All Blog Posts Tagged 'massacre' (7)

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable Makes Christmas Day Award to Newtown United

The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable announced a Christmas Day Impact cash award to Newtown United, a grassroots citizens group formed by Newtown, Connecticut residents to combat gun violence and fight for tougher state and national gun control legislation. Many of the members of Newtown United had children that attended Sandy Hook Elementary School or knew children and teachers that were killed and injured in the massacre. Every dollar of…

Continue

Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on December 23, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments

What If President Obama Simply Issued Executive Orders Toughening Gun Curbs

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Dozens of Democratic lawmakers implored President Obama to simply issue executive orders toughening gun curbs. They made their impassioned plea three years before the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. They and others will make even more impassioned pleas to Obama to put his executive pen to paper and enact one or more measures that put some clamps on the types of guns that can be bought and sold and who…

Continue

Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on December 19, 2012 at 9:40am — No Comments

Finger-point Congress, Not President Obama, for Killing 18 Life Saving Gun Curb Bills

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The Sandy Hook Elementary School monstrous massacre guaranteed that the heat will be turned up on President Obama to take the “meaningful action” that he called for on gun control. The heat is justified, but it’s not the White House that has routinely killed life-saving gun control measures during the past decade. It’s been Congress.

The spectacular scope and magnitude of the congressional wipe out is barely known to the…

Continue

Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on December 17, 2012 at 10:02am — No Comments

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable Award Letter to Newtown Youth & Family Services

620 E. Manchester Bl.

Inglewood, Ca. 90301

323-383-6145

December 16, 2012

Ms. Candice Bohr Director

Newtown Youth & Family Services

15 Berkshire Rd.

Sandy Hook, Ct. 06482

Dear Ms. Bohr:

The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable is proud to award the Newtown Youth & Family Services agency a special Impact Micro Award. The cash award is to support you in…

Continue

Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on December 16, 2012 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Sandy Hook School Massacre Presents Towering Challenge for President Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A compassionate and tearful President Obama minced no words following the Sandy Hook, Connecticut school massacre and demanded action. Though Obama did not specify what action he had in mind, the action that has and will again spark colossal debate is how to crack down on the manic and senseless gun violence that has caused indescribable pain and suffering for so many victims, and now those victims are the innocent of…

Continue

Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on December 15, 2012 at 9:11am — No Comments

Why the Death Penalty Debate for the Batman Massacre Shooter

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers raised eyebrows when she told reporters that convicting alleged Batman mass shooter James Holmes is not a “slam dunk.” She raised even more eyebrows when she said that she would take weeks to decide whether to seek the death penalty against…

Continue

Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on July 25, 2012 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Batman Massacre Won’t Shove Guns into Presidential Race

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg publicly demanded that President Obama and GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney tell where they stand on new and tougher gun control laws in light of the Colorado Theater massacre. Bloomberg wasn’t alone in the demand. A bevy of mostly Democratic politicians quickly joined in the chorus and also…

Continue

Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on July 20, 2012 at 7:00pm — No Comments