This Weekly Wrap Up covers the major news stories for the week of September 1, 2024, including the delay in sentencing for Donald Trump, the upcoming election, and the recent and tragic school shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia. Eddie expresses concern about the state of democracy and the desensitization to tragic events. This Weekly Wrap Up concludes with a
Thank you for your insight that trying the fourteen-year-old as an adult is, in a way, an "abdication of responsibility." I agree that something is terribly broken - yet fundamentally broken as well. We have a lot of work ahead to dismantle the notion that we were ever truly a country based on the ideals of fairness and justice. Offering up a baby to pay for the sins of those around him and in power is yet another example of how quick America is to to brush its sins under the rug and move on.
Thank you for your insight that trying the fourteen-year-old as an adult is, in a way, an "abdication of responsibility." I agree that something is terribly broken - yet fundamentally broken as well. We have a lot of work ahead to dismantle the notion that we were ever truly a country based on the ideals of fairness and justice. Offering up a baby to pay for the sins of those around him and in power is yet another example of how quick America is to to brush its sins under the rug and move on.