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Vigil against violence
Hundreds gather to mourn victims of mass shootings
Photos by Jon Farina
(Top) The dead were represented by empty shoes as Brooklynites gathered
in Grand Army Plaza on Aug. 6 for a candlelight vigil to mourn the victims of
multiple recent mass shootings. (Above left) Borough President Eric Adams
organized the event after multiple people were killed in mass shootings, including
one in Brownsville on July 27. (Above right) Congresswoman Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez blasted President Donald Trump, saying his rhetoric is “directly
responsible for what happened in El Paso.”
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Hundreds of mourners
gathered at Grand Army
Plaza on Monday to grieve
the recent victims of numerous
mass shootings and to demand
Congress enact tougher
gun laws.
“This is not just about
assault weapons — this is
about gun violence in all of
our communities,” Congressional
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio
Cortez (D-Queens) said.
“We have to do more.”
The Aug. 5 gathering
formed after a particularly
bloody 10-day stretch of gun
violence in both Brooklyn
and around the country. Mass
shootings in Brownsville, California,
Texas, Ohio, and Crown
Heights combined to leave at
least 55 injured and 36 dead,
represented at the vigil by candles
and empty shoes.
In New York City, shootings
are up from 426 this time
last year to 448 thus far in
2019, according to NYPD
crime statistics.
Public Advocate Jumaane
Williams took the microphone
as the sun set over Monday’s
solemn gathering, the former
councilman from Canarsie
biting back tears as he railed
against the senseless nature
of the violence tearing communities
apart.
“I’m so tired of these vigils
and these candles,” he said.
“This is a plague on this
country. And what’s worse
— this is the most preventable
plague that this planet
has ever seen. It is 100 percent
preventable.”
The vigil-turned-rally focused
predominantly on gun
legislation, but Borough President
Eric Adams expressed
disappointment in the reaction
to the July 27 shooting
at a street fair in Brownsville
that left one dead and 11 others
injured, arguing that the
political impact of the carnage
was mollified by the race of
the victims.
“If the shooting in Brownsville
would’ve happened on
Park Avenue instead of Park
Place, we would have a differ-
ent response in this city and
in this country,” he said. “A
mother does not mourn differently
based on the ethnicity
of her baby, she mourns anytime
she loses a child.”
And while the speakers
blamed loose gun regulations
for enabling mass murderers,
they pointed the finger at President
Trump for empowering
them to act.
“Individuals are emboldened
by racist rhetoric coming
from the highest of offices,
who refuses to understand the
power of his words,” said New
York State Attorney General
Letitia James. “What we need
to do is inspire individuals
and bring people together and
talk about our aspirations as
a nation.”
The freshman congresswoman
from Queens was
even less diplomatic in her
critique of the president.
“I’m tired of questioning
if the president is racist,” said
Ocasio-Cortez. “He is.”
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