No one should know or care to know the name of the shooter. For the next 32 days, every major newspaper in the country should have the full page spreads on the lives of each victim. At the local coffee shop or on the train there should be avid discussion of these people, and the lives they lost. When asked the name of their killer, people should be mostly unable to recall.
NBC should never have shown the video on network TV. No one should have wanted to watch it. Matt Lauer said it was shown in an effort to "understand" the killer. This is a tragedy he created, he killed these people, and thus is my mind there is nothing from him worth "understanding".
CNN has created this paltry attempt at 'remembering' the victims. I applaud their efforts, but they should do more. Everyone should.
Hell, every single time someone is killed in this country their life, not just their murder, should be FRONTPAGE news. Then perhaps, when so many murders go unsolved (usually when the victim has the wrong skin color or the wrong income bracket) we will all be moved to Give A Damn, and not let their slaughters be reduced to entertainment value for prime-time tv.
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