每日社评 0531 司法部介入调查衣瓦利小学屠杀案

司法部介入调查衣瓦利小学屠杀案

 联邦司法部週日决定对德州衣瓦利小学之集体屠杀案有关警员延误事件进行调查, 这㘯惨案有十九名学童及二位教师死於枪下 , 司法部发言人柯利表示, 我们是应市长麦拉克伦之要求对这项延误反应事件进行调查。

 司法部通常是会聘请部外有経验的专家来进行调查， 其中包括二O一五年十二月加州圣布纳汀诺及二O一六年六月奥兰多兇杀案， 在这次德州兇杀案中， 激起了地方人士和家长之愤怒，他们认為警方延误了攻坚时间，否则不会死伤如此严重。
 根据目撃者说， 警方在外至少等了五十分鐘未能进入教室内和兇手对峙。

 共和党籍的德州州长艾伯特表示，我希望德州州内的高层能进行彻底调查， 换言之，不必劳驾司法部官员。

 拜登总统和第一夫人週日专程到达依瓦利会见并安慰学童们之家属 ，司法部长格兰在哈佛大学之毕业典礼中表示， 在依瓦利小学发生令人髪指的兇残事件使我们大家都心碎了。

 我们十分企盼联邦司法部能尽快展开调查， 一定要找到延宕的原因 ，以便做為未来应急之参考 ，目前為止 ，还没有任何明朗的说明 ，全美各地之学生家长更是人心惶恐 ，不知如何是好。

 联邦及地方政府必须组成应对行动委员会 ，全面检讨对校园安全之各项措施 包括对教师应对紧急状态之训练， 校园保安之增强 ，安检系统之设立， 闭路摄影机之大量设立， 皆是当急之务。

U.S. Department Of Justice To Review Uvalde Shooting
 
 The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Sunday that it will conduct a review of the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

DOJ spokesman Anthony Coley said in a statement that, “At the request of Mayor Don McLaughlin, the Justice Department will conduct a critical incident review of the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on may 24.
                                                                                                                                                                The Justice Department has traditionally relied on individuals outside of the Department with experience with mass-casualty events to review such incidents.

Previously, the Department has conducted critical incident reviews of the mass shootings in San Bernardino, California, and Orlando, Florida, in June of 2016.  

Texas Governor Gregg Abbott said that he is demanding a full accounting of what happened during the school shooting. His expectation is that the law enforcement leaders will be leading the investigation.

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden also visited a makeshift memorial in Uvalde to the 21 victims that was built outside the Robb Elementary School. The President and Mrs. Biden also met with family members of the young victims and first responders during their visit to Texas.

 Meanwhile,  Attorney General Merrick Garland addressed Harvard University’s commencement ceremony on Sunday saying, “As we gather here today to celebrate this milestone in your life, we are also holding on to an enormous amount of grief because of yet another mass shooting at another school in our country. An unspeakable act of violence has devastated families and an entire community in Uvalde, Texas. I know I speak for all of us here that our hearts are broken.”

We very much hope that the federal government will launch an investigation as soon as possible on this terrible tragedy. We must find the reasons for the delayed police action during the attack on the school and its students and teachers. So far, we don’t have a clear explanation. Parents of the students across the nation are very frightened.

We expect that the federal and local governments will form a committee to comprehensively review the measures for campus safety, including the training of all teachers in how to respond in times of emergencies as well as the enhancement of campus security with more security cameras and police patrols.

This tragedy has now really become a national crisis and it is very important that we all pay more attention to it.