Holy SHIT

[valarltd]

Today, someone planted a car bomb in Dr. Trent Pierce's car.
It went off.

It went off two blocks from two schools my children were attending!

Now, we know Dr. Pierce only in passing, from his sponsorship of the Crittenden Arts Council. But still, I understand he's one of the best.

Those of you with kids, give 'em an extra hug. I'm pretty shaky, and glad I found this out only after work.

Comments

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

... Having worked 'bomb patrol' when doing clinic defense... Bombs happen in the US. Mostly the targets are doctors and gays. Our news just has a habit of not making much noise about domestic terrorism if it can avoid it. Look at 'abortion- related violence' on wikipedia. You probably heard of one or two of the ~dozen bombings that have happened in the US in the past decade.

[marame.livejournal.com]

Thanks for providing this perspective. I remember first seeing a lot of TV footage in the 1980s about abortion-clinic violence. I was just a teen at the time, but it really worried me that Americans could do that to one another. Because of the narrow media focus, the average American citizen has no clue about the extent to which this kind of thing goes on. Thanks again for opening my eyes.