It's hard to believe, but I had largely forgotten about the 2022 mass shooting at the Highland Park, Illinois, July 4 parade, in which seven people were killed and 48 wounded. There are just so many mass killings in this country.
The killer, Robert E. Crimo III, pled guilty yesterday and received seven life sentences. I don't remember hearing his name before, which may be okay since in one way, it's not a bad thing to deprive these guys of publicity. But Crimo? For real? That's his name?
The other thing about the coverage of the sentencing is that it generally didn't mention his motivations for the crime, which seem as though they should have been noted. The AP story that ran in my local newspapers, for instance, did not say anthing about them.
Crimo signed the name Donald Trump to his trial waiver. He has the number 47 tattooed on his right temple. Highland Park is, prominently, one of Chicago's best known Jewish areas.
As one BlueSky user put it,
Kinda insane and shows how afraid the networks are of upsetting this administration that a guy who killed 7 people and wounded 48 with “47” literally tattooed on his face has all but been forgotten like there’s still not a very serious threat emanating from every pore of this pathetic cult.
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