The Police Response To The Uvalde Shooting

Parents and other community members in Uvalde, Texas, are criticizing local police for its handling of the Robb Elementary School shooting where 21 people were killed on Tuesday. In addition, many are wondering why there were differences in the initial statements that officials had made, why it took so long for police to apprehend the gunman, and how the gunman was apparently able to enter the school through an unlocked door.

In headlines: Oklahoma enacted the country’s strictest anti-abortion law, actor Kevin Spacey was charged with four counts of sexual assault in the U.K., and a New York court required Trump and his family members to sit for a deposition in a civil case brought by Attorney General Letitia James.

And we interview Makanalani Gomes, a member of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus. The Red Hill water crisis in O’ahu, Hawai’i continues to spark outrage among residents, particularly Native Hawaiians. Local activists have taken up the issue all the way to the United Nations, demanding a formal investigation into the facility. Gomes discusses her and her fellow activists’ demands to demilitarize Hawai’i and the Pacific at large.

Show Notes:

What A Day is going on break for Memorial Day weekend. We’ll be back with a new episode on Wednesday, June 1st.

• KSAT: “Remembering the victims of the Uvalde elementary school shooting” – https://bit.ly/3MOvdSV •

• New York Times: “How to Help Victims of the Uvalde School Shooting” – https://nyti.ms/3LNCnFK •

• New York Times: “Uvalde Had Prepared for School Shootings. It Did Not Stop the Rampage” – https://nyti.ms/3LOnKSB •

• Grist: “Following 14,000-gallon fuel spill, Pacific representatives call for UN investigation” – https://bit.ly/3NuGNTk •

• Global Indigenous Youth Caucus – https://www.globalindigenousyouthcaucus.org/ •

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