US President Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill Biden, visited Rob Elementary School in Texas and laid a wreath at the memorial, while the US Court of Justice said the matter was being re-examined. Why was the response of law enforcement agencies slow?
According to the news agency Reuters, Biden arrived at the school on Sunday where the parents of the children and other people were also present in large numbers.
After the shooting, there is a lot of anger in the country that the attacker remained in the classroom for an hour, while the police waited outside and the children kept calling 911.
The US president also prayed for the 19 children who died in the tragedy.
According to the report, people chanted “Do Some Thing” on the occasion, to which the US President said, “Yes, I will.”
Joe Biden met with the parents of the dead children and those who survived the attack, but earlier he met with law enforcement officials who responded to the report.
The US president also tweeted during the visit, saying, “We express our condolences to you, we pray for you, we stand with you.” We promise to turn that grief into action. “
The police response to the incident is being investigated and the US Court of Justice has said that the delay in the response of the police will be reviewed.
Police Chief Rahul Arts has defended the approach taken by his team in response to the incident.
“When my staff received the call, they responded as quickly as they could.”
Since the school shooting, the debate has resurfaced over weapons control in the country, and anti-gun activists have called for tougher laws.
Incumbent President Biden, a Democrat, has repeatedly called for greater action, but such shootings have not stopped, nor has he persuaded Republicans that tougher laws are needed. Such incidents can be avoided.
The visit is the third by a US president to visit a site where a massacre took place, and he has previously visited Buffalo and New York, where the shootings took place.
On May 25, an 18-year-old man broke into Robb Elementary School in Texas and killed 19 children and two teachers in what is being called the worst shooting of the decade.
