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Another mass shooting in Colorado. Last Sunday, at a birthday party, at a local mobile home park, a man who had been dating one of the women at the party went in and fatally shot her and five others before taking his life.
Already toxic political messaging is showing up in the national discourse about this violent murder/suicide. The buzz words of “gun control” are being thrown around like missiles seeking a target.
Loss of life is not a time for political war. When we talk about murder and suicide, we must be sensitive to those who have been affected by what happened.
The verdict of the Derek Chauvin trial is in. Many are celebrating the guilty verdict.
Some of those celebrating the verdict are even saying that Colorado should follow the example of Minneapolis and their home state of Minnesota.
That idea is ridiculous.
Minneapolis has shown us utter incompetence in addressing police brutality and race relations. They have also shown us why defunding the police will not work.
I think that we all agree that the death of George Floyd was horrific. I think that we all agree that we do not support the type of breath blocking hold that Mr. Floyd was put in. I think that we all agree that true police brutality should not be tolerated in any of our communities.
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