Unfounded claims often circulate after mass shootings suggesting that the attacks were "false flags" devised by the government in an effort to enact gun control laws. The term "false flag" refers to harmful actions that are designed to look as if they were perpetrated by one person or group, but were committed by someone else. Taken in its totality, the video suggests that an active shooter drill at Uvalde High School in March is evidence that the elementary school shooting was a "false flag" attack. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) The post containing the video was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. Authorities are still investigating the shooting. A law enforcement officer killed Ramos at the scene. The video featured eerie background music and a New York Post article with the headline, "Chilling images show students at Salvador Ramos’ HS pretending to be dead during active-shooter drill."Īuthorities have said that 18-year-old Ramos killed at least 19 students and two teachers at the elementary school on May 24. "They conducted an active shooter drill at the high school in the same town two months prior, and then magically, they had a shooting at the elementary school."
"So let me get this straight," said a man in a TikTok video also posted to Instagram on May 26. Education Department data.ĭespite this, some social media users claim that the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s active shooter trainings somehow prove that the elementary school shooting was a "false flag" attack.
About 95% of American public schools conduct lockdown drills, according to U.S. Many states, including Texas, require schools to run active shooter drills. Active shooter drills are pervasive in American schools.Īlthough there is growing concern that active shooter drills increase students’ anxiety, school shootings like the one at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, often prompt calls for more active shooter drills.
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