Heartbreaking beyond belief

This week ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and the PBS series FRONTLINE jointly published an in-depth examination of the response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, using a trove of raw materials from a state investigation whose findings have yet to be released.

Many in Uvalde have expressed frustration that they have not had access to more information about the shooting more than a year and a half later. In mass shooting cases it can take years for communities to get answers. The journalism that ProPublica, the Tribune and FRONTLINE published this week will fill some of the void for those who want to better understand what happened and hopefully provide needed insights and raise important questions.

ProPublica and the Tribune are part of a coalition of news organizations that sued the Department of Public Safety, the agency investigating the law enforcement response, for records that it has declined to release. Last week, a state district judge ordered DPS to release records related to the shooting. The agency has said it plans to appeal the decision.

Meanwhile, as the case no doubt twists and turns on appeal (I guess Texas DPS didn’t have the benefit of a Jessica Cooper or a Wendy Potts), Frontline aired the documentary Inside the Uvalde Response based on the work of these journalists:

Maybe you’re next, Oxford.

https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-oxford-high-school-shooting-report-guidepost.