Times to talk about the lives and the identities and the legacies of the people who have lost their lives to gun violence and the families that are there to remember them, and, you know, i remember so profoundly the massacre at newtown. Senator murphy brought photographs of all of the victims, their families, told their stories at length on this senate floor. As weeks and months persisted here in the United States senate, and no action was taken to do commonsense things to make access to these weapons more difficult, the senator from connecticut started coming to the floor and talking about some of the people that we dont read about because the media doesnt rush to the scene when somebody dies in a driveby shooting or in a place that doesnt garner the attention, the spotlight like the massacre and tragedy in orlando has garnered by the national media. So i i thank the gentleman from connecticut for his perseverance, and i am just so proud to join him this afternoon in this insistence f
Call 202 7488000. Members of the Lgbt Community, others,2 7488001, all call 202 7488002. Killer, theto the motivation, and the weapons. But first, the victims of the tragedy of the pulse nightclub. 21 have been named so far, 50 dead. , as family orlando members have been notified, has been posting the names of those killed at the pulse nightclub strategy. Your the 21 who have been named so far. [reading names] Edward Sotomayor jr. , 34 years old. Stanley almodovar iii, 23 years old. Luis omar ocasiocapo, 20 years old. Juan ramon guerrero, 22 years old. Eric ivan ortizrivera, 36 years old. Peter o. Gonzalezcruz, 22 years old. Luis s. Vielma, 22 years old. Kimberly morris, 37 years old. Eddie jamoldroy justice, 30 years old. Darryl roman burt ii, 29 years Jean Carlos Mendez perez, 35 years old. Amanda alvear, 25 years old. Martin benitez torres, 33 years old. Luis daniel wilsonleon, 37 years old. Mercedez marisol flores, 26 years old. Xavier Emmanuel Serrano rosado, 35 years old. Gilbert
Come out here and march. March for justice. March to get change done. Passions running high on the streets during a second day of protest over the acquital of George Zimmerman. Good evening. Im ama dates. Crowds are turning violent in oakland tonight. We are getting reports that rocks rocks and bought el its are being bottles are being thrown at police and reporters are being attacked by protesters. Here is the latest on the tense situations. For more than three hours protesters had complete control of 14th and broadway preventing cars from getting through. Around 8 30, police opened the intersection to traffic. But it quickly deteriorated when demonstrators surrounded the frightened drivers who found themselves trapped. The crowd forced them to turn around. Oakland Police Officers who were near the corner were treated leaving the helpless drivers without Police Protection nearby. It is unknown who gave that command. Hundreds gathered to protest the acquital of George Zimmerman in the
When demonstrators surrounded the frightened drivers who found themselves trapped. The crowd forced them to turn around. Oakland Police Officers who were near the corner were treated leaving the helpless drivers without Police Protection nearby. It is unknown who gave that command. Hundreds gathered to protest the acquital of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Last nights verdict. It didnt sit well in my heart. I dont feel that jury was representative of that community. I think the prosecutor did a poor job of presenting the case. It started with a rally at frank ogowa plaza. I would like us to continue to get together and pray and talk to god. Maybe this thing can stop. Sky 7hd was overhead as the crowd then marched several miles along broadway and west oakland. 24r were no arrests or any reported damage. They tried to crash a bart station. And then in the middle of broadway they set fire to a flag. A photograph ter reported to police that he was attacked brie the crow
Bren, tell us about the mood and how big is the crowd . Well, there are several hundreds packed inside of the st. Lukes cathedral, and we are seeing a number of members from different faiths and leaderers from different faiths now going in there and other leaders having sashes of rainbows as they head into the service, and we have a program, and it includes hymns and prayer as well. And the mood, jim, well, i talk talked to some people who are headed into the church earlier, and one gentleman stuck out, and it was him and his husband who said this is the fourth vigil they have been to this week, and he said that he knows how close this can community has gotten. And he said that the second thing that he has taken away from this week is that before he and his partner would look around to the each other, to make sure that nobody was looking at them when they had some sort of display of affection, and now, jim, he said that i just dont care anymore. And that is the feeling here in orlando.