The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it would look into the highly critical police response to a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two female teachers on Tuesday. .
The purpose of this review is to provide an independent narrative of law enforcement actions and reactions that day, and to identify lessons learned and courses of action. to better prepare for such events, the Department of Justice said in a statement.
This investigation, requested by the mayor of Uvalde, will be fair, transparent and independent and will result in the publication of a report, the administration said.
Since the massacre that shook this quiet small town in Texas, misunderstanding and anger have been rising at the time the police needed to intervene.
It was about an hour on Tuesday before police ended the massacre. 19 officers at the site are awaiting an attack from a specialist unit, though law enforcement has received numerous calls from people in the affected classrooms. A child approached them pleading with them: please send the font now.
In the face of the controversy, authorities made their mea culpa on Friday, admitting that police should have gotten to the school faster.
The presentation of the police intervention course was also rectified in one week. Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who initially praised the law enforcement action, was annoyed Friday that it became lead to mistakes by inaccurate preliminary information.
Source: Radio-Canada
