Horror and headlines
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Category: guns
Stewart v. Guns
Jon Stewart takes on Okla. gun advocate Continue reading Stewart v. Guns
Only Wednesday
It’s certainly been a week of thought-provoking, gut-twisting, all-around bad news. And it’s only Wednesday. But these days could describe most weeks. Of course, we can blame it on the media and their determination to lead with the most catastrophic stuff they can find. But do we, society, have to keep providing such fodder? Apparently … Continue reading Only Wednesday
From gossip to guns
In May 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was murdered by four white police officers in Minneapolis, MN. The ensuing weeks were filled with demonstrations and protests across the nation. It was in that environment that the Denver Board of Education, in June 2020, voted to end the existing program of SROs — school resource … Continue reading From gossip to guns
Ten years
The Sandy Hook massacre occurred ten years ago today.
A cop’s cop
There was a special dedication ceremony in Boulder, Colo., yesterday in which the historic downtown post office was renamed “Officer Eric H. Talley Post Office Building.” Talley was one of the first police officers to arrive at the scene of the March 2021 shooting at the King Soopers grocery store. Ten people died that day, … Continue reading A cop’s cop