Cops stood outside the school while the killer rampaged inside.
Onlookers yelled at them to go in. They didn’t. One parent urged bystanders:
“Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t doing anything like they are supposed to.” @AP story:
Andy Specht
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Andy Specht
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Covers North Carolina politics for @WRAL and @PolitiFactNC. Formerly at the @newsobserver. Raleigh native. @Campbelledu alum.
- Facebook: we can’t censor political ads even if they’re false. Also Facebook: we’re banning all sexual fruits and vegetables.'Sexual' use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram trib.al/jAqwaHS
- Replying to @AndySpechtSpoiler: that parent’s daughter died in the attack while he was begging cops to save the kids. My God.
- SCOOP: As Helene approached N.C., Gov. Roy Cooper asked top officials for emergency powers as he mobilized response efforts. Every Council of State member voted yes, except one: Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who didn’t respond to the request at all. #ncpol
- When you tell your parents you want to major in journalism
- INBOX: White House approves $100M in emergency funding to help North Carolina rebuild roads and bridges more quickly. #ncpol
- Anderson Clayton was 25 years old when she ran for NCDP chair against an incumbent who was backed by the party establishment … and won. Now, she’s charged with organizing Democrats in a state Biden lost by only 1.4%. Her story remains one of the most fascinating in America.
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- NEW: Who took the furniture from the North Carolina lieutenant governor’s mansion? That’s what Rachel Hunt, Dan Forest and various state officials have been trying to figure out since Hunt entered the historic landmark to find empty rooms and bare walls.
- Breaking news in the NC governors race: Democrat Josh Stein leads Republican Mark Robinson by 14% in new WRAL poll. Poll shows Stein ahead among many groups -- including *rural women.* #ncpol wral.com/story/stein-bo…
- “Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro forcefully put his weight behind a Republican-backed proposal to send $100 million to families for private school tuition and school supplies.” Compare that to another VP option, Roy Cooper, who has RAILED AGAINST similar plans in North Carolina.Everyobody's focused on Shapiro's stance on Israel-Palestine. But his stance on school choice and vouchers would probably make him a tough sell for Democrats. apnews.com/article/school…
- SCOOP: HALF of Mark Robinson's staff in the *lieutenant governor's office* is resigning, sources tell WRAL. The moves come after at least 8 people left Robinson's gubernatorial campaign in the wake of the CNN report. #ncpol
- JUST IN: North Carolina's absentee ballots (which anyone can request) will go out Sept. 21-24. They were supposed to go out Sept. 6. RFK Jr.'s legal push to get his name off the ballot delayed voting by 2 weeks and will cost the state hundreds of thousands of dollars. #ncpol
- Breaking: After CNN reported that Mark Robinson posted racist and lewd comments on a pornographic website ... | Robinson REJECTED offers from supporters to track down the origin of the posts, sources tell WRAL. #ncpol wral.com/story/robinson…
