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NEWFANE-We are deeply saddened by the mass shooting at two homeless encampments in Minneapolis on Monday, Sept. 15. Eight people were wounded, at least three with life-threatening injuries.
In the last year, stigma about our most vulnerable Vermonters and Americans has increased to dangerous levels across our state and country. This puts people experiencing homelessness at extreme risk.
In response to the shooting, victims were not offered grief counseling, shelter, or support for the trauma. Rather, their encampments were cleared and their belongings taken by the city and thrown away. This type of dehumanizing response, when we are seeing gun deaths in large numbers across the country, is deeply disturbing.
In the wake of Trump's executive order criminalizing people experiencing homelessness and suggesting forced institutionalization of those most vulnerable, this mass shooting cannot go unnoticed.
