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A damning Justice Department report cites "major failures" by Texas police who waited until 21 people had been killed by a mass shooter at a school before finally intervening. Nineteen young children and two teachers were killed when a teenage gunman went on a rampage at Robb Elementary School in May 2022 in America's worst school shooting in a decade. Police eventually shot and killed the gunman. SOUNDBITE
Peggy Hicks, director of Thematic Engagement at the UN Human Rights office, says that systemic racism against black people has to be dismantled, as she presents a UN report on racial justice and equality following the killing of George Floyd, in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
Riot police intervene as far-right nationalists throw glass and flares in an attempt to disrupt a protest against a court ruling that would ban almost all abortions. Police, who were already at the scene, dispersed the nationalists and steered them away from the peaceful rally. IMAGES
New Yorkers take part in the second annual Queer Liberation March with a focus on racial justice and ending police brutality. IMAGES
Officials in Baton Rouge, Louisiana say they have turned the investigation into the shooting of a black man by two white police officers over to the Justice Department. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).