Lois Beckett
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Links: June 2016
A Gunfight in Guatemala
Crazy story: Sebastian Rotella. Art direction: David Sleight. Animation: Christopher Park.
Police Building Apartments
Lately my favorite part of my commute is passing this building.
Here’s The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read To Her Attacker
Having too much to drink was an amateur mistake that I admit to, but it is not criminal. Everyone in this room has had a night where they have regretted drinking too much, or knows someone… See more →
For a crash course on various facets of the gun debate, see @loisbeckett’s five-part Gun Control @guardian series. theguardian.com/us-news/2016/j…
If you’re committed to understanding American gun violence, I recommend following @loisbeckett’s work. Start here. propublica.org/article/how-th…
Mass shooting deaths in 2015 (under the broadest definition): 462.
Black men killed in gun homicides in 2013: 5,798.
propublica.org/article/counti…
“As horrific as [mass shootings] are, by most counts they represent less than 1 percent of all gun homicides.” propublica.org/article/how-th…