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...remember today because in remembering the victims?? deaths, we affirm the value of their lives. “Too often,” writes Day of Remembrance founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith, “people want to make our dead into forgotten people.” Police investigations are often lax, and murders are carelessly catalogued as accidents or suicides. But the Day of Remembrance calls murder murder, and highlights the brutality of anti-transgender killers who attempt (in the words of one Day of Remembrance organizers) “to obliterate their victims, perhaps in an attempt...
...organizers of the memorial could do nothing to prevent such outbursts; in fact, despite the number of politicians in the crowd—including more than half the Senate—only the victims?? close friends and family members actually spoke. Compared to Sen. Mel Carnahan’s memorial in 2000, where then-President Bill Clinton spoke, this memorial at the outset contained even fewer political overtones. The spirit shown at Wellstone’s memorial was a product of the grassroots crowd in attendance. It in no way tarnishes the senator’s memory...
Although the attackers hit our financial and military capitals in order to condemn U.S. foreign policy, the attack lost its meaning in execution. For on Sept. 11, each individual symbolized an undifferentiated “America,” each a symbol of the American government. The victims?? particular lives were renounced. Further, the attackers exploited the value we give to the individual. They knew that a few localized attacks—on individuals—would bring our whole country, united, to its knees...
...name-reading concluded as the two final readers said in unison, “May God bless the victims??may God bless America...
...complaint, filed June 4, argues that the corroboration requirement would bar sexual assault victims??the vast majority of whom are women—from adequate grievance procedures, violating federal guarantees of gender equality in education...