‘Everything has gone nuts’ and other spot-on quotes of the week

“They swore they were going to protect the people. They even say so on their patrol cars, and the truth is that they failed us in Uvalde. We don’t want that kind of police here.” — Uvalde resident Martin Villanueva responding to news that police waited outdoors the classroom the place a mass shooter was barricaded. (Wednesday, The Dallas Morning News)

“This destroys lives. It’s our lives — these kids and our lives.” — John Preddy, a household doctor in Uvalde, describing the city’s grief as funerals for taking pictures victims acquired underway. Two of the victims had been his sufferers. (Wednesday, The Dallas Morning News)

“I was very happy with what we know so far regarding the response of our officers.” — Tulsa police Deputy Chief Eric Dalgleish discussing his division’s response to a taking pictures that killed 4 individuals at a Tulsa hospital. According to Dalgleish, police made contact with the gunman 9 minutes after police dispatchers acquired a report. (Thursday, The Associated Press)

“We will protect the vulnerable from harm, we will safeguard the innocent from injury, we will always place ourselves in harm’s way when necessary.” — Irving police Chief Derick Miller at his swearing-in ceremony. (Wednesday, The Dallas Morning News)

“After Columbine, after Sandy Hook, after Charleston, after Orlando, after Las Vegas, after Parkland, nothing has been done. This time, that can’t be true. This time we must actually do something.” — President Biden, in a uncommon prime-time tackle, calling on Congress to take speedy motion on gun management. (Thursday, The Washington Post)

“If you think you need a military-style weapon to repel a Russian or Chinese invasion, you have watched Red Dawn
too many times.” — Dallas resident Michael Coughlin in a letter to the editor about causes to personal weapons. (Friday, The Dallas Morning News)

“P-U-L-L-U-L-A-T-I-O-N” — San Antonio eighth grader Harini Logan, appropriately spelling a phrase whose definition briefly eradicated her from competitors at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Because spellers have gotten so good, bee organizers have added new parts, similar to a requirement that spellers select the right definition for every phrase. After a assessment, judges reinstated Harini saying that the definition she selected may very well be construed as correct. Harini went on to win the occasion in the first “spell-off” in the bee’s 97-year historical past. (Thursday, The New York Times)

“I feel like everything has gone nuts, and this is one thing that went nuts. But what I also said is, ‘Let’s face it. It’s just things. No person was hurt. And we have the technology and the expertise to put broken things back together.’ And thank God for that.” — Dallas Museum of Art board member Mary McDermott Cook responding to news {that a} man broke into the museum and destroyed roughly $5 million price of artwork, together with three historical Greek objects and a recent Native American piece, earlier than he was arrested. (Thursday, The Dallas Morning News)

“Texas has this whole mythology around cheap gas and prosperity, and those days are clearly over.” — Energy advisor Alison Silverstein, responding to news that the common fee for electrical energy in Texas has reached its highest since deregulation 20 years in the past. (Thursday, The Dallas Morning News)

“Usually the women that serve in our child care facilities — that are taking care of your babies and my babies — that are high-quality child care educators make less than a cashier at Buc-ee’s. … We can do better than that.” — Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker calling for extra funding for baby care at the Dallas Regional Chamber’s third annual State of Early Education tackle. (Friday, The Dallas Morning News)