Another mass shooting

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Police say the gunman who opened fire at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis killing eight people was a 19-year-old former employee. Ali Brown, a member of the Indianapolis City-County Council, speaks with Anderson about how the community is reacting. Also, perspective from neuroscientist Dr. Charles Morgan on the split-second decision by a Chicago Police officer to shoot 13-year-old Adam Toledo. Plus, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is launching a new "America First" caucus, her office confirmed Friday. Her goal is to bring together a group of far-right lawmakers known for their controversial rhetoric. They will push for a "common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions,” according to one report.  Airdate: April 16, 2021 Guests: Ali Brown Dr. Charles Morgan To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There is no way in good conscience to use the word good evening tonight, though there
0:05.3	are many words to choose from, mournful, tearful, and yes, as a country shameful.
0:11.5	Good is simply not one of them, not after what happened overnight.
0:15.8	When we began this program last night, we noted that between the police killing of Dante
0:19.5	Wright, the trial of Derek Chauvin and the police shooting of the seventh grader, it
0:23.2	was, in so many words, a lot.
0:26.2	One late last night, a gunman opened fire at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis.
0:30.8	Eight people were killed by a 19-year-old former employee.
0:34.5	Several others were wounded or hurt.
0:37.2	Countless more tonight or living the night Meryl losing someone close, and the toll extends
0:41.5	beyond the victims and their next of kin.
0:44.2	This we know from experience, the shockwaves they ripple out over time and distance.
0:50.8	Fourteen years ago, tonight, the country was reeling from the loss of 32 lives on the
0:54.7	campus of Virginia Tech University.
0:57.3	Do you remember that shooting?
0:59.1	A month ago, we were watching the horrible images come in from two mass shootings in and
1:03.4	around Atlanta.
1:04.4	Seems a long time ago, doesn't it?
1:07.2	The sad fact is, though, that mass shootings had become so common, it may soon be hard for
1:12.0	one not to fall on the anniversary of another.
1:15.5	This is a map of mass shootings in just the last month, which we're defining as four or
1:20.2	more people shot wounded or killed, excluding the gunman.
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