You might have seen the horrific news that a shooter opened fire at a Catholic school in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, killing two children and injuring at least 17 other people.
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ABC News reported that the assailant, who fired through the windows of a church at the Annunciation Catholic School during a Mass service to mark the first week of school, died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara described the shooting as a “deliberate act of violence against innocent children and other people worshipping.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey gave a press conference following the shooting, and a clip of his speech is going viral.
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“These were Minneapolis families. These were American families. And the amount of pain that they are suffering right now is extraordinary,” Frey said.
“And don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church,” the mayor continued.
“These are kids that should be learning with their friends. They should be playing on the playground. They should be able to go to school or church in peace without the fear or risk of violence, and their parents should have the same kind of assurance.”
“These are the sort of basic assurances that every family should have every step of the day, regardless of where they are in our country,” he said.
You can watch the full clip here.
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Mayor Frey echoed a similar sentiment on X. “Don’t just say we need thoughts and prayers,” he wrote. “These kids were literally in a church praying.”
Although some folks somehow took this as an attack on prayer itself, plenty of others applauded Frey’s words. “Fuck ‘Thoughts and Prayers,'” one user wrote.
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A lot of people were fed up with the non-stop gun violence in the United States. “This shit needs to be taken more seriously. People are so desensitized to it. They just say ‘thoughts and prayers’ and wait till the next set of children get gunned down.”
A Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly wrote that “Gun violence is a policy choice and an epidemic. It’s harder to access fresh food in this country than to access guns,” adding, “Our babies deserve better.”
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US Representative Darren Soto, a Democrat from Florida, said, “Now is the time for meaningful action to prevent gun violence.”
Someone criticized President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in Washington, DC, saying they should instead be used “to protect our children in their schools since he refuses to pass gun laws that would protect them!”
And finally, this person wrote that it was “A message every piece of shit Republican who offers ‘thoughts and prayers’ instead of action should probably hear. Constantly.”
What do you think? Discuss in the comments.
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