde, Tex., Axios reports. “Other than the attacker, the Committee did not find any ‘villains’ in the course of its investigation. There is no one to whom we can attribute malice or ill motives,” the committee wrote in its report. “Instead, we found systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making.”
The director of the Criminal Justice Center at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Tex. has told Axios that under Texas law, it’s nearly impossible to bring charges against officers just for ‘inaction,’ and the law makes it difficult to file a civil suit. It’s unclear if any of the 376 officers who responded to the shooting or their leadership will be held accountable for the delayed response.
