not sure it s going to happen. until the redemptive power of the love of all of our children is greater than the destructive power of the love of our guns and money, and power, until that redemptive love of our children turns into action, then nothing is going to change. this can be different. because i think that we have to make it different. and so we cannot give into this feeling that nothing can be done. that works in favor of the status quo that allows our children to live under this threat. we cannot live under this, we have to organize. what will be done, i m not going to be getting into that over the next hour or so, but i want to start here in uvalde, where i have liz with us. she is just across the way in the town square, in front of the memorial that has been built over the last few days. and nbc s victoria, in front of rob elementary with me. that let me start with you, this has been a story that has not been covered as much because we ve been overtaken by t
By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com Two Charles City brothers have now been sentenced after both pleaded guilty to reduced charges in an incident in October 2021 that court records allege involved beating a person after “a verbal altercation between intoxicated friends that escalated into a physical assault.” One of the brothers was also sentenced this week for a separate incident that involved allegedly putting a shotgun in a woman’s mouth and …
penetrate those classrooms and save those babies. before i go today, i want to leave you with a number. four, as in four days. patrick starkey pointed out that evidence suggests four days is the amount of time americans are angry in the wake of the mass shooting like the one that happened here in uvalde. just four days. the gallup surveys done about peoples sadness and anger, and that s where they came up with. the national rage over this. it lasts just four days. not even a whole school week. we are past that four days. near novelty uvalde, the anger has not faded. it s still here. especially given what they have learned about the police in action. but around this country it is far to doubt the anger is fading and people are moving on.