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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I agree that this is another example of the <b>unjust</b> <b>unpunished</b> killing of a <b>child</b>, and I agree that Gibbs’ comment was beyond the pale. I remember my jaw dropping when I heard that, in much the same way that my jaw dropped when Zimmerman was given a free pass for killing Trayvon Martin.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t Abdulrahman’s killing already been protested here in Moscow? I wouldn’t swear to it, but I’m pretty sure I’ve heard his name mentioned, or it seen on a sign, at more than one of the Friday Peace Vigils in Friendship Square by those stalwart Palouse Peace Coalition angels, or maybe it was at Farmer’s Market? I wish I could say that I’ve been a regular participant at those vigils, but I haven’t been – my anemic “participation” since the early days has been limited to “stopping by” when I’ve been downtown </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>L</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>But, as long as we’re adding names, let’s not forget the name of <b>another</b> <b>Florida</b> <b>child</b> -- this one only 14-years-old -- whose death was also <b>unjust</b> and went <b>unpunished:</b> <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Anderson_case">Martin Lee Anderson</a></b>. Frankly, I don’t know that it gets much more <b>unjust</b> than when someone – adult or child – <b>in government custody</b> is killed as a direct result of action – or inaction – by the authorities. Sadly, there doesn’t seem to be any shortage of that </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>L</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For those holding out some hope the DOJ will provide some justice for Trayvon’s killing on a violation of civil rights basis, I wish I could share your optimism:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-crt-428.html">http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-crt-428.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Compassion is the basis of all morality.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>~ Arthur Schopenhuaer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sunil Ramalingam<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 16, 2013 6:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Add this name to the protest<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Abdulrahman al-Awlaki<br><br><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/the-killed-at-16-transparency-test-obama-owes-us-answers-about-this-dead-american/276276/">http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/the-killed-at-16-transparency-test-obama-owes-us-answers-about-this-dead-american/276276/</a><br><br>'And don't forget the infamous outburst from Robert Gibbs, former White House press secretary, who, having moved over to Obama's reelection campaign, <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/how-team-obama-justifies-the-killing-of-a-16-year-old-american/264028/">responded thusly</a> to a question on the 16-year-old: "I would suggest that you should have a far more responsible father if they are truly concerned about the well being of their children." That's the sort of explanation given when there isn't any defensible explanation to give.' <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>