The Victims Of The July 4th Highland Park Shooting
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🗓️ 7 July 2022
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Summary
During an Independence Day parade this Monday, a 21-year-old man in Highland Park, Illinois shot and killed at least seven people and injured many more. We discuss the latest developments and the stories of the victims, who ranged in age from 8 to 88 years old.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Mississippi abortion provider at the center of the case that brought down Roe, officially closed its doors after a judge refused to block the state's trigger law from going into effect. Laurie Bertram Roberts, co-founder and executive director of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund, joins us to discuss what comes next.
And in headlines: A Georgia grand jury subpoenaed seven of Donald Trump’s close allies, the Justice Department sued the state of Arizona over its new voting law, and several members of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government resigned.
Show Notes:
- Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund - https://www.msreprofreedomfund.org/
- Plan C Information Campaign - https://www.plancpills.org/
- AidAccess - https://aidaccess.org/
- Women On Waves - https://www.womenonwaves.org/
- Self-Managed Abortion; Safe & Supported - https://abortionpillinfo.org/
- Vote Save America: Fuck Bans Action Plan – https://votesaveamerica.com/roe/
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, July 7th. I'm Trevelle Anderson. |
| 0:08.6 | And I'm Erin Ryan. And this is what a day where we hope America isn't mad that we didn't |
| 0:13.8 | get her anything for her birthday this year. |
| 0:16.0 | Listen, in our defense, she's been acting up lately. She'll be fine. |
| 0:19.8 | I love a birthday, but fireworks again. We need a new theme. |
| 0:24.9 | Absolutely. On today's show, we talked to the co-founder of the Mississippi Reproductive |
| 0:34.7 | Freedom Fund, plus the DOJ, Sue's Arizona, over its restrictive and possibly unconstitutional |
| 0:40.2 | voting law. |
| 0:41.2 | But first, today, an update on the mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, that happened |
| 0:45.9 | over the holiday break. |
| 0:47.2 | Yes, on July 4th, during an Independence Day parade, a 21-year-old man fired from a |
| 0:52.2 | roof into crowds of neighbors who'd gathered along the parade route. He killed at least seven |
| 0:56.8 | people and injured many more. The shooter was arrested by North Chicago Police Monday |
| 1:01.8 | afternoon, following a search involving more than 100 law enforcement agencies. He is |
| 1:07.0 | currently being held without bond on seven counts of first degree murder. |
| 1:11.9 | Now, at the time of our recording Wednesday night, no motive for the shooting has yet been |
| 1:16.4 | released by officials. But they did say that the gunmen, after fleeing Highland Park, |
| 1:21.9 | contemplated committing another shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, with just two hours away. |
| 1:27.1 | They say he ultimately did not, because he had not done enough advanced research about |
| 1:32.0 | that community. |
| 1:33.0 | How horrible that this even happened, but the fact that it was just a hair away from |
| 1:40.2 | spanning two states and two cities is horrifying. |
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