A week after a school shooting in Uvalde that shocked the United States, the small Texas city on Tuesday buried the first victims of the massacre, one of the worst in recent years in the country.
The funeral of 19 children and two teachers who died on May 24 by bullets fired by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos will be extended until mid-June. One of the first ceremonies was at 2:00 pm (11:00 pm in Switzerland) with American Joe Garza, the little girl with the big smile celebrating her tenth birthday when she was killed.
His family described in his condolence note that this “funny little diva” who “hated clothes” and “had a big heart” dreamed of becoming an art teacher.
The day before, not only relatives but also anonymous people had come to pay their respects to her with dozens of photos and music in front of her closed coffin at a funeral located opposite the school where she was murdered.
Room for anger
These moments of thought sometimes led to anger on Monday. The grandfather of one of the victims arrested the police officers, who accused 19 officers of “missing” them when they waited a long, nearly three-quarters of an hour to allow the maniac to shoot. In a classroom.
Ruben Mata Montmeyer, a 78-year-old Vietnamese war veteran, said: ‘We made a mistake. We made the wrong decision. ‘ But my great-granddaughter will never come back to me.
Funeral services for another victim, Mighty Rodriguez, 10, will be held at 7:00 pm (midnight GMT). The girl, who wanted to become a marine biologist, wrote on Facebook on Thursday by her mother, Ana Rodriguez, that she was “loving, sexy, loving.” “After all, she’s my best friend.”
“This horrible and mindless dream, I could not wake up, completely destroyed and weakened my life and my heart,” he added.
“Do something”
The tragedy, as before, has raised calls for stricter oversight of access to weapons in this country, which is more armed than the population and continues to experience deadly gunfire.
When Joe Biden went to Wolverhampton on Sunday, he said, “Do something!” Heard the voices chanting directly. He passed.
Robert Robles, 73, said the president should “legislate” to protect children from AR-15s, a semi-automatic weapon used in Rob school.
Ricardo Garcia, 47, who worked at Wolde Hospital on the day of the tragedy, said “the screams of the mothers whose bad news was reported could not be removed (from his) head.” “Stop selling weapons, period,” he pleaded.
“Very serious”
On Monday, Joe Biden pledged to “continue” strict gun control. “That doesn’t mean you can buy one that can fire up to 300 bullets,” he said.
“I think things have gotten a lot worse, which makes everyone more rational in this matter,” the Democratic president believed. As he spoke over the weekend, a series of shootings left many dead and dozens injured, a tragedy that has become commonplace in the United States.
But it would be difficult to move from word to deed: the narrow majority of his party in Congress did not allow him to pass such legislation alone.
On Tuesday, the president made a “promise” to meet with elected Republicans on the issue. Any text would require a compromise with these conservatives – traditionally reluctant to legislate on the matter – to achieve the required competent majority.
This article was automatically published. Sources: ats / afp
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