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Top Texas cop: Uvalde police response was 'abject failure'

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The head of the Texas state police pronounced the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure.” Col. Steve McCraw of the Texas Department of Public Safety

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  1. Beatrice Daily Sun

    Uvalde police response an 'abject failure,' Texas public safety chief says (opens Beatrice Daily Sun)

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    Police had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to stop the gunman 3 minutes after he entered the building, an official testified.

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Texas top cop: Uvalde police response an 'abject failure' (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Police 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 head of the Texas state police testified Tuesday, pronouncing the law enforcement respons…

  3. Omaha World-Herald

    Texas public safety chief calls police response to Uvalde school shooting an 'abject failure' (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    Texas public safety chief calls police response to Uvalde school shooting an 'abject failure.'

  4. PBS NewsHour

    Top Texas law enforcement official castigates Uvalde police response to school shooting (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Texas' top state law enforcement official on Tuesday called the police response to the Uvalde school massacre an "abject failure." Testifying at a state Senate hearing, Col. Steve McCraw said police could have stopped the gunman within 3 minutes, but put the safety of police before teachers and chil…

  5. KTVZ Bend

    Texas Public Safety director says police response to Uvalde school shooting was 'abject failure' (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    CNN By Rosa Flores, Eric Levenson and Rebekah Riess, CNN The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday slammed the law enforcement response to last month’s mass shooting in Uvalde as an “abject failure” and harshly criticized the decisions of Uvalde school district police chief Pe…

  6. CNN

    Law enforcement response to Uvalde shooting was "an abject failure," DPS director says (opens CNN)

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    Law enforcement officials are testifying before the Texas House Committee on the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde where a gunman killed 19 children and two adults and injured several others.

  7. NBC4 Washington

    Watch Live: Texas DPS Leader Says Uvalde Police Response Was an ‘Abject Failure' (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    The Texas public safety chief testified Tuesday, condemning the police response as an “abject failure.”

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  9. Portland Press Herald

    Uvalde police response was ‘abject failure,’ Texas’ top cop testifies (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says 3 minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 21 people there was sufficient armed law enforcement there to stop the attacker.

  10. Voice of America

    Texas Official: Police Response in Uvalde Mass Shooting Was 'Abject Failure' (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Two teachers and 19 students were killed in last month's mass shooting in the Texas town by an 18-year-old using a semi-automatic rifle

  11. PBS NewsHour

    Head of Texas Department of Public Safety says Uvalde police response was an 'abject failure' (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to stop the gunman.

  12. Townhall

    'Abject Failure': Officers Were Ready to Neutralize Uvalde Shooter in 3 Minutes (opens Townhall)

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    A special Texas Senate committee met Tuesday morning to hear testimony on the tragic shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde in which two teachers and 19 children were killed.

  13. WMUR

    Texas public safety chief calls Uvalde police response an 'abject failure' (opens WMUR)

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    Three minutes after the Uvalde gunman entered the school where 21 died, there was sufficient armed law enforcement on the scene to stop the gunman, an official says.

  14. Al Jazeera

    Police response in Uvalde shooting was ‘abject failure’: Official (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Public safety official said enough officers present to stop the shooting three minutes after gunman entered the school.

  15. Washington Examiner

    Police response to Uvalde shooting an 'abject failure,' Texas DPS chief says (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Texas's Department of Public Safety slammed the slow police response to the Uvalde school shooting while presenting new evidence before a Texas Senate committee Tuesday.

  16. Wfmy News 2

    'Abject failure' | Uvalde school massacre could have been stopped in 3 minutes, DPS says (opens Wfmy News 2)

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    Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw also said the teachers, not law enforcement, should be praised for their actions.

  17. WFMZ Allentown

    Texas leader says Uvalde police response an 'abject failure' (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient

  18. The Guardian

    Uvalde shootings: police response an ‘abject failure’, Texas safety chief says (opens The Guardian)

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    Steve McCraw condemns local police chief Pedro Arredondo for ‘deciding to place the lives of officers over the lives of children’

  19. Deutsche Welle

    Uvalde shooting: Texas official labels police response 'abject failure' | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Texas official Steven McCraw said that officers searched for a key that was not needed and waited an hour outside classrooms. Relatives of schoolchildren and staff are angry over how police responded to the shooting.

  20. WHEC Rochester

    Top Texas cop: Uvalde police response was 'abject failure' (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    Sioux City Journal's feed description

    The head of the Texas state police pronounced the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure.” Col. Steve McCraw of the Texas Department of Public Safety

  21. The Times of Israel

    Texas police chief: Response to Uvalde shooting was ‘abject failure’ (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Head of state police raps district chief's 'terrible decisions,' prioritizing officers' lives over those of 19 students killed; mayor pushes back, calls Senate hearing 'clown show'

  22. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Law enforcement response in Uvalde shooting was 'abject failure,' official says (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    The law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers was “an abject failure” in which a commander put the lives of officers over

  23. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Top Texas Cop: Police Response to Uvalde School Shooting Was ‘Abject Failure’ (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The head of the Texas state police pronounced the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure,” telling lawmakers that there were enough officers and firepower on the scene to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building.

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