14:15 Beto O’Rourke, a former congressman from El Paso, took the stage on Friday to chant “Beto!” by thousands of onlookers at Discovery Green.
He began by discussing how he was “welcome home” to the parents of Alicia Ramirez, one of the schoolgirls killed in Uwalde, where her birthday balloons are still clinging to the ceiling and her bed has not yet been made. .
“I want (her parents) Jess and Ryan and this family to know that their child will always live with us as long as we live. We will pass on her story and her name to the generations that follow us, “O’Rourke said.
He then addressed the people attending the NRA Congress, saying “We welcome you to join us to make sure that this no longer happens in this country, but now is the time to join us in support. We can’t wait for you anymore, “he said.
O’Rourke addressed the NRA leadership and politicians who accept their money separately.
“If you have done something good, it is the fact that you have brought us together here and we are committed. We will defeat you and we will overcome this, “he said.
“Gonzalez Kelly himself.”
13:55 GoFundMe, created for the survivors of the murdered teacher Uwalde and her husband, who died two days later from medical complications, raised more than $ 2.2 million.
Irma Garcia, a fourth-grade teacher and mother of four, “loved her children in the classroom and died trying to protect them,” said Garcia’s cousin Debra Austin. Austin also lent Garcia’s nephew John Martinez a crowdsourcing of more than $ 550,000.
“Gabriel Banks.”
13:40 David Hogg, a survivor of the massacre in Parkland, announced at the protest in the center on Friday for a nationwide march scheduled for June 11 in response to the massacre at Rob Elementary School, according to Chronicle reporter Sam Gonzalez Kelly.
Hundreds of protesters gathered to hear organizers, politicians and gun control activists speak out after the mass shooting.
David Hogg, a survivor in Parkland, announces a national march on June 11 pic.twitter.com/AB1P4j0ynz
– Sam Gonzalez Kelly (@sgonzalezkelly) May 27, 2022
Guess who just showed up? Rhymes with Shmeto O’Fork pic.twitter.com/Fuc6xNFBi6
– Sam Gonzalez Kelly (@sgonzalezkelly) May 27, 2022
1:30 p.m. , according to the director who made a documentary about Lucio’s case.
Victor Escalon, regional director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, came across a series of questions from reporters Thursday investigating why police waited so long to enter the school while terrified children waited inside and called 911.
Lucio, who was convicted of the death of her young child, narrowly escaped a lethal injection when she was allowed to stay, days before her planned execution last month.
DPS and Escalon did not respond immediately on Friday afternoon to requests for comment.
“Rebecca Hans.”
13:11 The head of the Texas Public Security Department criticized the chief of police of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District on Friday, saying that he acted too slowly in response to the shooter in elementary school who killed 21 people, including 19 children, according to a report from Chronicle’s St. John Barned-Smith.
Stephen McCrow, director of the Texas Public Safety Department, said the incident commander – identified by the San Antonio Express-News as Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Aredondo – believed the situation was no longer an active shooter but a barricaded one. suspect.
But 911 calls reviewed by Texas Rangers revealed that at least two people in the Robb Elementary School classroom called police and reported that there were children inside who were alive.
13:04 Dynamo, Dash, FC Austin and FC Dallas will wear a commemorative sticker on their T-shirts this weekend to honor the victims of the massacre at Rob’s Primary School in Uwalde.
Dynamo will wear the patch during Saturday’s Real Salt Lake game, while Dash will wear it in Sunday’s home game against North Carolina. Opponents of football teams will also wear stickers on their shirts.
The Texas-shaped spot is maroon, which is the official color of Rob Elementary School. The patch will also include a black ribbon with zip code 78801 for the location of the school.
Dynamo’s worn-out shirts on Saturday will be sold at auction next week in the Dash auction app. Proceeds will go to the Robb Elementary Memorial Fund, created to help victims, their families and the Uvalde community at First State Bank of Uvalde.
Fans who are interested in donating can visit fsbuvalde.com.
“Greg Rajan.”
12:48 p.m. Thousands of protesters came to Discovery Green on Friday to protest the first day of the NRA convention, where Texas leaders such as Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. Ted Cruz were initially scheduled to speak with former President Donald Trump.
Scenes outside the NRA Congress in Houston Video: Yi Chin Lee, Laura Duclos
In the hot 95-degree heat, protesters chanted “shame” toward the GRB Congress Center and listened to a parade of speakers, including BLM founder Houston Ashton Woods, Parkland survivor David Hogg and others who were personally touched by gun violence. .
Nineteen children lined up on stage, carrying around their necks pictures of children killed in Uwalde.
“I’m just tired of the NRA subordinating children’s rights to gun rights,” said Ken Houston, 65, of the Houston Council.
Beto O’Rourke was also seen arriving at the protest, according to Chronicle’s Julian Gill.
. @ AshtonPWoods reminds protesters to respect each other “and especially the Latino community” and stay hydrated pic.twitter.com/vJay45uRxq
– Sam Gonzalez Kelly (@sgonzalezkelly) May 27, 2022
The survivor of the shooting at Parkland @ davidhogg111 is here, saying there will be a second March of our lives on June 11th. pic.twitter.com/3Qtzwp5LwH
– Julian Gil (@ JulianGi11) May 27, 2022
12:15 a.m. U.S. Sen. Kel Seliger of Amarillo was the first Republican in Texas to call on Gov. Greg Abbott to convene a special session after the Uwalde massacre.
“Governor Abbott must convene us in special sessions until we do SOMETHING THE FBI or DPS believe will reduce the chances of Uwalde’s next tragedy,” he tweeted. “We should hope and pray every day, but DO SOMETHING.”
Seliger, the most moderate Republican in the Senate, is not running for re-election. He will not be present when the legislature meets again for a session in January.
Governor Abbott must convene us in special sessions until we do SOMETHING THE FBI or DPS BELIEVE will reduce the chance of Uwalde’s next tragedy. We should hope and pray every day, but DO SOMETHING.
– Kel Seliger (@kseliger) May 27, 2022
11:30 a.m. Texas DPS Director Stephen McCrow said employees’ decision to wait 75 minutes to enter the Robb Elementary School building in Uwalde after the shooter entered the school was “wrong.”
Macro described officers who responded to the scene and the fateful decision of the commander of the incident – whom he did not name and is not DPS – that the situation is no longer a case of “active shooter”, but rather a “barricaded suspect”.
Meanwhile, in the classroom, the children made terrified calls to 911, whispering and begging for help.
“The commander of the incident inside believed that they needed more equipment and more officers to make a tactical breakthrough at this time. That is why BORTAC (Tactical Border Patrol Response Team) was requested. “
Looking back, McCrow said, “It wasn’t the right decision, it was the wrong decision, period. There was no excuse for that.”
“We believe there should have been an entry … as soon as they (can),” he said. “When there is an active shooter, the rules change.”
Active shooter training requires officers to act, he said.
“We don’t care which agency you are from, you don’t need to have a stage leader. Each officer is lined up, lined up, goes and finds where these cartridges are fired – and continues to shoot until the subject is dead. “
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee makes a statement outside the NRA Convention Video: Yi Chin Lee, Laura Duclos
11:15 A Texas Public Safety official holds a press conference in Uwalde, revealing the most detailed schedule so far and has revealed that a teacher opened the door through which Salvador Ramos entered – and that the officer in charge confused the teacher for the suspect.
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