The shooter in El Paso was a white supremacist.
One of the top predictors for where gun violence occurs the most is where communities were redlined in the 20th century.
Gun violence is a racial justice issue.
Hint - it’s not because they don’t have enough police it’s because they don’t have enough resources.
We need to talk about food deserts, affordable housing, Job training,
restorative justice and a new approach to public safety that is not rooted in slavery as our modern policing system is.
And friends like @thethandi_way all of whom have contributed so much to the Gun Violance Prevention movement way before MFOL.
Racism is not a mental health issue.
And when we only talk about mental health in regard to a mass shooter we stigmatize it.
That’s why hospital based violence intervention programs are so vital.