Uvalde survivors have filed a $27 billion class-action lawsuit against the city, school district and police as redress for the 'forever-lasting trauma' caused by failures of law enforcement that day.
Crosses, flowers and other memorabilia form a make-shift memorial for the victims of the shootings at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.Crosses, flowers and other memorabilia form a make-shift memorial for the victims of the shootings at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Austin, lists the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District's police department, the Uvalde Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, as well as individual officers from each of these agencies as defendants. Texas DPS Chief Steve McCraw, one of the highest ranked officers being sued, is included on that list. Parents of Robb Elementary School students have previously. He maintains the agency as an institution did not fail in the response to the shooting.
Parents, teachers, school staff and students who were on scene May 24, the day 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers were killed and dozens more injured, are listed as plaintiffs. They are demanding redress for"the indelible and forever-lasting trauma" caused by the failures of law enforcement to quickly respond to the shooting.
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