Sorry everyone - I don't normally post here but sweet Jesus, this has to stop. That reporter was 24 years old. I lost my 24 year old son 3 years ago - I know exactly how that mother feels, knowing she will never get hugged by her daughter again.
Thanks for letting me vent here - I am in tears at my desk, when will this ever stop?
People (rightfully) were pissed on Twitter about the video being shown.
CNN says they're going to keep showing it, but only once per hour.
Fuck them.
Honestly, I think this is part of the whole problem with glorifying violence in our culture.
It's two things: one, a desensitization effect, where you get "used to" a certain level of whatever (violence, sex, etc.) and it just keeps taking more and more to get a reaction out of you.
Two, it's an utter failure of human decency. I still can't fathom, even with the above, why anyone thought "Hey! Let's play this video!" was a humane move.
I am nauseous at the thought that their death was on live tv. I am nauseous at the thought of this being the American way of life. Another shooting, another day. This is not the world I want to raise children in. But now that we're owned by the NRA and the right to have a gun supersedes our rights to stay safe, we'll just have to accept this new reality.