El Paso marks Walmart shooting anniversary amid pandemic

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The pandemic is affecting how El Paso, Texas, will mark the one-year anniversary a shooting targeting Latinos at a Walmart that left 23 people dead. Parks will be lit with lanterns and victims’ families will view items preserved from a makeshift memorial.

“It shook me to remind me that we’re in the middle of a healing process that we’re now being overwhelmed by COVID,” said El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego, the county’s top executive.

El Paso residents describe the friendliness of the city, which has one of the lowest crime rates in the U.S. Many people have roots in both the U.S. and Mexico, frequently crossing the border. Several of those killed at the Walmart had come from Mexico to shop. The morning of the shooting, Melendez’s parents took their granddaughter Kaitlyn to the Walmart to get new clothes and a basketball. They were at the checkout when the gunman fired, and David Johnson pushed his wife and granddaughter under the conveyor belt. Johnson was not Hispanic, but his wife and granddaughter are.

 

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Our hearts go out to all that lost loved ones in this terrible shooting. Please remember there are many who feel for you and work for a better world for us all.

So if a black person dies, they can get massive memorials. Honoring Latino victims, not so much. So *that's* what they mean when they oppose people saying 'all lives matter'.

Hi all. Tho' we're walking through hardest of times,, there's hope. Not all is lost. Jesus is coming.

Trump’s celebrating by letting more people die. No daily limits. TrumpIsAMurderer

We all remember that awful day with you El Paso and you are in our thoughts and prayers!!!!!

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Has the president ever paid his campaign bill

Latinos are from Lazio, Italy

wasnt that guy ali Alexander part of the reason this guy went onto kill?

Shame people won't wake up to the Covid Hoax & just get on with their lives, without Muzzles, Anti-social distancing & Lockdaowns. Stuff what the Government/s say. They are heading to cull 6 'Billion' of us if people don't snap the Hell out of their ignorance :( Including Media.

It will be years before Paul Anchondo learns what happened to his parents at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, a year ago. Andre and Jordan Anchondo shielded their infant son during a shooting that claimed their lives and those of 21 others.

“aMeRiCa DoEsNt HaVe A rAcIsM pRoBlEm!”

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