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Going to work at 5:30 A.M. April 24, 09. Small boy names i.e., named Jo. is a sweeper in Mill Mfg. Co. Lewiston, Me. Been there 2 years. I saw him working inside. Said he didn't know how old he was and he couldn't spell his name. Lives 2 miles out in the country and his father drives him out and back every day. Location: Lewiston, Maine.

#MillMfg #Lewiston #2miles #Maine #Photography #LewisHine #ChildLabour #ChildLabor

loc.gov/pictures/item/20186746

We still have time in OUR towns to demand this change before we also find ourselves among the grieving and angry.

"They’re calling for accessible mental health care, restrictions on firearms and more aggressive law enforcement action when a person with access to weapons is exhibiting psychosis."

#lewiston #massshooting #Maine
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Grieving and angry, Maine residents demand change after mass killing
washingtonpost.com/nation/2023

The Washington Post · Grieving and angry, Maine residents demand change after mass killingBy Danielle Paquette

In case you missed it…. THE GOAT… “JT” (James Taylor for young ‘uns who failed to grasp their parents’ music choices)… sang the National Anthem at the Lewiston High School football game against their arch rival (across the river from them) Auburn. That’s Lewiston, Maine… population less than your mom Lewiston, Maine. I got all choked up when I listened to his rendition. So much unspoken/unsung in those two minutes

"In addition to his own relatives, law enforcement officials & govt agencies also expressed anxiety about #RobertCard and the possible risk he posed to others, long before police say Card gunned people down in a bowling alley and a bar Wednesday in #Lewiston.

...In September, the local sheriff’s office received a letter saying that a soldier who served with Card in the Army Reserve believed that Card might “snap and commit a #MassShooting ”"
washingtonpost.com/nation/2023

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It’s crazy to process that my hometown of Lewiston is now world famous, but not for positive reasons.

It’s absolute tragedy on multiple levels. I can’t hate the shooter. The system failed him. The system failed his victims. The system can be fixed but we’re all too chicken shit cowards to make that happen.

I’ve been through those bowling alley doors countless times. Everyone in #Lewiston has.

I didn’t know anyone directly affected, but the odds are high that I could have.