Murder-suicides increased slightly from 2016-2022, the mystery surrounding Demartravion “Trey” Reed’s death is not new, and bills like MO SB58 and MO SB72 threaten immigrant populations without proper documentation.
Are we upholding the Constitution of these United States?
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Are we honoring our collective independence?
“In Congress, July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”
I applaud the justice system for the prosecution of shooters and assassins. I support a second independent autopsy for Trey Reed. And I oppose Bills MO58 and MO72.
One more quote:
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. —Martin Niemöller
Sources:
Brown, D. (2021, August 8). ‘Lynchings in Mississippi never stopped.’ The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/08/modern-day-mississippi-lynchings/
Keyes, K. M., Joseph, V. A., & Rutherford, C. (2025). The Epidemiology of Murder-Suicide in the US, 2016-2022. JAMA network open, 8(7), e2523698. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.23698
See the above links to U.S. Constitution, MO SB58, MO SB72, and relevant websites/articles/reports
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