EDITORIAL: Shooting, Murder, Shooting - Here's What RI’s Top Elected Officials Said

EDITORIAL: Shooting, Murder, Shooting - Here's What RI’s Top Elected Officials Said

 

It was another one of those Providence weekends. A near-endless string of shootings. Seven in total, one resulting in death, and a Providence Police officer was beaten as his gun was almost used against him in the attack.

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The murder pushed the number killed to 36 in the past 16 months in the city.

After the weekend of carnage, here is a collection of the press releases, Tweets, Facebook posts and statements issued about the violence from top leaders in Rhode Island and Providence:

 

Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza: Zero

Governor Dan McKee: Nothing

Gubernatorial candidate and RI General Treasurer Seth Magaziner: Nada

Gubernatorial candidate and RI Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea: Zip

Gubernatorial candidate Matt Brown: Not a word

Providence Mayoral candidate Brett Smiley: Not this guy

Providence Mayoral candidate Nirva LaFortune: No time

Providence Mayoral candidate Gonzalo Cuervo: Did not get around to it

 

Next time one of them says they care about violence, inequity, and justice, you might ask them where is their leadership. Where are their specific ideas? Where is their outrage?

Maybe, just maybe next time they can overrule their political consultants and say something.

Anything.