Kendrick Castillo, American hero.

[kpete]

While Trump & supporters at rally yesterday, reacted by laughing when someone shouted about shooting immigrants at the border, this Hispanic boy lay dead after losing his life trying to save others from a shooter.
Did anyone say his name?
He is Kendrick Castillo, American hero.

Link to tweet

[raging moderate]

1. Kendrick Castillo, American Hero!

[Jarqui]

2. I followed the coverage of this boy

Seems like a genuinely wonderful young man with real nice, heartbroken parents. A real big loss.

Then I drifted to thinking of the families and/or friends of past victims, who tried to make the senseless loss of their young victim count by changing laws. People like Reema Samaha's father (Virginia Tech) or David Hogg (Parkland) or families of young Sandy Hook victims, Moms Demand Action, etc, etc. These events have to be a painful reminder to them that the loss of these children didn't matter to too many elected officials in their government. What a disgrace as they have so little to show for their senseless loss and emotional efforts to make sure it doesn't happen to someone else.

[saidsimplesimon]

4. Jarqui, this

confirms for me that Republicans, like their manipulators, just don't care about human life. Such hypocrites, save the unborn and ignore the lax gun laws that contribute to murders of our school children.
imo

What a disgrace as they have so little to show for their senseless loss and emotional efforts to make sure it doesn't happen to someone else.

[Guilded Lilly]

3. Kendrick has rightly been honored respectfully and lovingingly all over my Facebook

Feed for several days.
His sacrifice touches our souls deeply, sadly.
It should never come to this. It is heartbreaking on so many levels.
America is failing our children.

[RVN VET71]

11. . . .has failed our children

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Kendrick Castillo, American Hero

An irreplaceable loss for his family and friends, an infinite loss for his country.

[Tipperary]

6. ...

[RicROC]

7. we're losing our future

The only time the Banana Republicans express their love for the US Constitution is when it applies to the 2nd Amendment regarding AK-47s.

We're losing our future when our best citizens are being slaughtered in our own schools.

[johannsyah]

8. gosh

when will it actually stop?

[GitRDun]

9. It all comes down to empathy...

If it doesn't directly effect a Republican politician, it doesn't exist.

This is why, even if you fancy yourself a free marketer, a conservative in the traditional sense, even an independent, etc. you cannot vote for a Republican.

How can you properly govern if you don't even see the life circumstances of more than half of the country.

It's truly crushing to come to the realization that so many of our fellow citizens have absolutely no empathy in them.

I hope we find our way soon.

[dlk]

10. If Only We Lived in a Country Where Heroes Could Live Out Their Lives in Peace...

...instead of being butchered in a hail of bullets. Thank you GOP.

[B Stieg]

12. My students showed me how to secure my classroom doors...

...against an intruder. The solid, windowless doors--which open out and which I cannot lock--can be jammed shut by wrapping my belt around the commercial door closer mechanisms (the bending arm at the top of the door).

It's pathetic that they've even had to figure it out. And as our "leaders" think and pray...again.

[wryter2000]

13. I hope

From now on the press fixates on the bravery of people like him rather than the pathology of the killers. Once all the attention is taken away, there will be less motivation to kill.

[marieo1]

14. National Hero

What a handsome young man and now he is our 'National Hero". It breaks my heart that he had to give his life!! He would have had so much to give to our lives and to the future.

[demigoddess]

15. my heart goes out to his mother.

[wendyb-NC]

16. I honor Kendrick Castillo for his courageous, and selfless acts to save others.

He is a true American Hero. My heart goes out to his loved ones. I can't imagine their shock, pain and sorrow, over their precious sons loss.

[BobTheSubgenius]

17. Disheartening, sickening and infuriating, all at the same time.

Before now, I doubt I would have thought that such a blockhead, barely capable of holding one thought in his head at a time, could engender such a morass of feelings.