We must be willing to invest in each other, to approach each other with respect, check our biases at the door and make a sincere effort toward understanding.
Suddenly, the world seems much smaller than it once was. But we need not focus on the world’s problems right now. There is still much work to do in our own neighborhoods.
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According to an LNP article, District Attorney Craig Stedman has identified the rifle used in Friday’s shooting as a Savage Model 11 .22-250 bolt action rifle with a scope (similar to the one shown above).
The type of ammunition used in the rifle is described below:
The Australian Special Air Service Regiment used Tikka M55 sniper rifles chambered in .22-250 for urban terrorism duties in the 1980s, in an attempt to reduce excessive penetration and ricochets.[8]
DA Stedman talks about Columbia shooting.:
http://www.witf.org/news/2016/08/lancaster-da-says-hes-concerned-about-rhetoric-around-police.php
Community leaders led by the NAACP, including church leaders and local law enforcement officials, stood in solidarity outside Mount Zion AME Church on Tuesday to denounce violence in the community, in response to Friday’s shooting incident in which police officers were allegedly targeted.
Community leaders led by the NAACP – including church leaders and law enforcement officials – stood in solidarity outside a Columbia church on Tuesday to denounce violence in their community, particularly violence against police.
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