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Iowa is the sex trafficking capital of the US. 2 major highways go through here.
I feel just terrible for Will Holmes, founder of the program. Imagine escaping the gangster lifestyle and then dedicating your life to helping other kids break the cycle, only for those kids to be killed right in front of you anyway. Reminds me a lot of the Nipsey Hussle murder. >

I live in dsm. I remember reading about or hearing interviews with him when that program first started, how sad this is >

Nice that they place the location in the title, helps keep track of the shootings  and distinguishing which one is which >

Pretty soon they’ll start naming them like hurricanes >

Not enough names. >

We’ve already gone all the way through the alphabet so far this year. >

That might become a norm. Just depersonalize it even more. 
"Reporting live from the scene of shooting B8993 this evening is reporter drone 5 interviewing a local witness to the bloodshed." >

1 death is a tragedy, 100 death is a disaster, 1,000 deaths is a statistic. >


“Walls, and both deceased victims, are known gang members, belonging to opposing gangs, and evidence indicates that that these crimes were committed as a result of an ongoing gang dispute,” the updated news release said. Des Moines Police provided no further details outlining these claims.

America: Oh it's just gang violence. Move along, nothing to see here. >

The fuck kind of gang is in Des Moines? I get it, shit happens everywhere, but Des Moines? What fucking criminal enterprise in the middle of Iowa requires a gang affiliation? 
I swear, at some point people need to just make fun of these idiots.