It seems that over the weekend, there was a mass shooting in Trenton, NJ. You probably won't hear about it from the mainstream media. It doesn't fit the narrative.
It seems that there was an art and music festival, and some gang-bangers had a beef with each other. The main shooter (who is now room temperature) was a parolee, who had spent time in prison for murder. The police knew that trouble was brewing, and was trying to close the event when the shooting started.
One dead, 22 injured.
This wasn't some deranged white guy with a rifle, this was gang violence with handguns. It is probably the most common violence (except maybe domestic violence) that large cities have to deal with. Bad guys with guns show up at a place where people gather to celebrate.
One dead, 22 injured, but don't expect to see politicians lining up to do interviews. Don't expect to see high-school kids calling for new laws. Don't expect to see senators holding committee meetings.
It doesn't outrage them, and it certainly isn't news-worthy.
The hypocrisy is galling.
Phil Murphy, governor of NJ, tweeted "We must eradicate the scourge of gun violence from our communities."
ReplyDeleteHad nothing to do with letting multi-felons out of prison early, must be guns.
Mark D
^This. And the room temperature bad guy had been paroled even though he had committed, and been convicted of, a separate felony while in prison.
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